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The Wages Of Fear (#36)

Criterion | 1953 | 153 min | Not Rated
Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot

In a squalid South American oil town, four desperate men sign on for a suicide mission to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin over a treacherous mountain route. As they ferry their explosive cargo to a faraway oil fire, each bump and jolt tests their courage, their friendship, and their nerves. The result is one of the greatest thrillers ever committed to celluloid, a white-knuckle ride from France’s legendary master of suspense Henri-Georges Clouzot.

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• New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
• One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
• Interviews with assistant director Michel Romanoff and Marc Godin, biographer of director Henri-Georges Clouzot
• Interview with actor Yves Montand from 1988
• Henri-Georges Clouzot: The Enlightened Tyrant, a 2004 documentary on the director’s career
• Censored, an analysis of cuts made to the film for its 1955 U.S. release
• Program on the film’s 4K restoration
• Trailers
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• PLUS: An essay by novelist Dennis Lehane and a compilation of interviews with the cast and crew of the film

New cover by Juan Esteban Rodríguez

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Akira

Crunchyroll, LLC | 1988 | 124 min | Rated R
Directed by Katsuhiro Otomo

The remastered 4K version of AKIRA returns in a stunning steelbook. Shotaro Kaneda’s motorcycle gang tear through Neo Tokyo. But after an accident, Kaneda’s friend Tetsuo Shima discovers a secret government project and receives psychic abilities.

SPECIAL FEATURES

• Not Listed

4K ULTRA HD: $24.99

Paddington 2

Warner Bros. | 2017 | 104 min | Rated PG
Directed by Paul King

Paddington, now happily settled with the Brown family in Windsor Gardens, has become a popular member of the community, spreading joy and marmalade wherever he goes. While searching for the perfect present for his beloved Aunt Lucy’s 100th birthday, Paddington spots a unique pop-up book in Mr. Gruber’s antique shop, and embarks on a series of odd jobs to buy it. Hilarity and adventure ensues when the book is stolen and Paddington and the Browns must unmask the thief.

SPECIAL FEATURES

• DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
• DOLBY ATMOS AUDIO TRACK
• Audio Commentary by Director/Co-Writer Paul King
• Paddington: The Bear Truth; How to Make A Marmalade Sandwich
• Music Video with Phoenix Buchanan
• The Magical Mystery of Paddington’s Pop-Up Book
• The Browns and Paddington: A Special Bond
• Knuckles: A Fistful of Marmalade
• The (Once) Famous Faces of Phoenix Buchanan
• Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature

4K ULTRA HD: $33.22

Peril & Distress: Endless Night / Picture Mommy Dead

Kino Lorber | 1966-1972 | 2 Movies | 82 min | Not Rated
Directed by Sidney Gilliat & Bert I. Gordon

This second P&D release includes two more classic and terrifying thrillers. PICTURE MOMMY DEAD (1966) – From cult filmmaker Bert I. Gordon, the director of The Food of the Gods and Empire of the Ants, comes this haunting thriller that will send chills down your spine. After Edward Shelley’s (Don Ameche) wealthy wife (Zsa Zsa Gabor) dies in a mysterious fire, he marries Francene (Martha Hyer), the governess of his daughter Susan (Susan Gordon). Francene is only interested in Edward’s money and wastes no time spending his inheritance. She then turns her attention to Susan—if Susan and Edward were both to die, the rest of the inheritance would go to Anthony (Maxwell Reed), Edward’s cousin and Francene’s former lover. Beautifully shot by Ellsworth Fredericks (Invasion of the Body Snatchers) and co-starring Wendell Corey and Signe Hasso. ENDLESS NIGHT (1972) – Based on the terrifying suspense novel by Agatha Christie, the legendary writer of Death on the Nile and Murder on the Orient Express, Endless Night stars Hayley Mills as a wealthy heiress who moves into a magnificent dream house with her new husband (Hywel Bennett). But when murder begins to make itself at home, the stage is set for a stunning climax that even hardcore Christie fans consider one of her darkest and most shocking twists ever. George Sanders, Britt Ekland and Lois Maxwell co-star in this gripping psychological thriller, masterfully adapted and directed by Sidney Gilliat; and featuring a haunting score by the great Bernard Herrmann (North by Northwest, Psycho).

SPECIAL FEATURES

• 2020 UHD SDR Masters by StudioCanal
• Audio Commentaries (Both Films) by Film Historians Howard S. Berger and Nathaniel Thompson
• Theatrical Trailer (Endless Night)
• Triple-Layered UHD100 Disc
• Optional English Subtitles

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The Super Mario Bros Movie

Universal Studios | 2023 | 92 min | Rated PG
Directed by Aaron Horvath & Michael Jelenic

The movie tells the story of two Brooklyn plumbers who are brothers and best friends: Mario, the brave one with the “let’s-a go” attitude, and the perpetually anxious Luigi, who would prefer to go nowhere. We open with the Super Mario Brothers reckoning with their struggling plumbing business, and wind up in a whirlwind adventure through Mushroom Kingdom. Through their journey, we meet a cast of familiar, lovable characters, ultimately uniting together to defeat the power-hungry villain, Bowser. The Super Mario Bros. Movie takes what millions of gamers worldwide have loved for thirty-five years and levels it up to a new and breathtaking cinematic experience.

SPECIAL FEATURES

• Getting to Know the Cast
• Leveling Up: Making THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE
• THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE Field Guide
• “Peaches” Lyric Video
• Leadership Lessons from Anya Taylor-Joy

LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY: $26.78

Arabesque

Radiance Films | 1988 | 118 min | Not Rated
Directed by Dominik Graf

Two robbers hold up a bank and its employees demanding 3 million marks for their ransom. The police plot to storm the bank but are unaware the robbers have an accomplice on the outside, anticipating their every move. Genre master Dominik Graf specialised in crime films and The Cat is one of his greatest. A heist film of the highest order, it grabs you from its opening scenes and doesn’t let go. Winner of Best Direction at the German Film Awards, The Cat is an undiscovered treasure and Radiance Films is proud to present it on Blu-ray for the first time outside Germany.

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BLU-RAY: $18.99

Crawlspace

(KINO CULT #26)

Kino Lorber | 1986 | 80 min | Rated R
Directed by David Schmoeller

Enter Crawlspace…and enter a new dimension of terror! Perennial villain Klaus Kinski (Aguirre, the Wrath of God, Nosferatu the Vampyre) stars in this gruesome modern Gothic as psychotic landlord Karl Gunther, who keeps a close watch on his tenants. Spying on his female renters from an elaborate network of crawlspaces, he lures new victims into his torture chamber with an incessant “tap, tap, tap!” Can a new prospective renter stop this apartment building’s rapid turnover rate…or will the fiendish Gunther continue to make a killing? Also starring Talia Balsam (The Kindred) and Tané (Death Spa), directed by David Schmoeller (Tourist Trap, Catacombs, Puppet Master), photographed by Sergio Salvati (The Beyond) and featuring a haunting score by Pino Donaggio (Dressed to Kill), this creeping cult classic will make your flesh crawl.

SPECIAL FEATURES

• NEW Audio Commentary by film historian John Harrison
• Audio Commentary by Writer/Director David Schmoeller
• Interview with Makeup Effects Artist John Vulich (8:33)
• Please Kill Mr. Kinski – Short Film by David Schmoeller (9:05)
• Theatrical Trailer
• TV Spots

BLU-RAY: $13.50

Ghost Cat Anzu

Shout Factory | 2024 | 94 min | Not Rated
Directed by Nobuhiro Yamashita

Precocious tween Karin finds herself abandoned by her father in rural Japan. Living in a temple with her grandfather, she meets Anzu, a giant ‘ghost cat’ and notorious layabout tasked with looking after her. Distrustful of her new guardian, Karin sabotages Anzu’s odd jobs for the townsfolk and befriends the eccentric local forest spirits. In an effort to win Karin over, Anzu accidentally makes a deal with the devil, and all Hell breaks loose. Ghost Cat Anzu is co-directed by renowned artist Yoko Kuno, who makes her feature directorial debut, and Nobuhiro Yamashita, the acclaimed director of Linda Linda Linda. Co-produced by Shin-Ei Animation and Miyu Productions with music by legendary musician Keiichi Suzuki (EarthBound), Ghost Cat Anzu is a wildly funny ride in the countryside.

SPECIAL FEATURES

• Audio: Japanese, English, and French DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
• Teasers & Trailers

BLU-RAY: $33.22

Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XXIV

(Union Station / Jennifer / The Crooked Circle)

Kino Lorber | 1950-1957 | 3 Movies | Not Rated
Directed by Rudolph Maté, Joseph Kane, & Joel Newton

This collection features three thrilling film noir classics. UNION STATION (1950) – In this tense and gritty crime thriller in the tradition of The Naked City, screen great William Holden (Stalag 17) plays a railroad police chief in a race against time, trying to bring down a gang of kidnappers who are holding a blind heiress for a $100,000 ransom with Chicago’s Union Station terminal as the payoff location. The film crackles with melodrama and danger as the police chase the gang leader (Lyle Bettger, No Man of Her Own) from his hideout to the station’s underground tunnel for a bold and gripping climax. Nancy Olson (Sunset Boulevard), Barry Fitzgerald (The Quiet Man) and Jan Sterling (Appointment with Danger) also star in Union Station, directed by noir ace Rudolph Maté (D.O.A.) and adapted by Sydney Boehm (Black Tuesday) from the novel Nightmare in Manhattan by Thomas Walsh. JENNIFER (1953) – Film icon Ida Lupino (Beware, My Lovely) stars as Agnes Langley, who gets a job, through Jim Hollis (Howard Duff, Woman in Hiding), as caretaker of an old and vacated Southern California mansion. The owner’s cousin, Jennifer, was the last occupant and has mysteriously disappeared. Agnes soon begins to believe that Jennifer was murdered and that Jim, with whom she has fallen in love, is responsible. This eerie noir-mystery laced with gothic romance is highlighted by the atmospheric cinematography of James Wong Howe (The Rose Tattoo) and the introduction of the jazz standard “Angel Eyes,” composed and performed by Matt Dennis. THE CROOKED CIRCLE (1957) – In this smashing film noir, young Tommy Kelly (John Smith, Wichita) dives headfirst into the world of prizefighting, much to the chagrin of his ex-boxer brother who is well-aware of the criminal underbelly of the sport. An honest trainer (Robert Armstrong, King Kong) handles the promising Tommy at first, until corrupt forces conspire around him and push him toward betrayal. The young pugilist finds himself being squeezed on all sides to throw a fight until he punches back to expose the thuggish crime racket. Directed in widescreen by Republic Pictures’ jack-of-all-trades Joseph Kane (Dakota) and co-starring Fay Spain, Steve Brodie and Don Kelly.

SPECIAL FEATURES

• 2020, 2021 & 2018 HD Masters by Paramount Pictures – From 4K Scans
• NEW Audio Commentary for UNION STATION by Author/Film Historian Alan K. Rode
• NEW Audio Commentary for JENNIFER by Film Historians Kat Ellinger and Martyn Conterio
• NEW Audio Commentary for THE CROOKED CIRCLE by Film Historian/Screenwriter Gary Gerani
• Theatrical Trailers (Union Station / The Crooked Circle)
• Optional English Subtitles

LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY: $26.75

Playing It Cool

Arrow | 1970 | 94 min | Not Rated
Directed by Yasuzô Masumura

Play it Cool is a chic and erotically charged drama starring popular Japanese singer of the day Mari Atsumi as a college girl negotiating her way through the male-dominated hierarchies of Tokyo’s seductive but treacherous nightclub culture. Yumi (Mari Atsumi) is a pretty fashion student who shares a cramped home with her mother Tomi (Akemi Negishi, The Saga of Anatahan) and good-for-nothing stepfather Ryoichi. Tomi works at a local hostess bar and hopes for a better fate for Yumi. When Ryoichi violently forces himself upon her blossoming daughter, Tomi is not afraid to take action to protect her, an act which lands her in jail. Left to fend for herself, Yumi is taken in by her mother’s former place of employment, where she finds herself fighting off the unwanted attentions of the men who swarm around her. Then one day, a rescue by handsome former lawyer Nozawa (Yusuke Kawazu, Cruel Story of Youth) from a vicious gangster seems to offer an escape into an altogether glitzier world, albeit one that turns out fraught with similar dangers. Arrow Films is proud to release this little-seen gem by one of Japan’s most highly regarded directors of the 1960s, Yasuzō Masumura (Giants and Toys, Irezumi), a filmmaker known for his social satires and powerful portrayals of women, as Play it Cool is released for the very first time for the home video market outside of Japan in a brand new high-definition transfer.

SPECIAL FEATURES

• High-definition presentation
• Original uncompressed mono audio
• Optional English subtitles
• Brand new audio commentary with critic and Japanese cinema specialist Jasper Sharp and professor and Japanese literature specialist Anne McKnight
• Too Cool for School, brand new video essay on Play it Cool and the career of writer-director Yasuzō Masumura by Japanese film scholar Mark Roberts
• Original theatrical trailer
• Image gallery
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella
• Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Earl Jackson

BLU-RAY: $20.99

Rose

Cohen Media Group | 2021 | 102 min | Not Rated
Directed by Aurélie Saada

78-year-old Rose (Françoise Fabian, My Night at Maud’s) has just lost her adored husband. Her grief gives way to a powerful impulse to live, making her realize that she can still redefine herself as a woman. But in doing so the whole balance of her family is upset.

SPECIAL FEATURES

• Q&A with Director Aurélie Saada moderated by Isil Bagdadi-Sergio, Host & Programmer, Preview Club Film Series at Cinema Arts Centre
• Theatrical trailer
• In French, with English subtitles

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