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Criterion collection volume 274
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Two-bit hustler Harry Fabian aches for a life of ease and plenty. Trailed by an inglorious history of go-nowhere schemes, he stumbles upon a chance of a lifetime in the form of legendary wrestler Gregorius the Great. But there is no easy money in this underworld of shifting alliances, bottomless graft, and pummeled flesh, and soon Fabian learns the horrible price of his ambition.
2) Repulsion
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Criterion collection volume 483
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English
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Carol is a fragile, frigid young Belgian beauty cracking up over the course of a terrifying weekend. Left alone by her vacationing sister in their London flat, she finds herself haunted by specters, real and imagined, as her insanity grows to a violent pitch.
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Criterion collection volume 767
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English
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An uncommon love story that takes place between a young South London Pakistani man (Gordon Warnecke), who decides to open an upscale laundromat to make his family proud, and his childhood friend, a skinhead (Daniel Day-Lewis), who volunteers to help make his dream a reality. This culture-clash comedy is also a subversive work of social realism, which dares to address racism, homophobia, and sociopolitical marginalization in Margaret Thatcher's England....
4) Oliver Twist
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Criterion collection volume 32
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English
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After escaping from the dreary workhouse where he has spent his childhood, Oliver runs away to London, only to fall in with Artful Dodger, Fagin, and their gang of young thieves. It is only with the revelation of Oliver's true identity that his troubles finally end. Includes original theatrical trailer.
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Criterion collection volume 629
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English
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Depicts the romantic lives of two Londoners, a middle-aged doctor and a prickly thirty something divorcee who are sleeping with the same handsome young artist. A revelation in its day, this may be the 1970s most intelligent, multitextured film about the complexities of romantic relationships; it is keenly acted and sensitively directed, from a penetrating screenplay.
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Criterion collection volume 26
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English
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British comedy thriller about a racketeer who attempts to transform the London dockyards into a potential Olympics site.
7) Mona Lisa
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Criterion collection volume 107
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English
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An ex-con and a call girl are thrown together when he becomes her chauffeur. Initially he detests her but winds up under her spell.
8) Pygmalion
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Criterion collection volume 85
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English
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Professor Henry Higgins works to make a pretty flower girl into a young lady of society.
9) Naked
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Criterion collection volume 307
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English
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Johnny is a charming and eloquent, but relentlessly vicious drifter. Rejecting anyone who might care for him, the volcanic Johnny hurls himself through a nocturnal odyssey around London, colliding with a succession of other desperate and dispossessed people, and scorching everyone in his path. With a virtuoso script and raw performances, Mike Leigh's picture of England's underbelly is an amalgam of black comedy and doomsday prophecy.
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Criterion collection volume 368
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English
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In 1840s London, Dr. Thomas Bolton dares to dream the unthinkable: to operate on patients without causing pain. Unfortunately, the road to general anesthesia is blocked by a ruthless killer, as well as Bolton's devastating addiction to his own medicines.
11) Quadrophenia
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Criterion collection volume 624
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English
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London, 1965: Like many other youths, Jimmy hates the Philistine life, especially his parents and his job in a company's mailing division.
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Criterion collection volume 405
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Deutsch
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"Set in the impoverished back alleys of Victorian London, The threepenny opera follows underworld antihero Mackie Messer (a.k.a. Mack the Knife) as he tries to woo Polly Peachum and elude the authorities. With a palpable evocation of corruption and dread, set to Weill's irresistible score, The threepenny opera remains a benchmark of early sound cinema." -- container.
13) Mona Lisa
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Criterion collection volume 107
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English
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"The brilliant breakthrough film by writer-director Neil Jordan journeys into the dark heart of the London underworld to weave a gripping, noir-infused love story. Bob Hoskins received a multitude of honors including an Oscar nomination for his touchingly vulnerable, not-so-tough-guy portrayal of George, recently released from prison and hired by a sinister mob boss to chauffeur call girl Simone between high-paying clients. George's fascination with...
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Criterion collection volume 1177
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English
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"With the five films that make up his Small Axe anthology (Mangrove; Lovers Rock; Red, White and Blue; Alex Wheatle; and Education), director Steve McQueen offers a richly evocative panorama of West Indian life in London from the 1960s through the '80s--a time defined for the community by the terror of police violence, the empowering awakening of political consciousness, and the ecstatic escape of a vibrant reggae scene. Ranging in tone from the tenderly...
15) Following
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Criterion collection volume 638
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English
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Is the fragmented tale of an unemployed young writer who trails strangers through London, hoping that they will provide inspiration for his first novel. He gets more than he bargained for with one of his unwitting subjects, who leads him down a dark, criminal path. Special features included.
16) Husbands
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Criterion collection volume 1970
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English
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A trio of middle-aged Long Island family men who, following the sudden death of their best friend, channel their grief into an epic, multiday bender that takes them from Manhattan to London in a desperate, debauched quest to feel alive. By turns painfully funny and woundingly perceptive, this self-described ₁comedy about life, death, and freedom₂ stands as perhaps the most fearless, harrowingly honest deconstruction of American manhood ever committed...
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Criterion collection volume 629
Language
English
Description
Depicts the romantic lives of two Londoners, a middle-aged doctor and a prickly thirty something divorcee who are sleeping with the same handsome young artist. A revelation in its day, this may be the 1970s most intelligent, multi textured film about the complexities of romantic relationships; it is keenly acted and sensitively directed, from a penetrating screenplay.
18) Repulsion
Series
Criterion collection volume 483
Language
English
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Carol, a young manicurist in London, is driven mad by ghosts and terrified above all by sex, but her fears turn into hysteria and she grows violent.
19) Blowup
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Criterion collection volume 865
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English
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A London photographer takes some pictures of a couple in a park and discovers that he may have recorded evidence of a murder.
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Criterion collection volume 603
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English
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Disc 1. In which we serve. The story of the H.M.S. Torrin, a British naval ship, from its construction through its destruction in World War II. As the surviving crew cling to life boats and wreckage awaiting rescue, they flashback to their homes and loved ones and in so doing recall just why they are fighting and whom they are fighting for. Disc 2. This happy breed. The story of a London family from 1919 to 1939, and their struggle to maintain a stable...
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