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- M DVD
- A simple, haunting musical phrase whistled offscreen tells us that a young girl will be killed. “Who is the Murderer?” pleads a nearby placard as serial killer Hans Beckert, played by Peter Lorre (Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon), closes in on little Elsie Beckmann. In his harrowing… [ read more ]
- $39.95


- Naked Lunch (English) DVD
- You are now entering Interzone, William S. Burroughs's phantasmagorical land of junk, paranoia, and crawly things. Best travel advice: "Exterminate all rational thought." In David Cronenberg's superbly shot, unnerving warp on the Burroughs novel, the novelist himself becomes a main… [ read more ]
- $39.95


- Nanook of the North (Silent) DVD
- Robert Flaherty's classic film tells the story of Inuit hunter Nanook and his family as they struggle to survive in the harsh conditions of Canada's Hudson Bay region. Enormously popular when released in 1922, Nanook of the North is a cinematic milestone that continues to enchant audiences.… [ read more ]
- $29.95


- Night and Fog (French) DVD
- Ten years after the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps, filmmaker Alain Resnais documented the abandoned grounds of Auschwitz. One of the first cinematic reflections on the horrors of the Holocaust, Night and Fog (Nuit et Brouillard) contrasts the stillness of the abandoned camps'… [ read more ]
- $14.95


- Oliver Twist (English) DVD
- Expressionistic noir photography suffuses David Lean's Oliver Twist with a nightmarish quality, fitting its bleak, industrial setting. In Dickens' classic tale, an orphan wends his way from cruel apprenticeship to den of thieves in search of a true home. Here Alec Guinness is the… [ read more ]
- $39.95


- Olivier's Shakespeare Collection (English) DVD
- Dubbed the greatest actor of the twentieth century, Sir Laurence Olivier, the classically trained and majestically handsome English theater veteran, first transplanted his passion for Shakespeare to the big screen in the 1940s, and in so doing, allowed Elizabethan verse to break free of its… [ read more ]
- $79.95


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- Our Generation: The Environment DVD
- In 1969 Nixon said that the 1970s "must be the years when America pays its debts to the past by reclaiming the purity of the air, its water and our living environment." Join Steve as he explores the environmental movement that kicked off in the 70s, from Niagra Falls and Love Canal to the… [ read more ]
$24.95- $19.99


- Paul Robeson: Portraits of the Artist (English) DVD
- All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson (1898–1976) was a towering figure and a trailblazer many times over. He made perhaps his biggest impact, however, in the medium of film. The son of an escaped slave, Robeson managed to become a… [ read more ]
- $99.95


- Pygmalion (English) DVD
- George Bernard Shaw wrote the screenplay adaptation of his own beloved stage masterpiece about Professor Henry Higgins's wager to turn a low-class flower vendor into a 'proper lady' and won an Oscar for his efforts. Pygmalion, which would later be adapted once again, as the musical My Fair… [ read more ]
- $19.95


- Richard III (English) DVD
- Following his triumphant screen versions of Henry V and Hamlet, director, producer, and star Laurence Olivier assembled a stunning cast (including Ralph Richardson, John Gielgud, and Claire Bloom) for a grand realization of Richard III, produced by Alexander Korda. A Technicolor and… [ read more ]
- $19.95


- Seven Samurai DVD
- Hailed as the greatest film in the history of Japanese cinema, Seven Samurai is director Akira Kurosawa's undisputed masterpiece. Arguably the greatest of all jidai-gecki (or historical swordplay films), Kurosawa's classic 1954 action drama has never been surpassed in terms of sheer power of… [ read more ]
- $49.95


- Shop on Main Street (Czech) DVD
- An inept Czech peasant is torn between greed and guilt when the Nazi-backed bosses of his town appoint him "Aryan controller" of an old Jewish widow's button shop. Humor and tragedy fuse in this scathing exploration of one cowardly man's complicity in the horrors of a totalitarian regime.… [ read more ]
- $29.95


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- Teaching Physical Science 14 Disk DVD Set
- "HISTORY presents the world of Physical Science at your fingertips! Students will explore the methods and discoveries of noted scientists and inventors, including Newton, Einstein, Edison, Pascal, and Tesla, gain an in-depth understanding of elements and compounds such as Carbon, Iron, Salt… [ read more ]
- $199.95


- The 400 Blows: Essential Art House DVD
- In 1959, François Truffaut burst upon the scene, heralding the French New Wave with his emotional, autobiographical tale of a boy named Antoine Doinel, neglected by family and school, who must ultimately fend for himself on the streets of Paris. A showcase for the talents of not only… [ read more ]
- $19.95


- The Burmese Harp DVD
- An Imperial Japanese Army regiment surrenders to British forces in Burma at the close World War II and finds harmony through song. A corporal, thought to be dead, disguises himself as a Buddhist monk and stumbles upon spiritual enlightenment. Magnificently shot in hushed black and white, Kon… [ read more ]
- $29.95


- The Importance of Being Earnest (English) DVD
- Oscar Wilde's comic jewel sparkles in Anthony Asquith's film adaptation of THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST. Featuring brilliantly polished performances by Michael Redgrave, Joan Greenwood, and Dame Edith Evans, the enduringly hilarious story of two young women who think themselves engaged to… [ read more ]
- $29.95


- The Last Emperor (English) DVD
- Bernardo Bertolucci s The Last Emperor won nine Academy Awards, unexpectedly sweeping every category in which it was nominated quite a feat for a challenging, multilayered epic directed by an Italian and starring an international cast. Yet the power and scope of the film was, and remains,… [ read more ]
- $29.95


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- The Maya CD-ROM Lesson Plan Set with DVD
- Unearth the secrets of the great temple-city of Palenque, the center of the Mayan world to understand why the Mayans altered their historical records before abandoning it mysteriously in 835 AD. This CD-ROM lesson plan includes short video clips organized by theme, primary source documents,… [ read more ]
$39.95- $19.95


- Wise Blood (English) DVD
- In this acclaimed adaptation of the first novel by legendary Southern writer Flannery O’Connor, John Huston brings to life a world of vivid, poetic American eccentricity. Brad Dourif, in an impassioned performance, is Hazel Motes, who, fresh out of the army, attempts to open the first Church… [ read more ]
- $39.95


- World Map Wall Decal
- Keep your future destinations in sight with the World Map Wall Decal. Fully repositionable, this map is also dry erase! Plan out your next trip, use the included dry erase marker to show your stops along the way! Also great as an instant geography reference for kids—get them into geography!… [ read more ]
- $21.95


- Yojimbo DVD
- The incomparable Toshiro Mifune stars in Akira Kurosawa’s visually stunning and darkly comic Yojimbo. To rid a terror-stricken village of corruption, wily masterless samurai Sanjuro turns a range war between two evil clans to his own advantage. Remade twice, by Sergio Leone (A Fistful of… [ read more ]
- $39.95
