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Now on DVD from Kino. Touching, lyrical, erotic, suspenseful and enigmatic, Patrice Leconte's 1989 psychological drama Monsieur Hire is both "a twisted love story and a tragic thriller" (London Sunday Times). http://www.kino.com/video/item.php?film_id=886

A cornerstone of the horror film, F.W. Murnau's NOSFERATU is triumphantly reborn in this breathtaking new restoration by the F.W. Murnau Foundation. This 3-minute documentary explains the restoration process of the film (German with English subtitles). Visit http://www.kino.com/video/item.php?product_id=1076

Trailer for the original 1997 version of FUNNY GAMES. The summer home of a vacationing couple and their son is infiltrated by a seemingly urbane pair of men -- who proceed to hold the family hostage and initiate a series of violent and diabolically sadistic "games." In his characteristic style, director Haneke leaves most of the bloodshed to the viewer's imagination, making this film a more harrowing experience than any splatter film. Visit http://www.kino.com/video/item.php?product_id=940 for more information.

http://www.kino.com/verlaine-rip/ Innovative and influential musician Tom Verlaine, joined by celebrated producer and guitarist Jimmy Rip, reawaken the spirit of the avant-garde film as they perform a series of newly composed musical scores. The ground-breaking works of Man Ray, Watson & Weber, Fernand Léger and Hans Richter take on new life wrapped in scores that are by turns playful, haunting, serene and intense. Now on DVD from WWW.KINO.COM

Broadway star Fanny Brice belts out show tunes as a nightclub singer while her rival suitors duke it out in this entertaining, sentimental romance featuring Ms. Brice's final starring film performance. Featuring five musical numbers from Billy Rose including "When a Woman Loves a Man." Now on DVD from Kino International.

She, created by the same team of special-effects wizards that stunned Hollywood with the original King Kong, is a thrilling tale of adventure, immortality and lost love. A group of explorers, led by the dashing Leo Vincey (Randolph Scott, Ride the High Country), sets out on a dangerous mission in search of the legendary "flame of life," a mysterious force that bestows immortality. The perilous journey takes them North to the heart of a remote glacier, where they are captured by the beautiful She, an independent, powerful, and fearsome woman who rules a fantastic, subterranean kingdom. Filled with art deco sets, gorgeous costumes, Busby Berkeley-style choreography, and backed by Max Steiner's (King Kong, Gone With the Wind) powerful score, She is pure heart-stopping, eye-popping adventure, sure to delight fans of Raiders of the Lost Ark. This stunning new edition of She has been painstakingly restored in High Definition from the original 35mm elements, and is here offered in both its original B&W version, and in a newly colorized version created under the direction of legendary effects master Ray Harryhausen. In addition, both films show scenes deleted from the original cut, but which have now been restored back into the film.

Winner of 5 Cesar Awards (the French 'Oscar') including Best Picture and Best Director, LADY CHATTERLEY is a keenly perceptive, frankly sensual adaption of D.H. Lawrence's classic novel about the turbulent love affair between a lonely British aristocrat's wife and their estate's gamekeeper. Director Pascale Ferran captures the author's vision both of a society in transition, and the tremulous eroticism between two people drawn together despite its inequalities. www.kino.com/ladychatterley .

CASTING ABOUT is a lyrical documentary that illuminates the grit, mystery and raw emotion behind the process of casting actors. Shot from the filmmaker’s point of view, the viewer encounters many of the 350 diverse actresses who test for a trio of roles in a dramatic film, in auditions held in Berlin, Boston, Chicago, London and Los Angeles. Deftly weaving together interviews, monologues, private moments, the film creates an impressionistic and moving collage of the casting experience. A Kino International Release www.kino.com/castingabout NEW YORK Opens May 11 Cinema Village 22 East 12th St. (212) 924-3363 www.cinemavillage.com BOSTON Opens May 18 Coolidge Corner Theatre 290 Harvard St. (617) 734-2500 www.coolidge.org LOS ANGELES Opens June Laemmle Music Hall 9036 Wilshire Blvd. (310) 274-6869 www.laemmle.com AND COMING TO A THEATER NEAR YOU

NOW ON DVD from KINO INTERNATIONAL - Unearthed from Moscow's legendary Soyuzmultfilm Studios (est. 1935), the 41 films in ANIMATED SOVIET PROPAGANDA span sixty years of Soviet history (1924 - 1984). Never before available in the U.S. Recently featured in The New York Times. (Part 1 of 3 podcasts).

NOW ON DVD from KINO INTERNATIONAL - Unearthed from Moscow's legendary Soyuzmultfilm Studios (est. 1935), the 41 films in ANIMATED SOVIET PROPAGANDA span sixty years of Soviet history (1924 - 1984). Never before available in the U.S. Recently featured in The New York Times. (Part 1 of 3 podcasts).

On DVD from Kino. Considered by many to be the first great American horror film, John S. Robertson's Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde allowed stage legend John Barrymore to deliver his first virtuoso performance on film. Mastered from a 35mm negative

A cornucopia of early - and, in many cases, extremely rare - baseball films, offering privileged peeks into early twentieth century American lifestyles and values. Featuring Babe Ruth in the 1920 drama 'HEADIN' HOME. Now on DVD from www.kino.com

Romántico is a feature-length documentary portrait of Mexican musician Carmelo Muñiz. The film follows Carmelo as the troubadour returns home to scratch out a living after years of trying to get ahead in San Francisco. Through his eyes, the viewer watches a migrant tale in reverse, as the film vividly captures why the 60-year-old first chose to leave his beloved family and cross the desert borderlands.

According to Mexican legend, the devil demands one soul be offered up for every bridge built, as a guarantee for the structure’s durability. In Juan Carlos Rulfo’s internationally-praised documentary, this age-old adage takes on mammoth proportions. Coming soon to an art-house cinema near you.

This is the 1905 Version of THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, produced by the Edison Film Manufacturing Corp. and directed by Edwin S. Porter. Among the earliest films made, this 9 minute short film is excerpted from Kino International's DVD, A Christmas Past.