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DVD: $17.41

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Some Like It Hot (#950)

Criterion | 1959 | 121 min | Not Rated
Directed by Billy Wilder

One of the most beloved films of all time, this sizzling masterpiece by Billy Wilder set a new standard for Hollywood comedy. After witnessing a mob hit, Chicago musicians Joe and Jerry (Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, in landmark performances) skip town by donning drag and joining an all-female band en route to Miami. The charm of the group’s singer, Sugar Kane (Marilyn Monroe, at the height of her bombshell powers), leads them ever further into extravagant lies, as Joe assumes the persona of a millionaire to woo her and Jerry’s female alter ego winds up engaged to a tycoon. With a whip-smart script by Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond, and sparking chemistry among its finely tuned cast, Some Like It Hot is as deliriously funny and fresh today as it was when it first knocked audiences out several decades ago.

• 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
• Alternate 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
• One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
• Audio commentary from 1989 featuring film scholar Howard Suber
• Program on Orry-Kelly’s costumes for the film, featuring costume designer and historian Deborah Nadoolman Landis and costume historian and archivist Larry McQueen
• Three behind-the-scenes documentaries
• Appearances by director Billy Wilder on The Dick Cavett Show from 1982
• Conversation from 2001 between actor Tony Curtis and film critic Leonard Maltin
• French television interview from 1988 with actor Jack Lemmon
• Radio interview from 1955 with actor Marilyn Monroe
• Trailer
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• PLUS: An essay by author Sam Wasson
  Cover by F. Ron Miller

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DVD: $24.49

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DVD: $24.98

AMAZON EXCLUSIVE BLU-RAY: $22.89
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LIMITED EDITION 4K ULTRA HD: $30.99

The Long Kiss Goodnight

Arrow | 1996 | 120 min | Rated R
Directed by Renny Harlin

From screenwriter Shane Black (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, The Nice Guys) and director Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2, Cliffhanger) comes ass-kicking action thriller The Long Kiss Goodnight.

Eight years ago, Samantha Caine (Geena Davis) washed up on a beach, pregnant, with no memory. Now she’s a school teacher living an idyllic small town life with a daughter and boyfriend who love her. She’s almost given up on ever finding out about the life she used to lead, until an accident awakens hidden memories and her past comes back with all guns blazing. With the help of low rent private eye Mitch Henessey (Samuel L. Jackson) Samantha must uncover who she was and why so many people want her dead before it kills them both.

With unforgettable action sequences and dialogue to die for, The Long Kiss Goodnight ranks among the very best of 90s action thrillers. Geena Davis is a revelation as the wholesome school teacher struggling to reconcile with her deadly alter ego Charly, while Samuel L. Jackson brings his quintessential charm to a role that so enamored test audiences they refused to let him die. Strap yourselves in and hold on tight!

• Limited edition packaging with reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sam Hadley
• Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Clem Bastow, Richard Kadrey, Maura McHugh, and Priscilla Page
• Seasonal postcard
• Thin Ice sticker

DISC 1 (4K ULTRA HD) – FEATURE & EXTRAS

• Brand new 4K restoration by Arrow Films from the original 35mm negative approved by director Renny Harlin
• 4K Ultra HD (2160p) presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
• Original DTS-HD MA 5.1, stereo 2.0. and new Dolby Atmos audio options
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Brand new audio commentary by film critic Walter Chaw
• Brand new audio commentary by film critics Drusilla Adeline and Joshua Conkel, co-hosts of the Bloodhaus podcast
• Theatrical trailer
• Image gallery

DISC 2 (BLU-RAY) – BONUS FEATURES

• Symphony of Destruction, a new interview with stunt co-ordinator Steve Davidson
• Long Live the New Flesh, a new interview with make-up artist Gordon J. Smith
• Girl Interrupted, a new interview with actress Yvonne Zima
• Amnesia Chick, a new visual essay by film scholar Josh Nelson
• The Mirror Crack’d, a new visual essay by critic and filmmaker Howard S. Berger
• A Woman’s World, a new visual essay by film scholar Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
• Deleted scenes
• Archive promotional interviews with director Renny Harlin and stars Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson and Craig Bierko
• Making Of, an archive promotional featurette
• Behind the Scenes, archive EPK footage from the filming of The Long Kiss Goodnight

4K ULTRA HD + BLU-RAY (w/ Exclusive Poster): $35.99
4K ULTRA HD + BLU-RAY: $32.99

Sorority House Massacre

(COLLECTOR’S EDITION)

Shout Factory | 1986 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 74 min | Rated R
Directed by Carol Frank

Years after a violent and terrifying event from her childhood, Beth embarks on a new life in college. Upon joining a sorority, she gets a strange feeling from the house … it seems eerily familiar. Plagued by nightmares of a knife-wielding killer, Beth tries to settle in and be one of the girls. But little does she know that her past is coming back to haunt her and her new friends in this ’80s slasher classic.

DISC ONE (4K UHD):

• NEW 4K Scan From The Original Film Negative
• Presented In Dolby Vision
• Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio Mono

DISC TWO (BLU-RAY):

• NEW 4K Scan From The Original Film Negative
• Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio Mono
• NEW “The Final Girl” – A Guide To Surviving Slasher Films
• “A Nightmare On Sorority Row: Remembering Sorority House Massacre” – An Interview With Actress Angela O’Neill
• “A Slash Course In Terror: Inside Sorority House Massacre” – An Interview With Author/Film Historian Amanda Reyes
• Extended UK VHS Cut With Additional Footage
• “Sorority Pledge” – An Interview With Executive Producer Roger Corman
• “Sorority Sister” – An Interview With Actor Nicole Rio
• “Sorority Brother” – An Interview With Actor Vinnie Bilancio
• Original Trailer

BLU-RAY: $33.22

Film Noir: The Dark Side
of Cinema XXV

(The Flame | The City That Never Sleeps | Hell’s Half Acre)

Kino Lorber | 1947-1954 | 3 Movies | Not Rated
Directed by John H. Auer

This collection features three film noir classics from Republic Pictures and director John H. Auer (A Man Betrayed). THE FLAME (1947) – George MacAllister (John Carroll, Flying Tigers) is the black sheep of a wealthy family who has squandered his share of the family inheritance and lives in constant resentment of his rich, terminally-ill half-brother Barry (Robert Paige, Tangier). So George gets his girlfriend, Carlotta Duval (vivacious Vera Ralston, The Lady and the Monster), a job as Barry’s nurse with the plan that she will eventually marry him for his money and then dispose of him. But the scheme turns complicated when Carlotta finds that she is really in love with Barry. Co-starring Broderick Crawford (Human Desire), Henry Travers (Shadow of a Doubt) and Hattie McDaniel (Gone with the Wind). CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS (1953) – The Creeps, the Hoods, and the Killers Come Out to War with the City! In the vein of William Wyler’s popular Detective Story of two years earlier, this gritty noir gem juggles around five characters through a particularly bad night in a Chicago police precinct: stressed-out cop Johnny Kelly (Gig Young, Wake of the Red Witch); lounge singer Sally “Angel Face” Connors (Mala Powers, Outrage); thug-for-hire Hayes Stewart (William Talman, Crashout); corrupt district attorney Penrod Biddel (Edward Arnold, Johnny Eager); and Sgt. Joe (Chill Wills, Giant), an honest cop trying to keep Johnny on a straight path. Striking urban cinematography by John L. Russell (Psycho) and another great bad-girl performance by noir goddess Marie Windsor (Force of Evil). HELL’S HALF ACRE (1954) – City of Sin…Toughest Spot in the Pacific! This Hawaii-set noir tells the twisting tale of ex-racketeer Chet Chester (Wendell Corey, Desert Fury), who is being blackmailed by his former partners-in-crime. When Chester’s gal Sally (Nancy Gates, Suddenly) kills one of his enemies, he assumes that he has enough clout to get a lighter sentence and takes the rap. Meanwhile, a visitor from L.A. (Evelyn Keyes, 99 River Street) comes to believe that Chester is the husband she thought she had lost at Pearl Harbor. Written by Steve Fisher (I Wake Up Screaming) and shot by ace D.P. John L. Russell (Moonrise), this offbeat crime yarn features standout support from Elsa Lanchester (Bride of Frankenstein), Jesse White (Witness to Murder), Leonard Strong (The Naked Jungle), Keye Luke (Gremlins), Philip Ahn (Macao) and the great Marie Windsor (The Killing).

• 2017, 2024 & 2017 HD Masters by Paramount Pictures – From 4K Scans
• NEW Audio Commentary for THE FLAME by Heath Holland, Host of Cereal at Midnight Podcast
• Audio Commentary for CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS by Film Historian Imogen Sara Smith
• NEW Audio Commentary for HELL’S HALF ACRE by Heath Holland, Host of Cereal at Midnight Podcast
• Optional English Subtitles

LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY: $40.99

Hardboiled: Three Pulp Thrillers by Alain Corneau

Radiance Films | 1976-1981 | 3 Movies | 372 min | Not Rated
Directed by Alain Corneau

The hardboiled genre of crime fiction evolved from the mystery crime novels of the early 20th century – closely associated with the US pulp magazines, these cynical and unsentimental stories of desperate criminals and social corruption were both influenced by and an influence on the golden era of film noir. As their popularity waned in the US, the hardboiled genre remained hugely popular and relevant throughout the 1960s and 70s in France, thanks to the successful Serie Noire imprint and a succession of new translations. In Alain Corneau’s early films, he sought to continue the noir tradition in his native France, and was both directly and indirectly inspired by titans of hardboiled genre, including Kenneth Fearing and Jim Thompson. A heady combination of classic noir and 70s grit, these three darkly thrilling films are vastly underrated and important works in the canon of crime cinema.

In Police Python 357, Yves Montand (The Wages of Fear) plays a tough cop who, when his lover is found murdered, finds himself implicated in her death and in a battle of wits with a powerful rival, in the second screen adaptation of Kenneth Fearing’s The Big Clock. Série noire adapts Jim Thompson’s A Hell of A Woman to the banlieues of Paris: in an astonishing performance, Patrick Dewaere (Themroc) attempts to save a young girl from prostitution, with murder the only solution. In Choice of Arms, Yves Montand heads an all-star cast, including Catherine Denueve and Gerard Depardieu, as a former crook pulled out of retirement when a gang on the run turn to him for shelter after a prison break.

• 4K RESTORATIONS from the original negatives by Studio Canal, presented on three discs
• Uncompressed mono PCM audio for each film
• Audio commentary by Mike White on Police Python 357 (2024)
• Maxim Jakubowski on Police Python 357’s source novel and adaptation (2024)
• Archival interview with Alain Corneau and François Périer about Police Python 357 from Belgian Television (1976)
• Série noire set interviews with Alain Corneau, Patrick Dewaere and Miriam Boyer from Belgian Television (1981)
• Série noire: The Darkness of the Soul – An archival documentary featuring cast and crew on the making of the film (2013, 53 mins)
• Archival interview with Alain Corneau and Marie Trintignant about Série noire (2002, 30 mins)
• A visual essay about Jim Thompson adaptations for the screen (2024)
• Introduction by documentary filmmaker Jérôme Wybon (2024)
• Shooting Choice of Arms – interviews with the cast and crew including behind-the-scenes footage (1981)
• Interviews with Deneuve, Montand and Depardieu from the set (1981)
• Interview with Manuela Lazic on Yves Montand in the 1970s (2024)
• Trailers
• Optional English subtitles for each film
• Reversible sleeve featuring designs based on original posters
• Limited edition 80-page booklet featuring new writing by Andrew Male, Nick Pinkerton, Charlie Brigden, and newly translated archival writing
• Limited edition of 2500 copies, presented in a rigid box with full-height Scanavo cases and removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and marking
• REGION- A/B “locked”

BLU-RAY: $19.92

I’m All Right Jack

Kino Lorber | 1959 | 100 min | Not Rated
Directed by John Boulting

Featuring an award-winning and uproarious performance from Peter Sellers (The Ladykillers), I’m All Right Jack is a classic British comedy with a satirical edge. Sellers plays both the stuffy financier Sir John Kennaway and the tragicomic trade union leader Fred Kite. The result is laugh-out-loud farce that lampoons labor relations. Bertram Tracepurcel (Dennis Price) plans to make a fortune from a munitions contract, a scheme that involves manipulating his innocent nephew Stanley Windrush (Ian Carmichael) into acting as the catalyst in a missile factory strike, from which the socialist Mr. Kite is only too keen to make capital. Featuring a superb supporting cast including Terry-Thomas, Richard Attenborough, John Le Mesurier, Irene Handl and Margaret Rutherford, this is an ingenious comedy about the British workplace and self-serving hypocrisy. Winner of British Academy Film Awards for Best British Screenplay and Best British Actor (Sellers), this raucous sequel to Private’s Progress (1956) is bought roaringly to life by Sellers’ astonishing turn as the Stalinist unionist Kite.

• Audio Commentary by Authors and Comedy Historians Gemma and Robert Ross
• Interview with Liz Fraser
• Theatrical Trailer

BLU-RAY: $21.99

Just Friends

Warner Bros | 2005 | 96 min | Rated PG-13
Directed by Roger Kumble

In high school, Chris Brander (Ryan Reynolds) was a shy, overweight teen with a crush on the beautiful Jennifer Palamino (Amy Smart). Unfortunately, Jamie thought of the good-natured Chris as “just a friend”. Fast forward ten years, Chris is a suave, fit and successful music executive visiting home and looking for a little payback. Love has other plans for him, though, as he attempts to woo Jamie once again, while all the while trying to distract the dizzy pop-diva client (Anna Faris) he has in tow and a rival suitor (Chris Klein). Soon enough, Chris finds that romancing Jamie hasn’t gotten any easier in this outrageous comedy of errors.

• Blooper Reel
• Deleted Scenes
• Alternate Ending
• 9 Behind-the-Scenes Featurettes
• “Jamie Smiles” Music Video
• Feature-length commentary with filmmakers
• Original theatrical trailer
• Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
• AND MORE…

LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY DIGIPACK: $32.99
LIMITED EDITION DVD DIGIPACK: $27.99
STANDARD EDITION BLU-RAY: $32.99
STANDARD EDITION DVD: $27.99

The Vourdalak

Oscilloscope Pictures | 2023 | Not Rated
Directed by Adrien Beau

When the Marquis d’Urfé, a noble emissary of the King of France, is attacked and abandoned in the remote countryside, he finds refuge at an eerie, isolated manor. The resident family, reluctant to take him in, exhibits strange behavior as they await the imminent return of their father, Gorcha. But what begins simply as strange quickly devolves into a full fledged nightmare when Gorcha returns, seemingly no longer himself…

Adapted from a novella that predates Bram Stoker’s Dracula by over half a century, The Vourdalak is an atmospheric, unexpected, sensorial experience that will leave you reeling and giddy in equal measure.

• Deleted Scene
• Behind The Scenes
• La Petite Sirene (short film)
• Les Condiments Irréguiers (short film)
• Theatrical Trailer

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• Hidden
• The Kamen Rider Trilogy (1992-1994)
• Little Miss Sociopath
• Live Fast Live Free
• Love Yourself Today
• Lovely Molly
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• Man Goes On Rant
• Seneca: On the Creation of Earthquakes
• Smile: It Was Written
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