If I Were King

(1938, 101m)

Blu-ray

Street Date: 2/7/2023

Director: Frank Lloyd

Starring: Ronald Colman, Basil Rathbone, Frances Dee, Ellen Drew, Sidney Toler

Set in 15th-century Paris, a rogue poet matches wits with a crafty king and leads the Empire to victory in the spectacular romantic adventure If I Were King. Screen great Ronald Colman (Lost Horizon, A Double Life) is at his swashbuckling best as François Villon and Basil Rathbone (The Mad Doctor) gives a superb Academy Award-nominated performance for Best Supporting Actor as Louis XI, a tyrant with a besieged city on the verge of revolt. When a twist of fate makes Villon the chief constable, the king gives him a week to save the city and win the love of a beautiful princess (Frances Dee, The Crime of the Century)…or die! Deliciously wicked repartee abounds in the lavish, fast-paced excitement, which legendary writer Preston Sturges (The Great McGinty) claimed as one of his finest achievements. Directed by Frank Lloyd (Mutiny on the Bounty, The Last Command).

Bonus Features:

Brand New 2K Master | NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian and Writer Julie Kirgo | Trailers | Optional English Subtitles

Sorrowful Jones

(1949, 88m)

Blu-ray

Street Date: 2/7/2023

Director: Sidney Lanfield

Starring: Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, William Demarest, Bruce Cabot, Thomas Gomez, Tom Pedi, Mary Jane Saunders

Screen legends Bob Hope (The Paleface) and Lucille Ball (Fancy Pants) unite for the first time in this heartwarming story spun from Damon Runyon’s famous fable about a penny-pinching Broadway bookie called Sorrowful Jones (that’s Hope). Sorrowful takes a bet from a rotten gambler who leaves his young daughter as collateral. When the bettor doesn’t come back, Sorrowful Jones learns some hard lessons about parenthood—whether he wants to or not! On top of that, Lucy plays nightclub singer Gladys O’Neil, the apple of Sorrowful’s eye. But gangster Bruce Cabot (King Kong) stakes his claim on her affections and the sparks fly in all directions. A remake of the 1934 Shirley Temple film Little Miss Marker, this wonderful version from director Sidney Lanfield (Where There’s Life, The Lemon Drop Kid) marks Hope’s debut as a bonafide actor.

Bonus Features:

Brand New 2K Master | Theatrical Trailer | Optional English Subtitles

Raw Wind in Eden

(1958, 93m)

Blu-ray

Street Date: 2/7/2023

Director: Richard Wilson

Starring: Esther Williams, Jeff Chandler, Rossana Podest, Carlos Thompson, Rik Battaglia

Esther Williams (Million Dollar Mermaid, The Unguarded Moment) and Jeff Chandler (Foxfire, Female on the Beach) set the screen ablaze in this romantic South Seas noir directed by Richard Wilson (Al Capone, Pay or Die!). On a small Mediterranean island live Costanza (Rossana Podestà, Ulysses), her father Urbano (Eduardo De Filippo, The Gold of Naples), and beachcomber Moore (Chandler), whom she plans to marry. Into this Eden come two plane crash survivors, supermodel Laura (Williams) and her playboy friend Wally (Carlos Thompson, Mistress of the World). The beautiful Laura becomes a bad influence, especially when love triangles start to develop. Breathtakingly shot in CinemaScope by Italian cinematographer Enzo Serafin (Journey to Italy).

Bonus Features:

Brand New HD Master – From a 2K Scan of the 35mm Interpositive | NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian David Del Valle and Film Historian/Filmmaker Daniel Kremer | Theatrical Trailer | Optional English Subtitles

Marco Polo

(1962, 104m)

Blu-ray and DVD

Street Date: 2/7/2023

Director: Piero Pierotti, Hugo Fregonese

Starring: Rory Calhoun, Yôko Tani

The mightiest adventurer of them all! In this sumptuous sword-and-sandal feast, Rory Calhoun (Apache Territory, The Colossus of Rhodes) stars as Marco Polo, the legendary 13th-century explorer who journeys to China with the aim of expanding world trade. There he meets Princess Amuroy, amorously played by Yôko Tani (The Savage Innocents, Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World), and an old hermit who has just invented gunpowder. With this explosive new “magic,” Marco builds a special cannon and spearheads a rebellion against an evil warlord. Directed by Piero Pierotti (Hercules and the Masked Rider) with additional scenes by Hugo Fregonese (The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse), it’s an epic, action-packed peplum adventure in sweeping CinemaScope and eye-popping Technicolor.

Bonus Features:

Newly Restored in 4K | NEW Audio Commentary by Novelist and Critic Tim Lucas | Theatrical Trailer | Optional English Subtitles

That Man Bolt

(1973, 104m)

Blu-ray

Street Date: 2/7/2023

Director: Henry Levin, David Lowell Rich

Starring: Fred Williamson, Byron Webster, Miko Mayama, Teresa Graves, Jack Ging, John Orchard, Paul Mantee, Masatoshi Nakamura

Action legend Fred Williamson (Hammer, Black Caesar, Original Gangstas) is That Man Bolt—the highest-flying, toughest-talking, hardest-hitting dude the world has ever faced. When you need a real man of steel, martial arts expert Jefferson Bolt is the high-priced pick for the job. His latest client, a mysterious British man with a cool million in cash, has an offer Bolt can’t refuse: transport his money from Hong Kong to Mexico City or be sent to prison on phony charges. But halfway to his destination, Bolt discovers that the money is funny, and he’s been set up to take the fall. With a price on his head and nowhere to turn, Bolt sets out to destroy the crime syndicate that dared to take him on. From high-stakes danger in glitzy Las Vegas to high-speed chases through gritty Los Angeles, Bolt strikes back again and again with an explosive battle culminating in a fiery finish. Co-directed by Henry Levin (Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die, Murderers’ Row) and David Lowell Rich (A Lovely Way to Die, The Concorde… Airport ’79).

Bonus Features:

Brand New 2K Master | NEW Interview with Star Fred Williamson | Theatrical Trailer | Optional English Subtitles

A World Apart

(1988, 113m)

Blu-ray

Street Date: 2/7/2023

Director: Chris Menges

Starring: Barbara Hershey, David Suchet, Jeroen Krabbé, Tim Roth, Jodhi May, Paul Freeman, Kate Fitzpatrick, Adrian Dunbar

South Africa, 1963. Communist Gus Roth (Jeroen Krabbé, No Mercy) is forced to flee Johannesburg to escape arrest, leaving his activist wife Diana (Barbara Hershey, Last of the Dogmen) to continue their crusade against apartheid. But when Diana is wrenched from her three daughters and jailed under the notorious 90-day Detention Act, she and her family face the ultimate sacrifice in the fight for freedom. The feature-film directorial debut of Chris Menges, the Oscar-winning cinematographer of The Killing Fields and The Mission, A World Apart is both a tender coming-of-age story and an emotionally powerful indictment of political oppression. Co-starring David Suchet (TV’s Poirot), Paul Freeman (Raiders of the Lost Ark), Tim Roth (Bodies, Rest & Motion) and Jodhi May (The Last of the Mohicans), and featuring a stirring score by Hans Zimmer (The Lion King).

Bonus Features:

NEW Interview with Actor Jeroen Krabbé | NEW Audio Commentary with Screenwriter Shawn Slovo, Moderated by Historian/Filmmaker Daniel Kremer | Theatrical Trailer | Optional English Subtitles

White Woman

(1933, 68m)

Blu-ray

Street Date: 2/14/2023

Director: Stuart Walker

Starring: Carole Lombard, Charles Laughton, Charles Bickford, Kent Taylor, Charles Middleton, Percy Kilbride, James Bell, Claude King, Marc Lawrence, Victor Wong

Screen greats Carole Lombard (Supernatural) and Charles Laughton (Devil and the Deep) star in the gripping Pre-Code drama about forbidden love, White Woman. The world of a widowed nightclub performer (the luminous Lombard) changes drastically when she agrees to marry a wealthy plantation owner (the larger-than-life Laughton). As the two begin their domestic life together on his remote Malaysian estate, she realizes the extent of his cruel and jealous nature. She soon finds herself drawn to another man but must keep their love secret to avoid the wrath of her husband. Hollywood ace Stuart Walker (The Eagle and the Hawk) directs and Charles Bickford (The Plainsman), Kent Taylor (I’m No Angel) and Percy Kilbride (The Egg and I) co-star in White Woman, which barrels to a white-knuckle climax set deep within in the dark heart of the jungle.

Bonus Features:

Brand New 2K Master | NEW Audio Commentary by Filmmaker Allan Arkush and Film Historian/Filmmaker Daniel Kremer | Trailers | Optional English Subtitles

The Bride Wore Black

(1968, 107m)

Blu-ray

Street Date: 2/14/2023

Director: François Truffaut

Starring: Jeanne Moreau, Michel Bouquet, Jean-Claude Brialy, Charles Denner, Michael Lonsdale, Claude Rich, Alexandra Stewart

Brilliant and daring, writer/director François Truffaut (The 400 Blows, Mississippi Mermaid) marries passion with vengeance for one of the most haunting love stories ever filmed. The incandescent Jeanne Moreau (Jules and Jim) is Julie, who has just wed her childhood sweetheart. But just moments after the ceremony, her beloved is murdered on the steps of the church. Emotionally distraught, Julie becomes obsessed with her bridegroom’s death and begins a descent into madness as she relentlessly pursues the men responsible. Adapted from Cornell Woolrich (Rear Window) and scored by Bernard Herrmann (Psycho), The Bride Wore Black unveils itself as a Hitchcockian thriller and gradually evolves into the fascinating portrait of a woman ravaged by grief. Featuring sumptuous cinematography by Raoul Coutard (Shoot the Piano Player) and pitch-black performances by Michel Bouquet, Jean-Claude Brialy, Charles Denner, Claude Rich, Daniel Boulanger, Michael Lonsdale and Alexandra Stewart.

Bonus Features:

Audio Commentary by Film Historians Julie Kirgo, Steven C. Smith and Nick Redman | Theatrical Trailer | In French with Optional English Subtitles

Mississippi Mermaid

(1969, 123m)

Blu-ray

Street Date: 2/14/2023

Director: François Truffaut

Starring: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Catherine Deneuve, Michel Bouquet, Nelly Borgeaud, Martine Ferrière, Marcel Berbert

Written and directed by legendary filmmaker François Truffaut (The 400 Blows, The Bride Wore Black) and featuring cool-as-ice cinema icons Catherine Deneuve (Belle de Jour) and Jean-Paul Belmondo (Le Doulos), Mississippi Mermaid is nothing less than breathtaking. When Isle de Réunion resident and tobacco tycoon Louis Mahé (Belmondo) first meets Julie Roussel (Deneuve)—his mail-order fiancée—he’s completely enraptured by her radiance. But it soon becomes clear that Julie is hiding a dark secret. And when she disappears without a trace, Louis vows to stop at nothing to find her—a resolution that lures him into a tangled web of relentless obsession, uncontrollable passion and ultimately…cold-blooded murder. Based on a novel by Cornell Woolrich (Rear Window), Mississippi Mermaid (La sirène du Mississipi) is a beguiling mix of mystery and emotional entanglements, with Michel Bouquet (The Cop), Nelly Borgeaud (The Man Who Loved Women) and the lush cinematography of Denys Clerval (Stolen Kisses).

Bonus Features:

Audio Commentary by Film Historians Julie Kirgo and Nick Redman | Theatrical Trailer | In French with Optional English Subtitles

The Story of Adele H.

(1975, 96m)

Blu-ray

Street Date: 2/14/2023

Director: François Truffaut

Starring: Isabelle Adjani, Bruce Robinson, Sylvia Marriott, Joseph Blatchley, Ivry Gitlis, Louise Bourdet

Love is my religion, the young woman wrote in her diary. The god of that religion was a British lieutenant in Nova Scotia, 1863—a soldier who wanted nothing to do with the woman who adored him. Cinema icon François Truffaut (The Bride Wore Black, Mississippi Mermaid) directs the stunning Isabelle Adjani (Possession, Camille Claudel) in the staggeringly powerful The Story of Adele H. The “H” stands for Hugo and, like her famed father Victor Hugo, Adele had a gift for writing. However, she wrote in code, creating a secret diary. Only in modern times was the diary deciphered, revealing the true-life story of Adele’s obsessive quest to make the soldier love her. Impeccably photographed by Nestor Almendros (The Wild Child, Days of Heaven), this musical, lilting film with a tidal pull to it (Pauline Kael) earned Adjani numerous Best Actress honors, including an Oscar nomination, and features Bruce Robinson (director of Withnail & I) as the obscure object of Adele’s desire.

Bonus Features:

Audio Commentary by Film Historians Julie Kirgo and Nick Redman | Theatrical Trailer | In French and English with Optional English Subtitles

François Truffaut Collection

(1970-78, 401m)

Blu-ray

Street Date: 2/14/2023

Director: François Truffaut

Starring: Charles Denner, Brigitte Fossey, Leslie Caron, Nathalie Baye, François Truffaut

This 2-disc Blu-ray collection presents four films by legendary filmmaker François Truffaut, one of the French New Wave’s brilliant architects.

THE WILD CHILD (1970) – In a most mature and aesthetic achievement, Truffaut creates an absorbing drama, delicate and unpredictable as life itself. Based on the true account of 18th-century doctor Jean-Marc-Gaspard Itard, the film follows the capture of a young boy who is discovered living like an animal in the forest. Truffaut himself gives a memorable performance as Itard, unyielding in his belief that the child, played with haunting precision by Jean-Pierre Cargol, can be transformed into a civilized being.

SMALL CHANGE (1976) – Truffaut weaves his love of kids and cinema seamlessly together in this tribute to the joys, yearnings, pains and wonders of childhood. The film presents a group of ten youngsters, boys and girls, whose adventures in the quaint village of Thiers illustrate—from the first baby bottle to the first kiss—the different stages of passage from early childhood to adolescence. Also known as Pocket Money, this kaleidoscopic coming-of-age tale finds Truffaut at his most charming and insightful.

THE MAN WHO LOVED WOMEN (1977) – This irresistibly sophisticated comedy paints the delirious portrait of saturnine satyr Bertrand Morane (Charles Denner), who worships the feminine spirit—the idea of woman. Truffaut neither condemns nor glorifies him, for what could be so worthy of a subject of obsession as women? The film is a splendid example of the auteur’s nimble way with stories of erotic love. Featuring screen goddesses Brigette Fossey, Nelly Borgeaud, Geneviève Fortanel, Nathalie Baye and Leslie Caron.

THE GREEN ROOM (1978) – In a most personal and rigorous film, Truffaut stars as Julien Davenne, a man who so loves the dead that he can no longer love the living. While building a shrine to his deceased wife, he meets Cecilia (Nathalie Baye), who is also in mourning. She falls in love with him, thereby giving him a last chance at resurrection. Also known as The Vanishing Fiancée and based on the writings of Henry James, this classic film is a somber, haunting parable of life and death—and the barrier of memory that stands between.

Bonus Features:

Theatrical Trailers (All 4 Films) | In French with Optional English Subtitles

The Hunter

(1980, 97m)

Blu-ray

Street Date: 2/21/2023

Director: Buzz Kulik

Starring: Steve McQueen, Eli Wallach, Kathryn Harold, Ben Johnson, LeVar Burton, Tracey Walter, Richard Venture

The final film of screen icon Steve McQueen (The Great Escape, Bullitt, The Getaway) shows the dynamic talent of the late, great actor in one of his most memorable roles: the true story of Ralph “Papa” Thorson, a modern-day bounty hunter. Thorson’s exploits are detailed as he pursues a number of fugitives who have skipped bail. The chase comes full circle when he becomes the quarry of a vengeful psychopath (Tracey Walter, The Silence of the Lambs). McQueen’s multi-dimensional performance as Thorson, a man born in the wrong age, is counterpoint to the explosive action in The Hunter. Directed by Buzz Kulik (Warning Shot, Shamus) and featuring Eli Wallach (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly), Kathryn Harrold (Raw Deal), LeVar Burton (TV’s Star Trek: The Next Generation) and Ben Johnson (The Wild Bunch).

Bonus Features:

Brand New 2022 HD Master – From a 2022 4K Scan of the Original Camera Negative | NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historians Steve Mitchell and Nathaniel Thompson | Theatrical Trailer | 2 TV Spots | VHS Trailer | Optional English Subtitles

The Crimson Rivers

(2000, 106m)

Blu-ray and DVD

Street Date: 2/21/2023

Director: Jean Reno

Starring Vincent Cassel

When Commissaire Pierre Niemans (Jean Reno, Léon: The Professional), France’s leading serial killer investigator, is called to examine a grisly murder, he enters a world of secrets, lies and unthinkable horrors. The dead, whose hands and eyes have been removed, are clues to a terrible tradition the killer can no longer bear. Each murder means something more; each victim, a guilty conspirator in a grand immoral experiment. Filled with blood-chilling suspense, twisted turns and breathtaking locations in the French Alps, this tense thriller has the style, action and intelligence to keep you wondering what’s really happening right up until its shocking conclusion. Directed by Mathieu Kassovitz (La haine) and featuring Vincent Cassel (Eastern Promises), Nadia Farès (The Nest), Dominique Sanda (The Conformist), Philippe Nahon (I Stand Alone) and Jean-Pierre Cassel (Army of Shadows).

Bonus Features:

Audio Commentary by Director Mathieu Kassovitz and Stars Jean Reno & Vincent Cassel | The Investigation: Documentary | The Making of a Corpse: Featurette | The Chase: Storyboard Comparisons with Optional Commentary | The Avalanche: Multi-Angle Featurette | Theatrical Trailer | French and English 5.1 Surround Audio | Optional English Subtitles

Secret of the Incas

(1954, 100m)

Blu-ray and DVD

Street Date: 2/28/2023

Director: Jerry Hopper

Starring: Charlton Heston, Robert Young, Thomas Mitchell

Screen legend Charlton Heston (Touch of Evil, The Big Country) stars as rugged adventurer Harry Steele in Secret of the Incas, a thrilling action yarn breathtakingly shot at Machu Picchu. Harry earns his living as a tour guide in the jungles of Peru, but plans to make his fortune by finding the Sunburst, an ancient Incan treasure that holds an awesome power. On his perilous quest, he comes across cutthroat Ed Morgan (Thomas Mitchell, Alias Nick Beal), archeologist Stanley Moorehead (Robert Young, Western Union) and beautiful Romanian refugee Elena Antonescu (Nicole Maurey, The Day of the Triffids). Directed by Jerry Hopper (Pony Express, Naked Alibi) and featuring a rare film appearance by Peruvian-American singer Yma Sumac, Secret of the Incas is a colorful, rip-roaring and romance-filled adventure often cited as a key source of inspiration for the Indiana Jones series.

Bonus Features:

Remastered in HD by Paramount Pictures – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative | NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Toby Roan | Trailers | Optional English Subtitles

The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom

(1968, 93m)

Blu-ray and DVD

Street Date: 2/28/2023

Director: Joseph McGrath

Starring: Shirley MacLaine, Richard Attenborough, James Booth

Harriet Blossom (Shirley MacLaine, The Apartment) isn’t happy with her marriage to priggish bra manufacturer Robert (Richard Attenborough, The Great Escape), but there’s no reason for concern. Harriet gets by with a little help from above—she keeps a lover in the attic! And years later, when hubby finally notices, the end result of her secret tryst may not be what you expect at all. The marital/extramarital comedy The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom blooms with tongue-in-cheek fun, brilliantly bent performances (including Monty Python trouper John Cleese’s cameo portrayal of an exasperated postal clerk) and a colorful splash of paisleyed ’60s—London style. Based on the play by Alec Coppel (Vertigo), directed by Joseph McGrath (Casino Royale) and co-starring James Booth (Robbery), it’s “something a little different, even original…with a neat climactic twist” (The New York Times).

Bonus Features:

Remastered in HD by Paramount Pictures – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative | NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian/Filmmaker Daniel Kremer | Trailers | Optional English Subtitles

Marathon Man

(1976, 125m)

4K UHD + Blu-ray

Street Date: 2/28/2023

Director: John Schlesinger

Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider, William Devane, Marthe Keller, Fritz Weaver, Marc Lawrence, Jacques Marin, Richard Bright

Is it safe? From the best-selling novel by William Goldman (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the President’s Men, Misery) comes one of the most daring and affecting thrillers ever brought to the screen. Dustin Hoffman (Papillon) plays the likable graduate student and marathon runner of the title, unwillingly trapped in a killing game of intrigue involving a Nazi fugitive, Christian Szell. Laurence Olivier (Sleuth) received an Academy Award nomination for his chilling portrayal of Szell, who turns dental instruments into tools of torture with dispassionate ease. Directed by John Schlesinger (Billy Liar, Midnight Cowboy, The Day of the Locust), Marathon Man moves with nail-biting suspense to its gripping, fever-pitched conclusion. Featuring Roy Scheider (Jaws), William Devane (Rolling Thunder), Marthe Keller (Black Sunday) and the extraordinary cinematography of Conrad Hall (Electra Glide in Blue).

Bonus Features:

DISC 1 (4KUHD): Brand New HDR/Dolby Vision Master – From a 4K Scan of the Original Camera Negative | NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historians Steve Mitchell and Nathaniel Thompson | 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 Audio | Triple-Layered UHD100 Disc | Optional English Subtitles / DISC 2 (BLU-RAY): Brand New 2022 HD Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative | NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historians Steve Mitchell and Nathaniel Thompson | The Magic of Hollywood: Original Making of Marathon Man | Going the Distance: Remembering Marathon Man | Rehearsal Footage | Theatrical Trailer | 10 TV Spots | 2 Radio Spots | Dual-Layered BD50 Disc | Optional English Subtitles