M a s s in Motion
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Labour is blossoming or dancing where The body is not bruised to pleasure soul
M a s s in Motion
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Take a tour of Telos
T V T i m e s
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Take a tour of Andrew Orton's renders of the sets used in The Tomb of the Cybermen, originally recorded in Lime Grove Studio D in 1967.
Eighteen Years in Prison
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Trying to survive in the ruins of post-war Japan, Kawada (By a Man’s Face Shall You Know Him) and Tsukada (Sympathy for the Underdog) run afoul of the military police after stealing valuable copper wire. Kawada is arrested and sent to prison, but Tsukada uses their gains to start a yakuza gang. Facing violent inmates and a cruel warden (Big Time Gambling Boss), Kawada vows to escape and stop his former partner.
Tai Kato directs this epic prison story with characteristic visual flair, while gangster-turned-actor Ando delivers a stunning performance charged with real-life gravitas. As an examination of the deep scars of wartime, this genre classic is also a clear precursor to Kinji Fukasaku’s epoch-making Battles Without Honour and Humanity series.
So Long, Stooge
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Bensoussan (Richard Anconina) is a small-time drug pusher in the 18th Arrondissement of Paris. Being trailed by suspicious patrol cops he takes refuge in a petrol station and strikes up a conversation with night manager Lambert (Coluche). As Bensoussan continues to drop in on Lambert they develop a friendship. But it isn't long before problems arise for Bensoussan and Lambert feels a responsibility to the the young tearaway.
Slick and stunningly shot by Bruno Nuytten (Possession), this rain-soaked neo-noir was a multiple winner at the French César Academy Awards taking home acting prizes for both leads, the film anchored by their tender performances. A tale of friendship and revenge set within the fatalistic noir framework, Claude Berri's Tchao Pantin was a box office smash in France.
For the first time outside of France, Tchao Pantin is coming on blu-ray from a 4K restoration supervised by Nyutten.
So Long, Stooge, a film by Claude Berri.
Attack of the Crab Monsters
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The title is risible but Roger Corman's landlocked monster movie boasts more than a few genuinely eerie moments, particularly when the titular creatures begin to communicate using the voices of the people they've murdered. Corman favorite Mel Welles is one of the unfortunates who gets up close and personal with the irradiated crustaceans, meanwhile the rest of the cast is trying to get up close and personal with Pamela Duncan, one of Roger's most fetching scream queens - it's Trailer From Hell!
