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Disturbia
In this modern retelling of Hitchcock's thriller Rear Window, Kale (Shia LaBeouf), a troubled teen sentenced to house arrest, begins watching his neighbors out of boredom -- only to discover evidence that a serial killer lives a stone's throw from his home. As his suspicions of his neighbor (David Morse) grow, Kale enlists the aid of friends Ashley (Sarah Roemer) and Ronnie (Aaron Yoo) in his increasingly dangerous snooping.

X: The Unheard Music
The 1980s Los Angeles punk-rock scene teemed with characters straight from the movies, and the band X figured prominently in the mix. No wonder director W.T. Morgan's 1986 documentary chronicling X's evolution is a thrill, giving music lovers not only a riveting history lesson but deep insight into the making of a revolution. The film features D.J. Bonebrake, Exene Cervenka, John Doe, Ray Manzarek, Billy Zoom and more.

Short Cuts
Robert Altman's mosaic masterpiece, based on Raymond Carver's short stories, presents several different characters -- including a baker, a chauffeur, a helicopter pilot, a phone-sex provider, a pool cleaner and a jazz singer -- whose stale lives intersect and are forever altered through simple twists of fate. This moving tale's all-star cast includes Tim Robbins, Madeleine Stowe, Bruce Davison, Andie MacDowell, Jack Lemmon and Anne Archer.

Pixies
A fascinating look at the beginnings of influential alternative rockers The Pixies. Features a full-length concert and documentary lensed during the band's late-1980s heyday, along with a retrospective documentary entitled "Gouge" (with celebrity testimonials from Bono, David Bowie, PJ Harvey and others). Rounding off the special features is a selection of music videos, including "Debaser," "Here Comes Your Man" and "Monkey Gone to Heaven."

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Inner-city dweller Ghost Dog (Forest Whitaker) rises above the chaos surrounding him by adopting the strict lifestyle of the samurai warrior. He's sworn lifelong service to Louie (John Tourney), the small-time mobster who once saved his life -- even if that means committing murders for the man. But the limits of Ghost Dog's allegiance are tested in director Jim Jarmusch's crime drama, nominated for an Independent Spirit Award.

The Verdict
Washed-up ambulance-chasing attorney Frank Galvin (Paul Newman) gets a chance at redemption when his friend Mickey Morrissey (Jack Warden) tosses him an open-and-shut medical malpractice case. But instead of accepting an easy cash settlement, Galvin takes the powerful defendant to court. James Mason plays the opposing counsel whom Galvin calls "The Prince of Darkness." Directed by Sidney Lumet.

American Dreams: Season 1: Disc 1
This disc includes the following episodes: Pilot," "The End of the Innocence," "New Frontier" and "Pryor Knowledge."

American Dreams: Season 1: Disc 2
This disc includes the following episodes: "The Fighting Irish," "Soldier Boy," "Cold Snap" and "Black and White."

American Dreams: Season 1: Disc 3
This disc includes the following episodes: "The Home Front," "Silent Night," "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" and "Great Expectations."

American Dreams: Season 1: Disc 4
This disc includes the following episodes: "The Pursuit of Happiness," "Heartache," "False Start" and "Act of Contrition."

American Dreams: Season 1: Disc 5
This disc includes the following episodes: "Past Imperfect," "The One," "Where the Boys Are" and "The Carpetbaggers."

The Visitor
Widowed professor Walter Vale (Richard Jenkins) discovers an immigrant couple, Tarek (Haaz Sleiman) and Zainab (Danai Gurira), squatting in his Manhattan flat and becomes wrapped up in their lives when Tarek is thrown into a detention center. A wonderful Hiam Abbass co-stars as Tarek's mother, who forges an unlikely connection with Walter. Director Thomas McCarthy's follow-up to his indie hit The Station Agent premiered at Sundance in 2008.

American Dreams: Season 1: Disc 6
This disc includes the following episodes: "Fear Itself," "Secrets and Lies," "Down the Shore" and "High Hopes."

American Dreams: Season 1: Disc 7
This disc includes the episode "City on Fire."

Allegro Non Troppo
Animated masterpiece which is set to the music of six classical works which include Ravel's "Bolero," and Stravinsky's "Firebird." Comic live action is interspersed between animated segments.

Don't Look Now
John and Laura Baxter just lost their daughter in a tragic drowning accident. While living in Venice, an elderly psychic insists that she sees the spirit of the child. They're unsure of whether to place their emotional well being in the hands of a stranger, but John begins to have psychic flashes of his own, seeing the child walk the streets of Venice. Is he insane, or is there a deeper meaning to the sightings?

Sudden Fear
Myra Hudson (Joan Crawford) is a successful playwright who puts her mystery-writing skills to good use when she suspects that her husband (Jack Palance) and his ex-girlfriend (Gloria Grahame) are plotting against her. This noir thriller afforded Crawford a brief comeback during the 1950s as well as a third (and final) Oscar nomination. The film also received nominations for cinematography, costumes and supporting actor (Palance).

Black Book
Director Paul Verhoeven (Basic Instinct, Total Recall) brings his war drama based on long-forgotten true events surrounding the end of World War II. Rachel Stein (Carice van Houten) is a beautiful Jewish woman hiding out in Holland from the Nazis. When her plan to escape goes terribly wrong, she manages to take on a new identity and infiltrate the enemy. But working for both sides takes its toll -- especially when they both turn against her.

In Bruges
After accidentally killing an innocent boy in London, Irish hit men Ray (Colin Farrell) and Ken (Brendan Gleeson) are sent by their boss, Harry (Ralph Fiennes), to lay low in Bruges. But, uncomfortable in this foreign city, the two professional killers soon get into trouble. Complicating matters further, when the guilt-ridden Ray falls for a girl working on a film shoot, he finds himself confronting the girl's jealous ex-boyfriend.

Live Free or Die Hard
John McClane (Bruce Willis) is back and badder than ever, and this time he's up against a ring of Internet terrorists. Now working for Homeland Security, the decidedly low-tech McClane calls on the services of a young hacker (Justin Long) in his bid to stop a shadowy group intent on taking control of America's computer infrastructure. Fear not, the information age plot still boasts plenty of good old-fashioned gunfights, smashups and explosions. Note: The Blu-Ray version of this film is rated PG-13.

Rebus: Set 1: Disc 1
This disc includes the episodes "Black and Blue" and "The Hanging Garden."

Rebus: Set 1: Disc 2
This disc includes the episode "Dead Souls."

Rebus: Set 1: Disc 3
This disc includes the episode "Mortal Causes."

Withnail and I
Two unemployed actors -- Withnail (Richard E. Grant) and Marwood (Paul McGann) -- take a trip to the British countryside in 1969. But instead of rejuvenation, they experience a lack of food, an abundance of rain and a plethora of alcohol. Their host, Withnail's gay Uncle Monty (Richard Griffiths), displays a love for life and a lust for Marwood. This classic art-house comedy won an Evening Standard British Film Award.

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.

Election
Tracy Flick (Reese Witherspoon) appears to have the election for student council president sewn up until one of her teachers, Mr. McAllister (Matthew Broderick), rounds up a worthy opponent. McAllister convinces Paul (Chris Klein), a popular and naïve varsity football player whose injury has put him on the sidelines for the season, to take up politics. But Tracy is desperate to win the election and turns the halls into a political war zone.

The Sticky Fingers of Time
In director Hilary Brougher's engrossing sci-fi gem, pulp fiction scribe Tucker Harding (Terumi Matthews) inexplicably finds herself transported from 1953 to 1997, where she learns that she narrowly escaped being murdered in the 1950s. As Tucker tries to solve that mystery, she crosses paths with other time travelers -- including her ex-lover (James Urbaniak) and the suicidal Drew (Nicole Zaray) -- looking to settle scores from the past.

The Rocket
Known as Quebec's greatest hockey player, Maurice Richard was the face of Canadian hockey in the 1930s, '40s and '50s. This biopic chronicles the life of the "Rocket," who battled adversity at every turn to become one of the NHL's biggest legends. Featuring outstanding performances from Roy Dupuis, François Langlois-Vallières, Sean Avery, Ian Laperrière and Vincent Lecavalier, this compelling drama is directed by Charles Binamé.

City of God
Busca-Pe (Alexandre Rodrigues) lives in Cidade de Deus (City of God), a housing project reputed to be one of the most dangerous parts of otherwise magical Rio de Janeiro. He's frightened he'll end up like the countless others around him -- troubled, violent or dead. But his saving grace is his photographer's eye, through which the stories of several people who live in this forsaken "city" unfold. …

Sid & Nancy
As abrasive as safety pins on a blackboard, Sid and Nancy chronicles the sordid lives of Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious and his junky girlfriend Nancy Spungen. A love story set against a bleak vision of the late seventies punk scene.

A Face in the Crowd
Elia Kazan's masterpiece proves that celebrity isn't all it's cracked up to be. When talent scout Marcia Jeffries (Patricia Neal) spots drifter Larry "Lonesome" Rhodes (Andy Griffith) and makes him a superstar, he gets a taste of the good life. But his hunger for klieg lights, fed by run-ins with famous people such as Burl Ives and Bennett Cerf (who play themselves), turns desperate, and he loses sight of who he is and what he's truly about.

Beethoven: Eroica
It's an historic moment captured in time -- specifically, the exact date in 1804 when the public first heard Ludwig Von Beethoven's momentous "Eroica" (Symphony No. 3). This film follows Beethoven (Ian Hart) as he prepares to unveil his grand masterpiece to a select group of listeners at the Lobkowitz Palace. Jack Davenport and Tim-Pigott Smith co-star. Features a full performance of the symphony conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner.

Rescue Dawn
Renowned director Werner Herzog's inspiring film recounts the heroic saga of Dieter Dengler, a German-American fighter pilot and highly decorated Vietnam veteran whose reconnaissance plane was shot down in 1966. Captured by enemy forces and held in a Laotian torture camp near the Ho Chi Minh Trail, Dengler (portrayed by Christian Bale) defied death by organizing one of the most daring escapes in the Vietnam conflict.

Little Children
In director Todd Field's titillating tale, the lives of several adult suburbanites, who have yet to surpass adolescence, intersect on the streets of their small town in unexpected ways. While on-the-go wife and mother Kathy (Jennifer Connelly) is preoccupied with her career, Sarah (Kate Winslet, in an Oscar-nominated role), a mother who does not know how to mother, is busy having an affair with stay-at-home dad Brad (Patrick Wilson) -- Kathy's husband.

Joseph Campbell: Sukhavati
Travel with mythology expert Joseph Campbell as he explores shared iconic imagery that marks the human experience and influences our ability to dream and find our spiritual center. Campbell suggests that all religions share the same path to enlightenment, but it's up to us to make the actual journey. Evidence of the commonality of mythological symbols is investigated in the ruins of Ajanta in India, Delphi in Greece and Stonehenge in England.

Pootie Tang
A spin-off character from HBO's "The Chris Rock Show," Pootie Tang (Lance Crouther) is an indefatigable crime fighter (and recording sensation) who speaks in an indecipherable patois. But to children everywhere, he's a heroic role model. In this feature-length outing, Pootie mixes it up with an evil CEO who wants kids to smoke, drink and eat fast food.

Black Orpheus
This superb retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice Greek legend is set against Rio de Janeiro's madness during Carnival. Orpheus (Breno Mello), a trolley car conductor, is engaged to Mira (Lourdes de Oliveira) but in love with Eurydice (Marpessa Dawn). A vengeful Mira and Eurydice's ex-lover, costumed as Death, pursue Orpheus and his new paramour through the feverish Carnival night. Black Orpheus earned an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

Out of Time
Matt Lee Whitlock (Denzel Washington), chief of police in the small town of Banyan Key, Fla., is respected by his peers and loved by his community. But when Banyan Key is shocked by a double homicide, everything Matt Lee thought he knew starts to unravel as he falls under suspicion. Racing against time to solve the murders, Matt Lee must stay a few steps ahead of his own police force and everyone he's trusted in order to uncover the truth.

Letters from Iwo Jima
As tens of thousands of Allied troops push further inland, the Japanese troops defending Iwo Jima during World War II prepare to meet their fate in this Clint Eastwood-directed Oscar nominee for Best Picture, a companion piece to his hit film Flags of Our Fathers. Japanese Gen. Tadamichi Kuribayashi (Ken Watanabe) knows his men are outnumbered and, with no hope of rescue, that most will eventually die in battle -- or end up killing themselves.

Thieves Like Us
A trio of criminals (Keith Carradine, Bert Remsen and John Schuck) go on a bank-robbing spree through the Depression-era Deep South, terrorizing the population and managing to stay just one step ahead of the law. Along the way, each robber also finds love in director Robert Altman's period crime drama. This remarkable and understated 1970s film also stars Shelley Duvall, Tom Skerritt and Louise Fletcher.

The Manchurian Candidate
In this remake of the 1962 political thriller, Capt. Bennett Marco (Denzel Washington) and Sgt. Raymond Shaw (Liev Schreiber) are taken captive during the first Persian Gulf War and brainwashed so that they're programmed to rebel once they return home. Ten years later, as Shaw's mother (Meryl Streep) is busy helping her son in his bid for the presidency, Marco recalls the brainwashing. Can he get to Shaw before it's too late?

Curse of the Golden Flower
This lavish film from landmark director Yimou Zhang follows the romantic intrigue and political machinations in the house of the Emperor Ping (Chow Yun Fat) and his ailing wife (Li Gong). Even their children are swept into their secret passions and schemes to power, but will their reign end in a bloody coup? Sumptuous costumes and dazzling martial arts form the backdrop for this complex tale of loyalty and deception, love and betrayal.

Van Morrison: Live at Montreux: 1980 & 1974: Disc 2
This disc includes the June 30, 1974 concert.

Van Morrison: Live at Montreux: 1980 & 1974: Disc 1
This disc includes the July 10, 1980 concert.

Sleeper
Health-food store proprietor Miles Monroe (Woody Allen) bites the dust in 1973 and ends up cryogenically frozen. Defrosted into a Big Brother dystopia where people pleasure themselves with an "orgasmatron" and dissidents' brains are "electronically simplified," Miles becomes a hunted man. He masquerades as an android butler in the home of a self-indulgent poet (Diane Keaton), but the ruse doesn't last, and soon they're both on the lam.

Flesh Gordon
In this outrageous spoof of sci-fi films, Earth is thrown into carnal chaos by a mysterious sex ray emanating from outer space. Flesh Gordon, Dale Ardor, and their newfound friend Dr. Jerkoff must travel to the planet Porno to save the Earth from certain devastation by the mad Emperor Wang.

Eddie Izzard: Circle
Actor-comedian Eddie Izzard stops in at New York City's Town Hall on his "Circle" tour featuring his hilarious and highly original one-man show that comments on various topics of the day. Izzard, as always, delivers a slant that only his particular brand of no-holds-barred flamboyance can pull off.

Loves of a Blonde
Milos Forman directs this mood-pleasing working-class drama in which a naive factory worker falls in love after a one-night stand with a visiting pianist from Prague.

Le Cercle Rouge
French director Jean-Pierre Melville's hugely influential film remains a cornerstone of the crime genre. Recently released from prison, thief Corey (Alain Delon) finds himself caught up in a dangerous triangle with a mysterious man (Gian Maria Volonte) and an ex-cop with some pressing issues of his own (Yves Montand). This bona fide classic is considered the epitome of cool.

Playtime
The celebrated Jacques Tati directs and stars in this brilliantly eccentric ode to humanity. Tati plays Monsieur Hulot, a Parisian who's befuddled by the changes he witnesses in his beloved city, which has grown increasingly touristy. As Hulot roams the uncomfortably modern Paris with a group of American tourists, his story epitomizes the struggle of modern man to maintain a soul in the face of an impersonal world.

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell
Comic genius Will Ferrell dominated Saturday Night Live from 1996 - 2002, with impersonations and interpretations that left audiences doubled over in laughter time and time again. Catch the best of his performances here, with Craig the Cheerleader, George W. Bush, Celebrity Jeopardy, Bobbi and Marty Culp and many more. Also included are scenes cut after dress rehearsal and other previously unseen footage.

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Petty thief Harry Lockart (Robert Downey Jr.) gets caught up in a murder investigation in this action-packed comedy. Posing as an actor, Harry heads to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds an authentic acting coach in detective Perry Van Shrike (Val Kilmer). But the bright lights of Hollywood fade when a murder takes place and Harry, Perry and Harry's high school dream girl (Michelle Monaghan) become part of the investigation.

Montana
Claire (Kyra Sedgwick) is a mob hit woman who finds herself in hot water after her boss's (Robbie Coltrane) accountant (Philip Seymour Hoffman) turns the boss against her. With the help of her terminally ill counterpart, Nick (Stanley Tucci), Claire weathers a series of violent encounters with the henchmen sent to kill her. A taut thriller that balances violence with liberal doses of black humor.

Tango, Our Dance
Argentine filmmaker Jorge Zanada spent three years exploring the cultural origins of the tango -- a dance Martha Graham called "the most beautiful dance of this century" -- by talking to milongueros, the amateur dancers who work to preserve its traditions, and capturing their work on film. The result is a colorful study of a passionate pastime with a roster of famous enthusiasts, including dancer Juan Carlos Copes and actor Robert Duvall.

Le Samourai
A little bit gangster film, a little bit samurai flick, this 1960s French masterpiece from Jean-Pierre Melville introduces the memorable anti-hero Jef Costello (Alain Delon), a contract killer with the instincts of a Japanese warrior and the features of Adonis. After offing a nightclub owner, Costello has two big problems: his double-crossing employer, who now wants him dead, and the dogged police investigator who's determined to rein him in.

Long Day's Journey into Night
This 1962 production of Eugene O'Neill's play stars the magnificent Katherine Hepburn (who was nominated for an Academy Award for her work in the movie) as Mary Tyrone, the drug-addicted matriarch of a troubled clan. She finds no comfort in her husband, James, a miserly ex-actor whose bitterness has eroded everyone's goodwill. Their oldest, James (Jason Robards), is an alcoholic, and their youngest, Edmund, has returned to await a doctor's prognosis.

In Her Shoes
This tale of two sisters -- wild-child Maggie (Cameron Diaz) and straight-laced Rose (Toni Collette) -- is based on the theory that they have nothing in common except for their size 8-1/2 feet. But Maggie's discovery of a long-lost grandmother (Shirley MacLaine) the girls never knew they had could be the thing that brings them together for good. Ridley Scott sits in as producer on this comedy-drama based on a novel by Jennifer Weiner.

Mrs. Henderson Presents
Having already cultivated an offbeat reputation among high society in 1930s London, Laura Henderson (Judi Dench) embarks on her newest adventure: the transformation of an old movie theater into the Windmill, a space that will host, of all things, a nude musical revue. Members of her social circle don't quite know what to make of Mrs. Henderson's controversial enterprise, a shocking venture that has everyone up in arms.

High and Low
Known for his historical epics, director Akira Kurosawa was also a fan of American film noir and detective novels -- which explains why he based High and Low (also known as Heaven and Hell) on an Ed McBain story. Toshirô Mifune plays a wealthy corporate boss who must choose between saving his company and paying the ransom for his chauffeur's kidnapped child. Kurosawa uses his brilliant visual style to reinforce the film's sociological themes.

Horatio Hornblower: The New Adventures: Disc 1
This disc includes the full-length film Loyalty. Extras include audio commentary, cast and crew information and a photo gallery.

Horatio Hornblower: The New Adventures: Disc 2
This disc includes the full-length film Duty. Exras include audio commentary and a photo gallery.

Kal Ho Naa Ho: Tomorrow May Never Come
For Naina (Preity Zinta), life is difficult ever since a family tragedy turned her world upside down. Overwhelmed with responsibilities, Naina has no time for herself and feels as if she's 23 going on 50. Enter Aman (Shah Rukh Khan), who, like a breath of fresh air, moves into Naina's tiny Indian neighborhood and helps others resolve their problems. Aman may be the "answer man," but does he have the answer to Naina's burning question?

Mansfield Park
Penniless heroine Fanny Price (Frances O'Connor) is sent to live with wealthy relatives in 1800s England, where her wit and writing talent find the room -- and circumstance -- to grow. Her friendship with cousin Edmund (Jonny Lee Miller) evolves into a deep love, but Fanny is pursued by an eager suitor (Alessandro Nivola), whose sister is after Edmund. The film is loosely based on Jane Austen's most autobiographical novel.

Strictly Ballroom
This quirky, tenderly hilarious romantic comedy is sure to leave you tapping your toes. Directed by Baz Luhrmann, Strictly Ballroom is the off-beat story of a championship ballroom dancer (Paul Mercurio) who breaks all the rules by choosing an ugly duckling dancing partner (Tara Morice). Sweet, funny and original, this is one you won't forget quickly.

My First Mister
An underappreciated comedy directed by Christine Lahti. Against all odds, a 49-year-old store owner (Albert Brooks) and his teenage clerk (Leelee Sobieski) become close friends. He's neurotic, and she's from a dysfunctional family -- but together, they heal emotional wounds and form an unbreakable bond.

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Drag queens Mitzi (Hugo Weaving) and Felicia (Guy Pearce) team up with transsexual Bernadette (Terence Stamp) on a trip across Australia in a pink bus named Priscilla. Along the way, the friends change into their most outrageous costumes and put on lip-synch performances to popular disco tunes (including plenty of ABBA) for locals in the outback. They eventually make enough money to get to the next town, defeating homophobia as they go.

Look at Me
This unusual comedy catches its characters at various moments of loneliness, identity crisis and despair. Marilou Berry plays Lolita Cassard, a young woman disgusted with the world's seeming inability to accept beauty in all forms; her neglectful father, Etienne Cassard (Jean-Pierre Bacri), wants so badly to have someone to love. When they meet up with the equally lost Sylvia (Agnès Jaoui) and Pierre (Laurent Grévill), all hell breaks loose.

Turtles Can Fly
Residents of an Iraqi Kurdistan village await the violent arrival of the invading U.S Army. A young boy named Satellite (Soran Ebrahim) helps clear minefields and installs equipment that brings in news from the outside world. Meanwhile, three orphans wander aimlessly, the victims of tragic happenstance. As Saddam is removed from power, these innocent children must confront the harsh reality that awaits them. Bahman Ghobadi directs.

Nobody Knows
Japanese director Hirokazu Koreeda's touching film follows the empty lives of 12-year-old Akira (Yûya Yagira) and his three younger siblings (Ayu Kitaura, Hiei Kimura and Momoko Shimizu) after their mother abandons them in a tiny Tokyo apartment. Pragmatic, determined and wise beyond his years, Akira manages the household as best he can -- but eventually the money runs out, and the children must find new ways to survive. Based on a true story.

Pieces of April
A young woman (Katie Holmes) tries to make Thanksgiving dinner for her estranged suburban parents (Oliver Platt and Patricia Clarkson) at her apartment on New York's Lower East Side, while also introducing them to her new boyfriend, Bobby (Derek Luke). Unfortunately, the meal doesn't go exactly the way she hoped it would … beginning with that temperamental oven!

The Beat That My Heart Skipped
Tom (Romain Duris) seems destined to follow in his father's footsteps as a Parisian property shark until a chance encounter with his late mother's music agent leads him to believe he can become a concert pianist. With the help of a beautiful Chinese virtuoso, he starts preparing for a critical audition and making positive changes in his life. But secrets from his past threaten to destroy his plans for the future.

Hustle & Flow
Terrence Dashon Howard turns in a true star performance in director Craig Brewer's indie drama. DJay (Howard) is a pimp with aspirations of grandeur -- he wants to make it as a rapper -- but he soon discovers that fame isn't all it's cracked up to be. Offering strong characters and notes of sweet romance amid the urban beats of its central plot, this 2005 Sundance Audience Award-winner was produced by John Singleton.

American Desi
Krishnagopal "Kris" Reddy (Deep Katdare) is a good-looking, athletic, adventurous New Jersey native. The only son of immigrant Indian parents, he's committed to his own "Americanization." Accepted into the engineering program at a local university, Kris hopes to finally live a normal American life. But during a college mixer, he falls for a beautiful Indian girl named Nina Shah (Purva Bedi), throwing his carefully plotted life off balance.

Saraband
Writer-director Ingmar Bergman tells the tale of a once-broken family and another that's beginning to fall apart. Long divorced, Johan and Marianne rekindle their romance during a stay at Johan's summerhouse, where he's been hiding out with his son, Henrik (the product of a former marriage), and his granddaughter, Karin. Karin finds a maternal confidant in Marianne, airing her woes about living with her father and longing for her dead mother.

Artie Lange: It's the Whiskey Talkin'
Artie Lange, provocative comedian from the "Howard Stern Radio Show" (he can do great impersonations of Italians and Southerners), cracks wise in this appropriately titled one-man show that's a stand-up comic tour de force (read: binge) of Lange's trademark low humor. Overeaters and overdrinkers, prepare to laugh 'til you plotz. And wow, what a comic hangover you'll be facing after spinning this disc!

The Rules of the Game
When affluent Marquis Robert de la Chesnaye (Marcel Dalio) hosts a party at his sprawling property, emotions run high. Guests include Robert's mistress Genevieve (Mila Parely) and pilot Andre Jurieu (Roland Toutain), who fancies Robert's wife, Christine (Nora Gregor). Meanwhile, Schumacher (Gaston Modot) is trying to keep Marceau (Julien Carette) from hitting on his wife (Paulette Dubost). All the while, the servants watch with great interest.

The Suburbans
When one-hit-wonder 1980s New Wave group the Suburbans reunite for the wedding of ex-member Gil (Will Ferrell), they get the surprise of their lives when a record company talent scout (Jennifer Love Hewitt) offers them a chance at a comeback. But claiming 15 minutes of fame is harder the second time around in this hilarious and charming comedy starring Craig Bierko, Amy Brenneman, Ben Stiller and Antonio Fargas.

The Dinner Game
A group of French intellectuals gather each Wednesday for the dinner game, where the challenge is to bring along the most idiotic guest each can find. Pierre (Thierry Lhermitte) thinks he's found a ringer in François (Jacques Villeret), a civil servant whose passion is making architectural models out of matchsticks. But Pierre gets more than he bargained for when François becomes his houseguest -- and nursemaid!

Walking and Talking
Amelia (Catherine Keener) and Laura (Anne Heche) have been best friends since the 6th grade. For the first time, their lives are taking different paths: Laura is in love and planning her wedding, while Amelia begins to despair that she'll ever find the right man. But as they try to adjust their childhood friendship to the challenges of adulthood, these friends continue to laugh together at life and love.

Throne of Blood
Director Akira Kurosawa's magnificent rumination on Shakespeare's tragic "Macbeth" is a dark samurai drama set in feudal Japan. Two soldiers -- Washizu (Toshiro Mifune) and Miki (Minoru Chiaki) find themselves lost in a dense forest during a powerful thunderstorm. There, they encounter a ghostly old woman who predicts that Washizu will soon rise to power. Indeed, Washizu embarks on a murderously ambitious path and quickly fulfills the prophecy.

All About Eve
Joseph L. Mankiewicz's trenchant script anchors this story about New York City theater life. Bette Davis plays an aging Broadway diva who employs a starstruck fan (Anne Baxter) as her assistant, only to learn the woman is a conniving upstart with few scruples. All About Eve won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director (Mankiewicz), Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor (George Sanders).

Monster's Ball
Death row in the Louisiana State Penitentiary is the hothouse backdrop for this hard-hitting drama about racist prison guard Billy Bob Thornton, who falls in love with the wife (Best Actress Oscar winner Halle Berry) of a condemned man he helped execute. Peter Boyle plays Thornton's hopelessly bigoted father, and rapper Sean "Puffy" Combs astonishes as Berry's ill-fated, "dead man walking" husband.

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.

Samurai Trilogy 2: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Valiant 17th century samurai Musashi Miyamoto (Toshirô Mifune) finds himself enveloped in conflict -- from a rivalry with a martial-arts school to a love triangle with two beautiful women (Kaoru Yachigusa and Mariko Okada). But nothing, not even an against-all-odds battle with 80 swordsmen, can shake his courage. The film is the second part of the acclaimed trilogy, whose first installment earned an honorary Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

Samurai Trilogy 3: Duel at Ganryu Island
Musashi competes with Kojiro to serve the Shogun. Committed to a contemplative life, he is forced to defend his village, leading to a reunion with the women who love him and a final contest with his nemesis.

Zatoichi: Vol. 1: The Tale of Zatoichi
Zatoichi (Shintaro Katsu) is a blind masseur and swordsman living and working in a province that's under siege by rival warlords. One warlord tries to hire Zatoichi to help him fight his rival. But when the swordsman refuses, the warlord instead finds another warrior to challenge Zatoichi, who is not about to sit idle while his province is ruthlessly destroyed.

Band of Outsiders
Jean-Luc Godard continues his fascination with dime-store novels and American crime films with this free-spirited romp. Two friends, Arthur (Claude Brasseur) and Franz (Sami Frey), are searching for a way to make a big score. When Franz meets the beautiful Odile (Anna Karina) and she informs him of a large chunk of cash her aunt keeps hidden in her house, this could be their lucky break. But a miscalculation delays the seemingly perfect plan. ...

Zatoichi: Vol. 2: The Tale of Zatoichi Continues
Zatoichi (Shintaro Katsu) discovers that his new lord and employer suffers from a mental illness that, if made public, could extinguish the lord's empire and destroy his loyal samurai. The samurai know something is amiss and that Zatoichi holds a secret, and they're determined to get it no matter what. In a final duel, Zatoichi must face the infamous one-armed samurai.

Zatoichi: Vol. 3: New Tale of Zatoichi
With more killer swordsmanship, romance and action-packed drama, the "Blind Swordsman" is back in the first color episode of the Zatoichi series. Ichi returns to his home village to discover that his mentor has been hiring out his swordsmanship skills to a ruthless gang of kidnappers. Meanwhile, the mentor's sister offers herself in marriage to our hero, who must decline on account of his many enemies and the danger that would bring to her.

Zatoichi: Vol. 4: The Fugitive
Upon arriving in the village of Shimonita, Ichi learns that a local gang has placed a bounty on his head. A powerful hired ronin attacks him and nearly claims his life, and when the assassin goes on to slay an innocent woman, Ichi can no longer control his rage. After laying waste to the entire gang, Ichi's final duel becomes a deadly meeting of the samurai's superior swordsmanship and the blind masseur's unbridled rage.

Zatoichi: Vol. 5: On the Road
While Ichi and his companion are traveling to a village where the local gang leader wants to hire Ichi as a bodyguard, a rival gang attacks the pair. After negotiating safe passage for himself only, the blind masseur encounters a dying man trying to help a servant girl escape after a feudal lord has just raped her. Agreeing to help the girl get back to her family, Zatoichi realizes he will have to take on both gangs to make it through.

Zatoichi: Vol. 6: Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold
Zatoichi (Shintaro Katsu) must prove his innocence to legions of doubters in this sixth installment of the popular Japanese samurai series. Accused of being a thief, the blind swordsman attempts to expose the actual perpetrators while retrieving a missing cache of gold.

Zatoichi: Vol. 7: Zatoichi's Flashing Sword
While fleeing from gangsters intent on revenge, Zatoichi, the wandering masseur, gambler and master swordsman, finds himself caught in a volatile feud between rival Yasugoro bosses. Shintaro Katsu stars as the blind master in this seventh installment of the Zatoichi series.

Zatoichi: Vol. 8: Fight, Zatoichi, Fight
An attack intended to kill the master blind swordsman Zatoichi (Shintaro Katsu) instead strikes a fatal blow to an innocent mother. An honorable man, Zatoichi cares for the deceased woman's baby, protecting it from danger. Along the way, the omnipotent swordsman becomes a reluctant assassin as he's forced to defend himself against a gang.

Zatoichi: Vol. 9: Adventures of Zatoichi
Zatoichi raises an entirely different kind of cane in this hard-hitting episode. While corrupt bosses exploit hard-working merchants preparing for a New Year's celebration, Zatoichi dispenses justice with the edge of his cane sword. Directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda. Stars Shintaro Katsu.

Zatoichi: Vol. 10: Zatoichi's Revenge
Revenge is a dish best served cold. When a diabolical scheme to enslave young women and force them into prostitution causes his old master to be murdered in cold blood, Ichi (Shintaro Katsu) sets mercy aside until his vengeance is meted out and the young women are set free. Directed by Akira Inoue.

Zatoichi: Vol. 11: Zatoichi and the Doomed Man
Paired with a witty, harmless con man, Shintaro Katsu as Zatoichi mixes intoxicating swordplay and sidesplitting slapstick in a tale where Zatoichi's fate collides with an innocent man facing execution. Directed by Kazuo Mori. Stars Ryuzo Shimada, Kenjiro Ishiyama and Masako Myojo.

Zatoichi: Vol. 12: Zatoichi and the Chess Expert
Zatoichi (Shintaro Katsu) and a chess-fanatic samurai grow to be close friends. Also, Zatoichi must battle an archrival in order to aid a young woman whose own sword fight has taken a dangerous turn for the worst.

Zatoichi: Vol. 13: Zatoichi's Vengeance
Zatoichi (Shintaro Katsu) happens upon a man who's at death's door, and he gives the ailing man his word that he'll deliver something to his son, Taichi. As Zatoichi prepares to deliver the package, he's faced with a group of bitter enemies who will do anything to get in his way.

Zatoichi: Vol. 15: Zatoichi's Cane Sword
In his desperate attempts to rid his community of violence, Zatoichi (Shintaro Katsu) discovers the compelling truth about his sword -- a secret that just might come between him and his ability to overpower the malicious yakuza.

The Impostors
To elude the wrath of overbearing Broadway star Sir Jeremy Burtom (Alfred Molina), two struggling actors (Oliver Platt and director Stanley Tucci) are forced into a madcap succession of masquerades aboard an elite ocean liner swarming with people who aren't what they seem. The high-powered supporting cast includes Steve Buscemi, Tony Shalhoub, Isabella Rossellini, Lili Taylor and, in an uncredited cameo, Woody Allen.

Lucas
Fourteen-year-old bookworm and bully magnet Lucas (Corey Haim), exhibits a streak of independence when he befriends 16-year-old Maggie (Kerri Green) and introduces her to a world of intellectual pursuits. But while Lucas is eyeing Maggie, she's eyeing football jock Cappie (Charlie Sheen), who may just have a sensitive side himself. Director David Selzer's sincere coming-of-age film includes both comic and dramatic moments.

The Shanghai Gesture
Madame Gin Sling (Ona Munson), the owner of a Shanghai vice den, blackmails an English financier (Walter Huston) with secrets about his beautiful daughter (Gene Tierney). The 1925 play was much altered to make a movie that could get by 1941 censors (who would have nixed the original's depictions of drug addiction and prostitution), but the film -- which received Oscar nominations for art direction and music -- was still daring for its day.

A Better Tomorrow
Many fans view this gritty, stripped-down film as director John Woo's (Mission: Impossible) finest hour. Two brothers (one a neophyte counterfeiter, one a rookie cop) try to balance honor, family and duty. Chow Yun-Fat steals the show with his usual flair, and A Better Tomorrow brilliantly fuses fully drawn characters, thrilling action, family bonds and blistering firepower.

Hurlyburly
Ambition, sex, money and drugs are part of an average couple of days for 1980s Hollywood players Eddie (Sean Penn) and Mickie (Kevin Spacey) -- who maintain that things wouldn't be so bad if they could only figure out the meaning of it all. Anthony Drazan directs this stark and witty adaptation of David Rabe's popular play with an all-star cast, including Gary Shandling, Chazz Palmintari, Robin Wright Penn, Anna Paquin and Meg Ryan.

Max
Menno Meyjes directs this fictionalized account of the relationship of a young German painter -- the yet-to-be-notorious Adolf Hitler (Noah Taylor) -- with Max Rothman (John Cusack), a Jewish art teacher who doesn't nurture the fledgling artist. The movie asks whether Hitler's horrifying cruelty could have been prevented had he channeled his energy toward making art.

Mostly Martha
German director Sandra Nettelbeck whips up this tragicomic tale about an uptight professional chef who finds her world turned upside down when she takes in her newly orphaned niece, Lina (Maxime Foerste). Martina Gedeck stars as Martha, whose obsession with precision gourmet cooking extends to discussing recipes with her bewildered therapist (August Zirner) and verbally attacking anyone at the restaurant who attempts to send her food back.

Heaven
Philippa Paccard (Cate Blanchett), deeply disappointed by the police's lax investigation following her husband's drug death, takes the law into her own hands and ends up imprisoned. Filippo (Giovanni Ribisi), a young police officer involved with Philippa's questioning, begins to fall in love with her and decides to help her escape. The unequal lovers end up as fugitives from justice -- but how long can they keep hiding?

Fire
Deepa Mehta's Fire, the first Indian film about lesbians, follows two Hindu women struggling with loveless, arranged marriages. When Sita (Nandita Das) discovers that her husband, Jatin (Javed Jaffrey), has a mistress, she shares her unhappiness with her sister-in-law, Radha (Shabana Azmi), who cannot give birth. As the lukewarm coals of their long-term relationships fade, they ignite passion in their lives by finding comfort in each other.

Earth
Deepa Mehta directed this stirring tale about the religious and civil wars that broke out in India and Pakistan in the 1947 battle to gain independence from the British. The second movie in a trilogy from Mehta (it was preceded by Fire and followed by Water), Earth is based on the autobiographical novel Cracking India by Bapsi Sidhwa and is told through the eyes of a little girl, Lenny (Maia Sethna), who has one leg in a brace.

Water
After losing her husband to illness, 8-year-old Chuyia (Sarala) is forced to live out the rest of her days in a temple for Hindu widows, communing with 14 other women and a cruel headmistress who agrees to take her in. But it's through the trials of another widow, a beautiful prostitute named Kalyani (Lisa Ray) who's being courted by a man from a higher caste (John Abraham), that Chuyia learns the true restrictions of widowhood in this Oscar nominee.

Personal Velocity
Based on a series of short stories by Rebecca Miller (daughter of playwright Arthur Miller), Personal Velocity tells the story of three women (Fairuza Balk, Parker Posey and Kyra Sedgwick) trying to free themselves from the stifling constraint of the men in their lives. Balk shines as a pregnant "Goth" teenager who hits the road looking for something different and finding it in a battered hitchhiker.

Jimi Plays Berkeley
This rousing concert at the Berkeley Community Center showcases one of Jimi Hendrix's finest performances ever, with footage from two separate performances at the center on May 30, 1970. These incendiary shows help illustrate the student uprisings in Berkeley by setting footage to the stunning backdrop of some awe-inspiring Hendrix material. Tracks include "Purple Haze," "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)," "Star Spangled Banner" and many others.

The Complete Monterey Pop Festival: Disc 3: The Outtake Performances
This disc includes Monterey Pop: The Outtake Performances.

May
Nobody knows what to make of May (Angela Bettis). Born with a lazy eye, for which she wore a patch while growing up, she became a loner oddball whose only friend was a perfectly kept doll. She moves to L.A. and takes up with a filmmaker (Jeremy Sisto), but the relationship sours quickly -- and dangerously. She then befriends an alluring lesbian colleague (Anna Faris), but that, too, along with every connection May attempts to make, turns deadly.

Rat Race
Loosely based on It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, this comedic adventure from director Jerry Zucker starts with six couples assembled at the Las Vegas casino of Donald Sinclair (John Cleese) and ends at a train station in Silver Lake, N. M., where a satchel stuffed with $2 million awaits. Scheming slapstick rules the day as Owen (Cuba Gooding Jr.), Enrico (Rowan Atkinson), Merrill (Lanei Chapman), Vera (Whoopi Goldberg) and others go for broke.

The Office: Series 2
David Brent (Ricky Gervais) is up to his old tricks in this second season of the BBC hit comedy series. But there's a twist this time: David's company has merged with another, and co-worker Neil (Patrick Baladi) is now David's boss! Not to worry, David still beams that beatific smile of his -- all to remain buddies with Tim (Martin Freeman), Gareth (Mackenzie Crook) and Dawn (Lucy Davis). Thing is, they all see through his charade.

Upstairs, Downstairs: Season 1: Disc 1
This disc includes the following episodes: "On Trial," "The Mistress and the Maids," "Board Wages," "The Path of Duty."

Klute
Jane Fonda won a Best Actress Oscar for her role as a manipulative big-city prostitute who helps a small-town detective named Klute (Donald Sutherland) solve a missing persons case. As "working girl" Bree Daniels, Fonda sees men as victims of their own base instincts -- until she meets the incorruptible Klute and starts to fall for him. Fonda thoroughly inhabits what is by far her greatest role.

Ossessione
Passion turns deadly in this controversial neorealist classic from acclaimed director Luchino Visconti, adapted from James M. Cain'sThe Postman Always Rings Twice. Beautiful hotel owner Giovanna (Clara Calamai) is hopelessly drawn to Gino (Massimo Girotti), a handsome drifter. They decide to kill off her spouse and collect his hefty insurance premium, but the lovers are soon trapped in a spiral of deception and jealousy.

Look Back in Anger
Disenchanted college graduate Jimmy Porter (Richard Burton) ekes out a living running a candy stall by day and playing jazz trumpet by night. And although he's grown accustomed to taking his frustrations out on his emotionless wife, Alison (Mary Ure), Jimmy's self-loathing soon threatens to destroy everything. Tony Richardson's directorial debut -- based on the landmark play by John Osborne -- co-stars Claire Bloom and Gary Raymond.

Ordinary Decent Criminal
Michael Lynch (Kevin Spacey) is a happy-go-lucky thief and head of a gang who takes delight in plotting and executing heists with the kind of élan that makes him a popular and charismatic figure in the very Dublin that he plunders. The story is loosely based on the life of Irish freedom fighter Martin Cahill, also chronicled in the 1998 film The General. Co-stars Linda Fiorentino.

Shanghai Triad
Actress Gong Li and director Zhang Yimou (Raise the Red Lantern) reteam for a surprising period piece -- a gangster film set in 1930s China. Young Tang Shuisheng (Wang Xiao Xiao) is a 14-year-old boy forced to cater to the showgirl girlfriend (Li) of a fearsome opium trader. Through Shuisheng's eyes, we journey into a mysterious world of danger, corruption and alluring beauty.

Witness for the Prosecution
Based on an Agatha Christie play, this Oscar-nominated mystery directed and co-written by Billy Wilder concerns an esteemed and aging lawyer (Charles Laughton). On the eve of retiring, he takes on the defense of an alleged murderer (Tyrone Power, in his final film performance) accused of killing a wealthy widow. Things get complicated when the accused's only alibi, his wife (Marlene Dietrich), decides to testify for the prosecution.

The Who: Live at the Royal Albert Hall
A legendary live performance of the infamous rock band, The Who, at the Royal Albert Hall in London with special guests Bryan Adams, Noel Gallagher, Kelly Jones, Kennedy, Paul Weller, and Eddie Vedder. This performance capped off their six-month long North American and U.K tour on November 27th, 2000.

Persuasion
In 1814 England, Anne Elliot (Amanda Root), the daughter of a financially troubled, aristocratic family, is persuaded to break her engagement to Frederick Wentworth, a young sea captain. Eight years later, money troubles force Anne's father to rent out the family estate to Admiral Croft, and Anne is again thrown into company with Frederick -- now rich, successful and perhaps still in love with Anne. Based on Jane Austen's novel.

Dark Habits
Acclaimed Spanish director Pedro Almodovar delivers another fantastical story in this film about Yolanda (Cristina Sánchez Pascual), a singer who sells heroin on the side and goes on the lam when a deal goes awry. Now, thugs are after her, and her only sanctuary is a convent where Mother Superior (Julieta Serrano) is a junkie, a lesbian and also a fan of Yolanda's. Plus, another nun does LSD, a priest smokes hash, and everything is unexpected.

Divided We Fall
During the dark days of World War II, a Czechoslovakian couple grudgingly agrees to shelter a Jewish escapee from a concentration camp in their tiny apartment. Filled with pungent humor and universal truths about the fragility of the human condition, director Jan Hrebejk skirts a fine line between comedy and tragedy in what Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times calls, "a poignant, humanistic and irresistibly comic film."

The Gift
Gifted with visions of the future, Annie Wilson (Cate Blanchett) struggles to support her three sons by giving psychic readings for her fellow townsfolk. When the authorities find a drowned woman's body, Annie starts having visions of the brutal murder and who committed it. She soon realizes she's the only one who can testify to what truly happened … and that she could be the killer's next target.

Things Change
In David Mamet's acclaimed comedy, Jerry (Joe Mantegna), a misfit Mafia henchman, is assigned the low-level job of keeping an eye on Gino (Don Ameche), a shoe repairman fingered by the Mob to confess to a murder he didn't commit. But Gino's mistaken for a Mafia boss, and the two are suddenly catapulted to the highest levels of mobster status. Only friendship will see them through this dangerous adventure alive!

Secret Agent
In this thriller from director Alfred Hitchcock, British soldier and novelist Edgar Brodie (John Gielgud) returns home during World War I to find that a government agency has faked a report of his death. The Intelligence Service then forces him to change his name and travel to Switzerland to track down a German spy. Fellow agent Elsa Carrington (Madeleine Carroll) and a mysterious Mexican general (Peter Lorre) lend a hand.

Revolution OS
For the past two decades, a group of computer hackers, neocommunists and entrepreneurs has been gradually undermining Microsoft's monopoly and fundamentally changing the way software is developed and owned -- a revolution that resulted in the Linux operating system and the Open Source movement. This fascinating documentary explores the OS movement's origins and depicts the grassroots nature of Linux and OS as they march into the mainstream.

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.

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.

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Just as he promised, the Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is back to aid his former nemesis, a now-adult John Connor (Nick Stahl). It's been 10 years since John saved Earth from Judgment Day, and he's now living under the radar, using no phones, credit cards or anything Skynet can trace. That is, until he encounters T-X (Kristanna Loken), a robotic assassin whose mission is to finish what T-1000 started. Co-stars Claire Danes.

After Dark My Sweet
When a couple of conniving lowlifes (Rachel Ward, Bruce Dern) hatch a plot to kidnap the scion of a wealthy local family, they pick the wrong man to carry out the job: Kid Collie (Jason Patric), a disturbed ex-boxer on the lam from a mental institution. Collie narrates this twisted tale of double crosses and deception directed by James Foley (At Close Range) and adapted from the Jim Thompson novel.

All Quiet on the Western Front
Teenage German soldiers pass from idealism to despair in this poignant, Oscar-winning adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque's anti-war novel. Awarded the Oscar for Best Picture, the film was banned in countries going to war years after its release, and unlike most "message" films that date themselves almost immediately, director Lewis Milestone's film has lost little of its original impact.

Shadow of a Doubt
Master of suspense Alfred Hitchcock directed this tale about Charlie (Teresa Wright), a small-town girl consumed with finding out whether her unhinged Uncle (Joseph Cotton) is a serial killer. The arrival of detectives and a murder-infatuated neighbor (Hume Cronyn) only increase Charlie's paranoia. Tension builds as she draws closer to the truth, and in classic Hitchcock style, the film culminates in a nail-biting scene aboard a speeding train.

Last Orders
Charismatic butcher Jack Dodds (Michael Caine) orders his lifelong friends to make a special journey in the wake of his death by delivering his ashes to the sea. Joined by Jack's son (Ray Winstone), Lucky (Bob Hoskins), Vic (Tom Courtenay) and Lenny (David Hemmings) travel through the pastoral countryside from pub to pub, revisiting their memories of life after a terrible war. But Jack's wife (Helen Mirren) is on a voyage of her own.

Some Kind of Wonderful
Watts (Mary Stuart Masterson) is a young tomboy who has a crush on her best friend, Keith (Eric Stoltz), but her feelings go unrequited as he falls for Amanda (Lea Thompson), a rich girl with snobby friends. Unfortunately for Keith, Amanda's wealthy ex-boyfriend wants her back and is willing to do anything to get her. Will Keith find his way back to his true soul mate?

All the Right Moves
The only way football star Stefan Djordjevic (Tom Cruise) will avoid a life in the blast furnaces of his bleak Pennsylvania hometown is by winning a college scholarship. But it's not long before he and his coach virtually ruin each other's chances for escape... and their door to the future starts to close.

Kansas City Confidential
In this tough-minded film noir, ex-cop Tim Foster (Preston Foster) thinks he's pulled off the perfect bank robbery. But his plan hits a snafu when an innocent man is suspected, and Foster decides to hunt down the real suspects. Full of hard-hitting action and plot twists, Kansas City Confidential is one classic you don't want to miss. Lee Van Cleef and Jack Elam co-star.

Seance on a Wet Afternoon
A compelling drama with an unexpected twist. Myra Savage, an unstable psychic in London, is desperate to achieve recognition and wealth. She and her weak-willed husband devise a plan to kidnap the young child of a wealthy couple, collect the ransom money and then gain publicity by helping the couple locate the child using Myra's psychic abilities. The plan falls apart … but not in typical Hollywood fashion.

The Importance of Being Earnest
Playwright Oscar Wilde's delicious, penetrating wit shines through in this 1952 screen version of "The Importance of Being Earnest," skillfully directed by Anthony Asquith. Wilde's turn-of-the-century social satire is a delightful, charming play of words and misunderstanding that intertwine with hilarious results. British actors Michael Redgrave, Joan Greenwood, Dame Edith Evans and Dame Margaret Rutherford turn in brilliant performances.

Suddenly, Last Summer
In Tennessee Williams's tale of sexual repression set in 1937 New Orleans, rich widow Mrs. Venable (Katharine Hepburn) is distraught over the death of her son Sebastian during his vacation to Europe, where the two had traveled together every summer. This time, Sebastian had taken his cousin Catherine (Elizabeth Taylor), who appears to go mad the day Sebastian dies. Dr. Cukrowicz (Montgomery Clift) is called in to assess her mental state.

Dodsworth
To escape an empty nest, an automobile tycoon (Walter Huston) and his forty-something wife (Ruth Chatterton) plan a luxurious vacation in Europe. But as Mrs. Dodsworth embarks on a series of indiscretions -- including a romance with a gigolo -- it becomes apparent that the couple's plans for their golden years don't mesh. From director William Wyler, the film is based on the best-selling novel by Sinclair Lewis and an acclaimed stage play.

Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies: Parts 1 & 2
This disc includes "The Director's Dilemma: Mastering The Creative Process," "The Director as Storyteller: The Western, The Gangster Film, The Musical," "The Director as Illusionist: Controlling and Mastering the Technical Process" and "The Director as Smuggler: The Metaphor Behind the Vision."

No Way to Treat a Lady
This darkly comic thriller follows Christopher Gill (Rod Steiger), a Broadway producer whose troubled relationship with his mother has transformed him into a killer. Gill, a master of disguise, strangles his female victims, then phones clues in to the case's detective to keep it interesting. Now, it's up to Morris Brummel (George Segal) -- a Jewish police officer with maternal problems of his own -- to find Gill before he strikes again. ...

Marnie
Blonde ice princess and habitual thief Marnie Edgar (Tippi Hedren) uses her looks to gain the confidence of Philadelphia playboy Mark Rutland (Sean Connery), who begins to fall for her only when he realizes she's planning to embezzle money from his insurance company. He patiently spies on her and discovers that the root of her problem is embedded in serious psychological troubles induced by childhood trauma. Alfred Hitchcock directs.

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Eddie (Nick Moran) is usually slick with a deck of cards, but after losing at a fixed table for London high rollers, he's in massive debt to a local porn kingpin (P.H. Moriarty). Eddie's irate father (Sting) refuses to hand over his bar to save his son's fingers, leaving Eddie and his friends few options. To come out ahead, they craft a heist to steal the money from the criminals next door -- with overblown results.

Railroaded
Director Anthony Mann orchestrates a satisfying film noir in this tale about young deliveryman Steve Ryan (Ed Kelly), who's framed for a robbery he didn't commit -- and the subsequent murder of a cop. While his sister (Sheila Ryan) and hard-boiled police detective Mickey Ferguson (Hugh Beaumont) work to clear Steve's name, the bona fide bad guy (John Ireland) is on the loose, sadistically perfuming his bullets before each new kill.

Killer's Kiss
Davy (Jamie Smith), a washed-up boxer, intervenes when a pretty dancehall girl named Gloria (Irene Kane) is brutalized by her hoodlum boss and lover (Frank Silvera). Gloria falls for her rescuer and angers her boyfriend, who promptly sends men to kill him. But when Davy's friend is murdered instead, the lovebirds must run for their lives. Stanley Kubrick writes, produces, edits, shoots and directs this film -- his second full-length feature.

The Man Who Knew Too Much
While vacationing in Morocco, American tourist Dr. Ben McKenna (James Stewart) learns of an assassination plot but can't turn to the police without endangering his young son, who's been kidnapped to ensure McKenna's silence. Alfred Hitchcock's suspenseful remake of his own 1934 thriller features a rare dramatic turn by Doris Day as Ben's wife and makes legendary use of the Oscar-winning tune "Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)."

Big Deal on Madonna Street
Director Mario Monicelli delivers this deft satire of the classic caper film Rififi, introducing a bungling group of amateurs -- including an ex-jockey (Carlo Pisacane), a former boxer (Vittorio Gassman) and an out-of-work photographer (Marcello Mastroianni). The crew plans a seemingly simple heist with a retired burglar (Totó), who serves as a consultant. But this Italian job is doomed from the start.

Remember the Titans
It looks like fourth down and long yardage when Denzel Washington replaces a well-respected -- and white -- football coach (Will Patton) in a Virginia high school rampant with prejudice, circa 1970. Not to be discouraged, Washington welds the young players, the Titans, into a force to be reckoned with on the gridiron and off. Based on real-life events.

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.

Antonia's Line
Winner of the 1995 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and many other prestigious international honors, Antonio's Line is the remarkable story of a woman who builds a new life with her daughter in a quiet Dutch village after World War II. Earthy, sexy, romantic and filled with laughter and warmth, it's a joyous, multi-generational celebration of simple pleasures and enduring passions.

Sunday in the Country
Director Bertrand Travemier's portrait of French family life on the brink of World War I looks at the Ladmiral family, led by its patriarch (Louis Ducreux), an old painter living in the country. The film's impressionistic style comes through as members of the family arrive at the painter's home, often changing the dynamic of his quiet life. Through conversation, the group explores the hopes, disappointments and small joys of family and life.

'Round Midnight
In this moody drama, Gallic bebop buff Francis Borler (François Cluzet) befriends self-destructive jazz great Dale Turner (Dexter Gordon), an American expatriate who left seeking a more progressive audience. Addiction has taken its toll on the gifted saxophonist, but Borler's small acts of compassion spark a renewed -- if fleeting -- zest in the jaded performer, which is echoed in his music. Herbie Hancock's original score bagged an Oscar.

Bird
Clint Eastwood labored for years to raise the money needed to bring this biography of Charlie Parker to the big screen. Nicknamed "Yardbird," Parker was a virtuoso saxophonist whose innovations revolutionized jazz. Despite his musical genius, Parker was hopelessly addicted to drugs. At the film's center looms the hulking presence of Forest Whitaker, who delivers a great performance in a complex role.

Saboteur
When aircraft plant worker Barry Kane (Robert Cummings) is wrongly accused of sabotage and murder, he embarks on a cross-country chase for the actual culprit. Chock-full of breathtaking chase scenes, crisp dialogue and stunning locations, this World War II-era story, co-written by Dorothy Parker, is a classic Alfred Hitchcock thriller.

Winter Sleepers
In director Tom Twyker's foreboding tale of time and memory, translator Rebecca lives with ski instructor Marco in a mountain villa owned by her friend Laura. Cinema projectionist Rene steals Marco's car and gets into an accident with local farmer Theo, whose daughter dies soon after the wreck. Suffering from short-term memory loss, Rene starts a relationship with Laura, while Theo searches for the person who killed his daughter.

The Anniversary Party
Recently uncoupled couple Joe (Allan Cumming) and Sally (Jennifer Jason Leigh) celebrate their anniversary with a group of friends in this dark, Independent Spirit Award-nominated drama (also written and directed by Cumming and Leigh). When Judy (Parker Posey), Cal (Kevin Kline), Sky (Gwyneth Paltrow) and assorted spouses and friends come over, it only takes a few cocktails and a load of ecstasy before the situation careens out of control.

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
After nearly two decades away, Sam Masterson (Van Heflin) returns to his hometown, sending its preeminent couple -- Martha Ivers (Barbara Stanwyck) and her spouse, Walter O'Neil (Kirk Douglas, in his film debut) -- into a tizzy. It seems that 18 years ago, Sam may have witnessed the untimely death of Martha's ironhanded aunt (Judith Anderson). Alarmed that Sam will divulge what he knows, the predatory Martha starts scheming against him.

The Way of the Gun
Academy Award-winner Benicio del Toro and Ryan Phillippe star in this directorial debut by Oscar-winning writer Christopher MacQuarrie (The Usual Suspects). The action kicks in when criminal microminds Longbaugh and Parker kidnap the wrong pregnant mother (Juliette Lewis). Packed with twists, turns, car chases, shootouts and a killer supporting turn by James Caan, The Way of the Gun is old-school action with a chancrous underbelly of dry wit.

Echo Park
Susan Dey portrays May, a single mother who dreams of stardom in the L.A. neighborhood of Echo Park. To make ends meet, she takes a job as a stripper and rents out a room to Jonathan (Tom Hulce), a pizza-delivering songwriter who immediately falls for her.

Insomnia
Sent to a Norwegian town to help with a homicide investigation, tenacious detective Jonas Engström (Stellan Skarsgård) and his partner set a trap for the suspect. But the fog-shrouded stakeout goes awry: Engström mistakenly shoots his partner, then covers his tracks -- forgetting that the suspect witnessed the killing. Soon, Engström's guilty conscience and insomnia in the land of the midnight sun lead to a downward spiral into chaos.

Live Flesh
One of director Pedro Almodóvar's best films recounts the story of Victor, born on a bus to prostitute Penélope Cruz. As a troubled teen, Victor is in the apartment of drug addict Elena (Francesca Neri). He accidentally shoots a policeman and gets sent to prison. Years later, Victor learns Elena has married the now-paralyzed cop, and he begins to stalk her!

Hard Eight
Boogie Nights director Paul Thomas Anderson's first film charts the relationship between world-weary card shark Sydney (Phillip Baker Hall) and reckless youth John (John C. Reilly). After showing him how to exploit casinos' perks, Sydney takes John under his wing. Years later, the surrogate father and son are successful gamblers -- until John falls for a hooker (Gwyneth Paltrow) and gets mixed up with a shady stranger (Samuel L. Jackson).

Madadayo
Akira Kurosawa wrote, directed and edited his farewell film that centers on the life of a professor (Tatsuo Matsumura) who spends his retirement years in 1940s Tokyo. The sensei's students and supporters honor him annually with a birthday party and ask him, "Maadha kai? (Are you ready?)" -- to which he always replies, "Madadayo! (Not yet!)" The film is based on the literary works of Japanese author Hyakken Uchida.

Life With Father
Based on Clarence Day Jr.'s memoirs about growing up with his semi-tyrannical father, this wonderful comedy is truly one of the classics. William Powell stars as Father, a Wall Street broker who likes to think he rules the roost. But when a small crisis over his religious upbringing causes havoc, it becomes clear that it's really his adoring wife (Irene Dunne) and their enterprising children who pull the strings.

Femme Fatale
Laure Ash (Rebecca Romijn-Stamos), a master of manipulation and guile, takes part in one last jewel theft and then abruptly leaves behind her life of crime. Reinvented in the guise of a respectable married woman, Laure soon captures the attention of Nicolas (Antonio Banderas), a soulful ex-paparazzo who's mesmerized by the elusive and enthralling adventuress -- and who shatters her carefully crafted world with one shutter click of his camera.

The Last Hurrah
Aging political boss Frank Skeffington (Spencer Tracy) tries to get reelected as mayor of an unnamed town one last time in the changing world of the 1950s, when television started to play a bigger role in the political process. Frank meets with opposition from the city council, which frowns upon his strong-arm tactics. His uphill battle is set against the political machinery that used ethnic hatred and old money as its weapons. John Ford directs.

Dead Reckoning
Humphrey Bogart stars as Rip Murdock, a World War II veteran ensnared in a web of crime and conspiracy when his best friend, Johnny Drake (William Prince), disappears en route to Washington, D.C., to receive a war medal. Murdock follows the trail to Drake's hometown, where he finds his friend's body burned beyond recognition. His continuing investigation soon involves Drake's ex-girlfriend, femme fatale Cory Chandler (Lizabeth Scott).

Small Change
In this poignant and humorous film set in France in the summer of 1976, director François Truffaut chronicles the journey of childhood through the eyes of children aged two weeks to 14 years in. Among the joys and pains the kids experience are a double date at the movies, brothers who give a friend a haircut, first love, teenage rebellion and a toddler who falls from a window. One of the highlights is a soliloquy delivered by a schoolteacher.

Sorry, Wrong Number
A thriller for the ages! Barbara Stanwyck is young, beautiful, rich … and bedridden. Her telephone is a lifeline to the outside world. After she mistakenly dials a number and overhears two men plotting to kill a woman, she begins receiving mysterious calls. Soon, Stanwyck's fear and terror have her believing that her husband (Burt Lancaster) is the plotting scoundrel -- and she's the target!

The Manchurian Candidate
Some thrillers remain as suspenseful -- and timely -- as when they were first released. Raymond Shaw (Laurence Harvey) is a Korean War hero with a lethal secret: He's been brainwashed into being a sleeper agent for the communist Chinese. With one phone call, the Reds can transform Shaw into a deadly assassin -- unless fellow veteran Bennett Marco (Frank Sinatra) can stop them first!

The Closet
It's Melville's "Bartleby the Scrivener" with a twist when Daniel Auteuil (as a milquetoast accountant) is about to get fired from his job for literally being a bore. At the last minute, a neighbor concocts a "new life" for Auteuil as an out-of-the-closet (read: intriguing) homosexual, and suddenly everything changes. Gérard Depardieu co-stars as a homophobic officemate who may be masking a few feelings of his own.

Farewell My Concubine
A seemingly unshakable friendship gets put to the test by war, a communist takeover, the Cultural Revolution and especially by the intrusion of a woman into the lives of two Chinese opera stars. Inseparable since childhood, Duan Xiaolou (Zhang Fengyi) and Cheng Dieyi (Leslie Cheung) find themselves increasingly at odds after Xiaolou weds a lovely courtesan (Gong Li). The film captures 50 years of Chinese history as it spins around the characters.

Grateful Dead: View from the Vault
View from the Vault is the first in a continuing series of unearthed treasures from the tour archives. Recorded on 7/8/1990 at Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Stadium, with an extra footage from the 7/6/1990 Cardinal Stadium show in Louisville, KY.

My House in Umbria
English writer Mrs. Delahunty (Maggie Smith) opens the doors of her Italian villa to her fellow survivors of a train wreck: a young American girl (Emmy Clarke), a British gent (Ronnie Barker) and a German (Benno Furmann). As a detective (Giancarlo Giannini) unravels the cause of the tragedy, the survivors try to make sense of everything, too -- until the girl's uncle (Chris Cooper) arrives, deepening the mystery.

The Decalogue: Disc 1: Films I - III
This disc includes Films I-III.

The Decalogue: Disc 2: Films IV - VII
This disc includes Films IV-VII.

The Decalogue: Disc 3: Films VIII - X
This disc includes Films VIII-X.

Northfork
It's 1955, and the town of Northfork, Mont., is about to disappear off the map, the victim of a newly constructed dam. Six men are charged with clearing Northfork of its last hangers-on: a couple, a man who owns an ark and a nearly comatose orphan. Acclaimed filmmakers Michael and Mark Polish deliver another movie mining the drama of America's changing fortunes, co-starring Peter Coyote, Anthony Edwards, Daryl Hannah, Duel Farnes and Nick Nolte.

The Others
Writer-director Alejandro Amenabar manipulates viewers' psyches in this bone-chilling thriller. Staunchly religious Grace Stewart (Nicole Kidman) lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne (Alakina Mann) and Nicholas (James Bentley), have a rare sensitivity to light -- but the house seems haunted. Soon convinced that the strange events and visions are real, Grace fights to protect her children at any cost.

The Who: The Kids Are Alright
Through rare concert performance footage and interviews, this 1979 documentary offers an in-depth look at the wildly successful career of classic rock group The Who -- from their initial formation to their first major hit. Highlights include footage from many of the band's early performances, capturing their zaniness and outrageous antics, plus an interview with drummer Keith Moon and footage from his last performance just prior to his death.

Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator
Helen Stickler's brilliantly constructed documentary charts the rise of skateboarding culture in the 1980s, using the life of the era's most celebrated skater, Mark "Gator" Rogowski, as a focal point. A mix of jaw-dropping skateboarding footage, '80s nostalgia, music and interviews re-creates the era with great energy and feeling, while presenting an intimate character study of fame gone sour. Stoked premiered at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival.

Knife in the Water
Director Roman Polanski ratchets up the suspense with a story that takes place almost entirely within the confined setting of a sailboat owned by a wealthy journalist and his much younger wife. On their way to the lake for a weekend of sailing, the couple invites a young hitchhiker to join them on their boat. But hostility looms as each man tries to humiliate the other in front of the woman.

The Crimson Rivers
Two French cops (Jean Reno and Vincent Cassell) investigating separate murders in the French Alps find a link between the killings -- both of which involve mutilated corpses with severed hands. As more murders occur, the two policemen uncover an increasing number of horrific details behind the crimes. French director Mathieu Kassovitz filmed the psychological thriller on location in the Alps, offering a beautiful backdrop to a frightening film.

Ulysses
Leopold Bloom (Milo O'Shea) -- a Jewish man on an odyssey through the turn-of-the-century streets of Dublin -- is on an adventure that parallels the trials of Greek hero Ulysses on his epic voyage home. Along the way, Bloom befriends the young poet Stephen Dedalus (Maurice Roëves) and must deal with the infidelities of his wife (Barbara Jefford). This screen adaptation of James Joyce's groundbreaking 1922 novel received an Oscar nomination.

The Firemen's Ball
When a group of small-town firemen find out that their chief is retiring, they organize a party to end all parties. But as soon as the celebration commences, the attendees experience one disaster after another, including stolen raffle prizes, unwilling beauty contestants and even a fire. This Czechoslovakian comedy -- the last film director Milos Forman made in his native country -- received an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years: Disc 1
This disc includes the first part of the miniseries.

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years: Disc 2
This disc includes the conclusion of the miniseries and bonus material.

Bartleby
Herman Melville's classic short story "Bartleby the Scrivener" gets updated in this darkly comic retelling. The boss (David Paymer) of a public records company begins to unravel when he hires a quiet and reserved clerk, Bartleby (Crispin Glover). At first, Bartleby's a welcome addition to the office, but when the boss asks him to perform any task other than filing, the clerk's enigmatic reply -- "I would prefer not to" -- creates consternation.