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Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Academy Award winner Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men) stars in the latest effort from legendary filmmaker Woody Allen as a flamboyant painter who finds himself in the middle of a unique relationship with Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Christina (Scarlett Johansson), a pair of American tourists. Penélope Cruz (Volver) also stars as Bardem's insanely jealous ex-wife, Maria Elena, in this quirky romantic dramedy set in Barcelona.

Battlestar Galactica: Season 4: Disc 1: Razor
This disc includes both the unrated and original broadcast versions of "Battlestar Galactica: Razor."

Battlestar Galactica: Season 4: Disc 2
This disc includes the following episodes: "He That Believeth in Me," "Six of One," "The Ties That Bind" and "Escape Velocity."

Battlestar Galactica: Season 4: Disc 3
This disc includes the following episodes: "The Road Less Traveled," "Faith" and "Guess What's Coming to Dinner?."

Battlestar Galactica: Season 4: Disc 4
This disc includes the following episodes: "Sine Qua Non," "The Hub," and "Revelations."

Burn After Reading
John Malkovich stars in this dark comedy from Oscar winners Joel and Ethan Coen as Osbourne Cox, an ousted CIA official who loses his recently penned memoir into the hands of a pair of moronic gym employees. George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Tilda Swinton round out the cast of this irreverent farce, whose title alludes to former CIA director Stansfield Turner's book Burn Before Reading: Presidents, CIA Directors, and Secret Intelligence .

Appaloosa
When a malicious, land-hungry rancher (Jeremy Irons) has the marshal and deputy of Appaloosa killed, two gunmen (Viggo Mortensen and Ed Harris, who also directs) arrive and try to bring law and order back to the frontier town. But when a beautiful widow of uncertain convictions (Renée Zellweger) enters the picture, the stakes are raised and soon the lead flies. Lance Henriksen co-stars in this Western based on the novel by Robert B. Parker.

La Strada: Special Edition
Italian auteur Federico Fellini helmed this powerful rumination on love and hate, the Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Film in 1956. This restored version (introduced by Martin Scorsese) tells the story of gentle Gelsomina (Giulietta Masina), sold by her mother to the bullying circus performer, Zampanò, with whom she falls in love. When a clown, Il Matto (Richard Basehart), wins her heart, a doomed love triangle inevitably develops.

Touchez Pas au Grisbi
Jacques Becker's thriller stars Jean Gabin as Max, an aging, gentlemanly mobster who thinks he's about to retire after a massively successful heist. But he soon discovers that someone else has his eye on the loot: a brutal crime boss named Angelo (Lino Ventura), who heard about the jackpot from his girlfriend (Jeanne Moreau). Angelo gives Max a choice to give up the cash or sacrifice himself, and what ensues is a tense game of cat and mouse.

Californication: Season 1: Disc 1
This disc includes episodes: "Pilot," "Hell-A Woman," "The Whore of Babylon," "Fear and Loathing at the Fundraiser," "LOL" and "Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder."

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
Stanley Kubrick's frequent collaborator and brother-in-law, Jan Harlan, offers a fascinating inside look at the genius behind such films as 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Full Metal Jacket and Dr. Strangelove. Narrated by Tom Cruise, the documentary features interviews with family members as well as colleagues, including Jack Nicholson, Nicole Kidman, Malcolm McDowell, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese and more.

Le Notti Bianche
When a man looking for companionship (Marcello Mastroianni) and a woman (Maria Schell) waiting for her errant lover cross paths on a bridge, they never expect to get past "Hello." But before the sun rises, the chance encounter will fuse their destinies, transforming them from strangers to lovers. Luchino Visconti directs this haunting black-and-white romance, which updates a 19th century short story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

Ugetsu
With 16th century Japan's feudal wars as a backdrop, director Kenji Mizoguchi's lyrical masterpiece delivers a profound message about the ephemeral nature of human life. Despite the conflict raging around them, a potter (Masayuki Mori) and a farmer (Saka Ozawa) -- two peasants with visions of grandeur -- journey to the city seeking wealth and glory. But their blind ambition ultimately takes its toll … on the families they left behind.

Spaced: The Compete Series: Disc 1
This disc includes the episodes "Beginnings," "Gatherings," "Art," "Battles," "Chaos," "Epiphanies" and "Ends."

The Lady from Shanghai
Batten down the hatches -- it's gonna be one bumpy ride when Mike O'Hara (Orson Welles, who also wrote and directed) becomes a crew member on Arthur Bannister's (Everett Sloane) yacht. In nothing flat, sparks fly between O'Hara and Bannister's wife, Rosalie (Rita Hayworth), with murder not far off. The hall of mirrors sequence at the end of the film is classic Welles.

The Furies
Barbara Stanwyck plays the daughter of a wealthy rancher (Walter Huston), who has a unusual relationship with her.

Paranoia Agent: Vol. 1: Enter Lil' Slugger
This disc includes the following episodes (1-4): "Enter Lil' Slugger," "The Golden Shoes," "Double Lips" and "A Man's Path."

The Son
Olivier (played by Olivier Gourmet, who won the 2002 Best Actor Award at Cannes for his role) is a divorced man who teaches carpentry at a vocational training center. When a psychologically damaged teenager named Francis turns up in class, Olivier becomes obsessed with the boy. But when Olivier's ex-wife, Magali (Isabella Soupart), learns of the boy, she's horrified, which adds another cryptic layer onto this complex drama.

The Great McGinty
Preston Sturges made his directorial debut and won a Best Screenplay Oscar for this hit political satire. Corrupt politicians recruit bum Dan McGinty (Brian Donlevy) to vote under assumed names to help their candidates win. He's so good that the Boss (Akim Tamiroff) decides he'd make an ideal puppet mayor and arranges a political marriage for him. But with his new wife (Muriel Angelus), McGinty gains a conscience, causing problems for the Boss.

City of Men
In director Paulo Morelli's follow-up to Fernando Meirelles's Oscar-nominated City of God, 18-year-old best friends Acerola (Douglas Silva) and Laranjinha (Darlan Cunha) are struggling to come to terms with the pressures of manhood in the midst a bloody neighborhood gang war. Rodrigo dos Santos and Jonathan Haagensen also star in this brutally realistic and heartbreaking exposé on life in the mean streets of Rio de Janeiro.

Funny Games
An affluent German family is settling into their lakeside vacation home when a young man named Peter (Frank Giering) comes to the door asking to borrow eggs. Anna (Susanne Lothar) is alone in the house while her husband (Ulrich Muhe) and son (Stefan Clapczynski) are off swimming. A friend (Arno Frisch) soon joins Peter, and when Anna's men return, the pair takes the family hostage and begins to play sadistic games in this disturbing thriller.

Lars and the Real Girl
Ryan Gosling plays the title character in this oddball comedy about a delusional young man who buys a life-size sex doll over the Internet -- and then falls in love with her. When the besotted young man starts telling people that the doll is his girlfriend, his brother and sister-in-law decide it's time to intervene in this film co-starring Patricia Clarkson, Emily Mortimer, Kelli Garner and Paul Schneider.

City of Men: Disc 1
This disc includes the following episodes (1-7): "The Emperor's Crown," "The Man's Brother-in-Law," "The Mail," "Uolace & Joao Victor," "Saturday," "Two Tickets to Brasilia" and "It's Gotta Be Now."

Contempt
Director Jean-Luc Godard's cynical take on the world of filmmaking is a poignant commentary about the sacrificial price of art. Screenwriter Paul Javal (Michel Piccoli) must fight many battles to get his version of Homer's Odyssey to the big screen. He's at odds with his conniving producer (Jack Palance) and his egotistical director (Fritz Lang). What's more, his marriage to his beautiful wife Camille (Brigitte Bardot) is also foundering.

The Namesake
While he respects his immigrant parents (Irfan Khan and Tabu) and their decision to rear him in his United States birthplace, Gogol Ganguli (Kal Penn) is torn between Indian traditions and the modern Bostonian lifestyle. Jacinda Barrett and Zuleikha Robinson also star in director Mira Nair's thought-provoking coming-of-age drama, which explores first-generation Americans' delicate dance between culture and identity.

Pierrot Le Fou
Director Jean-Luc Godard's popular 1965 drama captures '60s French cool as only Godard could depict it. After attending a mindless party full of shallow chatter, Ferdinand (Jean-Paul Belmondo) suddenly feels a desperate need to escape and runs away with his baby-sitter, Marianna (Anna Karina). But Marianna's dark past still haunts her, and what follows is a roller-coaster ride filled with passion and desperation as the two lovers meet their fate.

Kwaidan
Winner of the Special Jury Prize at Cannes, this film features four tales in which terror thrives and demons lurk. Adapted from traditional Japanese ghost stories, each of the four narratives finds its protagonist confronted by spirits compelling him to either make amends for past mistakes, maintain vows of silence, satisfy the needs of the undead or capture phantoms that remain elusive. Masaki Kobayashi directs this lavish production.

Idiocracy
To test its top secret Human Hibernation Project, the Pentagon picks the most average Americans it can find -- an Army private (Luke Wilson) and a prostitute (Maya Rudolph) -- and sends them to the year 2505 after a series of freak events. But when they arrive, they find a civilization so dumbed-down that they're the smartest people around. Mike Judge and Etan Cohen ("Beavis and Butthead") reteamed for this futuristic farce.

36th Chamber of Shaolin
After a corrupt general occupies his village and terrorizes his family, San Te (Chia Hui Liu) vows revenge and leaves home to study the ancient fighting arts. He becomes a monk at the mythical Shaolin Temple, where he learns the secrets of all 35 chambers in a rigorous seven-year apprenticeship. But when he proposes a 36th chamber to teach the masses to defend themselves, he's cast out of the temple in this Shaw Brothers kung fu classic.

Fanny and Alexander (Theatrical Version)
Director Ingmar Bergman's autobiographical drama, the 1984 Best Foreign Film Oscar winner, depicts a family in crisis after its lively patriarch, Oscar (Allan Edwall), dies unexpectedly. Desperate to provide stability to her children, Fanny and Alexander, the widow Emilie (Ewa Froling) marries a minister, but their new life proves to be foreboding and lonesome. It's up to their grandmother (Gunn Wallgren) to infuse joy into their existence.

Persona
To achieve more effective treatment, a nurse (Bibi Andersson) and her patient (Liv Ullmann), an actress who's lost the power of speech, check into a private cottage by the sea. Isolated from most of the rest of society, the two women become co-dependent and insanely jealous of each other. It's a case of the cure being worse than the affliction in this classic directed by Swedish master Ingmar Bergman.

La Haine
French director Mathieu Kassovitz's jolting drama traces a fateful day in the lives of alienated ghetto youths Vinz (Vincent Cassel), Saïd (Saïd Taghmaoui) and Hubert (Hubert Koundé) -- a Jew, an Arab and an African, respectively. When their friend Abdel ends up comatose after a police beating, Vinz -- who's come into possession of a gun -- vows to dispense rough justice, sealing the destiny of all three. Benoît Magimel also stars.

Phantom Museums: The Short Films of the Quay Brothers: Disc 1
This disc includes the following: "The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer," "The Unnameable Little Broom," "Street of Crocodiles," "Rehearsals For Extinct Anatomies" and "Stille Nacht I - Dramolet."

Deliver Us from Evil
This unsettling Oscar-nominated documentary from filmmaker Amy Berg investigates the life of 30-year pedophile Father Oliver O'Grady and exposes the corruption inside the Catholic Church that allowed him to abuse countless children. A mix of victim stories and a disturbing interview with O'Grady provides a view into the troubled mind of the spiritual leader who moved from parish to parish gaining the trust of congregations ... all the while betraying so many.

Throwdown
Hanging up his life as a judo master, Sveto Bo (Louis Koo) opens a nightclub, where he tries to replace his old passion with a thirst for alcohol and gambling. But when a new judo fighter (Aaron Kwok) arrives to challenge him and a former rival comes out of the woodwork, it's time for the old champion to brush up on his skills. Turning his nightclub into an arena, Sveto Bo takes on his opponents one by one.

Quai des Orfevres
Singer Jenny Lamour (Suzy Delair) is on the brink of achieving notoriety -- but it's not in the music field. Instead, she's embroiled in a tale of intrigue that involves her jealous husband and accompanist, Maurice (Bernard Blier), murdering a man with whom Jenny made seductive eye contact just so she could obtain more gigs.

La Terra Trema
Director Luchino Visconti's haunting film presents a wrenching study of a family struggling to find happiness against the backdrop of Sicily's fishing community. Real Sicilian locals played all the villagers, whose lives undergo dramatic changes when they plot to overthrow the greedy wholesalers depriving them of a decent living. Against the odds, they still enjoy love, laughter and friendship within their close-knit community.

By Brakhage: An Anthology: Disc 1
This disc includes four of Brakhage's short films (Desistfilm, Wedlock House: An Intercourse, Dog Star Man and The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes) plus two interview segments.

The Spirit of the Beehive
In this mesmerizing allegorical tale set in post-Civil War Spain, precocious young Ana (Ana Torrent) becomes obsessed with finding the spirit of Frankenstein's monster after watching director James Whale's 1931 classic. When she happens upon a wounded military deserter, Ana believes that she's evoked the cinematic creature. Helmed by Victor Erice, the film also stars Fernando Fernan Gomez and Teresa Gimpera as Ana's disengaged parents.

Green for Danger
Wounded by a Nazi bomber, a postman dies on the operating table in rural England. But was his death accidental or murder? Enter Inspector Cockrill (Alastair Sim), an irrepressibly cheerful Scotland Yard sleuth with a penchant for annoying suspects into revealing hidden motives. An unconventional whodunit from the brilliant team of Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder, this wartime classic also stars Trevor Howard as one of the suspected doctors.

The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
The plot of Romanian director Cristi Puiu's real-time drama is simple, following the travails of an ailing old man (veteran actor Ion Fiscuteanu) who waits for his illness to overtake him as a weary paramedic (Luminta Gheorghiu) shuttles him between hospitals. Inspired by filmmaker Eric Rohmer's Six Moral Tales, Puiu's slyly metaphorical satire is the first installment of the planned series Six Stories from the Bucharest Suburbs.

Jesus Camp
This riveting Oscar-nominated documentary offers an unfiltered look at a revivalist subculture where devout Christian youngsters are being primed to deliver the fundamentalist community's religious and political messages. Building an evangelical army of tomorrow, the Kids on Fire summer camp in Devil's Lake, N.D., is dedicated to deepening the preteens' spirituality and sowing the seeds of political activism as they're exhorted to "take back America for Christ."

Woman Is the Future of Man
Two old friends reminisce about the woman they both loved -- and abandoned -- in this poignant meditation on memory and loss from acclaimed Korean director Sang-soo Hong. Not content to let the past lie, childhood buddies Kim Hyeon-gon (Tae-woo Kim) and Lee Mun-ho (Ji-tae Yu) decide to seek out and surprise their former flame (Hyeon-a Seong), setting the stage for a reunion with unexpected emotional fallout.

Russian Dolls
Although he hates the way his life has turned out, would-be writer Xavier (Romain Duris) has no one to blame but himself. So when an opportunity comes along that could change his luck, he knows he'd better not blow it. Audrey Tautou, Kelly Reilly, Cecile De France, Kevin Bishop, Evguenya Obraztsova, Irene Montale and Gary Love round out the ensemble cast in Cedric Klapisch's sequel to his romantic comedy L'Auberge Espagnole.

Au Hasard Balthazar
This religious fable from director Robert Bresson traces the lives of a farm girl, Marie, and her beloved pet donkey, Balthazar. The two eventually become separated, but their experiences follow strangely parallel paths. As a young woman, Marie is cruelly abused by her lover, while Balthazar suffers at the hands of a number of different owners. But their torment ultimately becomes the vehicle for their spiritual transcendence and redemption.

Viridiana
Celebrated surrealist Luis Bunuel directs this controversial satire, which was banned by the Spanish government for obscenity and blasphemy. Before taking her final vows, the young nun Viridiana (Silvia Pinal) visits her uncle Don Jaime (Fernando Rey), who's supported her for years. But Jaime, fixated on his niece because of her resemblance to his late wife, sets out to corrupt her. Viridiana won the Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival.

Down in the Valley
Harlan (Oscar nominee Edward Norton), a swaggering stranger who's convinced he's a cowboy, looks like a knight in shining armor to a rebellious teen named Tobe (Evan Rachel Wood), a girl who's growing up fast on the edge of the San Fernando Valley. But are Harlan's delusions strong enough to overpower the grim realities of her life? Rory Culkin, David Morse and Bruce Dern co-star in this modern-day Western with a twist.

Edmond
With a David Mamet play as its inspiration, Edmond stars William H. Macy as the titular character, a businessman who undergoes a personal revolution after he heeds a psychic's call to change his life. In his quest for fulfillment, he abandons his wife and children, initiating a nightmarish descent into a certain kind of hell, a dark and dangerous world he's never known but that may wind up owning his soul.

Schizopolis
Steven Soderbergh presents a freewheeling comedy stuffed to the gills with visual and verbal puns. Soderbergh himself plays dual roles as Fletcher Munson and Dr. Jeffrey Korchek. Munson is a nerdy copywriter who finds himself under pressure when his boss dies, leaving him to write the upcoming speech for a revered spiritual leader. Korchek, a dentist, begins an affair with Munson's wife but runs into trouble when he falls for a new patient.

Out of the Past
Jacques Tourneur directs this definitive noir classic (remade in 1984 as Against All Odds with Jeff Bridges and Rachel Ward) about a trio to reckon with -- troubled private investigator Jeff Bailey (Robert Mitchum), drop-dead beauty Kathie (Jane Greer) and moneyed mobster Whit Sterling (Kirk Douglas). Bailey is hired to find Kathie, Sterling's former mistress. When he finds her, the unexpected occurs. …

Man with the Movie Camera
Cinema pioneer Dziga Vertov's controversial 1929 film still pulses with energy, innovation and genius. This landmark silent masterpiece from the Soviet avant-garde director stylishly highlights the buzz of everyday city life (shops, traffic, children, coal miners, nature) as seen through the eyes of a roving cameraman. Many filmic devices are used to comment on vision, life, Marxism and modernity in the Soviet Union.

A Woman Is a Woman
Beautiful striptease artist Angela (Anna Karina) is desperate to have a child, but her boyfriend, Emile (Jean-Claude Brialy), isn't as anxious. Although he cares for Angela and wants to keep their relationship going, he's not ready for a child. Instead, he suggests that she get together with his buddy Alfred (Jean-Paul Belmondo) -- a proposal Angela ultimately accepts, to Emile's shock and dismay. Frenchman Jean-Luc Godard directs.

A Man Escaped
Director Robert Bresson -- via a deceptively successful minimalist approach -- brings high drama to this true tale of a French prisoner (Francois Leterrier) and his single-minded determination to escape from a Nazi prison cell in occupied France during World War II. A prodigious achievement and a truly enthralling film.

La Notte
Writer Giovanni Pontano (Marcello Mastroianni) and his wife, Lydia (Jeanne Moreau), begin the day by visiting a dying friend in this exercise in alienation and indifference from writer and director Michelangelo Antonioni. Later, Giovanni attends a party for his new book, while Lydia visits their old home in Milan. The pair decides to attend yet another party, where they flirt with others, setting the stage for their marriage's eventual demise.

Breakfast on Pluto
Cillian Murphy heads a solid cast in director Neil Jordan's spirited romp based on Patrick McCabe's roisterous novel. Born the love child of a priest (Liam Neeson) in a conservative Irish hamlet, transvestite Patrick Braden (Murphy) leaves small-town life behind and heads to swinging 1970s London to find the mother who abandoned him. Along the way, Patrick -- who's a trouble magnet -- unwittingly takes up with an Irish Republican Army gunrunner.

MirrorMask
Screenwriter Neil Gaiman's masterful allegorical drama, which melds live actors with animated characters, portrays the existence of a 15-year-old girl named Helena (Stephanie Leonidas) in a civilization ruled by light and darkness. When the Light Queen loses her equal hold on the kingdom, plunging it into gloomy shadows, Helena takes it upon herself to restore the universe back to its rightful balance. Dave McKean directs.

L'Eclisse
Michelangelo Antonioni's trilogy ends with this haunting, starkly modern meditation on love. Tracing the trajectory of one relationship, L'Eclisse (aka The Eclipse) follows the exploits of a woman (Monica Vitti) who craves deep and abiding affection. Convinced that the man she's with (Francisco Rabal) can't give her what she needs, she leaves him, only to begin an affair with another (Alain Delon). But their trysts threaten to engulf them all.

The Rolling Stones: Gimme Shelter
Full of classic renditions of "Sympathy for the Devil," "Under My Thumb," "Satisfaction," "Jumpin' Jack Flash" and "Wild Horses," this unvarnished documentary chronicles the Rolling Stones' chaotic 1969 American tour. Starting off on a high note at a riveting New York City show, the film concludes in the aftermath of the infamous Altamont Speedway gig, where Hell's Angels hired as security brutalized concert-goers (even killing one).

William Eggleston in the Real World
By following acclaimed photographer William Eggleston around his home base of Memphis, Tenn. -- and on trips to Kentucky, Los Angeles and New York -- filmmaker Michael Almereyda presents an intimate portrait of the man who made color cool again. This revealing documentary uncovers the deep connection between Eggleston's enigmatic personality and his groundbreaking work, which expertly captures the beauty of ordinary objects.

Shoot the Piano Player
Charlie (Charles Aznavour), a once-famous pianist, is now stroking the keys in a Parisian saloon. When his brothers get in trouble with gangsters, Charlie inadvertently gets swept up in the chaos and is forced to rejoin the family he once fled. This highly stylized melodrama from director François Truffaut employs all of the hallmarks of French new wave cinema: extended voice-overs, out-of-sequence camera shots, sudden jump-cutting and more.

The Yakuza Papers: Disc 1: Battles Without Honor and Humanity
This disc includes the episode "Battles Without Honor and Humanity."

Buffalo '66
Fresh from a five-year stint in stir, Billy Brown (Vincent Gallo) heads home to Buffalo, N.Y., to visit his kin -- and knock off the place-kicker whose botched field goal sent Billy to the slammer (to repay a gambling debt). Eager to impress his insouciant parents (Ben Gazzara and Anjelica Huston), Billy kidnaps buxom blonde Layla (Christina Ricci) and makes her masquerade as his wife. But as the day wears on, Billy and Layla begin to connect.

Paris, Texas
Director Wim Wenders is at his offbeat best in this "road movie" about a drifter named Travis (Harry Dean Stanton) who's found roaming in the Texas desert. In a quest to rebuild his life and reconnect with his son, Travis -- who's been gone four years -- attempts to untangle his thorny past with his wife (Nastassja Kinski). Dean Stockwell co-stars in this moving study of an emotionally scarred man trying to heal a surfeit of psychological wounds.

Naked Killer
Martial arts and taboo-shattering sensuality combine in this notorious Hong Kong action thriller. While investigating a string of all-male murders, Hong Kong detective Tinam (Simon Yam) becomes smitten with the prime suspect, Vivian (Chingmy Yau). She in turn is recruited by Sister Cindy (Kelly Yao), a feminist kung fu master who also trained Princess (Carrie Ng), the homicidal lesbian responsible for the slayings.

A Decade Under the Influence
This documentary, which premiered at Sundance in January 2003, explores American cinema in the 1970s, a decade often described as the best years in film. What results is an ode to the art form, one that pays homage to the "auteurs" that emerged from that distinctive time period, such as Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese. Director-writer Ted Demme passed away in the middle of the project; Richard LaGravenese stepped in to finish it.

The General (Silent)
Rejected by the Confederate Army as unfit and taken for a coward by his beloved Annabelle (Marion Mack), Johnnie Gray (Buster Keaton) sets out to single-handedly win the war with his cherished locomotive. When Northern spies steal his train, the intrepid Confederate takes on the entire Union army to get it back.

Dogtown and Z-Boys
A new style of skateboarding emerged in the 1970s -- showcasing moves borrowed from famous surfers -- and with it, a skating culture was born. Legendary skateboarder Stacy Peralta (Riding Giants) directed this fast-paced, award-winning documentary that focuses on the Z-Boys of Venice Beach, Calif. This innovative group of guys became legends in the sport, and the depth of their influence is felt in a variety of sports -- and society -- today.

Strings
Marionette puppets play the starring roles in this old-school allegory with modern-day applications, a story that parallels the 21st century "War on Terror." When Hal, the son of a dead king, sets out to learn the truth about his father's suicide, his power-hungry Uncle Nezo will do anything to derail him. Blaming the kingdom's problems on a common enemy -- a warring people known as the Zeriths -- helps rally the masses to distraction.

Jagged Edge
Despite the fact that San Francisco attorney Teddy Barnes (Glenn Close) hasn't handled a criminal case in many years, she defends newspaper publisher Jack Forrester (Jeff Bridges), who's accused of murdering his heiress wife. Teddy soon finds herself falling for Jack, and her search for the real killer leads to a powerful finale. Robert Loggia (as Teddy's friend on the police force) and Peter Coyote also star in this taut courtroom mystery.

The Killing
In Stanley Kubrick's noir classic, career criminal Johnny Clay (Sterling Hayden) plans one last heist before settling down to a respectable life with Fay (Colleen Gray). Clay and several cohorts devise a complex racetrack robbery, but inner tensions and bad luck work against them. Kubrick wrote the script with Jim Thompson, who penned pulp novels such as The Grifters, The Killer Inside Me and Pop. 1280, all of which were made into classic films.

Casque d'Or
Director Jacques Becker paints a moving portrait of the glory and pain of love in this classic film. Simone Signoret stars as Marie, the girlfriend of an ambitious mobster who can't help but be attracted to Manda (Serge Reggiani), an ex-con who's turned over a new leaf. Cursed from the start, their illicit romance sends ripples throughout he criminal underground, threatening not only their long-term possibilities, but also their lives.

Bringing Up Baby
Love blooms for a hapless scientist and an unstoppable heiress in Howard Hawks's classic screwball comedy. Out to win the heart of paleontologist David (Cary Grant), heiress Susan (Katharine Hepburn) lures him to her home. The hilarity begins when Susan's dog steals David's prize dinosaur bone and her pet leopard, Baby, is mistaken for a zoo escapee. One madcap adventure follows another as they try to save Baby -- and ultimately fall in love.

Nine Queens
This Argentinian heist flick revolves around a sheet of not-so-rare stamps, two con artists (Ricardo Darin, Gaston Pauls) and a sucker mark (Ignasi Abadal). As in the best con films, a femme fatale is required issue, and Nine Queens doesn't fail: Leticia Brédice is sex incarnate. If you like the swindle films of David Mamet, Nine Queens is right up your alley.

My Own Private Idaho
Gus Van Sant's indie hit hones in on the friendship between Mike (River Phoenix) and Scott (Keanu Reeves), two hustlers living on the streets of gritty Portland. Scott's lifestyle is his way of embarrassing his rich, oppressive father; Mike, a narcoleptic who's in love with Scott but maintains he's straight, is content to struggle from day to day. Their relationship stumbles when they hit the road to find Mike's mother and Scott falls for a woman.

Yes Nurse! No Nurse!
Based on a popular Dutch television series, this musical centers on Nurse Klivia (Loes Luca) and the slightly batty residents of her rest home. Klivia is hounded by nasty neighbor Boordevol (Paul R. Kooij), who wants to repossess the rest home. Things really heat up when Klivia takes in the young burglar Gerrit (Waldemar Torenstra). Gerrit has eyes for Klivia's daughter (Tjitske Reidinga), and when Boordevol is robbed, Gerrit is the main suspect.

The Candidate
Robert Redford stars as Bill McKay, a California lawyer urged to run against the seemingly unbeatable Republican incumbent in a senatorial race. McKay is a well-meaning innocent, but as support widens for his open platform, the sellout begins. With an Oscar-winning script and appearances by real-life reporters and politicians, The Candidate takes a biting look at the nature of politics.

A Perfect Candidate
Disproving F. Scott Fitzgerald's pronouncement that there are no second acts in American lives, former Marine Oliver North (he of the sad, basset hound expression) emerged from the Iran-Contra scandal to run for the U.S. Senate in 1994. During the heated race, documentarians were granted access to view the back-room machinations hatched by the candidates, their handlers and the press. For budding politicos, it's a real eye-opener!

The Motorcycle Diaries
This film tells the incredible true story of a 23-year-old medical student from Argentina, Che Guevara (Gael Garcia Bernal), who motorcycled across South America with his friend Alberto Granado (Rodrigo de la Serna) in 1951-52. The trek became a personal odyssey that ultimately crystallized the young man's budding revolutionary beliefs. Walter Salles's film is based on Che's own diaries of the trip.

Osama
This stunning film, the first to be made in a post-Taliban Afghanistan and inspired by a newspaper account read by director Siddiq Barmak, recounts the efforts of a family of women to survive under an oppressive regime. To eke out a meager living, they dress up their 12-year-old girl, Osama, as a boy so she can work. A talented cast of non-actors -- including Marina Golbahari and Zubaida Sahar -- adds integrity to the heartbreaking story.

Code 46
In this futuristic sci-fi romance, William (Tim Robbins) is an insurance examiner whose company assigns him to investigate the use of papelles, fake travel insurance papers required by the strict government. Along the way, he meets Maria (Samantha Morton), the woman responsible for the phony papelles. Although he knows who she is, he engages in a fiery affair with her … but he'll have to end it within 24 hours, when his own papelles expire.

Cinema Paradiso
A Sicilian boy named Salvatore (played by Salvatore Cascio and Marco Leonardi) is mesmerized by the American movies shown at the local theater and befriends Alfredo (Philippe Noiret), the gruff but warmhearted projectionist. Mentored by Alfredo, the boy grows up to become a famous movie producer -- but never forgets his roots. Tremendously affecting on nearly every level, Cinema Paradiso won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

The Clearing
Wayne Hayes (Robert Redford) and his wife, Eileen (Helen Mirren), have raised two children and built a successful business from scratch. But when Wayne is kidnapped by Arnold Mack (Willem Dafoe) and held for ransom, the couple's world is turned upside down. Although the tense ordeal causes Wayne and Eileen to reassess their marriage, the upshot is that they come to a deeper sense of their commitment to each other.

Unknown Pleasures
In a small, impoverished Chinese city in the remote Shanxi province close to the Mongolian border, two 19-year-olds, Bin Bin and Xiao Ji, are heavily influenced by American culture and the shifting prospects of their own immediate pleasure. They drink Coke, chain-smoke cigarettes, covet U.S. dollars, talk excitedly about Hollywood movies such as Pulp Fiction and dance to Western-style music at the local club. Think a Chinese version of Slackers.

Tokyo Godfathers
This animated tale tells the unlikely story of three misfit roommates -- Gin (a former professional cyclist), Hana (a transvestite) and Miyuki (a young runaway) -- who find an abandoned baby in a dumpster on Christmas Eve. The wacky group then heads to the big city in search of the baby's parents and must endure a slew of happy people enjoying the season along the way, resulting in a rude awakening for each of the loners.

Chappelle's Show: Season 1: Disc 1
This disc contains episodes 1-8.

Human Nature
Talk about bizarre love quadrangles... This one involves a woman (Patricia Arquette) covered with body hair, a behavioral scientist (Tim Robbins) who's trying to teach mice table etiquette, his French laboratory assistant (Miranda Otto) who harbors a secret, and a feral man-creature (Rhys Ifans) who was raised in the wild like an ape. Eccentric doesn't begin to describe this movie -- better get out the tapering shears!

Memories
This trilogy of anime tales combines the talent of three of the genre's best: Koji Morimoto, Tensai Okamuro, and Katsuhiro Otomo. "Magnetic Rose" trails the crew of a spacecraft who stumble upon a haunted ship; in "Stink Bomb," a lab worker takes cold medicine only to find out it was a deadly biological weapon; and in "Cannon Fodder," the population of a dismal metropolis exists solely to build a never-ending stream of deadly weapons.

Dirty Pretty Things
Okwe (Chjwetel Ejiofor), an illegal immigrant working as a night porter at a posh London hotel, stumbles across evidence of a bizarre murder. He and Senay (Audrey Tautou), a Turkish chambermaid -- and fellow undocumented worker -- venture into the city's seedy underworld to find out what happened. Stephen Frears directs this gritty urban thriller.

Sandbaggers: Collection 1: Disc 1
This disc includes the following episodes: "First Principles" and "A Proper Function of Government."

Stevie
When director Steve James (Hoop Dreams) attended Southern Illinois University, he became Stevie Fielding's Advocate Big Brother. Stevie was a demanding, hyperactive child living a heartbreaking life. When James relocated to Chicago to begin a film career in 1985, he ended his formal duties to Stevie. Ten years later, James again visits Stevie (now in his mid-twenties) and finds out what happened to him in the interim. Not a pretty story.

Physics: The Elegant Universe and Beyond: Disc 1
This disc includes the beginning of the documentary "The Elegant Universe."

Between Your Legs
Miranda (Victoria Abril) is married, but uses her nightly dog walks to pick up strange men for illicit sexual encounters. Javier (Javier Bardem) has a serious phone-sex habit. They meet when they start attending a therapy group for sex addicts and embark on an affair. But soon, Javier finds that someone's been taping his dirty phone conversations and distributing them all over Spain, and Miranda's husband discovers her relationship with Javier.

A Year of the Quiet Sun
Maja Komorowska, Scott Wilson and Hanna Skarzanka star in this drama from the acclaimed Polish director Krzysztof Zanussi. World War II is on the wane, and a young woman (Komorowska) copes with the ravages of war and the demands of caring for her elderly mother by painting. When an American soldier, Norman (Wilson), meets her and sees one of her paintings, he's instantly captivated. He wants to marry her, but she can't leave her mother behind.

Roger & Me
In this blistering, satirical documentary, ex-journalist Michael Moore gives a personal account of the tough times in his hometown of Flint, Mich., after the General Motors plant was closed in the mid-1980s. The film revolves around Moore's dogged attempts to gain an interview with Roger Smith, the elusive and well-insulated head of GM and the man responsible for massive layoffs that eliminated more than 30,000 jobs and left the town destitute.

Patlabor WXIII: The Movie
In this anime film, two government detectives investigate a group of bloody murders in the vicinity of Tokyo Bay. Hata -- young and handsome -- has an edge over his older, fading partner, Kusumi. But later, each man's competence, and their allegiance to each other, is tested. A visually absorbing futuristic fantasy that evokes a paranoid world choking on its own technology.

Fulltime Killer
Acclaimed director Johnnie To scores again in this electrifying action thriller. Top assassin "O" (Takashi Sorimachi) finds his status challenged by Tok (Andy Lau), a mysterious man whose flamboyance and reckless style of killing have made him the latest darling in the world of hit men. While duking it out for the top spot, both men must evade Interpol Inspector Lee (Simon Yam), who's hot on their trails.

XX/XY
When college students Sam (Maya Stange) and Thea (Kathleen Robertson) meet artist Coles (Mark Ruffalo) at a party, they embark on a brief and somewhat awkward relationship that pushes the boundaries of sexual exploration. After meeting up again 10 years later, the three must now choose between the attraction that started things a decade earlier and the very different paths their lives have taken.

Devil's Playground
When Amish teens turn 16, they have the opportunity to venture out in the "Devil's Playground" (the Amish's term for the outside world) and indulge in 21st century vices such as drinking and smoking. At the end of this period, called "Rumspringa," they can choose to commit to the church for good. Or not. This documentary tracks 18-year-old Faron's struggle to reconcile his drug addiction with his deeply ingrained desire to live the Amish life.

Melvin and Howard
In this delightful American fable, everyday loser Melvin Dummar (Paul LeMat) picks up a haggard old man (Jason Robards) in the Nevada desert. Eight years later, the hitchhiker turns out to have been Howard Hughes ... who has named Melvin as one of the heirs to his multi-billion dollar fortune. Melvin becomes an instant celebrity and a national punch line, gamely fighting to win the crap shoot that is the American Dream.

Enemies, A Love Story
Herman (Ron Silver) is a Jewish ghostwriter whose life is turned upside down by the reappearance of his wife, Tamara (Anjelica Huston), long believed to have died during World War II. Now, Herman must juggle Tamara, his current gentile wife (Margaret Sophie Stein) and his Holocaust-damaged mistress (Lena Olin) -- all of whom he loves. Paul Mazursky directs this poignant drama based on Isaac Bashevis Singer's novel.

Lovely & Amazing
Four spirited -- and incredibly quirky -- women tackle everything from relationships to careers in this captivating indie drama. Brenda Blethyn is an insecure mother who passed along bits of her neuroses to each of her three very different daughters: Michelle (Catherine Keener), an ex-homecoming queen in a loveless marriage; Elizabeth (Emily Mortimer), an apprehensive actress; and the adopted and precocious 8-year-old Annie (Raven Goodwin).

The Long Goodbye
Robert Altman cleverly updates the exploits of classic 1940s hard-boiled gumshoe Phillip Marlowe (Elliott Gould, in an unforgettable performance), who ferrets out a killer in the City of Angels circa 1974. Now, Marlowe is a wisecracking cynic who deals with coke-addled, sun-worshipping suspects and nudist neighbors. Funny, suspenseful and engaging, the film features an early, unbilled appearance by Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Full Contact
Hong Kong action superstar Chow Yun-Fat teams up with director Ringo Lam for this old-fashioned good-versus-evil story about Jeff (Yun-Fat), a bouncer who decides to help his friend Sam (Anthony Wong) repay his debts to gangsters by joining the thugs on a heist. When Jeff is double-crossed during the robbery-turned-awry, he withdraws to a Buddhist monastery until it's time to seek vengeance.

Go Tigers!
In the blue-collar Ohio town of Massillon, the most important thing is high school football -- and the frenzy around the local team, the Tigers, is almost cult-like. Former Massillon resident Kenneth Carlson's documentary follows the three stars of the 1999 Tigers team as they deal with problems such as personal injuries and the pressures of their economically depressed town's high expectations.

Chopper
Eric Bana throws more than a few body parts on the barbie -- figuratively speaking, at least -- in this shocking and humorous film about Australia's most notorious convict, Mark Read. Out to rule the cell block and make a name for himself, Read fused fact and fiction into the pulp of nine best-selling books. In the process, he became an iconoclastic antihero with a folkloric rep bigger than Billy the Kid's!

The Lost Weekend
Based on the novel by Charles R. Jackson, director Billy Wilder's searing, Oscar-winning portrait of an alcoholic follows writer Don Birnem (Ray Milland), whose girlfriend (Jane Wyman) and caring brother (Phillip Terry) leave him alone for the weekend. Aching to drink, Don heads to a bar and goes on a binge that sends him into an alcoholic fog -- complete with petrifying hallucinations and an unnerving stint in a hospital sanitarium.

Kikujiro
Kikujiro (Takeshi Kitano), a loud-mouthed drifter with a chip on his shoulder, is forced to accompany Masao (Yusuke Sekiguchi), an 8-year-old orphan, on a trip to meet his mother for the first time. Their unlikely pairing results in a child's journey of wonder. After leaving the city, the duo's summertime excursion takes them into the Japanese countryside, where nature's beauty is punctuated by encounters with strange and dangerous characters.

The Guns of Navarone
The Germans will annihilate thousands of British soldiers trapped in Greece unless help arrives quickly. But the dreaded guns of Navarone will destroy any rescue ship that comes within their mighty reach. Can a commando team of Allied soldiers and Greek partisans (including Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn and David Niven) succeed in doing the impossible? Classics fans will love the must-see bonus features.

Not One Less
Master Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou (Raise the Red Lantern) turns his lens on the travails of modern China's peasants. Wei (Wei Minzhi) is a 13-year-old girl pressed into serving as a substitute teacher in the school where she just graduated. If she keeps her class intact, she will receive a bonus. But when a student leaves for the city, she follows and strives relentlessly to bring him back.

The King of Masks
Nearing the end of his life, Wang -- a locally renowned street performer and wizard of the venerable art of mask magic -- yearns to pass on his technique. But custom prescribes that he can only hand down his craft to a male successor. Anxious to preserve his unique art, the heirless Wang buys an impoverished 8-year-old on the black market. When the child divulges a dreaded secret, Wang faces a choice between filial love and societal tradition.

Sanjuro
Akira Kurosawa's sequel to Yojimbo is a dark comedy about a larger-than-life samurai. Adrift in an era of fading tradition and increasing lawlessness, surly Sanjuro (Toshiro Mifune) instructs a gang of scheming radicals in Samurai wisdom. An unlikely hero who loves an action-packed swordfight and is quick with the sarcasm, Sanjuro doesn't always practice what he preaches, but he always remains true to himself.

Vagabond
In the south of France one winter, a young woman, Mona (Sandrine Bonnaire), is found frozen to death in a ditch. Through flashbacks and interviews, writer-director Agnes Varda paints a fractured portrait of Mona's final weeks as she camps alone and falls in with various men and women, many of whom try to give her life direction. Others do not have her best interests at heart, as they project their own needs and problems onto her.

Harvey
Affable tippler Elwood P. Dowd (James Stewart) lives with his sister, Veta (Josephine Hull), and her bashful daughter. They hate his drinking, but what rankles them more is his faithful companion: a 6-foot-tall invisible rabbit named Harvey. Elwood's embarrassing flight of fancy is foiling Veta's plans to marry off her daughter, so Veta decides to commit Elwood. But when she confesses she's seen Harvey, the doctor institutionalizes Veta instead!

Willow
A dwarfish "Nelwyn" named Willow finds a baby adrift in a river and must protect it from an evil queen (Jean Marsh) bent on its destruction. Along with studly Madmartigan (Val Kilmer), Willow battles dragons and vanquishes evildoers, all the while shielding the infant from harm. Taken for what it is, the movie's a tribute of sorts to another film starring a diminutive hero, Lord of the Rings.

Yojimbo
Masterless samurai Sanjuro Kuwabatake (Toshirô Mifune) finds himself in a feud-torn Japanese village in legendary director Akira Kurosawa's darkly comic film. After pretending to work for merchants on both sides of the feud, Kuwabatake is imprisoned for treachery. He escapes in time to watch the two warring factions destroy each other, just as he had intended. Yojimbo served as the prototype for Clint Eastwood's A Fistful of Dollars.

Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Francis Ford Coppola directed this fact-based account of dreamer and auto entrepreneur Preston Tucker (Jeff Bridges). Unimpressed with the cars being built following World War II, Tucker dreams of building a more stylish (yet still economical and safe) car. But even with financing and assistance from his business-savvy wife (Joan Allen) and mechanic son (Christian Slater), Tucker faces roadblocks -- mainly from the auto industry itself.

Cleo from 5 to 7
A woman delves into the inner depths of her soul and resurfaces transformed in this 1962 film by French director Agnes Varda. Young singer Cleo (Corrine Marchand) strolls along the bustling Paris streets, pondering the meaning of life and her own existence as she awaits the results of her cancer biopsy. Cleo's observations offer a close look at Paris's rich street life, and desperation turns into hope when Cleo encounters a young soldier.

The Last Wave
When a young aborigine is murdered, a Sydney lawyer defends the accused men to save them from tribal retribution. But once the attorney begins investigating the case, he starts having disturbing dreams and strange encounters.

The Hot Spot
Handsome drifter Harry Madox (Don Johnson) is plotting an elaborate bank heist in a small Texas town. To pay the bills while he prepares, Harry works at a used-car lot, where he starts a hot affair with the boss' slutty wife (Virginia Madsen). But he also has his eye on a shapely secretary (Jennifer Connelly) whose virginal facade hides a dark secret. This 1990 thriller is based on Charles Williams' book Hell Hath No Fury.

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
Originally filmed as a prequel to director David Lynch's cult television series "Twin Peaks," this movie appeared in theaters after the show was canceled. Lynch attempts to answer the big questions for diehard fans: Who would have wanted to kill high school prom queen Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee) -- and why? The usual suspects (Grace Zabriskie, Ray Wise and Kyle MacLachlan) reprise their roles alongside guest stars Kiefer Sutherland and David Bowie.

So Close to Paradise
After migrating to Shanghai from rural China, Dongzi (Yu Shi) takes a backbreaking job hauling crates on the waterfront while his slick friend Gao Ping (Tao Guo) dabbles in the criminal underworld. Seeking revenge on a hood who swindled him, Gao drags Dongzi into a kidnapping involving a Vietnamese nightclub singer (Tong Wang) and her chiseling gangster beau. Director Xiaoshuai Wang's taut drama unfolds as an homage to film noir.

Happenstance
It's six degrees of separation with a twist in Happenstance, French director Laurent Firode's first film, starring Amélie's Audrey Tautou. When Irene (Tautou), a hopelessly romantic sales clerk, exchanges glances with a young restaurateur on the Metro, it's love at first sight. But fate keeps them from meeting, and we follow these two through the rest of their day as they continually intersect people who continually intersect each other.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Vol. 1
This disc includes the following episodes: "A Scandal in Bohemia," "The Dancing Men," "The Naval Treaty" and "The Solitary Cyclist."

Cries and Whispers
The reunion of three sisters (Harriet Anderson, Ingrid Thulin, Liv Ullman), one of whom is dying, leads to painful revelations and long-suppressed emotions. One of the biggest critical triumphs of Swedish auteur Ingmar Bergman, Cries and Whispers was also one of the few foreign language films to be nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award. Bergman's longtime collaborator Sven Nykvist won an Oscar for his moody photography.

Dagon
Two couples out for an innocent sailing jaunt are forced by a violent storm to take shelter in a fishing village. But once safely moored, they realize it might have been better to stay at sea. Seems the local villagers worship a sea god named Dagon -- and have a nasty habit of mutating into beasts that are part human, part fish. Better weigh anchor … fast!

Beijing Bicycle
When 16-year-old Guei finds work as a messenger in the titular Chinese city, he buys himself a bicycle. But as he nears the final payment, the bike disappears -- and without his wheels, Guei can't work. After desperately searching all of Beijing for it, he finally finds Jian, who claims the bike is his. The two young boys learn that sharing can be a good thing.

Man of the Century
This charming indie hit takes you on a rollicking ride with Johnny Twennies, an ace reporter who's stuck in the 1920s and blissfully unaware that he's out of place in modern Manhattan. His girlfriend's fed up because he hasn't kissed her, his boss wants him canned, and the mob wants him rubbed out because he knows too much. Can Johnny get the crime scoop and the girl while staying alive?

City of Lost Souls
Japanese-Brazilian Mario (Teach) and his Chinese girlfriend, Kei (Michelle Reis), are trying to leave Japan before she gets deported, but Kop (Mitsuhiro Oikawa), the head of a local Chinese crime syndicate, has his eye on Kei. The couple embarks on a colorful and nightmarish adventure as they try to collect the money they need to leave -- first by stealing it, then by selling drugs. When Yakuza capture Kei, Mario must find a way to save her.

Under the Roofs of Paris
In Rene Clair's irrepressibly romantic portrait of the crowded tenements of Paris, a street singer and a gangster vie for the love of a beautiful young woman. One of France's most beloved cinematic exports, this witty exploration of love and human foibles, told primarily through song, captures the flamboyant atmosphere of the city with sophisticated visuals and groundbreaking use of sound technology.

Down by Law
Director Jim Jarmusch gets the Criterion treatment! When fate lands three hapless men -- an unemployed disc jockey (Tom Waits), a small-time pimp (John Lurie) and a strong-willed Italian tourist (Roberto Benigni) -- in a New Orleans prison, their adventure toward escape and freedom begins. Jarmusch delivers a twisted comedy filled with fine performances and sharp black-and-white frames from cinematographer Robby Müller.

The Last Picture Show
There's not much to do in the windswept Texas hamlet of Anarene, where the town's only cinema is about to close forever. High-school seniors Sonny (Timothy Bottoms) and Duane (Jeff Bridges) lust after incorrigible flirt Jacy Farrow (Cybill Shepherd) while trying to chart their uncertain futures. When Duane heads for Korea after joining the service and Jacy gets shipped off to college, Sonny is left behind in Anarene -- a ghost town in the making.

Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
Inspired by a homeless man's story, Yosuke (Koji Yakusho), an unemployed businessman, travels to a remote seaside village where a golden Buddha stolen from a Kyoto temple is supposedly hidden. Instead, Yosuke finds Saeko (Misa Shimizu), a woman with an odd affliction: She fills up with water, and when she's full, she leaks ... and the only way to express the fluid is to make love.

My Beautiful Laundrette
Hanif Kureishi received an Oscar nomination for his screenplay for My Beautiful Laundrette, a stunning portrait of two boyhood friends struggling to survive in racially tense Thatcher-era Britain. Omar (Gordon Warnecke), a Pakistani, and his old school chum Johnny (Daniel-Day Lewis) use stolen drug money to renovate a laundrette in a squalid London neighborhood. But conflicting interests and loyalties soon threaten their newfound success.

Raising Victor Vargas
Victor (Victor Rasuk) is a Latino kid who fancies himself as a bit of a lothario around the ghetto. But when word gets out that he's been romancing a fat girl in the apartment upstairs, his credibility as a stud is thrown into question. So, he finds himself a hot new girlfriend (Judy Marte) to shut everyone up. Peter Sollett directs this indie hit, which was a favorite at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival.

Spider
A psychological thriller about a London man (Ralph Fiennes) trying to piece his life back together after being prematurely released from a mental institution. Writing in a journal, the man tries to discover the truth about his mysterious past and the death of his mother (Miranda Richardson), even as he struggles to preserve a fragile hold on his sanity. Directed by goremeister David Cronenberg.

L'Auberge Espagnole
When Xavier (Romain Duris) signed on to become an exchange student and learn Spanish so he can get a plum job, he didn't realize he was in for much more than just language lessons. In Barcelona, he meets a host of other young Europeans who help him discover what living life is all about. Amelie's Audrey Tautou co-stars in a small role as Xavier's girlfriend.

The Brother From Another Planet
A humanoid slave from another planet (Joe Morton) escapes to the mean streets of Harlem. The people of the neighborhood are slowly won over by the slave's technical wizardry, and they adopt him as a "brother." His new friends then protect him from the two alien bounty hunters on his tail. A heartfelt look at race and belonging from writer/director John Sayles.

Q: The Winged Serpent
Even jaded New Yorkers are stunned and terrified when a giant flying monster begins swooping through the city and decapitating humans at random. The beast is Q, an Aztec god who's taken up residence in Manhattan's Chrysler Building, and now it's up to two detectives (David Carradine and Richard Roundtree) to put an end to the mayhem. Larry Cohen (It's Alive!) directs this witty, gleefully gruesome B-movie treat.

The Postman Always Rings Twice
The sexual chemistry between a Depression-era drifter, Frank Chambers (John Garfield), and sexy, smoldering roadside café waitress Cora (Lana Turner) is so hot that they'll do anything to keep the fire lit -- even if it means killing Cora's husband. Based on an original story by author James M. Cain. Although the sex scenes were watered down to conform to industry standards, the movie was still considered shocking for its time (1946).

The Man Without a Past
A man (Markku Peltola) who's traveled to Helsinki in search of work gets mugged, loses his memory and is forced to start his life anew. Along the way, he finds love with a woman (Kati Outinen) and discovers values he had never known. Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki brings us a simple story about people who still know how to be gentle, a film that indicates a fine awareness of tradition in relation to both Finnish and European cinema.

The Great Silence
A group of greedy bounty hunters led by the brutal Loco (Klaus Kinski) pursue a band of outlaws who have escaped and are hiding out in the hills of the Utah frontier. After an innocent man is killed, the man's vengeful wife calls upon a mute gunslinger named Silence (Jean-Louis Trintignant). Standing between the innocents and the corrupted bounty hunters, Silence decides to mete out his own brand of justice.

Ichi the Killer
Filmmaker Takashi Miike takes inspiration from Hideo Yamamoto's manga, Koroshiya 1, to tell this bloody and bleak tale about the Japanese yakuza. Blond-coiffed Kakihara's "mentor in crime" disappears, and Kakihara vows to find out who's responsible. He's also on the lookout for Ichi, a sadistic killer who may be able to inflict the level of pain Kakihara so badly craves.

The Happiness of the Katakuris
Horror director Takashi Miike's decidedly nontraditional musical tells the story of the Katakuri clan, innkeepers who live on the depopulated slopes of Mount Fuji and who band together with tuneful Von Trapp-like determination when their guests keep turning up dead. Upon discovery of the first body, reaction shots of each family member are given the full music-video treatment … replete with dry ice and blue light!

Man on the Train
A weathered old gangster (Johnny Hallyday) arrives by train at a small French town to rob the local bank. But he soon discovers there's no room at the local inn in which he'd hoped to stay while he plans his crime. Taking up the kind offer of an elderly teacher (Jean Rochefort) to stay in his mansion, the two men soon discover that they each might have been better suited for the other man's way of life.

The Man Who Laughs
In this classic horror film based on a novel by Victor Hugo, Gwynplaine (Conrad Veidt), the son of an aristocrat, is kidnapped for political reasons and then disfigured by a gypsy surgeon, who leaves the boy's face paralyzed in a contorted smile. He finds refuge in a traveling theatre troupe, but his lineage is eventually discovered, and he soon finds himself being pulled back into the social and political world he was taken from as a boy.

Tunes of Glory
Lt. Col. Jock Sinclair (Alec Guinness) briefly takes over control of a brigade until the new man for the job, Col. Basil Barrow (John Mills), becomes available. When the elitist and aristocratic Barrow takes over, he's instantly displeased with his lower-class predecessor. The conflict between the two men jeopardizes the harmony of the company and escalates after Sinclair roughs up a soldier he finds with his daughter.

Dummy
Steven (Adrien Brody), a socially inept young man who struggles to express his feelings, learns to communicate with the world through his dummy and the art of ventriloquism. Former supermodel Milla Jovovich (cast against type in this film) plays Steven's best friend, an aspiring Yiddish folk singer who's the very definition of nerd. Jared Harris, Ron Leibman and Jessica Walter also star.

Death in Venice
Italian legend Luchino Visconti made a visually stunning adaptation of the Thomas Mann novella about an older gay man, composer Gustav von Aschenbach (Dirk Bogarde), who goes to Venice to escape past loves and professional failures. All his woes are forgotten when he sees an angelic blond Polish boy whom he follows everywhere (without ever approaching). Soon, his life is transformed in ways he could never have imagined.

The Damned
Helmed by legendary director Luchino Visconti, The Damned is an allegorical film that parallels the rise and fall of Hitler's Third Reich. The Essenbeck family runs the German steel industry and attempts to gain favor (and maintain its lucrative contracts) by appeasing the Nazis. But infighting occurs as the elder Essenbeck's children battle for control of the company. Stars Dirk Bogarde, Helmut Berger, Helmut Griem and Ingrid Thulin.

Alphaville
Directed by cinematic legend Jean-Luc Godard, this mesmerizing sci-fi noir centers on secret agent Lemmy Caution (Eddie Constantine) and his mission to destroy Alpha 60, the sentient computer that controls Alphaville by destroying freedom of thought or individuality. Brilliantly realized and crafted, Godard's 1965 film helped to lay the foundation for future sci-fi classics such as Blade Runner, The Terminator and The Matrix.

Le Petit Soldat
Banned in France for three years because of its blunt portrayal of both sides' use of torture in the Algerian War, director Jean-Luc Godard's intricate film follows Bruno Forestier (Michel Subor), a disenchanted French hit man sent to bump off an Algerian dissident. Though essentially apolitical, Forestier questions his values when he falls for the gorgeous Veronica Dreyer (Anna Karina), unaware that she's secretly working for the other side.

In This World
Two Afghan cousins (16-year-old Jamal and his older cousin Enayet) become refugees and embark on a clandestine overland odyssey that takes them from Pakistan to London in this gripping documentary film from director Michael Winterbottom. The highlight of the tough, mean journey is when Jamal and a friend stow away underneath the chassis of a French truck that links up with a freight train headed for the U.K.

Samurai Trilogy 1: Musashi Miyamoto
Starring Toshiro Mifune as Musashi Miyamoto, this first film in Hiroshi Inagaki's Samurai Trilogy won a 1956 Honorary Oscar for Best Foreign Film. Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a mighty samurai warrior; in the film's bracing climax Miyamoto finally gets a chance to prove himself. Parts II and III of the trilogy weren't released in the United States until 1967.

Le Corbeau
The shadowy writer known only as "Le Corbeau" drives a French provincial town -- via cryptic and damning letters -- into exposing the suspicion and hard feelings hidden beneath the community's surface. Made during the Nazi occupation of France, director Henri-Georges Clouzot's film was vilified by the right-wing Vichy regime and other groups. But writers such as Jean Cocteau recognized the powerful subtext to Clouzot's anti-Gestapo tale.

American Movie
In this quirky documentary that won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, director Chris Smith chronicles aspiring filmmaker Mark Borchardt's battle to finish his horror flick Coven, despite a lack of just about everything, including sense. Over three years, Smith follows Borchardt's dogged quest, lending encouragement and cash to a motley crew that includes Borchardt's friends, local theater talent and his inimitable Uncle Bill.

Peyton Place
The grand dame of soap operas started as a titillating movie about what really went on behind closed doors (lust, infidelity, rape and lies) in a small -- seemingly proper -- New England town. Starring Lana Turner, Arthur Kennedy, Hope Lange and Russ Tamblyn, Peyton Place was nominated for nine Oscars and spawned the daytime 1960s television series that made stars of Ryan O'Neal and Mia Farrow.

Onibaba
During the great war-torn upheaval in medieval Japan, a poverty-stricken mother and her daughter-in-law scratch out a desperate existence by murdering lost samurai, disposing of their bodies and selling their belongings for grain. But when a neighbor returns from the war, lust, jealousy and rage threaten to drive a wedge between the mother and daughter-in-law. It isn't long before the presence of an ominous demon mask seals the trio's fate.

State of Grace
Terry Noonan (Sean Penn), an Irish-American undercover cop working the Hell's Kitchen beat, returns to his old neighborhood under the guise of reconnecting with friends Frankie and Jackie Flannery (Ed Harris and Gary Oldman), now leaders of an Irish mob family. Noonan's actually been assigned to infiltrate the family and take them down -- a task made all the harder when he renews his childhood romance with Kathleen Flannery (Robin Wright).

Miami Blues
Veteran criminal Junior (Alec Baldwin), just out of prison, moves to Miami to get a fresh start; right after landing at the airport, though, he inadvertently causes the death of a Hare Krishna, sending a weather-beaten Miami detective (Fred Ward) after him. Stealing the cop's gun, badge and false teeth, Junior embarks on a crime spree and moves in with a former hooker (Jennifer Jason Leigh) who longs to settle down. But can they outrun the law?

A Story of Floating Weeds
When the leader of a small theater troupe (Takeshi Sakomoto) returns to the provincial town of his youth, he reconnects with an old flame and the now-grown son they share (who believes he's his uncle). Not surprisingly, this doesn't sit well with his current flame, the lead actress in the troupe. With its elliptical storytelling and familial focus, this early masterwork from director Yasujiro Ozu displays many of the hallmarks of his later work.

Japanese Story
During a field trip, geologist Sandy (Toni Collette) has the unfortunate luck of being marooned in the Pilbara desert with a man she can't stand. Finding him completely irritating and rather egotistical, Sandy soon learns that his feelings for her are just as contemptuous. The saying that things can only get better doesn't apply to these two, as their increasingly remote location only adds to the already challenging situation.

Prince Valiant
The tale from the Sunday comics about a Viking prince under the reign of King Arthur is brought to life with Robert Wagner in the title role. A mentor to young Valiant is Sir Gawain (Sterling Hayden), who has trained the young warrior for the Round Table. Also coloring the screen are Princess Aleta (Janet Leigh), Valiant's love, and Sir Brack (James Mason), the ominous villain.

King of New York: Special Edition (Widescreen)
Abel Ferrara's stylish direction accentuates this gritty action film about a New York drug lord (Christopher Walken) who's just out of prison and determined to rule the streets again with a vengeance. But this time, amidst his violent crusade, he also wants to use part of his drug-trade money to do good -- by donating it to a local hospital for the poor. The stellar supporting cast includes Wesley Snipes, David Caruso and Laurence Fishburne.

Haibane-Renmei: Vol. 1: New Feathers
This disc includes the first four episodes of the series, as well as bonus features such as previews, clean opening animation, an art gallery and more.

Stray Dog
Murakami (Toshirô Mifune), a young police officer in 1940s Tokyo, finds that his gun was stolen while he was riding a packed bus. With his position in jeopardy, Murakami, aided by veteran officer Sato (Takashi Shimura), tries to locate his missing weapon. Together, they head to some of the worst parts of the city … and to the forefront of crime. When Murakami learns that his gun has been used in a murder, his search escalates.

Bus 174
This moving documentary depicts a fateful day in June 2000 when a Rio de Janeiro bus carrying 12 passengers was hijacked by a man named Sandro do Nascimento. Cameras rolled as he touted his plans to kill all aboard but was finally persuaded to give himself up. A cop nonetheless opened fire on Nascimento, killing a passenger instead and causing the city's streets to erupt in riots. Details of Nascimento's very troubled childhood are also featured.

Angels in America: Disc 1
This disc includes Part 1: Millennium Approaches -- Chapters 1 - 3.

Angels in America: Disc 2
This disc includes Part 2: Perestroika -- Chapters 4 - 6.

Slacker
Richard Linklater's 1991 cult classic gives viewers surreal slices of what it's like to be a twenty-something in the college town of Austin, Texas. Told through a series of vignettes starring Linklater himself, Rudy Basquez, Keith McCormack, Jean Caffeine, Stephan and Jan Hockey, Bob Boyd and Mark James, the film includes a strange meditation on Madonna's pap smear; a conspiracy theorist riffing on the United States government; and more.

Tanner '88: Disc 1
This disc includes episodes 1-5.

I Confess
In this memorable Alfred Hitchcock thriller, all Father Michael Logan (Montgomery Clift) wants to be is a good priest, but his calling is made more complicated after someone confesses a murder to him and he's subsequently blamed for the death. The fastest way to clear his name is to divulge what he knows, but doing so would break his vows as a clergyman and alienate members of his flock who trust he will keep their secrets private.

Frenzy
Unemployed London bartender Richard Blaney (Jon Finch) is suspected of killing his ex-wife in a string of serial strangulations in this Hitchcock thriller. Viewers learn early on that Bob Rusk (Barry Foster) is really the murderer, and suspense builds as Rusk's strangulation spree continues. Police inspector Oxford (Alec McCowen) must bear his wife's attempt at gourmet food as he tries to solve the case, doubtful that Blaney's the strangler.

Stage Fright
Alfred Hitchcock takes Selwyn Jepson's novel, preserves all the thrills from the page and adds a dash of his own. Eve Gil (Jane Wyman), a drama student studying in London, learns that a friend, John Cooper (Richard Todd), has been implicated in the death of the husband of his lover, actress Charlotte Inwood (Marlene Dietrich). John has a plan to prove himself innocent, but needs Eve's help, not to mention her talent. Can they pull it off?

Suspicion
Joan Fontaine won an Oscar for her performance as a young wife who fears for her life in this Hitchcock thriller. Lina (Fontaine), a beautiful, shy woman from a wealthy family, meets handsome gambler Johnny (Cary Grant) on a train and falls head over heels for him. But after a whirlwind romance and elopement, Lina's happiness slowly turns to dread as she discovers the true nature of Johnny's carefree ways and gets a glimpse at his dark past.

The Princess Blade
It's the era after the apocalypse, and Yuki, a female assassin (Yumiko Shaku), is stunned to discover that her mother's murderer is her gang's leader. When she confronts him, she's forced to go on the lam, and the only person willing to help her is a former terrorist with whom she eventually falls in love. But can he keep her safe? Can she save herself?

New York Stories
These three decidely urban tales offer a meditation on art, love and family. In "Life Lessons," Nick Nolte is a painter on the brink of heartbreak when his girlfriend (Rosanna Arquette) threatens to leave him. Heather McComb anchors "Life Without Zoe," a tale about a little girl who lives in a hotel while her parents hop around the globe. In Oedipus Wrecks," Allen stars as a mama's boy who's literally haunted by his mother.

Confidence
James Foley helmed this suspenseful drama boasting a stellar cast. Con man Jake Vig (Ed Burns) just may have swindled the wrong guy in Lionel Dolby. Soon after the gig, two of his cronies turn up dead, and he discovers that Lionel is the accountant of a crime boss known as The King (Dustin Hoffman). To repay him, Jake makes banker Morgan Price his next target. But Morgan's backed by the mob, and an old nemesis (Andy Garcia) is on Jake's tail.

The Big Heat
Gripping action as a dedicated cop (Glenn Ford) investigates the murder of his wife and discovers corruption in the ranks.

I Am Cuba
This landmark Cuban film was lensed in 1964 during the heyday of Fidel Castro's revolution. Four beautifully made vignettes set in pre-Castro Cuba dramatize the need for insurrection, idealizing hardworking but exploited peasants and Castro's staunch, freedom-loving revolutionaries. Although I Am Cuba (which wasn't released in the United States until 1995) hammers home one-sided, political points, it's masterful filmmaking nonetheless.

Il Grido
Hollywood tough guy Steve Cochran goes far afield of his typical roles in this Michelangelo Antonioni-directed neorealist drama about the state of rural Italy in the mid-1950s. Cochran plays Aldo, a working-class hero whose world starts to disintegrate when his long-term lover (Alida Valli) rejects him. Antonioni's familiar themes of alienation and ambiguity (which dominate his later classics L'Avventura and Blow-Up) are evident here.

Son Frere
Thomas is slowly dying, and in a mood of resignation, he's decided to spend his final days on the coast, in the house where he grew up. Despite Thomas's own acceptance of his fate, his impending death will doubtless cause heartache for those around him. But the end result may be beneficial if it forces his friends to reexamine their own existence and thus prompt change. Stars Bruno Todeschini, Eric Caravaca and Nathalie Boutefeu.

Thieves' Highway
Jules Dassin's last completed film centers on World War II G.I. Nick Garcos (Richard Conte), who returns to San Francisco to find his trucker father crippled after a fight with crooked driver Mike Figlia (Lee J. Cobb). Garcos's plans to marry his longtime girlfriend, Polly (Barbara Lawrence), fizzle as he becomes embroiled in his father's feud with Figlia's men and turns from good guy to bad. Valentina Cortesa and Morris Carnovsky also star.

Last Exile: Vol. 1: First Move
This disc includes episodes 1-4, plus bonus features such as clean opening animation, an interview with the production designer, trailers, previews and more.

Love is the Devil
Director John Maybury explores the life of British painter Francis Bacon (Derek Jacobi) in a film that's as disturbing as the artist's own work. The film focuses on Bacon's turbulent affair with George Dyer (Daniel Craig), a burglar who breaks into Bacon's apartment … and stays on to become his lover. Bacon treats Dyer as a sex object, but Dyer falls in love anyway, trying desperately to connect with the emotionally unavailable Bacon.

35 Up
Now in their mid-thirties, Suzi, Symon, Paul, Bruce and Neil -- five of the 14 subjects filmmaker Michael Apted has followed since they were 7 years old -- face enormous challenges as they grapple with family and relationship issues, career fluctuations, financial and emotional distress and more in this fifth segment of the documentary saga. Some original participants aren't even in attendance, mirroring the ebb and flow of real life.

21 Up
In the second follow-up to the original film Seven Up, Michael Apted continues his documentary saga that began when his subjects, 14 students from varied social backgrounds, were 7 years old. As young adults finally grown out of the awkward teenage years, the participants share similar worries and dreams, displaying humanity, honesty and candor in every frame. Extras include biographies, commentaries and more.

Distant
Mahmut (Muzzafer Özdemir), a divorced, hermit-like photographer, lets his dopey cousin Yusuf (Mehmet Emin Toprak) live with him for a while in Istanbul while Yusuf looks for a job so he can support his family in their native Turkish village. The distance -- and silence -- between the two lonely, depressed men soon grows to intolerance, on Mahmut's part, of the chaos Yusuf has brought into his life. Nuri Bilge Ceylan directs this intimate drama.

Foreign Correspondent
Hitchcock's classic thriller stars Joel McCrea as Johnny Jones, a naïve New York reporter sent on assignment to Europe on the eve of World War II. Amidst the volatile atmosphere of the impending war, Jones stumbles on a deadly conspiracy devised by Stephen Fisher (Herbert Marshall), whose spy ring masquerades as a peace organization. Fisher's daughter Carol (Laraine Day) lends a hand as Jones races to expose the story -- and tries to stay alive.

The Sword of Doom
One of the most thrilling and disturbing samurai epics, The Sword of Doom delivers unparalleled action and outstanding performances from two of Japan's greatest actors, Tatsuya Nakadai and Toshiro Mifune. Nakadai dominates the screen as Ryunosuke Tatsue, a man for whom killing is a pleasure. Brought up by a father to whom the sword was the way of life, the sword is now the only family he recognizes. Pitted against him is Taranosuke..

The River
In this drama set in India, against the backdrop of the Ganges river, shy British teenager Harriet (Patricia Walters) and her outgoing best friend, Valerie (Adrienne Corri), both have a crush on debonair outsider Capt. John (Thomas E. Breen), though his heart lies with beautiful local native Melanie (Radha Shri Ram). But John's dark past as a World War II veteran keeps him from acting on his feelings and plunges him deeper into depression.

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Director Tom Stoppard turns William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" topsy-turvy in this witty, existential puzzle box, presenting the play from the view of trivial characters Rosencrantz (Gary Oldman) and Guildenstern (Tim Roth). Beckoned to find the cause of the Danish prince's malaise, the duo strolls into the midst of the royal intrigue. But with no memory of Hamlet (or anything else), they're mystified by their mission -- and oblivious to their fate.

Scratch
This energetic, insightful film, which was a big hit at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival, traces the birth of "turntablism." Doug Pray documents the ongoing history of today's turntablist movement and features many of the DJs who gave birth to the hip-hop movement and continue to reinvent it. This exhilarating film features such charismatic figures as DJ Q-Bert, DJ Shadow and Mix Master Mike in full-blown exhibition of their powers.

The Professionals
A largely forgotten action-adventure gem, The Professionals teams Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan and Burt Lancaster with more star wattage than most Westerns have