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Seized by U.S. customs and subsequently the subject of a heated court debate, I am Curious Yellow is a cinematic landmark that caused a sensation for its explicit sexual content. It subsequent infamy saw it become the highest grossing foreign film in the U.S. for 25 years.

Combining fiction and documentary techniques, Vilgot Sjoman's film tells the story of Lena, a radical young woman exploring the social issues of Sweden in the 60's as well as her own sexual identity. The disc includes Sjoman's follow-up, I am Curious Blue, which continues Lena's journey of self-discovery.

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On a lake set in a valley in the depths of the mountains sits an isolated dwelling. Here, a Buddhist monk and his young apprentice live in harmony with nature. As the seasons change and the years pass, the carefree child apprentice becomes a young man filled with desire.

Despite the continuing wisdom that his master imparts, the young man finds he is emotionally unprepared for the arrival of a young woman. Dealing with feelings of guilt and jealousy, he is forced to confront a darker side of his nature and, resolving to cleanse himself, he serves a penance in the form of a religious mantra. Later, as winter comes and death makes way for new life, the man prepares to take on the role of teacher...

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The course charted by Michelangelo Antonioni in Chung Kuo China presents unforgettable glimpses of one of the world's richest cultures. Although he visits familiar sights such as the Great Wall and the Forbidden City, the film's focus is fixed towards the people themselves.

Across China, from major cities like Peking and Shanghai to the Henan province, people struggle amidst poverty and hardship to sustain the collective revolutionary spirit that liberated them. Chung Kuo China is an indelible time capsule of the aftermath of Mao's Cultural Revolution, the defining event of Modern China. Despite receiving the direct support of the Chinese Communist Party during production, Chung Kuo China provoked a strong backlash on its initial release, earning rebuke from Mao Zedong himself. While well received in the West, the film did not find its intended audience until its 2004 screening at the Beijing Cinema Institute. One of Antonioni's most innovative works, formerly languishing as a prized object in cinema archives, Chung Kuo China's vision achieves greater resonance in the 21st Century than the time of its release.

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Inga (Arndís Hrönn Egilsdóttir) runs a dairy farm with her husband in a remote valley of Iceland where they work long hours for a tight income due to their buyers, a money-grubbing monopoly known as the co-op.

However, when Inga's husband tragically dies she learns her debts are even greater than she thought and takes it upon herself not to repay them but to expose the co-op's greed and corruption by any means necessary.

Films: Nina (1978) Danton s Death (1978) Beloved Enemy (1981) Psy-Warriors (1981) Baal (1982) Stars of the Roller State Disco (1984) Contact (1985) Christine (1987) Road (1987) The Firm Director's Cut (1989, previously unreleased) The Firm Broadcast Version (1989) Elephant (1989)

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Claire Cooper's (Annette Bening) peaceful family life takes a chilling turn when a mysterious serial killer (Robert Downey Jr.) invades her seemingly idyllic New England town and haunts her dreams with dark clues to his next deadly moves.

With frightening accuracy, Claire predicts his every turn, but still no one believes her. Unable to convince the police, her doctor (Stephen Rea) or even her husband (Aidian Quinn) of her mind-link with the madman, Clair must confront the killer alone, and on his terms, before another terrifying dream becomes a reality!

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"The Revenant" follows the story of legendary explorer Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) on his quest for survival and justice. After a brutal bear attack, Glass is left for dead by a treacherous member of his hunting team (Tom Hardy).

Against extraordinary odds, and enduring unimaginable grief, Glass battles a relentless winter in uncharted terrain. This epic adventure captures the extraordinary power of the human spirit in an immersive and visceral experience unlike anything before.

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Whether you fear death or not, it comes, and at that moment everyone loses 21 Grams...'21 Grams' is an intense, critically acclaimed thriller with outstanding performances from Academy Award winners Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro and Academy Award nominee Naomi Watts.

When a horrific accident traumatically binds three people's lives together, events unfold that take them to the heights of passion, the depths of obsession and the promise of revenge.

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Jack Lawrence (Billy Crystal) is a lawyer, the kind always ready to help you get what's coming to him. Dale Putley (Robin Williams) is a shambles, a minor writer and major goofball. They have nothing in common - until they team up to track down a runaway teenager each believes might be his son.

Fathers' Day is 'the mother of all comedy events' (Pat Collins), pairing two of the funniest people on the planet and directed by Ian Reitman (Dave). Crystal quips and Williams connips as they bicker, bond...and plunge deep into that uncharted neighborhood called parenthood. In this neighborhood, there's a laugh around every corner.

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Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn (Best Actor, Mystic River, 2003), two-time Academy Award nominee Jude Law (Best Actor, Cold Mountain, 2003), five-time Academy Award nominee Kate Winslet (Best Actress, Titanic, 1997), and Oscar winner Anthony Hopkins (Best Actor, The Silence Of The Lambs 1991) star in

this riveting story of a humble man's rise to political power and the destructive force of corruption and betrayal that would ultimately unravel his soul. Based on Robert Penn Warren's 1946 classic Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and co-starring James Gandolfini, Mark Ruffalo and Patricia Clarkson.

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After 13 years in a coma, Cynthia Weston (Jennifer Rubin) wakes up to find she is the sole survivor of a mass suicide by the Unity Fields cult, ordered by its leader Franklin Harris (Richard Lynch).

Plagued by childhood memories of the cult and visions of its leader, Cynthia seeks help in an experimental therapy group led by Dr. Alex Karmen (Bruce Abbott). However, when several members of the group are murdered, Cynthia fears that Harris is stalking her from beyond the grave...

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The Pilliga Yowie, - or 'Jingra'- has haunted the Australian outback for centuries, stalking a remote part of New South Wales, where men seldom dare tread, content to keep to itself... until now.

Ocker truck driver Jay and his cameraman buddy Dylan journey into the Pilliga National Park with some drunken sheila's they meet in a pub. Things take a sinister turn when a local legend comes out to play - complete with big teeth, sharp claws and a craving for human flesh!

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Stephen Frears produces six plays by Oscar-nominated writer Alan Bennett. Showcasing the talents of Thora Hird, Prunella Scales, Patricia Routledge, Dave Allen and Alun Armstrong, Six Plays by Alan Bennett includes the BAFTA-nominated 'Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf'.

Frears himself directs four of the six plays, with the remaining two directed by BAFTA-winning Giles Foster and Palm d'Or winner Lindsay Anderson.

Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1978)
A repressed night-school teacher, secretly homosexual, struggles to cope with his demanding, eccentric mother.
Doris and Doreen (1978)
Doris (Prunella Scales) and Doreen (Patricia Routledge) work for a large unnamed corporation. Changes are afoot, though they are not entirely sure what they are. Equipped with an in depth knowledge of regulations and paperwork they feel compelled to get to the bottom of it.
The Old Crowd (1979)
George (John Moffatt) and Betty (Isabel Dean), a middle-class English couple, have just moved into a big Edwardian house in London and are throwing a party to celebrate. Unfortunately, after ten days none of their furniture has arrived, having been sent to Carlisle by mistake, three of the four toilets don't work and cracks are starting to appear in the ceiling. However, nothing can dent their determination to have a good time.
Afternoon Off (1979)
Lee (Henry Man), a Chinese man, works as a waiter in a hotel in England, despite speaking very little English. Told that a girl called Iris might be interested in him, on his afternoon off work he buys a box of chocolates and sets off to find her.
One Fine Day (1979)
George Phillips (Dave Allen), a middle-aged Londoner, works as an estate agent for the firm of Frobisher, Rendell and Ross. His home life is soured by clashes with his wife over whether their teenage...
All Day on the Sands (1979)
Mr. and Mrs. Cooper are staying at a boarding-house in the seaside resort of Morecambe with their small children, Colin (Gary Carp) and Jennifer (Susan Hopkins). Mr Cooper has just been made redundant, but the family are trying to keep this a secret from the other guests...

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Can love survive the fall of a nation? Judi Dench takes the role of an English woman working in Saigon who falls in love with a CIA analyst in the final chaotic days of the war in Vietnam. The conflict is officially over.

Temporarily insulated in the city's diplomatic quarter, Barbara Dean (Judi Dench) continues working as assistant manager in a foreign bank. On meeting American Bob Chesneau (Frederic Forrest), she quickly senses that he works for the CIA; in his reluctant role as an interrogator, he is only too aware of Vietnam s military reality. With time running out, they begin an intense affair. As Vietcong forces advance from the North, many of Saigon's remaining Westerners continue their daily lives in a state that approaches denial. But soon the frenzied evacuation of the city will begin, and their Vietnamese colleagues and allies will be left to face their fate alone.

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"Pick Up Your Ears" is a celebration of outrageous playwright Joe Orton (Gary Oldman) and his love affair with Kenneth Halliwell (Alfred Molina) which concluded with their violent and premature deaths.

Orton was one of the 1960s golden boys, from working class Leicester lad to national celebrity, from sexual innocent to grinning satyr, from penniless student to icon of Swinging London. He became a star by breaking the rules - sexual and theatrical. But while his plays including Loot, what the Butler Saw and Entertaining Mr. Sloane were hugely successful, his private life was sometimes sordid, often farcical and ended in tragedy.