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A psychotic killer is murdering young women in Japan. TV news reporter Emi is covering the killings while her friend,
Aki, a film projectionist, is being haunted by the ghost of a child. Emi introduces Aki to Kurahashi, a married man with a dark secret. The demons that haunt all of these people converge to to become part of a larger evil in this sequel to the 1988 Japanese horror hit.
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In 1936, Sergei Petrovich Kotov, his wife Marussia and daughter Nadia take refuge in the countryside. But the arrival of a mysterious man shatters their hopes for a peaceful existence. At first, Mitia, who once was Marussia's lover, seems charming-- he's handsome, plays the piano, and easily wins Nadia's affections. Gradually, however, it becomes clear that Mitia's visit may have terrible repercussions for the innocent family.A retired soldier decorated for his efforts during the Bolshevik revolution enjoys his life in the country with his young wife and dazzling little daughter until their idyllic peace is rippled by the arrival of a man from their past who, unknown to them, is an agent for the Secret Police. Nikita Mikhalkov's powerful portrait of viciousness during the Stalin era won the 1994 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseWidescreen - 1.66Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 - Russian
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A violent gangster film that manages to be hauntingly beautiful, RAINY DOG is a departure from the splatter of director Takashi Miike's other films. Yuuji (Sho Aikawa) is a Yakuza down on his luck and barely getting by on assassination jobs given him by a local boss in Taiwan, when a woman from his past reappears along with a son he never knew about. The woman abandons the boy with Yuuji, and along with his newfound responsibility comes a desire to provide a life of security for his new family, which includes a prostitute with whom Yuuji has taken up. He is forced to fight for the sactuary he seeks, however, finding himself caught in the midst of a gangland war and confronted with another Yakuza who may have a contract out on him. Reminiscent of Japanese noir films and replete with mood and characterization that take precedence over the violent action, this is the second installment of Miike's stunning Black Society Trilogy.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseAnamorphic WidescreenAudio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - JapaneseAdditional Release Material: Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Production Interviews - 1. Takashi Miike, Director and Yasushi Shimamura, EditorInteractive Features: Audio Commentary - 1. Tom Mes, Writer on Japanese Cinema Scene Access Interactive MenusText/Photo Galleries: Filmographies Biographies
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Andrzej Wajda's adaptation of Jerzy Andrzejewski classic novel comprises the third part of the director's World War II trilogy. Set in the immediate postwar era of 1945, the film stars Zbigniew Cybulski as Maciek Chelmicki, a gunman for the Polish underground. When he and another operative, Andrzej (Adam Pawlikowski), ambush a jeep in which the new Communist party secretary, Szczuka (Waclaw Zastrzezynski), is supposed to be arriving, they find that he was never in the jeep. Maciek's superiors in the underground order him to make another attempt on Szczuka's life, and both Maciek and his target end up checking into the same hotel. While waiting to take down his quarry, Maciek has a fling with a barmaid, Krystyna (Ewa Krzyzanowska), that makes him question his commitment to the cloak-and-dagger life of the underground. A party celebrating the liberation goes on in the ground floor convention room, ironic for Maciek, who knows that a new war is just beginning. At daybreak, he leaves the barmaid and goes to execute his orders. Widely regarded as the best of Wajda's early films, the powerful antiwar statement features extraordinary work by the short-lived Cybulski, often described as the Polish James Dean.DVD Features:Region [unknown]Keep CaseText/Image Galleries: Behind-the-Scenes Images Original Posters Full Credits Biographies
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Directed by acclaimed Spanish filmmaker Jose Juan Bigas Luna, HUEVOS DE ORO (GOLDEN BALLS) stars Javier Bardem in his breakthrough role (for which he also received a Goya Award nomination). In this satire of Latin machismo and the excesses of the 1980s, Bardem plays Benito Gonzalez, who dreams of building a mighty skyscraper and thereby securing fame and wealth for himself. His main advantages are his uncontrollable self-assurance and skills as a lothario. He marries the daughter of a rich banker while keeping a mistress on the side, but his betrayal of both women begin to destroy his plans for the building as well as his chauvinist self-confidence. Bigas Luna brings his trademarks--an honest exploration of sexuality and surrealistic imagery--to this tale of male egotism and its undoing.DVD Features:Region (unknown)Keep CaseAnamorphic Widescreen - 1.85Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 Stereo - CastilianAdditional Release Material: Trailers Neutral Spanish Audio
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