The Facts Of Murder Inspector Ingravallo has been called to a Roman apartment building to investigate a robbery. Once there he questions the tenants but soon realizes something is amiss. As the investigation progresses a simple robbery leads to a murder case... Directed by and starring Petro Germi (The Railroad Man) as the growling Inspector, The Facts of Murder was loosely adapted from celebrated author Carlo Emilio Gadda's novel and is shot with inky shadows reminiscent of film noir, while the mystery element prefigures the giallo. Featuring a cast of wonderful supporting actors including Claudia Cardinale (The Day of the Owl) and Claudio Gora (Il sorpasso), the film won multiple awards at Italian institutions including the Golden Globe for Best Film.SPECIAL FEATURES: New 4K restoration of the film by L'Immagine Ritrovata at the Cineteca di Bologna, world premiere on High Definition Blu-ray (1080p)Uncompressed mono PCM audioNew interview with Pietro Germi expert Mario Sesti (2023) The Man With the Cigar in His Mouth - a documentary about Pietro Germi featuring interviews with his colleagues and collaborators including Mario Monicelli, Claudia Cardinale, Stefania Sandrelli, Giuseppe Tornatore among others (Mario Sesti, 1997, 41 mins) What's Black and Yellow All Over? All Shades of Italian Film Noir - visual essay by Paul A. J. Lewis on the presence of noir trends in Italian cinema and the evolution of the genre (2023)

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Radiance Films investigates THE FACTS OF MURDER (review) When a wealthy housewife is murdered, a detective must discover whether her death was a robbery gone wrong or something more sinister invo...

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The Sunday Woman Product Description THE POLICE HAVE THE VICTIM, THE WEAPON AND THE SUSPECT. WHAT THEY DON’T HAVE IS THE SUNDAY WOMAN.An odious architect is beaten to death and a high society wife (Jacqueline Bisset, Day for Night) and her gay friend (Jean-Louis Trintignant, The Conformist) are the key suspects with a discarded letter implicating them in the crime. Commissioner Santamaria (Marcello Mastroianni, Fellini's 8 ½) is assigned to the case and tries to uncover the murder suspect in upper-class Turin. With a murder mystery narrative worthy of Agatha Christie, The Sunday Woman is also a sharp critique of Turin's upper crust. The screenplay, by the celebrated duo Age & Scarpelli, famed for their masterpieces in the Commedia all'Italiana boom including Big Deal on Madonna Street and The Organizer, is a whip-smart adaptation of the best-selling novels by Carlo Fruttero and Franco Lucentini with the lead character of Santamaria inspired by the real-life head of the Flying Squad.SPECIAL FEATURES: 2K restoration of the film from the original negative, presented in the original 1.33:1 and an alternate 1.85:1 widescreen presentationOriginal uncompressed mono PCM audioNewly filmed interview with academic and Italian cinema expert Richard Dyer, who looks at The Sunday Woman (2022, 18 mins) Archival interview with cinematographer Luciano Tovoli who discusses his work on the film (2008, 22 mins) Newly filmed interview with academic and screenwriter Giacomo Scarpelli, who discusses the life and work of his father, Furio Scarpelli and his writing partner Agenore Incrocci (2022, 36 mins) Archival French TV interview with Jean-Louis Trintignant in which the actor discusses The Sunday Woman (1976, 4 mins) Trailer Review The Sunday Woman gets an excellent release from Radiance Films that comes with a solid audio/video presentation and insightful extras, highly recommended. --Michael Den Boer, 10K BulletsThe Sunday Woman (1975) is an unusually light and offbeat murder mystery that offers a subversively humorous take on the classic whodunit. Radiance Films did excellent work with the transfer and the extras are insightful, an easy recommend. --Ken Kastenhuber, McBastard's MausoleumLuigi Comencini's film is absorbing, frequently amusing, and exceedingly well directed. --Budd Wilkins, Slant Magazine

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Radiance Films seeks out THE SUNDAY WOMAN (review) When a lecherous architect is murdered in a scandalous manner, there is no shortage of suspects from the cream of Turinese society, but who ...

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She Killed In Ecstasy The luscious Soledad Miranda stars as a vengeful widow who seduces and murders the men and women responsible for her husband's suicide. TWO DISC COLLECTIONTHE WORLDWIDE UHD PREMIEREFor his follow-up to VAMPYROS LESBOS, writer/director Jess Franco delivered the "hallucinatory descent into erotic insanity" (Mondo Digital) that remains his most perversely iconic shocker of the '70s, now in UHD for the first time ever: In her greatest role - and one of her final performances before her tragic death - the luscious Soledad Miranda stars as a vengeful widow who seduces and murders the men and women responsible for her husband's suicide. Howard Vernon (THE AWFUL DR. ORLOF), Paul Muller (LADY FRANKENSTEIN), Ewa Strömberg (VAMPYROS LESBOS) and Jess himself co-star in this EuroCult masterwork "that truly shows what a creative genius Franco could be when he was at the top of his form" (Classic Horror), newly scanned in 4K from the original camera negative with Special Features that include an archival interview with Uncle Jess and an all-new installment of In the Land of Franco.SPECIAL FEATURESEcstasy In Rage - Interview With Stephen Thrower, Author Of Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema Of Jesús FrancoIn The Land Of Franco Part 13Jess Killed In Ecstasy - Interview With Writer/Director Jess FrancoSublime Soledad - Interview With Soledad Miranda Historian Amy Brown Paul Muller On Jess Franco - Interview With Frequent Franco Star German TrailerBonus MaterialsEcstasy In Rage – Interview With Stephen Thrower, Author Of Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema Of Jesús FrancoIn The Land Of Franco Part 13Jess Killed In Ecstasy – Interview With Writer/Director Jess FrancoSublime Soledad – Interview With Soledad Miranda Historian Amy Brown Paul Muller On Jess Franco – Interview With Frequent Franco Star German TrailerCast & CrewActors: Soledad Miranda as Mrs. Johnson Fred Williams as Dr. Johnson Paul Muller as Dr. Franklin Houston Howard Vernon as Prof. Jonathan Walker Ewa Strömberg as Dr. Crawford Horst Tappert as Inspector Jess Franco as Dr. DonenDirector: Jess FrancoProducer: Artur BraunerProducer: Arturo Marcos

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Vampyros Lesbos Stunning Soledad Miranda stars as a vixen vampire who lures women to a Mediterranean island to satisfy her insatiable hunger for female flesh.TWO DISC COLLECTIONTHE WORLDWIDE UHD PREMIEREFrom Jess Franco - the filmmaker The Vatican called "the most dangerous director in the world" - comes his legendary "fever dream of blood and lust" (The New York Times), now in UHD for the first time ever: Eternally stunning Soledad Miranda stars as a vixen vampire who lures women to a Mediterranean island to satisfy her insatiable hunger for female flesh in "a distinctive work of art and beautiful must-see" (Classic Horror) that seductively corrupts the Dracula mythos forever. Ewa Strömberg (SHE KILLED IN ECSTASY), Dennis Price (THEATRE OF BLOOD), Paul Muller (COUNT DRACULA) and the director himself co-star in "Franco's masterpiece" (The Digital Bits), newly scanned in 4K from the original camera negative, with 5 hours of Special Features that include an interview with Jess filmed shortly before his death, an all-new In the Land of Franco, an appreciation by Oscar®-winning writer/director Sean Baker (ANORA) and more.Special FeaturesAudio Commentary With Kat Ellinger, Author Of Daughters Of DarknessAudio Commentary With Film Professor Aaron AuBuchon And Oscarbate Film Collective's John Dickson And Will MorrisInterlude In Lesbos - Interview With Director Jess FrancoFever Dracula - Interview With Stephen Thrower, Author Of Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema Of Jesús FrancoThe Red Scarf Diaries - A Jess Franco Career Appreciation By Academy Award®-Winning Filmmaker Sean BakerIn The Land Of Franco Part 12Sublime Soledad - Interview With Soledad Miranda Historian Amy BrownJess Is YodaGerman Opening Title SequenceGerman Trailer Bonus MaterialsAudio Commentary With Kat Ellinger, Author Of Daughters Of DarknessAudio Commentary With Film Professor Aaron AuBuchon And Oscarbate Film Collective's John Dickson And Will MorrisInterlude In Lesbos – Interview With Director Jess FrancoFever Dracula – Interview With Stephen Thrower, Author Of Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema Of Jesús FrancoThe Red Scarf Diaries – A Jess Franco Career Appreciation By Academy Award®-Winning Filmmaker Sean BakerIn The Land Of Franco Part 12Sublime Soledad – Interview With Soledad Miranda Historian Amy BrownJess Is YodaGerman Opening Title SequenceGerman TrailerCast & CrewActors: Soledad Miranda as Countess Nadine Carody Dennis Price as Dr. Alwin Seward Paul Muller as Dr. Steiner Ewa Strömberg as Linda Westinghouse Heidrun Kussin as Agra Michael Berling as Melnik - Dr. Seward's Assistant Andrea Montchal as Omar José Martínez Blanco as Morpho Beni Cardoso Jess Franco as MemmetDirector: Jess FrancoProducer: Arturo MarcosProducer: Artur Brauner

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Taxi zum Klo (Taxi to the Toilets) Frank Ripploh's bold, explicit debut returns in 4K - capturing queer life in 1980s Berlin with raw intimacy, wry humor, and fearless honesty.Marking the 45th anniversary of its original release, Frank Ripploh's groundbreaking autobiographical debut returns in a new 4K restoration--offering a vivid, uncompromising portrait of queer life in West Berlin at the dawn of the 1980s.By day, Frank is a dedicated schoolteacher. By night, he embraces the sexual freedoms of the city's underground scene--navigating a double life in public restrooms, cinemas, and cruising spots. When he meets Bernd, a sweet and steady museum worker, Frank finds himself torn between the comfort of domestic partnership and the allure of anonymous desire.Unapologetically explicit and deeply personal, Taxi zum Klo shattered taboos upon its release and remains a landmark of queer cinema. Shot with unfiltered candor and infused with a distinctively wry humor, Ripploh's film continues to resonate for its fearless exploration of identity, intimacy, and freedom.Bonus MaterialsThis or That: A Video Essay by Film Historian KJ ShepherdFrom the Classroom to the Tearoom: A Video Essay by Film Historian Elizabeth PurchellA Booklet with an Essay by Bradford NordeenRestoration TrailerOther TrailersGerman Language 2.0 DTS-HD Master AudioEnglish & Spanish SubtitlesRegion-FreeCast & CrewActors: Frank Ripploh Bernd BroaderupDirector: Frank Ripploh

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Sauna Johan thrives as a gay man in Copenhagen, enjoying endless bars, parties, and casual flings. Everything changes when he meets William, a transgender man, and falls into a deep love that defies societal norms around gender, identity, and relationships.

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Agitator A yakuza is murdered on rival turf, providing the catalyst for a gang war between a number of factions seeking a redistribution of power. A yakuza (played by Miike himself in a cameo) is murdered after violently assaulting a hostess on rival turf, providing the catalyst for a gang war between a number of factions seeking a redistribution of power. In this densely-layered gangland drama , the backroom maneuvering of the senior figures in the yakuza, overseen by Mr. Kaito (Hiroki Matsukata, The Rapacious Jailbreaker), are juxtaposed against the actions of the street-level mobsters, as the two sides head towards an inevitable collision. Written by Graveyard of Honor scribe Shigenori Takechi, Miike directed Agitator in 2001, arguably the most notable year of his career, alongside Ichi the Killer, Visitor Q, and The Happiness of the Katakuris. Epic in scope, the film is presented here in its original theatrical version, and in a two-part 200 minute extended version, until now only available on Japanese VHS.Bonus MaterialsHigh-definition digital transfer of theatrical version of AgitatorStandard definition transfer of 200 minute extended version of Agitator, presented in its original two-part formOriginal uncompressed mono audio Newly filmed interview with Takashi Miike (2025)Audio commentary by Tom MesNewly improved subtitle translationTrailerReversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time TomorrowLimited edition booklet featuring new writing by Tom MesCast & CrewActors: Taisaku Akino Toshikazu Atsushiba Naoyuki ChibaDirector: Takashi Miike

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Underworld Chronicles: Three Yakuza Fables by Takashi Miike - Limited Edition [4K UHD] The late nineties and early 00s saw director Takashi Miike make the transition from his origins in direct-to-video ‘V-cinema’ to one of the most critically and commercially successful Japanese directors on the international stage. A multi-talented director who would come to work in almost every established genre, it was his often outrageous takes on the gangster genre that first brought him attention outside of Japan. Three of his most notable Yakuza films from this period are collected here, in a landmark new box set.

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Last Foxtrot In Burbank If you thought LAST TANGO IN PARIS pushed the boundaries of good taste, nothing will prepare you for Charles Band's utterly insane first feature film.If you thought LAST TANGO IN PARIS pushed the boundaries of good taste, nothing will prepare you for Charles Band's utterly insane first feature film. Released to empty theatres in 1973, this cheeky farce stars Michael Pataki, Lenny Bruce's mother Sally Marr and even Band's brother and future composer Richard Band, It's a shot-for-shot riff on LAST TANGO filled with drag queens, oddballs, idiots and hot women and it's unlike any movie you've ever seen.For decades LAST FOXTROT was thought to be a "lost" film, a picture so daft that time itself seemed to swallow it whole. Both Band and his editor, JOHN CARPENTER disowned the picture.Bonus MaterialsBurbank Memories with Charles BandOriginal remastered trailerTrailers from hell episodeVintage Full Moon trailersCast & CrewActors: Michael Pataki Richard Band Sheery Denton Simmy Bow Sally Marr William Quinn Merlouch DrabinDirector: Charles Band

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White Sun Of The Desert One of the most popular Soviet movies ever made, this classic Red Western is in the vein of HIGH NOON and A FISTFUL OF DOLLARSWHITE SUN OF THE DESERT (BELOE SOLNTSE PUSTYNI) - 1970, Mosfilm, 84 min. "Have you been here long?" quips laconic, seemingly un-killable Red Army soldier Fyodor to a man he's just discovered buried up to the neck in the middle of the desert. Director Vladimir Motyl's surreal action classic is arguably the most entertaining and beloved of the Soviet "Osterns" inspired by films like STAGECOACH, HIGH NOON and 1960s Spaghetti Westerns (and certainly by Kurosawa's YOJIMBO as well.) Set during the Russian Civil War, the story follows Fyodor (Anatoliy Kuznetsov) tramping across the endless sands of Turkmenistan and desperate to get back home to his wife -- when he's diverted into guarding a harem of Muslim women caught in a struggle between a renegade Red Army unit and local Basmachi guerillas led by Abdullah (Kakhi Kavsadze). Filled with endlessly-quotable dialogue and song lyrics -- "A knife is good for he who has it -- and it's bad for he who doesn't at the right moment" and "No luck in dying, I'll have luck in love" are two gems --, WHITE SUN is as visually striking as Leone's A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS, with its resourceful hero waging a one-man battle against the bandit chieftain and his army. (It also has a surprisingly feminist theme with Fyodor encouraging the niqab-wearing women to take control of their destinies: "Comrade women, the revolution has set you free!" he exhorts them.) The best comparison, though, may be to Georgiy Daneliya's sci-fi masterpiece KIN-DZA-DZA! (also released by Deaf Crocodile): both films are about Everyman Russians trapped in surreal alien desert landscapes, and rather than freaking out, responding in the most matter-of-fact ways to whatever strange misfortunes they encounter. One of the most popular Soviet films ever made, WHITE SUN has been beautifully restored by Mosfilm for its first-ever U.S. Blu-ray release through Deaf Crocodile, in association with Seagull Films. In Russian with English subtitles.Bonus Materials1st ever U.S. Blu-ray releaseNewly restored by MosfilmNew audio commentary by film historian Rolf GiesenNew essays by Russian film scholar Peter RollbergNew essay by film critic Walter ChawNew video interview with Russian expert on Red Westerns, author Sergey LavrentyevNew artwork by Beth MorrisBlu-ray authoring by David Mackenzie with FIdelity in MotionCast & CrewActors: Anatoliy Kuznetsov Kakhi KavsadzeDirector: Vladimir Motyl

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Matador Apprentice bullfighter Ángel Giménez (Antonio Banderas), who appears in "snuff films," becomes an object of hero worship for two people who soon entangle him in a bizarre blending of love and death. Typically offbeat mix of seriocomedy and erotic thriller from director Pedro Almodóvar co-stars Nacho Martinez, Assumpta Serna, Julieta Serrano, Eva Cobo, Carmen Maura. 106 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: Spanish Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, French. In Spanish with English subtitles. Region Free

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Monster Mayhem Collection (2 Disc Special Edition) Frankenstein's Daughter, Giant from the Unknown, Brain from Planet Arous, and Monster from Green Hell come together to create Monster Mayhem in HD!All Baby Boomer Monster Kids hold the science fiction classics of the 1950s in high regard. Major studios put some top resources behind these movies and they delivered world-class thrills, whether on a Forbidden Planet or on This Island Earth, whether 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea or on a Journey to the Center of the Earth.A step-down were these same company's second-string sci-fis and the still-smaller movies churned out by some of the era's more enterprising indie producers. At the bottom of the barrel were the flicks resulting from what AIP's James H. Nicholson called "backyard moviemaking": shot on ultra-low-budgets, sometimes partly in the moviemakers' own homes. Logic dictates that these shoe-stringers would be the least admired of the bunch. But in many cases, maybe the majority of cases, Monster Kids don't feel that way at all. Because the bargain basement titles are just so much fun."One-lung producers" (Sam Arkoff's term for them) threw their thrift-store hats in the monster-movie ring only after dreaming up sci-fi scenarios that could be made for pin money, and then finding yet more corners to cut during production. This Film Masters Blu-ray set celebrates four such all-expenses-spared science fiction sagas and the clever shortcuts taken by their cash-strapped creators.For the first time, all four films in HD are being brought together in one set! Complete with new liner notes, archival special features, and film commentaries, this is your chance to procure out of print releases at a great deal!Bonus MaterialsFrankenstein's Daughter full length commentary (Tom Weaver)The Giant from the Unknown full length commentary (Tom Weaver)The Giant from the Unknown archival full length commentary (Gary Crutcher)The Brain from Planet Arous full length commentary (Tom Weaver and Guests)Monster From Green Hell full length commentary (Stephen Bissette)Special Production: Richard E Cunha: FilmmakerSpecial Production: Missouri Born: Films of Jim DavisSpecial Production: The Man Before the Brain: Director Nathan Juran : an original Ballyhoo Motion Pictures productionSpecial Production: The Man Behind the Brain: The World of Nathan Juran : an original Ballyhoo Motion Pictures productionCast & CrewActors: John Agar as Steve March Joyce Meadows as Sally Fallon Jim Davis as Dr. Quent Brady Robert Griffin as Dan Morgan John Ashley as Johnny Bruder Sandra Knight as Trudy Morton Ed Kemmer as Wayne Brooks Morris Ankrum as Dr. Frederick ClevelandDirector: Nathan JuranDirector: Kenneth G. CraneDirector: Richard E. Cunha

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