Movies & TV

I am Claudio - for everyone quickly became Claudio Abbado's most famous statement. In order to be able to maintain contact with each individual during the conducting, he usually conducted from memory. What made Claudio Abbado stand out was his...

Zubin Mehta continues this new series dedicated to the most distinguished conductors of our time. Zubin Mehta, born 29 April 1936 in Bombay, takes a final bow in October 2019 and retires after almost 50 years as Musical Director. Maestro Mehta has...

Seven DVD set. What made Claudio Abbado stand out was his unpretentious, noble character, his democratic understanding of music making and his ability to celebrate the live moment on stage. Claudio Abbado empathized with his musicians. In order to be...

Seven DVD set. On September 6, 2019, Bernard Haitink bowed before his audience for the last time: after 65 years on the podium, the 90-year-old exceptional conductor ended his career. This DVD edition is dedicated to the exceptional conductor Bernard...

Seiji Ozawa has dedicated most of his life to the service of music. He is not only one of Japan's best-known conductors but also the founder of the Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto, better known as the Seiji Ozawa Festival. This Seiji Ozawa edition...

Six DVDs. Those lucky enough to have seen Mariss Jansons in concert could immediately perceive his unconditional dedication to music: The light in his eyes, his sweeping yet precise gestures, his tense, half-open mouth and his raised eyebrows. He...

Classic Archive Brahms: The Complete Chamber Music Blu-Ray

Fourteen-disc set includes: Hondo (1953)Based on a short story by Louis L'Amour, this moody frontier drama stars John Wayne as Hondo Lane, a cavalry rider who comes to the aid of rancher Angie Lowe (Geraldine Page) and her son when they are trapped in...

Includes Four of the most popular Asian Cult Cinema Collection Titles for Synapse Films in One Beautifully Designed Slip Case. Direction: Gaira (Kazuo Komizu), Kei Fujiwara, Toshiharu Ikeda Actors: Aya Katsuragi, Ayako Ishii, Daiki Kato, Eriko Nakagawa,...

In the early decades of cinema, some of the most innovative and celebrated filmmakers in America were women. Alice Guy-Blach? helped establish the basics of cinematic language, while others boldly continued it's development: slapstick queen Mabel Normand...

During it's second decade of existence, the Gaumont Film Company continued to prove itself an indomitable force in cultivating and advancing the fledging art of cinema. This second series of releases of Gaumont Treasures surveys the work of some of it's...

This second anthology of films by Pete Walker reels the provocative director at his most diabolical. Whether skewering highbrow drama (The Flesh and Blood Show), established religion (House of Mortal Sin), or legal hypocrisy (Home Before Midnight) Walker...