Ha-Mashgihim / God’s Neighbors (2012) DVD9

Rules have to be followed. For the "overseers" of the Tel Aviv suburb Bat Yam, that means threatening women who in their opinion are indecently dressed or shop owners and secular Jews who don't conform to the rules of the Sabbath. If a street trader sells the wrong kind of films, he may end up in hospital. In their free time, the young Jewish fundamentalists smoke dope and set religious texts to techno beats. Leader of the gang is Avi. And it's Avi of all people who puts the group dynamic to the test when he threatens a woman who doesn't follow the rules - and promptly falls in love with her. God's Neighbours casts an unusual look at a vibrant part of Israel relatively unknown to the outside world.

DVD9 | PAL 16:9 | 01:38:05 | 7.36 Gb + 3% rec
Language: Hebrew
Subtitles: English, Hebrew
Genre: Drama

Director: Meny Yaesh
Cast: Roy Assaf, Gal Friedman, Itzik Golan
Country: Israel
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America’s Serial Killers: Portraits in Evil (2009) 2 x DVD9

Wars have terrorized entire populations for thousands of years. The American West was home to ruthless killers who were idolized in fiction and folklore. Evil evolved to a hideous new form with the genocidal dictators of the 20th Century such as Hitler, Stalin and Mao Tse Tung who ordered the execution of tens of millions. But in the middle of the 20th Century a new and chilling phenomenon emerged in the post-war Western society: The Serial Killer! As if fashioned from our nightmares, they terrified and fascinated us. Lurking behind masks of bland normality, the serial killer often evaded capture for years, decades or eternity. These are America's Serial Killers!

This comprehensive documentary series delves into the terrifying minds of history's most notorious serial killers and explores the forensic investigation and profiling methods that went into identifying ... and catching them.

2 x DVD9 | NTSC 4:3 | ~450 minutes | 6.78 Gb + 6.71 Gb + 3% rec
Language: English
Subtitles: none
Genre: Documentary, Crime

Cast: Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, Charles Manson
Country: USA
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The Atom Egoyan Collection: Next of Kin (1984), Family Viewing (1987), Speaking Parts (1989), The Adjuster (1991), Calendar (1993), Exotica (1994), The Sweet Hereafter (1997) 7 x Blu-ray

Smart, sharp, witty and always devilishly unpredictable, the rich, multi-layered films of Canadian-Armenian director Atom Egoyan have shown him to be one of the world's most enticing and engrossing post-modern auteurs. Investigating the complex nature of social and psychological disintegration through black humour, fantasy, tragedy and the pervasive yet intangible presence of the filmic medium itself, his labyrinthine body of work has provided an inexhaustible supply of riches for viewers across the world.

Here, in this extensive box set, some of his most celebrated films have been brought together to celebrate his unique cinematic vision and extend its reach to new audiences.

7 x BD25 | 1080p AVC | 651 minutes | ~117 Gb + 3% rec
Language: English
Subtitles: none
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance

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Adventures of Don Juan (1948) DVD9

Famed lover Don Juan (Errol Flynn), and his faithful servant, Leporello (Alan Hale), return to Spain to find it under the thumb of the traitorous Duke de Lorca (Robert Douglas). Assigned as a fencing instructor, Don Juan devotes himself to the welfare of Queen Margaret (Viveca Lindfors). When de Lorca moves against the crown, it is up to Don Juan, his friends, and students to save the Queen, the feeble King (Romney Brent), and Spain.

DVD9 | NTSC 4:3 | 01:50:27 | 6.22 Gb + 3% rec
Language: English
Subtitles: English
Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance

Director: Vincent Sherman
Cast: Errol Flynn, Viveca Lindfors, Robert Douglas
Country: USA
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Free Zone (2005) DVD9

Three women - an American, an Israeli, and a Palestinian - embark on a journey amidst the dusty roads of Jordan.
After abruptly breaking off her engagement with her Israeli fiance, American-born Rebecca (Natalie Portman, Closer) hops into a cab driven by Hanna (Hanna Laslo). Hanna has her own problems: her husband recently injured by a car bomb, she must drive from Israel into Jordan's legally nebulous "Free Zone" to collect money from his Palestinian business partner, a man referred to only as "The American". Reluctantly dragging the distraught Rebecca with her, Hanna instead meets Leila (Hiam Abbass), The American's associate, and neither woman likes what the other has to say...

DVD9 | PAL 16:9 | 01:30:24 | 5.32 Gb + 3% rec
Language: English
Subtitles: English, Hebrew, Francais
Genre: Drama, Comedy

Director: Amos Gitai
Cast: Natalie Portman, Hana Laszlo, Hiam Abbass
Country: Israel, Belgium, France, Spain
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Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania (1972) DVD9, DVD5

In 1972, Jonas and Adolfas Mekas returned to visit their family in Lithuania for the first time since they had emigrated to America 27 years earlier. Both brothers made films of the event. Jonas Mekas' version is his most formally ambitious work to date: a film in three dissimilar parts designed to explore the relationship between residence, exile, and the experience of visiting a 'foreign' place. It begins somewhat like a conventional documentary, with material examining the ghettoes of New York in the '50s, where the Mekas immigrants first made their homes, then shifts into a less predictable 'diary' mode for the reunion with the family in Lithuania itself, and then moves on to self-questioning footage shot in Europe on the way back to America. The basic romanticism is patently sincere, but sometimes looks like a defensive pose, which makes it all the more poignant.

Director: Jonas Mekas
Cast: Peter Kubelka, Annette Michelson, Daniel Rogosin
Country: UK, West Germany
Genre: Documentary
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Intimate Parts / Intimnye mesta / Интимные места (2013) DVD5

"Intimate Parts" is an ironic melodrama about middle-class Muscovites. Each of them has a personal secret, hidden from others - the "intimate part". The main character, a scandalous photographer Ivan, juxtaposes himself to others. He is convinced that people are born to be happy; and happiness is freedom to stay true to one's self. The real question is: how safe is it to let your inner self out?

DVD5 | PAL 16:9 | 01:16:13 | 3.80 Gb + 3% rec
Language: Russian
Subtitles: English
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Directors: Aleksey Chupov, Natasha Merkulova
Cast: Pavel Artemev, Yuliya Aug, Timur Badalbeyli
Country: Russia
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The Ealing Studios Rarities Collection – Volume 3: The Impassive Footman (1932), Death Drives Through (1935), Frieda (1947), Cage of Gold (1950) 2 x DVD9

A global byword for cinematic quality of a quintessentially British nature, Ealing Studios made more than 150 films over a three decade period. A cherished and significant part of British film history, only selected films from both the Ealing and Associated Talking Pictures strands have previously been made available on home video format - with some remaining unseen since their original theatrical release.
The Ealing Rarities Collection redresses this imbalance, making them available once more to the general public.

'The Impassive Footman', directed by Basil Dean, traces the unfolding of a love triangle involving Grace Marwood (Betty Stockfeld), her hypochondriac husband John (Allan Jeayes) and the cruise ship medical officer she falls in love with, Bryan Daventry (Owen Nares).
'Death Drives Through', directed by Edward L. Cahn, tells the story of race car designer Kit Woods (Robert Douglas), who is in love with Kay Lord (Chili Bouchier), much to the disapproval of her father.
In 'Frieda', directed by Basil Dearden, an English pilot marries the German girl who helped him escape a prison camp and the pair move to Britain, where the arrival of the girl's brother causes a stir.
Finally, 'Cage of Gold', again directed by Dearden, follows a young bride who decides to remarry after her husband's death only to receive a shock when he comes back from the grave to demand money from her.

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Der Prinz von Arkadien / The Prince from Arcadien (1932) DVD5

Forst plays a prince who is forced to abdicate and actually likes the idea, as he prefers an easy-going life at the Riviera to matters of state anyhow. In his exile, due to a misunderstanding he gets into the apartment of a beautiful young lady (Haid) one night and falls in love with her, but both don't reveal their identity. So the prince doesn't know that the lady is Mary Morena, an actress who got expelled from his country because she had sung a respectless song about him. And now the lady intends to take her revenge on the prince. The prince meanwhile has other problems, because his aunt, the ex-queen, wants to marry him off to another aristocratic girl. Quite apart from the fact that he has reason to suspect that Miss Morena has regular secret tete-a-tetes with someone else...

DVD5 | PAL 4:3 | 01:24:31 | 4.27 Gb + 3% rec
Language: Deutsch
Subtitles: English
Genre: Comedy, Musical

Director: Karl Hartl
Cast: Willi Forst, Liane Haid, Hedwig Bleibtreu
Country: Germany, Austria
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Blue Meridian (2010) DVD5

Blue Meridian is a captivating journey through the Deep South of the United States of America. In her latest documentary, Sofie Benoot follows the devastated and worn out banks of the Mississippi river from Cairo, Illinois to Venice, Louisiana. Her successive encounters with local inhabitants reveal the hard reality behind the American myth: the stubbornness to survive among the traces of a turbulent history, recent natural disaster and the current economic crisis. Blue Meridian tells the story of their endeavours to make the American promises true. A critical but emphatic look on America.

DVD5 | PAL 16:9 | 01:21:53 | 4.18 Gb + 3% rec
Language: English
Subtitles: Francais, Nederlands
Genre: Documentary

Director: Sofie Benoot
Country: Belgium
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