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The Unpolished (Die Unerzogenen) A film by Pia Marais Germany, 2006. "The Unpolished is humanist filmmaking of the highest order" Brad Stevens "Really quite fabulous. The film may surprise with its grace and is highly recommended" Gary Tooze, DVD Beaver
The DVD is presented in a new director-approved anamorphic transfer and extras include a new filmed interview with director Pia Marais and a new essay by author and critic Brad Stevens. Release Date: July 12th 2010

We continue to offer you a selection of many of our titles in specially-priced sets, in an effort to say thank you for all your support to us. These themed offers are not available anywhere else other than through our website.

We hope this might encourage you to take a chance and watch some of these wonderful films which you may not have seen before.

Diamonds of the Night (Démanty noci) A film by Jan Němec Czechoslovakia, 1964. "Němec sought to make pictures that captured emotional and mental states in a way that strived to be intrinsically filmic rather than just theatre on film" Central Europe Review
The DVD is presented in a new digital transfer with restored picture and sound, and extras include a new filmed appreciation by author and film programmer Peter Hames, and a new essay by writer and film historian Michael Brooke. Release Date: May 10th 2010

The Red and the White (Csillagosok, katonák) A film by Miklós Jancsó, Hungary/USSR 1967. "Jancso invites us to study the mechanisms of power almost abstractly, with a cold eroticism that may glancingly suggest some of the subsequent work of Stanley Kubrick" Jonathan Rosenbaum.
Disc includes the first film from Miklós Jancsó’s renowned but rarely-seen documentary series Message of Stones and booklet interview with Miklós Jancsó conducted by Andrew James Horton.