Review, buy Drama: The Little Foxes [1941] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Saraband For Dead Lovers [1948], The Tarnished Angels [1958], Seance On A Wet Afternoon [1964], The Eric Rohmer Collection (Le Signe du Lion, Le Baoulangere de Monceau, La Carriere de Suzanne) [1966], Henri-Georges Clouzot Collection [1943], Citizen Kane : Special Edition [1942], Born Free [1966] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Prisoner of Zenda [1937] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Trent's Last Case [1952], The Blue Bird [1940] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Green For Danger, Guns at Batasi [1964] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Guns at Batasi [1964] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Love Is A Many Splendoured Thing [1955], Night And The City [1950], Saraband For Dead Lovers [1948], Humanity & Paper Balloons - Masters of Cinema series [1937], A Taste Of Honey [1961], The Adventures Of Prince Achmed [1926]

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Review MGM / The Little Foxes [1941] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

The Little Foxes [1941] (REGION 1) (NTSC) (MGM)

Actors & Directors

Dan Duryea
Richard Carlson
Herbert Marshall
Bette Davis
Teresa Wright
William Wyler

Release date: 2001-09-18
Run time: 116 min.
Price: £5.05

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Review Optimum Home Entertainment / Saraband For Dead Lovers [1948]

Saraband For Dead Lovers [1948] (Optimum Home Entertainment)

Actors & Directors

Françoise Rosay
Stewart Granger
Basil Dearden
Flora Robson
Joan Greenwood
Frederick Valk

Release date: 2007-05-07
Run time: 92 min.
RRP: ~~£12.99~~
Price: £5.42

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Review Universal Pictures UK / The Tarnished Angels [1958]

The Tarnished Angels [1958] (Universal Pictures UK)

Actors & Directors

Robert Middleton
Jack Carson
Dorothy Malone
Rock Hudson
Douglas Sirk
Robert Stack

Release date: 2008-05-05
Run time: 87 min.
RRP: ~~£9.99~~
Price: £4.97

Review The Tarnished Angels [1958] / Universal Pictures UK:

Rock Hudson has never been better than as the hard-headed newsman with a romantic soft spot for a team of gypsy fliers-especially the sexy parachute-jumping Dorothy Malone-in Douglas Sirk's adaptation of William Faulkner's Pylon. It's the Depression, and the volatile little family-disillusioned World War I ace Robert Stack; his doting wife Malone; his sad, lovesick mechanic Jack Carson; and Stack's hero-worshipping son-has landed in New Orleans for a Mardi Gras air show. Stack's mania for flying ("I need to fly, just like an alcoholic needs his drink!") keeps him at arm's length from his loving family, and he even sacrifices his wife's virtue for a shot at piloting his archrival's spare plane, but his brittle emotional armor cracks in a stunning moment of redemption. Douglas Sirk trades his vivid Technicolor palette for shadowy black-and-white CinemaScope (the gorgeous widescreen compositions are tragically lost on pan-and-scan video) to create a dark, desperate vision of the Depression, where deadened souls wait for the next spectacular crash as fliers recklessly race around pylons. Sirk heightens the alienation with the most stylized shooting of his career: cameras peer through transom windows, shadows slash through scenes, and grotesque Mardi Gras costumes wander through almost every scene. This production is considered by many, including Faulkner himself, to be the best adaptation of the author's work, and it remains Sirk's most bleakly beautiful film. -Sean Axmaker.

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Review Network / Seance On A Wet Afternoon [1964]

Seance On A Wet Afternoon [1964] (Network)

Actors & Directors

Nanette Newman
Patrick Magee
Richard Attenborough
Kim Stanley
Bryan Forbes

Release date: 2006-06-05
Run time: 117 min.
RRP: ~~£12.99~~
Price: £6.25

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Review Artificial Eye / The Eric Rohmer Collection (Le Signe du Lion, Le Baoulangere de Monceau, La Carriere de Suzanne) [1966]

The Eric Rohmer Collection (Le Signe du Lion, Le Baoulangere de Monceau, La Carriere de Suzanne) [1966] (Artificial Eye)

Actors & Directors

Christian Charriere
Diane Wilkinson
Eric Rohmer
Catherine See
Jess Hahn
Barbet Schroeder

Release date: 2006-12-04
Run time: 173 min.
RRP: ~~£17.99~~
Price: £8.40

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Review Optimum Home Entertainment / Henri-Georges Clouzot Collection [1943]

Henri-Georges Clouzot Collection [1943] (Optimum Home Entertainment)

Actors & Directors

Louis Jouvet
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Yves Montand
Bernard Blier
Charles Dullin
Suzy Delair

Release date: 2007-06-25
Run time: 340 min.
RRP: ~~£24.99~~
Price: £13.66

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Review Universal Pictures UK / Citizen Kane : Special Edition [1942]

Citizen Kane : Special Edition [1942] (Universal Pictures UK)

Actors & Directors

Charles Bennett
Orson Welles
Walter Sande
Orson Welles
Gino Corrado
Louise Currie

Release date: 2003-07-21
Run time: 115 min.
RRP: ~~£19.99~~
Price: £7.97

Review Citizen Kane : Special Edition [1942] / Universal Pictures UK:

The most acclaimed film in cinema history, Citizen Kane receives extra bolstering each time it tops a "greatest films ever" list. As a piece of filmmaking it ticks all the right boxes: a precociously talented director and lead actor in Orson Welles, Gregg Toland's innovative cinematography, a strong screenplay by Welles and Herman J Mankiewicz, rich scoring from Bernard Herrmann, and so on. For its time, it was technically groundbreaking, and laid out a blueprint for Hollywood filmmaking that's still influential. But, most importantly, as a viewing experience it's still one of the most mesmerising and beautiful films in existence. From its opening scenes-Kane's eerie Gothic mansion, his lone figure muttering the word "Rosebud" as he dies, journalists discussing the newsreel footage of his obituary-Kane lays out an enigma: who exactly was this man? Looping flashbacks build up a portrait of a contradictory figure who, despite living in the public eye, remained a mystery at heart. A testament to the corrupting influence of money, fame and the media and at its centre the tale of a man in search of love, Citizen Kane is a personal tragedy on an epic scale. Technically, it's a lesson in filmmaking in itself whose daring aesthetics nonetheless remain unobtrusive. It's doubtful that a debut director will ever be given such free reign by a studio again and even if this happened, it's doubtful that such a masterpiece would be created. On the DVD: Citizen Kane in this DVD special edition is beautifully remastered and comes with a feature illustrating the before and after of the restoration process. A 50-minute documentary, "Anatomy of a Classic", hosted by Barry Norman, delves into the making of the film as well as trying to deal with some of the myths that surround it, like the (untrue) rumour that Welles ran over both time and budget. [+]

Film historian Ken Barnes takes over for a commentary and Welles himself is featured in his controversial 1938 radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds and 1945 broadcast of The Happy Prince. A photo gallery, extensive cast and crew profiles, breakdown of all the films expenses and trailer round off this admirable package. -Laura Bushell.

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