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The internationally acclaimed Japanese pianist performs a selection of pieces with the Russian conductor Valery Gergiev at the White Nights Festival, Saint Petersburg in 2012. The compositions performed are: Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1; Shostakovich: Symphony No.14; Tsujii: 'Elegy for the Victims of the Earthquake and the Tsunami of March 11, 2011'.
Classic Ealing comedy about a group of villagers who, angered by British Rail's decision to close down their local branch line, make a bid to run the service themselves, making use of an antique locomotive liberated from a local museum.
Professor Rath (Emil Jannings) discovers some postcards of a night-club singer being passed among his class. He goes to the club in the hope of catching some of his students but instead becomes entranced by the vampish beauty of the singer Lola-Lola (Marlene Dietrich). Josef von Sternberg's adaptation of Heinrich Mann's novel launched Dietrich onto the international scene, and includes her famous rendition of 'Falling in Love Again'.
Fast-paced British action movie in which a couple of heavyweight London gangsters find themselves on the run from the police and the Russian mafia. Mickey Mannock (Frank Harper) and Ray Collishaw (Craig Fairbrass) are men who are used to being in charge. As two of the major players in the London crime scene, they command respect and obedience from their subordinates. However, when rough seas cause them to lose a boatload of the Russian mafia's cocaine their world is turned upside down and they find themselves in grave danger. The pair decide that the only way out of the situation is to pull off a daring diamond heist; no easy feat when the police and one of the world's most ruthless criminal organisations are on your tail.
Epic retelling of the story of Moses (Charlton Heston), beginning with him as a baby in the bullrushes, and then moving through his time in the Egyptian court, the struggle with Pharoah (Yul Brynner) to obtain the freedom of his people, the parting of the Red Sea, the receipt of the Ten Commandments, the years of wandering in the desert, and the final arrival in the land of Canaan. Directed by Cecil B. DeMille, this was both his crowning glory and his final film.
Wartime docu-drama starring John Mills, Eric Portman and Lionel Jeffries, re-telling the experiences of Allied prisoners-of-war who were held in Colditz Castle. These POWs were strictly monitored as they were a high risk category and had constantly tried to escape whichever prison they where previously placed in. Despite being outnumbered by their guards, the prisoners of Colditz continued to achieve their goal - freedom. The film inspired the 1972 TV series 'Colditz'.
Lorin Maazel leads the Orchestra Symphonica Toscanini in this 2007 performance marking the 50th anniversary of Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini's death. Recorded live at the St Mark's Basilica in Venice, the performance features the Coro Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, alongside soloists such as Norma Fantini, Anna Smirnova and Francesco Meli.
A production of Debussy's opera featuring the orchestra and chorus of the Zurich Opera House, conducted by Franz Welser-Möst. Recorded in 2004, performers include Rodney Gilfry, Isabel Rey, Michael Volle and László Polgár.
Eccentric Sidney Stratton (Alec Guiness) is a laboratory cleaner in a textile factory, who invents a material that will neither wear out nor become dirty. Initially hailed as a great discovery, Sidney's astonishing invention is suffocated by the management when they realise that if it never wears out, people will only ever have to purchase one suit of clothing.
A Hammer horror classic starring Christopher Lee as Rasputin, the monk who the Russian Tsarina takes under her wing. The story begins with Rasputin, after using his powers to cure an innkeeper's wife, throwing a party, raping the innkeeper's daughter and cutting off the hand of her suitor. He then refuses to apologise to the Abbot of his monastery and leaves for St Petersburg, deciding to use his faith-healing powers for his own hedonistic ends. It is here that he eventually wangles his way into the Tsarina's court and she allows him more and more power.
Academy Award-winning fairy tale from Pixar Studios. Headstrong tomboy and skilled archer Princess Merida (voice of Kelly Macdonald) is determined to break with tradition and carve out her own path in life. In defiance of her parents, King Fergus (Billy Connolly) and Queen Elinor (Emma Thompson), Merida flies in the face of an age-old custom held sacred by the three principal lords of the land, Lord MacGuffin (Kevin McKidd), Lord MacIntosh (Craig Ferguson) and Lord Dingwall (Robbie Coltrane). Her actions lead to chaos in the kingdom, and it is now up to Merida not only to restore harmony in the land but to undo an ill-fated wish bestowed upon her by a wayward wise woman (Julie Walters). The feature won the Academy Award, a Golden Globe and a BAFTA for Best Animated Film.
First part of the animated adaptation of Frank Miller's comic book following the adventures of the caped crusader. Bruce Wayne (voice of Peter Weller) has now retired from his heroic duties after the death of Jason Todd aka Robin but a ruthless gang, the Mutants, are terrorising Gotham City, leaving him with no choice but to become Batman once more. Prominent figures within the community disapprove of Batman's methods, however, and the Mutants prove tough to defeat but the hero finds an ally in 13-year-old Carrie Kelley (Ariel Winter) who is eager to become his new sidekick.
Itzhak Perlman conducts the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in this live recording of Beethoven's Triple Concerto, recorded in the Mann Auditorium, Tel Aviv in March 2010. The featured soloists are Giora Schmidt, Zuill Bailey and Navah Perlman.
World War II drama starring Rupert Grint in which the crews of English and German planes who shoot each other down are forced to band together to survive a tough Norwegian winter. It is 1940 and the conflict between Britain and Germany is in its infancy when an aerial clash results in planes from both sides crashing in a remote area of Norway. The survivors of the incident seek refuge in the same mountain cabin and are forced to try and put their differences aside to deal with the merciless conditions. Will the men, who include Gunner Robert Smith (Grint) and Unteroffizier Josef Schwartz (David Kross), be able to develop a relationship or will the divisiveness of the war tear them apart?
Eduardo Sánchez directs this 'found footage' horror film about a young woman on the brink of madness. After their wedding, newlyweds Molly (Gretchen Lodge) and Tim (Johnny Lewis) move into Molly's childhood home, but soon find themselves in the grip of terror as unexplained phenomena start to occur around the house. Tim, a long distance truck driver, is away from home for long periods at a time, leaving Molly to face the demons alone. Afraid to confide in her family, fearing they will assume she has lapsed back into the drug addiction that plagued her before marriage, Molly begins to film her experiences, and the film is based around the resulting 'footage'.
World War II prequel following the journey of a group of airborne infantry soldiers who are parachuted into occupied France in 1944. The Parachute Regimental Combat Team jumped into the south of France on the 15th of August 1944, landing behind enemy lines. The men's mission was to help clear a path for the main bulk of British and US soldiers advancing towards Berlin. However, landing in occupied territory is always a dangerous business and the soldiers soon find themselves fighting in close combat with German troops and teaming up with members of the French resistance who seek their help. Corbin Allred, David Nibley and Jasen Wade star.
A recording of David McVicar's 2011 production of Richard Wagner's opera, performed for the first time at Glyndebourne, with Vladimir Jurowski leading the London Philharmonic Orchestra. An all-star cast features Gerald Finley, Marco Jentzsch, Anna Gabler, Michaela Selinger, and Topi Lehtipuu.
Italian mezzo-soprano Anna Bonitatibus takes the lead role in this performance of Cavalli's opera, recorded live at Le Théâtre De Caen in 2011. The first opera staged by comic actor Clément Hervieu-Léger, the production also features William Christie conducting Les Arts Florissants.
Julia Roberts and Lily Collins star in this family comedy adventure based on the classic fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. Following the death of the king (Sean Bean), the jealous Queen (Roberts) forces her step-daughter Snow White (Collins) into exile and seizes power of the faraway kingdom. But the spirited Snow White, refusing to succumb to the Queen's evil plans for her banishment, joins forces with a band of seven dwarves who help her to face up to her adversary and reclaim her birthright.
Audrey Tautou stars in this whimsical romantic drama adapted by David Foenkinos from his own best-selling novel. When her husband and soulmate, François (Pio Marmaï), is tragically killed in a hit-and-run accident shortly after their wedding, Nathalie (Tautou) is plunged into darkness and despair. Three years later, love and hope finally re-emerge in the unexpected form of a kiss from her unprepossessing Swedish colleague, Markus (François Damiens).
The first season of the Danish drama following a female politician's rise to power and the way in which her role as prime minister alters her behaviour. Birgitte Nyborg Christensen (Sidse Babett Knudsen) is elected to power on the back of her winning combination of idealism and determination. However, once in place as Denmark's first female leader, will she find that the demands of power force her to compromise or alter her perspective? Her chief source of guidance is spin doctor Kasper Juul (Johan Philip Asbæk), who has to contend with the likes of pushy news anchor Katrine Fønsmark (Birgitte Hjort Sorensen), emblem of the controversy-hungry media Birgitte must alternatively court and hold at bay. The episodes comprise: 'Decency in the Middle', 'Count to 90', 'The Art of Possible', '100 Days', 'Men Who Love Women', 'State Visit', 'See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil', 'The Silly Season', 'Divide and Rule' and 'The First Tuesday in October'.
Joe Carnahan directs this survival drama starring Liam Neeson and Dermot Mulroney. When their plane crashes in the remote forests of Alaska, a group of oil drillers find themselves stranded in the harsh and unforgiving wilderness. Not only must they find a way to eat and keep warm, the men must fend off a pack of angry wolves who see them as intruders on their territory.
David L.G. Hughes directs this British gangster thriller set in Southend-On-Sea. Southend is known for having the longest pleasure pier in the world, but it isn't the pursuit of leisure that brings crime boss Jimmy the Gent (Peter Wight) to town. Jimmy has come to visit Shrewd Eddie (Paul Freeman), the ruthless gangster who has come to dominate the dark side of Southend in recent years, to collect the quarter of a million he is owed. As word spreads rapidly around the local crime community about this clash of the titans, all manner of chancers and psychopaths spot an opportunity to find favour with either Jimmy or Eddie and attempt to get in on the action.
Paavo Järvi leads the Choir of the Orchestre De Paris and the Orchestre De Paris in this live recording, featuring performances by soprano Chen Reiss and baritone Matthias Goerne.
Action movie based loosely on the real life story of Yamada Nagamasa, a Japanese adventurer who rose to prominence in 17th-century Thailand. Nagamasa (Seigi Ozeki), a samurai warrior, arrives in Thailand with high hopes of making a difference in an important conflict, but ultimately finds himself betrayed and left for dead in a remote village. Undeterred, Nagamasa builds up his fighting skills and gradually rises through the ranks to become bodyguard to King Naresuan the Great (Winai Kraibutr), where he is finally in a position to make his mark on history... |
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