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The Marseille Trilogy

Now available in a new box-set edition, Marcel Pagnol’s decades-spanning tale of star-crossed romance swells with earthy humor and aching lyricism.
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September Titles!

Kelly Reichardt’s latest film joins the collection alongside a candid documentary about David Lynch, a psychosexual drama from Michael Haneke, a groundbreaking concert film by Murray Lerner, and a Hitchcock classic making its return.
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They Live by Night

With his brooding, existential first film, legendary director Nicholas Ray delivered a blueprint for the lovers-on-the-run crime drama. Now available on Blu-ray and DVD!
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Steve James on Nashville

The filmmaker behind Hoop Dreams and the recently released Abacus: Small Enough to Jail discusses the ways in which Robert Altman’s masterpiece combines epic scope with intimate detail.
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The Marseille Trilogy: Life Goes to the Movies

By Michael Atkinson • 20 June 2017 • 0 comments
At the dawn of sound cinema, French theater titan Marcel Pagnol immortalized his epic vision of his native Provence in three exquisite humanist dramas. Read more »
They Live by Night: Dream Journey

By Bernard Eisenschitz • 13 June 2017 • 0 comments
Informed by his work in theater and his travels through rural America, Nicholas Ray brought an outsider’s perspective to genre filmmaking in his debut feature.
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Ghost World: Séance in Wowsville

By Howard Hampton • 06 June 2017 • 0 comments
Combining sardonic humor with poignant characterizations, this cult comedy explores the discontents of two high-school graduates adrift in strip-mall America.
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