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Knife of Ice Blu-ray Movie
Il coltello di ghiaccio
Severin Films | 1972 | 92 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov
As a thirteen year old, Martha Caldwell witnessed the death of her parents in a terrible railway accident. Barely surviving the tragedy herself, Martha was struck dumb due to the shock. Now an adult, the still mute Martha lives with her uncle Ralph in the Spanish countryside. Martha's cousin Jenny arrives to be with the family but is quickly stabbed to death. It appears that a sex maniac is roaming the countryside; killing pretty young girls. The already traumatized Martha seems likely to be the next victim but the case turns out to be far more complicated than it would first seem.
Mystery / Thriller / Foreign
American Rampage / Mind Trap Blu-ray Movie
Massacre Video | 1989 | 2 Movies | 181 min | Rated R | Dec 10, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
See individual titles for their synopses.
Action / Drama / Horror
Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest Blu-ray Movie
Echo Bridge Entertainment | 1995 | 91 min | Rated R | May 10, 2011 | Martin Liebman
Soon after a childless couple adopts a pair of orphaned brothers, it becomes alarmingly clear the boys are much more than they seem! With the immense power to hypnotize schoolmates into mindless followers and destroy any adult opposition, the younger boy continues the frightening campaign of terror that began in Children of the Corn! But there is one person - the brave older brother - who can possibly stop the relentless destruction, setting up a final showdown between the powers of good and evil.
Horror / Thriller
The Complete Films of Agnès Varda Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1955-2019 | 39 Movies | 2611 min | Not rated | Aug 11, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
See individual titles for their synopses. Program 1: Agnès Forever 01. Varda by Agnès (2019) 02. Les 3 boutons (2015) Program 2: Early Varda 03. La Pointe Courte (1955) 04. Ô saisons, ô châteaux (1958) 05. Du côté de la côte (1958) Program 3: Around Paris 06. Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962) 07. Les fiancés du pont Macdonald (1962) 08. L’opéra-mouffe (1958) 09. Les dites cariatides (1984) 10. T'as de beaux escaliers, tu sais (1986) Program 4: Rue Daguerre 11. Daguerréotypes (1975) 12. Le lion volatil (2003) Program 5: Married Life 13. Le bonheur (1965) 14. Les créatures (1966) 15. Elsa la Rose (1966) Program 6: In California 16. Uncle Yanco (1968) 17. Black Panthers (1970) 18. Lions Love (. . . and Lies) (1969) 19. Mur Murs (1981) 20. Documenteur (1981) Program 7: Her Body, Herself 21. One Sings, the Other Doesn't (1977) 22. Réponse de femmes (1975) 23. Plaisir d'amour en Iran (1977) Program 8: No Shelter 24. Vagabond (1985) 25. 7 p., cuis., s. de b. . . . (à saisir) (1985) Program 9: Jane B. 26. Jane B. par Agnès V. (1988) 27. Kung-Fu Master! (1988) Program 10: Jacques Demy 28. Jacquot de Nantes (1991) 29. The Young Girls Turn 25 (1993) 30. The World of Jacques Demy (1995) Program 11: Simon Cinéma 31. One Hundred and One Nights (1995) Program 12: La glaneuse 32. The Gleaners and I (2000) 33. The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later (2002) Program 13: Visual Artist 34. Faces Places (2017) 35. Salut les cubains (1964) 36. Ulysse (1982) 37. Ydessa, les ours et etc. . . . (2004) Program 14: Here and There 38. Agnès de ci de là Varda (2011) Program 15: Beaches 39. The Beaches of Agnès (2008)
Biography / Comedy / Documentary / Drama / Fantasy / History / Music / Romance / Short / Foreign
Varda by Agnès Blu-ray Movie
Varda par Agnès
Criterion | 2019 | 119 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Agnès Varda, photographer, installation artist, and pioneer of the Nouvelle Vague, is an institution of French cinema. Taking a seat on a theatre stage, she uses photos and film excerpts to provide an insight into her unorthodox oeuvre.
Biography / Documentary / Foreign
Les 3 boutons Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 2015 | 11 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
A 14-year-old girl opens a package containing a magical magenta ball dress ten times her teenage size.
Short / Foreign
La Pointe Courte Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1955 | 80 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Married couple Lui and Elle ponder the future of their troubled relationship against the neorealist backdrop of life in a Mediterranean fishing village. While Lui and Elle debate the nature of their tenuous bond, the simple villagers deal with their own crises, big and small, as they desperately try to make ends meet.
Drama / Foreign
O saisons, ô châteaux Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1958 | 20 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Agnès Varda chronicles the castles of the Loire Valley, incorporating colorful choreography and 16th-century poetry.
Documentary / Short / Foreign
Du côté de la côte Blu-ray Movie
Along the Coast
Criterion | 1958 | 25 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Agnès Varda highlights the importance of tourism to the region of southern France with shots of sunbathers soaking in rays and the attractions that will occupy visitors of all ages.
Documentary / History / Short / Foreign
Cléo from 5 to 7 Blu-ray Movie
Cléo de 5 à 7
Criterion | 1962 | 89 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
A real-time portrait of a singer set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy.
Drama / Romance / Foreign
Les fiancés du pont Macdonald Blu-ray Movie
Les fiancés du pont Mac Donald ou (Méfiez-vous des lunettes noires) / The Fiancés of the Bridge Mac Donald
Criterion | 1961 | 5 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
A young man has a dark view on life when he wears his dark glasses. Once he removes them, things get better.
Comedy / Romance / Short / Foreign
L' opéra-mouffe Blu-ray Movie
Diary of a Pregnant Woman
Criterion | 1958 | 16 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Agnès Varda captures day-to-day life along the Rue Mouffetard.
Drama / Romance / Short / Foreign
Les dites cariatides Blu-ray Movie
The So-Called Caryatids
Criterion | 1984 | 12 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Agnès Varda explores the caryatids' ancient Greek roots while musing on their modern resonance.
Documentary / Short / Foreign
T'as de beaux escaliers, tu sais Blu-ray Movie
You've Got Beautiful Stairs, You Know
Criterion | 1986 | 4 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Agnès Varda celebrates the Cinémathèque Française's 50th anniversary with a themed tribute to all that cinema can offer.
Short / Foreign
Daguerréotypes Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1976 | 78 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
An affable, curious portrait of Agnès Varda's neighbors and acquaintances on Rue Daguerre, where she'd been living for decades.
Documentary / Foreign
Le lion volatil Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 2003 | 12 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
A fortune-teller's apprentice crosses paths with a Catacombs security guard near the shape-shifting Lion of Belfort statue in Paris.
Romance / Short / Foreign
Le bonheur Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1965 | 80 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Though married to the good-natured, beautiful Thérèse, young husband and father François finds himself falling unquestioningly into an affair with an attractive postal worker.
Drama / Romance / Foreign
Les créatures Blu-ray Movie
The Creatures
Criterion | 1966 | 94 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
A writer uses the strange inhabitants of a small island as a basis for characters in his new book.
Drama / Fantasy / Foreign
Elsa la Rose Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1966 | 21 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Renowned poet couple Louis Aragon and Elsa Triolet recount their courtship and marriage, re-enacting notable moments in the locations from their youth.
Documentary / Short / Foreign
Uncle Yanco Blu-ray Movie
Oncle Yanco
Criterion | 1967 | 20 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Agnès Varda tracks down a Greek emigrant relative she's never met, discovering an artist and kindred soul leading a bohemian life in Sausalito.
Documentary / Short