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July 2008 DVDs

Caravaggio
Derek Jarman

$29.95 (Digital video disc / Umbrella Entertainme )

Told in flashback as Michelangelo Caravaggio (1571-1610) lies dying in poverty, the film brilliantly recreates the look and colour of the artist’s original paintings while exploring the homoerotic subtext of his work – a... More »

Live Flesh
Pedro Almodovar

$19.95 (Digital video disc / Hopscotch Entertainment )

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Mister Lonely
Harmony Korrine

$29.95 (Digital video disc / )

Hailed as an immediate cult classic upon its premiere at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, MISTER LONELY is the latest brainchild of the sublimely demented & brilliantly controversial HARMONY KORINE. In Paris, a sweet, ... More »

Gabrielle
Patrice Chereau

$24.95 (Digital video disc / Universal Pict Vid )

Paris, early 1900's. Mr Hervey and his wife have fostered the illusion of a perfect bourgeois household. Jean loses everything in a fatal blow when he finds a note from Gabrielle, explaining that she's leaving him. Howev... More »


The Other Boleyn Girl
Justin Chadwick

$29.95 (Digital video disc / Universal Pict Vid )

A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a defining moment in European history: two beautiful sisters, Anne and Mary Boleyn, driven by their family's blind ambition, comp... More »

Last Life In The Universe
Pen-ek Ratanaruang

$29.95 (Digital video disc / Accent Film )

Under the guidance of this much celebrated triumvirate, refugee elements of Japanese yakuza films, an unpredictable succession of lush and intoxicating images, and a host of eccentric narrative tics from the cutting edge... More »


Get Smart: Season One
Don Adams

$39.95 (Digital video disc / Home Box Office Dvds )

From the comic genius of Mel Brooks and Buck Henry comes Maxwell Smart (Don Adams) saving the world from evil, the alluring Agent 99 (Barbara Feldon) saving Max from himself, and all those amazing gadgets saving the day.... More »

Ali Fear Eats The Soul
Rainer Werner Fassbinder

$34.95 (Digital video disc / Madman )

Set in 1974 in a West Germany which is still feeling the after-effects of the Second World War, the film follows Emmi a cleaner who is well and truly in the second half of her life. Emmi lives a solitary life a widow wit... More »


The Darjeeling Limited
Wes Anderson

$39.95 (Digital video disc / )

Three American brothers who have not spoken to each other in a year set off on a train voyage across India with a plan to find themselves and bond with each other to become brothers again like they used to be. Their "spi... More »

All That Heaven Allows
Douglas Sirk

$39.95 (Digital video disc / Madman )

Douglas Sirk pairs Rock Hudson and Jane Wyman for the second time in All That Heaven Allows, one of his most romantic and touching cinematic masterpieces! Wealthy widow Cary (Wyman) lives a repressive life in the New Eng... More »


Mala Noche Dvd
Van Sant Gus

$29.95 (Digital video disc / Madman )

Made for $25,000, the debut film from Gus Van Sant, MALA NOCHE, tells the story of Walt, a convenience store worker at the bad end of town. Walt likes the Mexican boys, and meets Johnny, a sexy illegal migrant who speaks... More »

Wittgenstein
Derek Jarman

$29.95 (Digital video disc / Umbrella Entertainme )

The story of the great philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein personalised in Jarman’s unique style to address the politics and sexuality of the troubled intellectual. Full of arresting visuals and bold performances from Tilda ... More »


Annie Leibovitz: Life Through A Lens
Barbara Leibovitz

$34.95 (Digital video disc / Madman )

Annie Leibovitz has produced some of the most iconic images of the last 30 years and is, literally, our most influential woman photographer. She has shot the rich and famous, the profound and powerful, the exceptional an... More »

Four Minutes
Chris Kraus

$29.95 (Digital video disc / Madman )

It was 60 years ago that Traude Krüger began teaching music at a woman's prison. Now, on her search for possible students, she meets Jenny.

Jenny is withdrawn, extremely violent and a convicted murderer. At their first ... More »


Christine
Pierre Gaspard-Huit

$19.95 (Digital video disc / Universal Pict Vid )

Vienna in 1906 : Frantz Lobheimer has just broken off the discrete love affair he was having with the baroness Eggersdorf, now that he's discovered true love with the young and tender Christine. However the baron Eggersd... More »

Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
Julien Temple

$29.95 (Digital video disc / Magna Pacific )

As the enigmatic frontman for punk rock pioneers The Clash, Joe Strummer was a musician who defined his era and left an indelible mark on fans the world over. The film reveals the late Joe Strummer not just as a legend a... More »


Black, White and Grey
James Crump

$29.95 (Digital video disc / Madman )

Yale educated and born with a silver spoon in his mouth, Sam Wagstaff's transformation from innovative museum curator to Robert Mapplethorpe's lover and patron is intensively probed in Black White and Gray. During the he... More »

Kavanagh QC: Series One And Two
John Thaw

$59.95 (Digital video disc / )

John Thaw (Inspector Morse, The Sweeney) stars as Kavanagh Q.C., one of the most respected criminal law barristers in London. Despite a northern working class background, James Kavanagh has climbed to the top of the elit... More »


Rumpole Of The Bailey: Series 1
Leo McKern

$29.95 (Digital video disc / Mra Records )

In John Mortimer’s satirical look at criminal law and the Old Bailey, Horace Rumpole is a down-at-heel barrister who spouts Wordsworth to himself and is famed among colleagues for his battered hat and general slovenlines... More »

The Complete Worzel Gummidge
Jon Pertwee

$59.95 (Digital video disc / Kaleidoscope Film )

A mainstay of the British children’s comedy genre, Worzel Gummidge was the blowzy yet lovable scarecrow that warmed the hearts of children and adults alike. With his interchangeable heads for all occasions, Worzel set ou... More »


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