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GOTTA DANCE!

118 films featuring the art of dance...

We have them all...enjoy

Absolute Beginners (1986) Julian Temple's swingin' homage to 50's London
All That Jazz (1979) Bob Fosse directs Roy Scheider...It's show time, folks
American in Paris, An (1951) Gene Kelly stars in this Best Picture Oscar winner
Anchors Aweigh (1945) Gene Kelly and Jerry Mouse- together at last!
Ballet Russes (2005) they were there...see the original modern ballet dancers
Band Wagon, The (1953) Fred Astaire & Cyd Charisse dance in the dark...
Beat Street (1984) gotta love Crazy Legs...remember break dancing?
Billy Elliott (2000) a sensitive and talented boy discovers dance...and himself
Breakin' (1984) Push it to pop it! Rock it to lock it! Break it to make it!
Breakin' 2- Electric Boogaloo (1984) If you can't beat the system...break it!
Bring it On (2000) cheerleaders with attitude in short skirts...rah rah!
Carousel (1956) great ballet sequences in this Rogers & Hammerstein chestnut
Carefree (1938) Astaire and Rogers and psychiatry? an underrated weird mix
Carlos Saura Dance Trilogy:
Blood Wedding (1981) impeccably crafted flamenco rehearsal drama
Carmen (1983) the magic of flamenco...more please
El Amour Brujo (1986) form, function and flamenco...rip it up!
Catherine Wheel, The (1982) Twyla Tharp teams up with David Byrne-fascinating
Center Stage (2000) ballet school drama focusing on 12 teens...cheesy? oh yeah
Children of Theatre Street, The (1977) appealing Kirov School of Ballet doc
Chicago (2002) They sing...they dance...they win the Best Picture Oscar!
Chorus Line, A (1985) film based on the Broadway musical...let your hair down!
Company, The (2003) Robert Altman captures the fluid grace and beauty of ballet
Dames (1934) Busby Berkeley's Depression era oddity-love those chorus lines!
Damn Yankees! (1958) Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets- Gwen Verdon rocks
Dance for Camera (2003) six astounding dance shorts from around the world
Dance for Camera 2 (2008) seven more amazing dance shorts
Dancemaker (1998) doc profiling modern dance choreographer Paul Taylor
Dance With Me (1998) Latin ballroom dancing fever with Vanessa Williams
Dancing Outlaw (1991) Jesco White is for real and we love him nonetheless
Danzon (1991) Mexican film about a dancer looking for her lost partner
Dancehall Queen (1997) Jamaican cult classic about a talented street vendor
Dil To Pagal Hai (1997) Yash Chopra directs this Bollywood hit
Dirty Dancing (1987) Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey heat it up...slinky!
Fame (1980) I want to watch this film forever...remember my name...
Flamenco (1995) Carlos Saura's stunning and brilliant performance film
Flashdance (1983) Adrian Lyne directs Jennifer Beals. What a feeling!
Follow the Fleet (1936) Astaire & Rogers: "Let's Face the Music and Dance"
Footlight Parade (1933) Pre-code weirdness from Busby Berkeley
Footloose (1984) Kevin Bacon. One kid. One town. One chance.
42nd Street (1933) another adorable gem choreographed by Busby Berkeley
Freshest Kids, The (2002) Let's break...cool doc on history of the B-Boys
Full Monty, The (1997) Six men. With nothing to lose. Except their pants.
Funny Face (1957) Audrey...Fred...Paris...Gershwin...fun!
Gay Divorcee, The (1934) Ginger and Fred in a frothy, silly delight
Ginger and Fred (1986) Fellini...Giullietta...Marcello...one last time
Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985) Sarah Jessica Parker stars- pure 80's pop
Grease (1978) Sandy and Danny are summertastic! Word.
Great Ziegfeld, The (1936) William Powell stars in this spectacle of talent
Guys and Dolls (1955) Brando and Sinatra- "Luck Be a Lady"
Gypsy (1962) Natalie Wood as Gypsy Rose Lee- Rosalind Russell as Mama Rose
Hair (1979) Let the sun shine in! Milos Forman directs
Hairspray (1988) John Waters channels the 1962 Baltimore TV dance scene
Hairspray (2007) Travolta in drag anchors this remake based on the Broadway hit
Happy Feet (2006) animated tap dancing penguins took home the Oscar
High School Musical 1 & 2 (2006/07) the kids can sing AND dance
House Party (1990) Kid 'N Play rock the new jack swing
How She Move (2007) Set your dreams in motion. Dynamite physicality? Check.
Hula Girls (2006) Aloha meets Konnichiwa with struggle, understanding, embrace
Isadora (1968) (VHS only) Vanessa Redgrave stars in this Isadora Duncan biopic
Invitation to the Dance (1956)(VHS only) No dialogue...only movement and music!
Jailhouse Rock (1957) Elvis Presley knows how to fight...and dance
Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai (2000) Hrithik Roshan: Bollywood's new Elvis
King and I, The (1956) Yul Brynner took home the Oscar...et cetera...
Kiss Me Kate (1953) Ann Miller is "Too Darn Hot" in the zippy Cole Porter gem
Koi... Mil Gaya (2003) Bollywood sci-fi with Hrithik Roshan and a dance contest!
Little Colonel, The (1935) Shirley Temple and Bojangles impress on the staircase
Madonna- Drowned World Tour (2001) Madonna grooves out at age 43
Mad Hot Ballroom (2005) Anyone can make it if they know how to shake it
Martha Graham: Dance on Film (1957-1960) revolutionary and potent
Mary Poppins (1964) It’s truly supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Step in time!
Michael Jackson-History (2001) collection of videos including "Thriller"
Moulin Rouge! (2001) a stunning, visual feast from Baz Luhrmann
Newsies (1992) a thousand voices. a single dream. a young Christian Bale!
Nutcracker, The (1977) Mikhail Baryshnikov never gets old in this TV treasure
On the Town (1949) 3 sailors let loose in NY, NY- Gene Kelly & Frank Sinatra star
Plisetskaya Dances (1964) absorbing doc on the charismatic ballerina
Rangeela (1995) Urmila Matondkar stars in this Bollywood delight
Red Shoes, The (1948) Powell & Pressburger's ballet masterpiece
Riverdance, Best of (2005) a generous survey of the Irish hard-shoe sensation
Rize (2005) the South Central LA krumpsters are on the loose-clown up!
Satin Rouge (2002) an intimate belly dancing tale from Tunisia
Saturday Night Fever (1977) John Travolta IS Tony Manero
Save the Last Dance (2001) The Only Person You Need To Be Is Yourself.
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) Real men can sing AND dance
Shall We Dance (1937) Gershwin, Astaire, and Rogers...pure magic
Shall We Dance (1996) a Japanese man finds passion in ballroom dancing
Shall We Dance (2004) decent US remake with Richard Gere & Jennifer Lopez
Singin' in the Rain (1952) Gene Kelly & Donald O' Connor are simply the best
Staying Alive (1983) So bad...it's bad! Stallone directs?! Travolta dances, again.
Step Up (2006) Every second chance begins with a first step.
Step Up 2: The Streets (2008) It's not where you're from. It's where you're at.
Stomp Out Loud (1997) rhythm-of-urban-life stylings..live!...on DVD....so cool
Stomp the Yard (2007) what's stepping? an exhilarating display of stuff- see this!
Stop Making Sense (1984) Talking Heads live will make you dance
Stormy Weather (1943) Cab...Fats...Nicholas Brothers...Lena...Bojangles...watch!
Strictly Ballroom (1992) Baz Luhrmann's giddy delight
Summer Stock (1950) Gene Kelly & Judy Garland- oh, the good ole days!
Sweet Charity (1969) Fosse directs Shirley MacLaine- simply dancerrific!
Swing Kids (1993) They fought for the freedom that bound them together
Swing Time (1936) Astaire & Rogers meet again for "A Fine Romance"
Taal (1999) a breathtaking Bollywood treat with the stunning Aishwarya Rai
Take the Lead (2006) Antonio Banderas stars as a caring dance teacher-feel good
Tales of Beatrix Potter (1971) the Royal Ballet are enchanting in this fun take
Tango (1998) another delight for the senses from Carlos Saura
Tango Lesson, The (1997)(VHS only) Sally Potter directs and stars in this beauty
Tap (1989) Not a great plot, but plenty of amazing tap dancing from the masters
That's Dancing (1985) dynamic clip show about the history of dance in film
There's No Business Like Show Business (1954) classic Irving Berlin songbook
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) penetrating1930's dance marathon saga
Top Hat (1935) one of Fred and Ginger's best includes "Cheek to Cheek"
Turning Point, The (1977) MacLaine & Bancroft shine in this ballet company drama
Victor/Victoria (1982) Blake Edwards' witty screwball comedy w/Julie Andrews
Viva Las Vegas (1964) Elvis is at the wheel but Ann-Margret drives him wild!
Weapon of Choice (Best of Spike Jonze) (2001) Christopher Walken dances!
West Side Story (1961) one of the most acclaimed motion pictures of all time!
White Nights (1985) Baryshnikov and Hines together again for the first time!
Xanadu (1980) Where time stops and the magic never ends- plus rollerskates!
Yes Nurse! No Nurse! (2002) truly wacky Dutch musical wows and charms
Young Girls of Rochefort, The (1967) there's dancing and singing in the streets!

100 Essential Films About World War II

Here are some important films about a time in history that should
never be forgotten...We have them all on DVD. Please watch and learn.

Anne Frank Remembered (1995) Jon Blair (Documentary)
Architecture of Doom, The (1989) Peter Cohen (Documentary)
Army of Shadows (1969) Jean-Pierre Melville (France)
Ashes and Diamonds (1958) Andrzej Wajda (Poland)
Au Revoir, Les Enfants (1987) Louis Malle (France)
Ballad of a Soldier (1959) Grigori Chukrai (Soviet Union)
Band of Brothers (2001) various directors (HBO mini-series)
Battle of Britain (1969) Guy Hamilton (U.K.)
Battle of Okinawa (1971) Kihachi Okamuto (Japan)
Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946) William Wyler (USA)
Big Red One, The (1980) Samuel Fuller (USA)
Black Book (2006) Paul Verhoeven (Netherlands)
Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957) David Lean (U.K.)
Bridge Too Far, A (1977) Richard Attenborough (U.K.)
Casablanca (1943) Michael Curtiz (USA)
Catch-22 (1970) Mike Nichols (USA)
Closely Watched Trains (1966) Jiri Menzel (Czechoslovakia)
Come and See (1985) Elem Klimov (Soviet Union)
Counterfeit Traitor, The (1962) George Seaton (USA)
Cross of Iron (1977) Sam Peckinpah (U.K./West Germany)
Cuckoo, The (2002) Alexander Rogozhkin (Russia)
Das Boot (1985) Wolfgang Petersen (Germany)
Days of Glory (Indigenes) (2006) Rachid Bouchareb (France)
Devils on the Doorstep (2000) Wen Jiang (China)
Diary of Anne Frank, The (1959) George Stevens (USA)
Die Brucke (The Bridge) (1959) Bernhard Wicki (Germany)
Dirty Dozen, The (1967) Robert Aldrich (U.K./USA)
Downfall (2004) Oliver Hirschbiegel (Germany)
Eagle Has Landed, The (1976) John Sturges (U.K.)
Empire of the Sun (1987) Steven Spielberg (USA)
Enemy at the Gates (2001) Jean-Jacques Annaud (USA/U.K./Germany)
Enemy Below, The (1957) Dick Powell (USA)
English Patient, The (1996) Anthony Minghella (U.K.)
Enigma (2002) Michael Apted (U.K.)
Europa Europa (1990) Agnieszka Holland (Germany)
Eye of the Needle (1981) Richard Marquand (U.K.)
Fateless (2005) Lajos Koltai (Hungary)
Fires on the Plain (1959) Kon Ichikawa (Japan)
Flags of Our Fathers (2006) Clint Eastwood (USA)
Forbidden Games (1951) Rene Clement (France)
49th Parallel (1941) Michael Powell (U.K.)
From Here to Eternity (1953) Fred Zinnemann (USA)
Garden of the Finzi Continis, The (1970) Vittorio De Sica (Italy)
Germany Year Zero (1948) Roberto Rossellini (Italy)
Great Dictator, The (1940) Charles Chaplin (USA)
Great Escape, The (1963) John Sturges (USA)
Grey Zone, The (2001) Tim Blake Nelson (USA)
Guadalcanal Diary (1943) Lewis Seiler (USA)
Guns of Navarone, The (1961) J. Lee Thompson (U.K./USA)
Hope and Glory (1987) John Boorman (U.K.)
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport (2000)
Mark Jonathan Harris (Documentary)
Ivan's Childhood (1962) Andrei Tarkovsky (Soviet Union)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) Stanley Kramer (USA)
Kanal (1957) Andrzej Wajda (Poland)
Kelly's Heroes (1970) Brian G. Hutton (USA)
Lacombe Lucien (1974) Louis Malle (France)
Last Days, The (1998) James Moll (Documentary)
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) Clint Eastwood (USA/Japan)
Life is Beautiful (1997) Roberto Benigni (Italy)
Longest Day, The (1962) various directors (USA)
Midway (1976) Jack Smight (USA)
Mr. Klein (1976) Joseph Losey (France)
Mrs. Miniver (1942) William Wyler (USA)
Night and Fog (1955) Alain Resnais (France)
Night of the Shooting Stars, The (1982) Taviani Brothers (Italy)
Open City (1945) Roberto Rossellini (Italy)
Overlord (1975) Stuart Cooper (U.K.)
Paragraph 175 (2000) Robert Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman (Documentary)
Partisans of Vilna (1986) Joshua Waletzky (Documentary)
Patton (1970) Franklin J. Schaffner (USA)
Pianist, The (2002) Roman Polanski (France/Germany/U.K./Poland)
Prisoner of Paradise (2002) Malcolm Clarke & Stuart Sender (Documentary)
Ritchie Boys, The (2004) Christian Bauer (Documentary)
Run Silent, Run Deep (1958) Robert Wise (USA)
Saving Private Ryan (1998) Steven Spielberg (USA)
Schindler's List (1993) Steven Spielberg (USA)
Seven Beauties (1975) Lina Wertmuller (Italy)
Shoah (1985) Claude Lanzmann (Documentary)
Shop on Main Street, The (1965) Jan Kadar & Elmar Klos (Czechoslovakia)
Sink the Bismarck! (1960) Lewis Gilbert (U.K.)
Slaughterhouse-Five (1972) George Roy Hill (USA)
Sophie Scholl- The Final Days (2005) Marc Rothemund (Germany)
Sorrow and the Pity, The (1969) Marcel Ophuls (Documentary)
Stalag 17 (1953) Billy Wilder (USA)
Stalingrad (1993) Joseph Vilsmaier (Germany)
They Were Expendable (1945) John Ford (USA)
Thin Red Line, The (1998) Terrence Malick (USA)
30 Seconds Over Tokyo (1944) Mervyn LeRoy (USA)
To Be or Not to Be (1942) Ernst Lubitsch (USA)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) various directors (USA/Japan)
Train, The (1964) John Frankenheimer (USA)
Tuskegee Airmen, The (1995) Robert Markowitz (USA)
Twelve O' Clock High (1949) Henry King (USA)
Two Women (1960) Vittorio De Sica (Italy)
Victory at Sea (1952) M. Clay Adams (TV Documentary series)
War, The (2007) Ken Burns (TV Documentary series)
When Trumpets Fade (1998) John Irvin (USA)
Where Eagles Dare (1968) Brian G. Hutton (U.K./USA)
Why We Fight (1943) Frank Capra (Documentary series)
World at War, The (1974) various directors (TV Documentary series)

Spotlight on INGMAR BERGMAN

Ingmar Bergman
(1918-2007)

"No form of art goes beyond ordinary
consciousness as film does, straight to our emotions, deep into the twilight room of the soul."

In our collection
(listed in chronological order)

Summer Interlude (1951) VHS
Secrets of Women (1952) VHS
Sawdust and Tinsel (1953) DVD
Monika (1953) VHS
Lesson in Love, A (1954) VHS
Dreams (1955) VHS
Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) DVD
Seventh Seal, The (1957) DVD VHS
Wild Strawberries (1957) DVD
Magician, The (1958) VHS
Virgin Spring, The (1960) DVD
Devil's Eye, The (1960) VHS
Through a Glass Darkly (1961) DVD
Winter Light (1963) DVD
Silence, The (1963) DVD
Persona (1966) DVD
Shame (1968) DVD
Hour of the Wolf (1968) DVD
Rite, The (1969) VHS
Passion of Anna, The (1969) DVD
Cries and Whispers (1972) DVD
Scenes from a Marriage (1973/4) DVD
Magic Flute, The (1975) DVD
Serpent's Egg, The (1977) DVD
Autumn Sonata (1978) DVD
From the Life of the Marionettes (1980) VHS
Fanny & Alexander- TV version (1982) DVD
Fanny & Alexander-Theatrical Version (1982) DVD
After the Rehearsal (1983) VHS
Saraband (2003) DVD

As writer only...

Torment (1941) VHS directed by Alf Sjoberg
Best Intentions, The (1992) VHS directed by Billie August
Sunday's Children (1993) VHS directed by Daniel Bergman
Private Confessions (1996) VHS directed by Liv Ullman
Faithless (2000) DVD directed by Liv Ullman

Spotlight on MARTIN SCORSESE

Martin Scorsese, film director

Born November 17, 1942
Queens, New York

Films in our collection in reverse
chronological order:

Departed, The (2006)
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005)
Aviator, The (2005)
Gangs of New York (2002)
Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
My Voyage to Italy (1999)
Kundun (1997)
Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through
American Movies (1995)
Casino (1995)
Age of Innocence, The (1993)
Cape Fear (1991)
Goodfellas (1990)
New York Stories (1989) (segment "Life Lessons') VHS only
Last Temptation of Christ, The (1988)
Color of Money, The (1996)
After Hours (1985)
King of Comedy, The (1983)
Raging Bull (1980)
Last Waltz, The (1978)
American Boy (1978) (short) VHS only
New York, New York (1977)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
Italianamerican (1974) VHS only
Mean Streets (1973)
Boxcar Bertha (1970)
Who's That Knocking at My Door? (1967)
Big Shave, The (1967) (short) VHS only

Martin Scorsese, actor

a few notable appearances...

Shark Tale (2004) voice
Search and Destroy (1995)
Quiz Show (1994)
Guilty By Suspicion (1991)
Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (1990)
'Round Midnight (1986)
Taxi Driver (1976)

etc

Spotlight on WERNER HERZOG

Werner Herzog (real name Werner H. Stipetic) was born in Munich on September 5, 1942. He grew up in a remote mountain village in Bavaria and never saw any films, television, or telephones as a child. He started travelling on foot from the age of 14. He made his first phone call at the age of 17. During high school he worked the nightshift as a welder in a steel factory to produce his first films and made his first film in 1961 at the age of 19. Since then he has produced, written, and directed more than forty films, published more than a dozen books of prose, and directed as many operas. (biography lifted from www.wernerherzog.com).

Available on DVD at Pleasant St. Video (except where noted)

Wild Blue Yonder, The (2005) The story of astronauts lost in space, the secret Roswell object re-examined and Brad Dourif as alien, telling us all about his home planet -the Wild Blue Yonder- where the atmosphere is composed of liquid helium and the sky frozen. Using unique, beautiful, and unseen footage,with access to the five astronauts responsible for the Galileo-mission, and with haunting specially composed music, Herzog has created a spectacular vision of imagery, sound, music and human emotion, all part of his science-

fantasy.

Grizzly Man (2005) Documentary about Timothy Treadwell, the avowed bear man of the Alaskan wilderness.

White Diamond, The (2004) Airship engineer Dr. Graham Dorrington embarks on a trip to the giant Kaieteur Falls in the heart of Guyana, hoping to fly his helium-filled invention above the tree tops. But this logistic effort will not be without risk. Twelve years ago, a similar expedition into the unique habitat of the canopy ended in disaster when Dorrington's friend Dieter Plage fell to his death. With the expedition is Werner Herzog, setting out now with a new prototype of the airship into the Lost World of the pristine rain forest of this little explored area of the world, to record and tell this unique story in an extraordinary, feature-documentary film.

Wheel of Time (2003) Documentary film about the largest Buddhist ritual to promote peace and tolerance, held by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Bodh Gaya, India and Graz, Austria in 2002, including exclusive interviews with the Dalai Lama, access to secret rituals for the first time on film as well as footage of a pilgrimage to the Holy Mount Kailash in Tibet.

Invincible (2001) This is the true story of a Jewish blacksmith from Eastern Poland, Zishe Breitbart, who, to the dismay of the rising Nazis, creates a sensation in the Variété world of Berlin in the early thirties as the strongest man of his time. He meets a tragic end, as he believes it is his mission to defend his people as the New Samson.

My Best Fiend (1999) A film about the love-hate relationship between Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski.

Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997) Feature-documentary about the extraordinary capture and escape of the German/US pilot Dieter Dengler in Laos.

Lessons of Darkness (1992) An apocalyptic vision featuring the oilwell fires in Kuwait after the Gulf-War, as a whole world burst into flames. This film is stylized as science fiction, as there is not a single shot in which you can recognize our planet.

Herdsmen of the Sun (1989) A fascinating portrait of the Wodaabe tribe of the Sahara, who consider themselves the world's most beautiful people. VHS only.

Cobra Verde (1987) Based on the best-selling novel "The Viceroy of Ouidah" by Bruce Chatwin, the film tells the fascinating story of Francisco Manoel da Silva - they called him Cobra Verde...Klaus Kinski.

Where the Green Ants Dream (1984) A desolate stretch of earth somewhere in the heart of Australia. A group of tribal Aborigines struggles to defend a sacred site against the bulldozers of a mining company. It is the place where the Green Ants dream.

Fitzcarraldo (1982) Werner Herzog's gigantic jungle adventure ... Already a piece of German film history. Klaus Kinski.

Woyzeck (1979) The powerful story of the poor soldier Woyzeck

driven to madness and murder by the social conditions in which he lives. Based on the stage play by Georg Büchner. Klaus Kinski.

Nosferatu (1979) A hommage to Murnau`s silent classic. This richly drawn version of the Dracula tale is one of Herzog's most beautiful and haunting films. Klaus Kinski.

Stroszek (1977) The story of a man for whom there is no place in society and who attempts to find freedom and fortune in America. Bruno S.

Heart of Glass (1976)A motion picture about a figure who has apocalyptic visions and foresees destruction and collective madness. The entire cast acted under hypnosis.

Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, The (1974) A mysterious foundling emerges from a dark cellar where he has spent his youth, and, as if fallen from another planet, has no concept of this world. Based on a true story, his captors and murderers remain unknown to this day. Brunoo S.

Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972) Spanish conquistadores in search of the legendary El Dorado. A whole army disappears into the jungle without a trace. A story of power and madness. Kl

aus Kinski.

Fata Morgana (1971) Fata Morgana ("Mirage") is a science-fiction elegy of dead or demented colonialism in the Sahara. Much of the footage consists of filmed mirages.

Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970) Werner Herzog`s bleak vision of a rebellion and the resulting mayhem in an institution. The entire world is inhabited by midgets.

Signs of Life (1968 )Werner Herzog's first feature film, which also marks a turning point in German cinema. A wounded German soldier is sent to sit out the war in an isolated Mediterranean garrison, and seized by sudden madness defies friend and foe.

Also notable:

Incident at Loch Ness (2004) Werner stars in the mock doc by Zak Penn.
Burden of Dreams (1982) Les Blank's documentary about the making of Fitzcarraldo.
Julien Donkey-Boy (1999) Writer-director Harmony Korine's Dogma film stars Ewen Brenner, Chloe Sevigny, and Werner Herzog.

Spotlight on MARILYN MONROE

Date of birth: June 1, 1926
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California

"I knew I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful, but because I had never belonged to anything or anyone else."

1. The Asphalt Jungle (1950) John Huston
2. All About Eve (1950) Joseph L. Mankiewicz
3. Clash By Night (1952) Fritz Lang
4. Monkey Business (1952) Howard Hawks
5. Niagara (1953) Henry Hathaway
6. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) Howard Hawks
7. How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) Jean Negulesco
8. The Seven Year Itch (1955) Billy Wilder
9. Bus Stop (1956) Joshua Logan
10. Some Like it Hot (1959) Billy Wilder
11. Let's Make Love (1960) George Cukor (VHS only)
12. The Misfits (1961) John Huston

PLAY A FUN GAME!
Match the Monroe character to the movie!

A. Pola Debevoise
B. Roslyn Taber
C. Peggy
D. The Girl
E. Lois Laurel
F. Angela Phinlay
G. Miss Caswell
H. Amanda Dell
I. Sugar Kane Kowalczyk
J. Rose Loomis
K. Cherie
L. Lorelei Lee

ANSWERS: A7, B12, C3, D8, E4, F1, G2, H11, I10, J5, K9, L6

20 Years Worth of Golden Palm Winners, from the Cannes Film Festival...

2005 The Child
2004 Fahrenheit 9/11
2003 Elephant
2002 The Pianist
2001 The Son's Room
2000 Dancer in the Dark
1999 Rosetta
1998 Eternity and a Day
1997 Taste of Cherry, The Eel
1996 Secrets & Lies
1995 Underground
1994 Pulp Fiction
1993 Farewell My Concubine, The Piano
1992 The Best Intentions
1991 Barton Fink
1990 Wild at Heart
1989 Sex, Lies and Videotape
1988 Pelle the Conqueror
1987 Under the Sun of Satan
1986 The Mission
1985 When Father Was Away on Business
1984 Paris, Texas
1983 Ballad of Narayama
1982 Missing, Yol
1981 Man of Iron
1980 All That Jazz, Kagemusha
1979 Apocalypse Now, The Tin Drum
1978 The Tree of the Wooden Clogs
1977 Padre Padrone
1976 Taxi Driver

other notables winners

1974 The Conversation
1970 M*A*S*H
1967 Blowup
1964 Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1963 The Leopard
1960 La Dolce Vita
1959 Black Orpheus
1955 Marty
1949 The Third Man

Spotlight on ANG LEE

Born 1954, Taiwan.

Current film is the melancholy romance "Brokeback Mountain", now available on DVD.

"I don't know where I am, but I never know where I am. I was born in China, then my parents moved to Taiwan, where we were outsiders, then to the States, then back to China, then back here. I trust the elusive world created by movies more than anything else. I live on the other side of the screen."

Ang Lee films in our collection:

Pushing Hands (1992) VHS
The Wedding Banquet (1993) DVD
Eat Drink Man Woman (1994) DVD VHS
Sense and Sensibility (1995) DVD VHS
The Ice Storm (1997) DVD
Ride with the Devil (1999) VHS
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (2000) DVD VHS
Hulk (2003) DVD
Brokeback Mountain (2005) DVD

Cowboy Movies We Love

Sam Peckinpah collection (just released):

The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
Major Dundee (1964)
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973) 2-disc special edition
Ride the High Country (1962)
The Wild Bunch (1969) 2-disc special edition

Also featured: some recent and classic Westerns we recommend...
all on DVD

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) George Roy Hill
The Claim (2000) Michael Winterbottom
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966) Sergio Leone
High Noon (1952) Fred Zinnemann
The Hired Hand (1971) Peter Fonda
The Magnificent Seven (1960) John Sturges
The Missing (2003) Ron Howard
Open Range (2003) Kevin Costner
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) Sergi Leone
Unforgiven (1992) Clint Eastwood

FOCUS ON ARGENTINA

The Holy Girl(2004) Lucrecia Martel, DVD.
From the maker of La Cienaga, a powerful coming-of-age story with bold religious themes. Martel intimately explores the burgeoning sexuality and religious fervor of two teenage girls, Amalia and her best friend, Josefina. Artfully piecing together a mosaic of nuanced details, fragments of sounds, and small moments, Martel creates a potent and specific portrait of adolescent life. Official site.

The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) Walter Salles DVD VHS.
The beauty of the South American landscape and of Gael Garcia Bernal (Y Tu Mama Tambien, Bad Education) gives The Motorcycle Diaries a charisma that is decidedly apolitical. But this portrait of the young Che Guevara (later to become a militant revolutionary) is half buddy-movie, half social commentary--and while that may seem an unholy hybrid, under the guidance of Brazillian director Walter Salles (Central Station) the movie is quietly passionate. Official site.

Suddenly (2002) Diego Lerman DVD. Part of an exciting new wave of fresh, inventive films coming out of Argentina, Suddenly folllows a frustrated sales girl (Tatiana Saphir) who falls in with a feisty pair of punk lesbians. The trio hit the road on a capricious adventure that has them car-jacking taxis, shoplifting, and seeing the ocean for the first time.

The Take (2004) Avi Lewis DVD.An all-too-timely documentary that explores the issues of globalization and the privatization of businesses, "The Take" chronicles the efforts of a group of Argentine factory workers to take over their financially failed company and run it in a cooperative manner.

Bolivia (2001) Adrian Caetano DVD. A timely and urgent feature, rich in ideas and sensibility, Bolivia portrays, through an intimate look at its characters, an Argentina in a state of social emergency.

HERE IS A LIST OF ALL OUR FILMS FROM ARGENTINA:

Autumn Sun (1999) Eduardo Mignogna DVD.
Camila (1984) Maria Luisa Bemberg VHS.
Funny Dirty Little War (1983) Hector Olivera VHS
I, the Worst of All (1986) Maria Luisa Bemberg VHS
La Cienaga (2001) Lucrecia Martel DVD.
Man Facing Southeast (1986) Eliseo Subiela VHS.
Miss Mary (1986) Maria Luisa Bemberg VHS.
Nine Queens (2000) Fabian Belinsky DVD VHS.
The Official Story (1985) Luis Puenzo DVD VHS.
The Plague (1993) Luis Puenzo VHS.
Son of the Bride (2001) Juan Jose Campanella DVD.
Time for Revenge (1981) Aldolfo Aristarain VHS.
Valentin (2002) Alejadro Agresti DVD.

FILMS ABOUT TANGO

Assassination Tango (2003) Robert Duvall DVD.
Tango (1998) Carlos Saura DVD VHS.
Tango Bar (1988) Marcos Zurinaga VHS.
The Tango Lesson (1997) Sally Potter VHS.

FILMS RELATED TO ARGENTINA

Apartment Zero (1988) Martin Donovan VHS.
Evita (1996) Alan Parker VHS.
Gilda (1946) Charles Vidor DVD VHS.