L'ATALANTE / ZERO DE CONDUITE / A PROPOS DE NICE / TARIS (1934)
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Despite not living to his 30th birthday, Jean Vigo is still considered one of the great masters of French cinema. He only made 4 films and all of them are contained here, beautifully restored and with plenty of extras, including a feature length documentary on the director. L'Atlante tells the story of two newly weds living on board a barge on the Seine, Zero de Conduite contains a satirical tale of student revolt, A Propos de Nice is a documentary about the French coastal town, and Taris cinegr
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THE RING (1922)
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One of the earliest Hitchcock films. 'The Ring' follows Jack, a prize fighting champion, who, after having been beaten by Bob Corby, finds himself sparring with the victor over his new wife, an increasingly tense situation that results in an emotional and brutal climax as the two men once again face each other in the ring.
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WHEN A WOMAN ASCENDS THE STAIRS (1960)
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When a Woman Ascends the Stairs might be Japanese filmmaker Mikio Naruse's finest hour, a delicate, devastating study of a woman, Keiko, played heartbreakingly by Hideko Takamine, who works as a bar hostess in Tokyo's very modern post-war Ginza district. Sly, resourceful, but trapped, Keiko comes to embody the conflicts and struggles of a woman trying to establish her independence in a male-dominated society. A profoundly moving masterpiece.
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