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NEW RELEASES FOR SALE "Run Lola Run" (1999) (R) VHS or DVD starring Franka Potente; directed by Tom Tykwer Tom Tykwer's hyperkinetic hit is an extraordinary piece of moviemaking. Lola's boyfriend owes a gangster 100,000 deutsche marks, and she has 20 minutes to find the cash and save him. Tykwer tells the story three times, with tiny changes leading to wildly different events. Take a deep breath before you start watching, because it'll be the last you take for a while. Read more
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"Safe" (1995) (R) VHS starring Julianne Moore; directed by Todd Haynes Carol White (Julianne Moore) is a mousy housewife living the affluent life in the San Fernando Valley when, over the span of a few months, she begins to develop debilitating sensitivities to her environment. Todd Haynes's eerie allegory examines the alienation and isolation that's seeping into our lives, and Moore is utterly convincing as a woman who suddenly finds herself trapped on a hostile planet. Read more
"Wings of Desire" (1988) (PG-13) VHS starring Bruno Ganz and Solveig Dommartin; directed by Wim Wenders There are angels watching over the people of Berlin, but when one falls in love he must descend into the city to experience life firsthand. Wim Wenders's most purely romantic film is like poetry on celluloid, a celebration of the transient and fragile moments of being human: the warmth of a cup of coffee on a cold day, the embrace of a friend, the touch of a lover, and the rapture of love. Read more
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THIS MONTH'S TOP PICKS Idiosyncratic Danish director Lars von Trier drove from Copenhagen to Cannes to pick up the Palme d'Or for "Dancer in the Dark." To celebrate his win, here are four more examples of the remarkable work being created by a new generation of Scandinavian filmmakers.
"Insomnia" (1998) (NR) VHS or DVD starring Stellan Skarsgard; directed by Erik Skjoldbjaerg In the far north of Norway, where the summer sun never sets, Detective Jonas Engstrom (Skarsgard) investigates a brutal murder. Exhausted by insomnia, Engstrom makes a terrible mistake, and when he attempts to cover his tracks things go from bad to worse. Skarsgard handles the slow disintegration of his character superbly, and the chillingly downbeat ending will stay with you long after you turn out the lights. Read more
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"The Element of Crime" (1985) (NR) VHS starring Michael Elphick; directed by Lars von Trier Like "The Big Sleep" filtered through the brain of Luis Bunuel, Lars von Trier's surreal thriller takes the conventions of the detective story and transforms them into a nightmare film noir. Fischer is an ex-cop who returns from exile in Cairo to investigate a series of gruesome murders. But when he tries to understand the mind of the killer, he finds himself more deeply implicated than he had ever imagined. Somber, puzzling, and filled with haunting images, this film was an early example of von Trier's unique approach to cinema. Read more
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"The Celebration" (1998) (R) VHS starring Ulrich Thomsen and Henning Moritzen; directed by Thomas Vinterberg Ulrich Thomsen plays a young man who is determined to reveal a dark secret at his father's lavish 60th birthday party in Thomas Vinterberg's gripping study of a family in crisis. "The Celebration" was made according to the strict rules of the Dogma manifesto, and the technical limitations only add to the film's claustrophobic atmosphere. Vinterberg's film is extraordinarily powerful, thanks to some terrific performances and the almost uncomfortable intimacy of the handheld home-video cinematography. This was undoubtedly one of the best films of the '90s. Read more
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"Expectations" (1997) (NR) VHS starring Stefan Sundstrom; directed by Daniel Bergman "Expectations" (inspired by Robert Altman's "Short Cuts" and directed by Ingmar Bergman's son Daniel) follows six interlocking stories set in contemporary Sweden. The movie opens with an old man attempting to leap off the back of a ship. He's rescued from his suicide attempt by a young man with blond hair and tattoos named Sixten, who's returning home after many years abroad. These stories and more are told with a deceptively simple economy: at first they don't seem to be about anything at all, but gradually, with the subtlest of gestures, the stories start to reverberate off each other. Read more
OUT LOUD: A SUNDANCE CHANNEL FILMFEST The boys are back in town, and so are the girls, as the Sundance Channel celebrates Gay Pride Month with a FilmFest that has become an annual favorite. Now in its third year, Out Loud showcases a wide range of genre-spanning features, documentaries and shorts that look at gay and lesbian life in all its emotional colors. Read more
HUMAN ODDITIES ON FILM To mangle a quote from Albert Einstein, two things are infinite: the universe and human oddity--and Einstein wasn't too sure about the universe. Nowhere is this more evident than in the documentaries that vividly illustrate that truth really is stranger than fiction. From "Kurt & Courtney" to the outrageous "Crumb," Amazon.com contributor Donald Liebenson shows us some of the more interesting characters on celluloid. Read more
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"Fireworks" (1997) (NR) VHS starring Takeshi Kitano; directed by Takeshi Kitano available June 27 A superstar and cultural icon in his native Japan, Takeshi "Beat" Kitano has conquered more than one medium, but he is best known in the West for his remarkable films. Among those, Fireworks is the clear favorite, a taut and enigmatic noir that fluctuates between perfect stillness and savage eruptions of violence. Few filmmakers have understood as well as Kitano the irresistible draw of a thriller told with a moody calmness, with an eye toward graceful construction and rigorous composition. Read more
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"Divine Trash" (1998) (NR) VHS starring John Waters and Divine; directed by Steve Yeager available July 5 In 1972, the 25-year-old John Waters made a little film called "Pink Flamingos," and the world was never quite the same again. "Divine Trash" is a fascinating--and suitably outrageous--documentary about Waters's early career, including behind-the-scenes footage shot during the making of his first masterpiece and interviews with the director's merry band of oddballs. Read more
"The Kingdom" (1998) (R) VHS starring Ernst-Hugo Jaregard and Udo Kier; directed by Lars von Trier available July 25 Lars von Trier's "The Kingdom" is no ordinary TV show. Originally shown in four parts on Danish television it's a deliriously complicated tale of intrigue, murder, weird cults, and ghostly goings-on in Copenhagen's biggest hospital. Von Trier is one of the most inventive directors working today, and the broad canvas of "The Kingdom" gives him room to dazzle us for 265 unforgettable minutes. Read more
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