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BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF (2001)

During the reign of Louis XV an isolated district of south-central France is haunted by the “Beast of Gévaudan” which has savagely killed over 100 people, mostly women and children. As panic sweeps across the region, the King sends his finest military minds, the scientist and adventurer Grégoire de Fronsac and his martial-arts-trained Iroquois blood brother Mani to flush out the Beast and kill it… (BLU-RAY + 4KULTRAHD)

CHRISTMAS EVE (1947)

When the unscrupulous Phillip Hastings (Reginald Denny, Rebecca) attempts to declare his eccentric Aunt Matilda (Ann Harding, It Happened On Fifth Avenue) incompetent in order to swindle her out of her savings, it’s Matilda’s three adopted sons Michael (George Brent, The Kid From Cleveland), Mario (George Raft, Some Like It Hot) and Johnny (Randolph Scott, Trail Street) to the rescue in the heartwarming comedy, and a film for all seasons, Christmas Eve. (BLU-RAY)

CONSECRATION (2023)

The story of Grace, an accomplished ophthalmologist in London, who is summoned to Mount Saviour Convent deep in the Scottish Highlands following the sudden and mysterious death of her brother who was a priest. Refusing to believe the convent’s insistence that he committed ‘suicide,’ and determined to discover what really happened to him, Grace starts her own investigation into her brother’s death as the nuns prepare a consecration ceremony to purify the holy site. In doing so, she inadvertently shines a light on something far more disturbing, which relates to the forgotten years of her own childhood, intertwined with that of the holy order of the convent and the secret it’s charged with protecting. (DVD)

CREED III (2023)

After dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed (Michael B. Jordan) has been thriving in both his career and family life. When a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy, Damian (Jonathan Majors), resurfaces after serving a long sentence in prison, he is eager to prove that he deserves his shot in the ring. The face off between former friends is more than just a fight. To settle the score, Adonis must put his future on the line to battle Damian – a fighter who has nothing to lose. (BLU-RAY and DVD)

DETECTORISTS: MOVIE SPECIAL (2014)

FIST OF THE CONDOR (2023)

Upon the empire’s fall to invading conquistadors, the 16th-century Incas quickly concealed a sacred manual containing the secrets behind their deadly fighting technique. But after centuries of careful safeguarding, the manual is again at risk of falling into the wrong hands, leaving its rightful guardian to battle the world’s greatest assassins to protect the ancient secrets within. (DVD)

GIRL WHO BELIEVES IN MIRACLES (2021)

IT STARTED IN NAPLES (1960)

When American lawyer Michael Hamilton (Clark Gable) hears that his estranged younger brother and sister-in-law have died in a car accident, he flies to Naples, Italy, to settle their estate. Upon arriving, the xenophobic Hamilton meets his impish nephew, Nando (Marietto), for the first time, and decides he will bring the boy back with him to the United States. But when Nando’s gorgeous aunt, Lucia Curcio (Sophia Loren), protests, a lengthy and heated custody battle ensues. (BLU-RAY)

MY FRIEND IRMA (1949)

Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis serve up their fresh mix of hilarity and song as juice-bar operators Steve and Seymour. After a shifty talent manager hears Steve’s golden voice, it seems like the two pals may get a shot at showbiz. But before they do, they’ll have to survive a merry-go-round of laughs, romance, and misadventure along with their manager’s zany girlfriend Irma and her straitlaced roommate.  (BLU-RAY)

PETITE MAMAN (2021) (CRITERION)

QUIET GIRL (2022)

SHAZAM! FURY OF THE GODS (2023)

Continues the story of teenage Billy Batson who, upon reciting the magic word “SHAZAM!,” is transformed into his adult Super Hero alter ego, Shazam. (BLU-RAY and (DVD)

THOUSAND AND ONE (2023)

TWISTED NERVE (1968)

Martin is a troubled young man. With a mother who insists on treating him like a child, a stepfather who can’t wait to see the back of him, and a brother with Down’s Syndrome shut away in an institution, is it any wonder he retreats into an alternate personality – that of six-year-old Georgie? It is Georgie who befriends Susan Harper, but friendship soon turns into obsession. When Susan begins to distance herself, something inside Georgie snaps and he embarks on a killing spree, with Susan as the next target. (BLU-RAY)

UNWELCOME (2022)

A couple escapes their urban nightmare to the tranquility of rural Ireland only to hear stories of mysterious beings who live in the gnarled, ancient wood at the foot of their new garden. As warned by their new neighbors, in Irish lore the Redcaps will come when called to help souls in dire need of rescue, but it’s crucial to remember that there is always a dear price to pay for their aid. (DVD)

V/H/S/99 (2022)

WARM WATER UNDER A RED BRIDGE (2001)

Brimming with magical realism, sensuality, and humor, the final film by revered filmmaker Shohei Imamura is “an enlightening, even liberating, experience” (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times) that tells the story of Yosuke Sasano, an unemployed salaryman who arrives in a remote fishing village following a rumor of hidden treasure. Instead, he meets Saeko Aizawa, a charming and unusual woman with a unique problem: a well of warm water inside her longing for release. Saeko faces both shame and adoration for her condition, which the local anglers believe feeds the river and its fish. Intrigued and enamored, Yosuke decides to take up a new life as a fisherman. Through their passionate affair, Imamura paints a picture of longing, fantasy, and the search for true happiness in the most unexpected of places that’s both “nonchalantly freaky and uncommonly pleasurable” (Michael Atkinson, The Village Voice). (BLU-RAY)

WORST ONES (2022)

Set in the suburbs of Boulogne-Sur-Mer in northern France, The Worst Ones captures a film within a film as it follows the production of a feature whose director turns to the local Cité Picasso housing project for casting. Eager to capture performances of gritty authenticity, the director selects four working class teenagers to act in the film to the surprise and consternation of the local community, who question the director’s choice of “the worst ones.” As the director and crew audition, rehearse, film, and interact with their hand-picked cast, jealousies are stoked, lines are crossed, and ethical questions arise, with thought-provoking and at times darkly funny results. (DVD)