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The Young Victoria (Blu-Ray)
(2009) [PG]

1837. On the eve of her 18th birthday and succession to the English throne, Princess Victoria (Emily Blunt - The Devil Wears Prada) is caught in a royal struggle for power. Her overbearing mother, The Duchess of Kent and her ambitious adviser, Conroy are desperate to rule in her place and devise...  More

The Special Relationship
(2010) [M]

Coined by Prime Minister Winston Churchill, the term “special relationship” has come to represent the exceptionally close political, diplomatic, cultural and historical relations between Great Britain and the United States. Some transatlantic alliances have been more potent and more personal...  More

The Kennedys (2 disc set)
[PG]

The Kennedys, a four part miniseries, uses public events as a background to tell the intimate story of this iconic family. The series is about epic achievements and private failures, about loyalty and love, resentment and betrayal, about people imbued with great gifts and burdened by great flaws,...  More

The Princess of Montpensier
(2010) [M]

Bertrand Tavernier is in top form with this gripping, superbly mounted drama set against the savage Catholic/Protestant wars that ripped France apart in the 16th century. Based on a novella by the celebrated Madame de Lafayette, the action centers on the love of Marie de Mezières for her dashing...  More

A Film Unfinished
(2010) [M]

Yael Hersonski's powerful documentary achieves a remarkable feat through its penetrating look at another film-the now-infamous Nazi-produced film about the Warsaw Ghetto. Discovered after the war, the unfinished work, with no soundtrack, quickly became a resource for historians seeking an...  More

Downfall: Hitler and the End of the Third Reich
(2004) [MA]

Called "dramatic, accurate and harrowing" by the San Francisco Chronicle and nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Film, DOWNFALL takes you into Hitler's bunker during the brutal and harrowing last days of the Third Reich. Seen through the eyes of Hitler's infamous secretary Traudl Junge,...  More

The Leopard: Director's Suite (Blu-Ray)
(1963) [PG]

Luchino Visconti’s The Leopard (Il Gattopardo) is an epic on the grandest possible scale. The film recreates, with nostalgia, drama, and opulence, the tumultuous years of Italy's Risorgimento—when the aristocracy lost its grip and the middle classes rose and formed a unified, democratic...  More

The Mission (Blu-Ray)
(1986) [PG]

Jeremy Irons plays a Spanish Jesuit who goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region. Robert DeNiro plays a slave hunter who is converted and joins Irons in his mission. When Spain sells the colony to Portugal, they are forced to...  More

A Royal Affair (En kongelig affære)
(2012) [M]

Winner of the Best Actor and Best Screenplay awards at the Berlin Film Festival, and written and directed by Nikolaj Arcel (co-writer of THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO) A ROYAL AFFAIR is an epic tale of a passionate and forbidden romance that changed an entire nation.

Denmark, 1766,...  More

A Royal Affair (En kongelig affære) (Blu-Ray)
(2012) [M]

Winner of the Best Actor and Best Screenplay awards at the Berlin Film Festival, and written and directed by Nikolaj Arcel (co-writer of THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO) A ROYAL AFFAIR is an epic tale of a passionate and forbidden romance that changed an entire nation.

Denmark, 1766,...  More