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About Tap

Music Documentaries · Music & Dance · Documentary

About Tap features stylistic performances and recollections by three of America’s leading male tap dancers: Steve Condos, Jimmy Slyde and Chuck Green. By introducing viewers to a unique history of dance, director George Nierenberg strives to answer the question, “How does an artist disco…

Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq

Ballet · Art Documentaries · Music & Dance

Of the great ballerinas, Tanaquil Le Clercq may have been the most transcendent. She was the foremost dancer of her day until it suddenly all stopped. At age 27, Tanny was struck down by polio and paralyzed. She never danced again.

Breathing

Drama · World Cinema

The acclaimed directorial debut from veteran Austrian actor Karl Markovics is an eloquent, affecting portrait of an incarcerated teenager attempting to win parole by working at a local morgue.

Daytime Revolution

Music Documentaries · Documentary · Music

Daytime Revolution takes us back in time to the week that John Lennon and Yoko Ono descended upon a Philadelphia broadcasting studio to co-host the iconic Mike Douglas Show, at the time the most popular show on daytime television with an audience of 40 million viewers a week. What followed was five …

Die Screaming, Marianne

Horror · Cult

Marianne (Susan George, STRAW DOGS), following the sudden death of her mother, stands to inherit the family fortune, along with several documents that could incriminate her corrupt judge of a father. Now, her sister and her father both want their hands on Marianne's inheritance and they'll stop at n…

Foolish Wives & The Man You Loved to Hate (Blu-Ray)

Silent · National Film Registry

A bogus count and his two swindling “cousins” descend upon Monte Carlo (rebuilt in Universal’s back lot) and cause a rift in the marriage of an American couple. The result is a Grimm’s fairytale romance that is no less fascinating today than it was 80 years ago. Written &…

Free Radicals (Barbara Albert)

Health and Healing

A group of friends in a suburban Austrian town reexamine their lives after the unexpected death of a young woman who appeared to be leading a charmed life.

George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus

Architecture · Art Documentaries · Documentary

A feature documentary as mercurial as its subject: the impresario of the international avant-garde art movement Fluxus (1962-78). Featuring interviews with Yoko Ono, Jonas Mekas, and Nam June Paik.

Have You Heard About Greg?

Documentary

Have You Heard About Greg? puts a human face on the most terrifying disease of Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. The film features amazing experts committed to the fight against Alzheimer’s who share their experience and wisdom about how to deal with an invisible enemy that is qui…

Hercules in the Haunted World

Horror · Cult

Mario Bava helmed this entry in the series, in which Hercules (Reg Park) must journey to the bowels of Hell to recover a magical plant that is the only hope of a dying princess.

The Holly and the Ivy

Christmas · Drama

A recently widowed minister's zeal for attending to his parishioners leads him to neglect the needs of his own family, until emotions boil over one Christmas.

In Balanchine's Classroom

Ballet · Artists · Music & Dance

In Balanchine's Classroom takes us back to the glory years of Balanchine’s New York City Ballet through the remembrances of his former dancers and their quest to fulfill the vision of a genius. Opening the door to his studio, Balanchine’s private laboratory, they reveal new facets of the…

In the Land of the Head Hunters

Photography · Drama · History

In 1911, photographer Edward S. Curtis traveled to British Columbia to work with members of the Kwakwaka'wakw to create a film celebrating the art and culture of this Native American people.

M.C. Escher: Journey to Infinity

Biography · Artists · Documentary

The story of world famous Dutch graphic artist M.C Escher. Robin Lutz’s entertaining, eye-opening portrait gives us the man through his own words and images.

Maigret Sets a Trap

World Cinema · Crime

Inspector Maigret tries to trap a killer and discovers why a happily married, wealthy, and talented man should want to bump off women at night. Jean Gabin is perfect as Georges Simenon's secure and steady sleuth, and old-hand Jean Delannoy expertly keeps up the pace and suspense in this enjoyable wh…

The Mystery of Picasso

Biography · Art · Documentary

Filmmaker Henri-Georges Clouzot and painter Pablo Picasso used experimental and innovative techniques to create an entirely new kind of art documentary — one that is both joyous and suspenseful.

Die Nibelungen Part 1: Siegfried

Silent · Fantasy

Originally released as two separate features, the saga begins by constructing an enchanted kingdom populated by dragons, magical trolls, and heroic figures defined by rigid codes of honor.

Die Nibelungen Part 2: Kriemhild's Revenge

Silent · Fantasy

In the long-underrated second half, the death of Siegfried causes fantasy to devolve into nightmare, as his beloved Kriemhild enacts a vengeance that contaminates everyone in its path - a vengeance as ferocious and uncompromising as anything the cinema has ever depicted.

Die Nibelungen

Silent · World Cinema · Fantasy

One of the greatest artistic and technical achievements of the German silent cinema, Fritz Lang's DIE NIBELUNGEN is a passionate retelling of Nordic legend, invested with all the resources of the colossal Ufa Studios.

No Maps on My Taps

Jazz · Music & Dance · Documentary

Featuring performances by tap legends Bunny Briggs, Chuck Green, and Howard “Sandman” Sims, along with music by the inimitable Lionel Hampton, No Maps on My Taps vibrates with the love of dance.

OSS 117 Is Unleashed

Action & Adventure · Thriller

An American agent disappears after a scuba diving reconnaissance mission in Corsica. The Secret Service sends agent code name OSS 117 to investigate.

OSS 117: Five Film Collection (OSS 117 Is Unleashed / OOSS 117: Panic in Bangkok / OSS 117: Mission For a Killer / OSS 117: Mission to Tokyo / OSS 117: Double Agent) (3-Discs)

Action & Adventure · Spies · Thriller

Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath, agent OSS 117 is the creation of french writer Jean Bruce. De La Bath is an American of French descent, he first worked for the Office of Strategic Services and later for the C.I.A.

Le Professionnel aka The Professional

Action · World Cinema · Thriller

French super-spy Joss Beaumont is a top agent sent on a mission to assassinate a foreign dictator. But when the political winds change, and Beaumont is double-crossed by his own government, revenge becomes the name of the game.

Rawhead Rex (4KUHD)

Horror · 4K UHD DISC · Thriller

NEW 4K RESTORATION! Ireland will never be the same after Rawhead Rex, a particularly nasty demon, is released from his underground prison by an unwitting farmer. The film follows Rex's cross country rampage, while a man struggles to stop it. Written by Clive Barker and directed by George Pavlou.

Regina

Jewish Interest · Documentary

Diana Groó’s documentary tells the story of Regina Jonas (1902-1944) a strong woman, who made history by becoming the first properly ordained woman rabbi in the world.

Say Amen, Somebody

National Film Registry · Music Documentaries · Documentary

SAY AMEN, SOMEBODY is a joyous, funny, and deeply emotional celebration of Gospel music from director George Nierenberg featuring an earth-shaking line-up of performers.

Scarlet Street (4KUHD)

Drama · 4K UHD DISC · Film Noir

When middle-aged milquetoast Chris Cross (Edward G. Robinson) rescues street-walking bad girl Kitty (Joan Bennett) from the rain slicked gutters of Greenwich Village, he plunges headlong into a whirlpool of lust, larceny, and revenge. SCARLET STREET is Fritz Lang's 1945 remake of Jean Renoir's 1931 …

Silent Avant-Garde

Avant Garde

SILENT AVANT-GARDE offers an essential collection of 21 short art film experiments in HD to 5K scans made from 35mm and 16mm picture elements.

The Singing Sculpture

Performing Arts · Art · Documentary

Captured by director Philip Haas, THE SINGING SCULPTURE offers contemporary audiences a glimpse into the wild and hilarious night that spawned Gilbert & George's cult following.

The Son of the Sheik

Silent · National Film Registry

Rudolph Valentino portrays a cultured yet untamed young man who is lured into a thieve’s trap by a beautiful dancer, Yasmin (Vilma Banky). 

The Sorrow and the Pity

War · Documentary · History

What did French people of do during WW II? Marcel Ophüls' Oscar-nominated documentary shattered the myth of an undivided and universally resistant France under the Vichy government.

The Spiders (Restored Version)

Action & Adventure · Silent · World Cinema

Influenced by the French serials of Louis Feuillade (Fantomas) and infused with Lang's own fascination with Asian culture, THE SPIDERS follows international adventurer Kay Hoog (Carl de Vogt) in his quest for Incan gold and the precious "Buddha's head" diamond.

Sudden Terror aka Eyewitness

Horror · Thriller

Living on the island of Malta, Ziggy is an 11-year-old boy with an overactive imagination and a habit of telling wild lies. But when he sees the brutal assassination of a visiting African president by two rogue policemen, nobody will believe his story.

To Be and to Have

World Cinema · Documentary

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The Woodmans

Sexuality · Photography · Documentary

A fascinating, unflinching portrait of the late photographer Francesca Woodman, told through the young artist's work (including experimental videos and journal entries) and remarkably candid interviews with her artist parents Betty and George (a ceramic sculptor and painter/photographer).

The World of Gilbert & George

Architecture · Art · Documentary

Art superstars Gilbert & George explored the dreariness of London under Margaret Thatcher while powerfully evoking the desires and tensions of its disillusioned youth —  alongside their own eccentricities — in this absurdist feature-length odyssey from producer Philip …