Art House & International VHS Movies
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The Boy Friend (1971)
Price: $68.95
Category: VHS Movies
 Publisher: MGM (Warner) Starring: Twiggy, Christopher Gable, Max Adrian, Bryan Pringle, Murray Melvin Directed By: Ken Russell Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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Tango Lesson
Price: $98.95
Category: VHS Movies
Publisher: Sony Pictures Starring: Sally Potter, Pablo Veron, Naveira, Salas, Too Directed By: Sally Potter Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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Sally Potter's self-reflective film stars Potter (an actress and the director of Orlando), more or less as herself, learning to tango from master dancer Pablo Veron and considering making a film called The Tango Lesson. The film that we happen to be watching, however, is concerned largely with the delicious conflict between the politics of tango--the need for one partner, typically the woman, to yield to the other--and the expectations of the filmmaker to do things on her own terms. Can Potter simultaneously surrender and control for the duration of this circular project? The question is made more complicated by Veron's desire to be in one of Potter's films--in other words, to follow her lead. Potter may not be Veron's equal on the dance floor, but that isn't the point of this interesting movie and its provocative, internal debate. --Tom Keogh. |
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Wise Blood
Price: $59.99
Category: VHS Movies
Publisher: Universal Studios Starring: Ned Beatty, Joe Dorsey, Brad Dourif, Richard Earle, Betty Lou Groover Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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Sally Potter's self-reflective film stars Potter (an actress and the director of Orlando), more or less as herself, learning to tango from master dancer Pablo Veron and considering making a film called The Tango Lesson. The film that we happen to be watching, however, is concerned largely with the delicious conflict between the politics of tango--the need for one partner, typically the woman, to yield to the other--and the expectations of the filmmaker to do things on her own terms. Can Potter simultaneously surrender and control for the duration of this circular project? The question is made more complicated by Veron's desire to be in one of Potter's films--in other words, to follow her lead. Potter may not be Veron's equal on the dance floor, but that isn't the point of this interesting movie and its provocative, internal debate. --Tom Keogh. |
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The Changeling
Price: $7.79
Category: VHS Movies
Publisher: Hbo Home Video Starring: George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Melvyn Douglas, Jean Marsh, John Colicos Directed By: Peter Medak Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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When a recent widower (the wonderfully overemphatic George C. Scott ) moves into an antique Washington mansion, his realization that he may not be the only resident leads him toward a deadly secret that refuses to remain buried....The best haunted-house film since the legendary Haunting, this potent, classy combination of the mystery and horror genres eschews explicit gore and dumb shocks in exchange for a subtle creepiness that occasionally builds to a terrifying peak (watch out for that seance scene!). The result is a satisfyingly intelligent horror film with an intriguing dash of Watergate-era paranoia. Director Peter Medak went on to direct the considerably more gratuitous and somewhat less effective Romeo Is Bleeding and The Krays. --Andrew Wright. |
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Inner Circle
Price: $99.00
Category: VHS Movies
Publisher: Sony Pictures Starring: Tom Hulce, Lolita Davidovich, Bob Hoskins, Aleksandr Zbruyev, Feodor Chaliapin Jr. Directed By: Andrei Konchalovsky Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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Here's an intriguing little premise: Inside Stalin's Kremlin, as seen by... his movie projectionist! Now that's glasnost. As played by Tom Hulce, he's an optimistic little dweeb who believes that Fearless Leader has only his best interests at heart. Most of the film is about his waiting to do his job, getting occasional glimpses of Uncle Joe, not realizing that, when the ruthless dictator finally does engage him in conversation, Stalin might as well be talking to a bug. |
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Monty Python & Holy Grail
List Price: $14.95 Now Only: $5.00 You Save: $ 9.95 (67%)
Category: VHS Movies
Publisher: Sony Pictures Starring: Connie Booth, Elspeth Cameron, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Carol Cleveland Directed By: Terry Jones Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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Could this be the funniest movie ever made? By any rational measure of comedy, this medieval romp from the Monty Python troupe certainly belongs on the short list of candidates. According to Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide, it's "recommended for fans only," but we say hogwash to that--you could be a complete newcomer to the Python phenomenon and still find this send-up of the Arthurian legend to be wet-your-pants hilarious. It's basically a series of sketches woven together as King Arthur's quest for the Holy Grail, with Graham Chapman as the King, Terry Gilliam as his simpleton sidekick Patsy, and the rest of the Python gang filling out a variety of outrageous roles. The comedy highlights are too numerous to mention, but once you've seen Arthur's outrageously bloody encounter with the ominous Black Knight (John Cleese), you'll know that nothing's sacred in the Python school of comedy. |
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Love Actually
Price: $17.99
Category: VHS Movies
Publisher: Universal Studios Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Colin Firth, Gregor Fisher, Martin Freeman (II), Jill Freud Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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Get ready for fun! (Leah Rozen, People) with the "feel good movie of the year!" (Clay Smith, Access Hollywood) Love Actually is the ultimate romantic comedy from the makers of Bridget Jones's Diary and Notting Hill. Funny, irresistible and heartwarming, an all-star cast (Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth and Emma Thompson, to name a few!) will take you on a breathtaking tour of love's delightful twists and turns. Fall under the spell Love Actually and share the laughs and charm again and again.. |
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El Rey Leon (The Lion King) (Spanish)
Price: $28.00
Category: VHS Movies
Publisher: Walt Disney Video Starring: Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons, James Earl Jones, Whoopi Goldberg, Jonathan Taylor Thomas Directed By: Rob Minkoff, Roger Allers Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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Not an ideal choice for younger kids, this hip and violent animated feature from Disney was nevertheless a huge smash in theaters and on video, and it continues to enjoy life in an acclaimed Broadway production. The story finds a lion cub, son of a king, sent into exile after his father is sabotaged by a rivalrous uncle. The little hero finds his way into the "circle of life" with some new friends and eventually comes back to reclaim his proper place. Characters are very strong, vocal performances by the likes of Jeremy Irons, Nathan Lane, and Whoopi Goldberg are terrific, the jokes are aimed as much (if not more) at adults than kids, the animation is sometimes breathtaking, and the music is more palatable than in many Disney features. |
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A Town Like Alice
Price: $44.97
Category: VHS Movies
Publisher: Starz / Anchor Bay Starring: Helen Morse, Bryan Brown, Gordon Jackson, Dorothy Alison, Yuki Shimoda Directed By: David Stevens Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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Not an ideal choice for younger kids, this hip and violent animated feature from Disney was nevertheless a huge smash in theaters and on video, and it continues to enjoy life in an acclaimed Broadway production. The story finds a lion cub, son of a king, sent into exile after his father is sabotaged by a rivalrous uncle. The little hero finds his way into the "circle of life" with some new friends and eventually comes back to reclaim his proper place. Characters are very strong, vocal performances by the likes of Jeremy Irons, Nathan Lane, and Whoopi Goldberg are terrific, the jokes are aimed as much (if not more) at adults than kids, the animation is sometimes breathtaking, and the music is more palatable than in many Disney features. |
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Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
List Price: $19.98 Now Only: $19.30 You Save: $ 0.68 (3%)
Category: VHS Movies
Publisher: Sony Pictures Starring: Colm Feore, Derek Keurvorst, Katya Ladan, Devon Anderson, Joshua Greenblatt Directed By: François Girard Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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François Girard originally conceived 32 Short Films About Glenn Gould as a biography to try to explain the bizarre genius of the master pianist who stopped touring in 1963 at the height of his success. The 32 parts play out key moments of Gould's life without stringing them together. They go from realistic (a scene in a Hamburg hotel in which Gould turns a maid on to the wonder of music) to nihilistic (a segment solely made up of the drugs Gould presumably took). Stratford actor Colm Feore is quite good as the slyly introverted, soft-spoken figure, although this film is more of an examination of loneliness than of music. |
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