2nd May 2005 20:50:00
The Masters of Cinema Series
Grouping
Masters of Cinema is an organic, international initiative founded in 2001 by four friends with a mutual interest in a particular type of filmmaker. Now five-strong, and living thousands of miles apart from each other in three different countries, they aim to bring pertinent information together in one place for aficionados of World Cinema. In early 2004, Masters of Cinema began working with Eureka (UK) on a Masters of Cinema Series of DVDs.
Masters of Cinema DVDs can be purchased from CD-WOW, Amazon.co.uk and Benson's World.
You can visit the Masters of Cinema Website here.
Other 'The Masters of Cinema Series' content
Accattone
The debut feature of Pier Paolo Pasolini is given the Masters of Cinema treatment in a release also containing Love Meetings
The Insect Woman
A masterpiece by Shohei Imamura is joined by an earlier, uncharacteristically frothy picture from the director by MoC
Le Silence de la mer
Jean-Pierre Melville's debut is given a Dual Format release; clydefro takes a look at the Masters of Cinema edition
A Man Vanishes (Masters of Cinema)
Truth in cinema gets turned on its head in Shohei Imamura's extraordinary film, released last year by Masters of Cinema
Cœur fidèle
A "new" master of cinema - Jean Epstein - nearly ninety years in the making
Pigs and Battleships
Don't dig on swine? Try the cinematic variety in Shohei Imamura's raucous classic, paired here with his debut feature
City Girl (Masters of Cinema)
A capsule look at Masters of Cinema's release of F.W. Murnau's final American-made film, now available on DVD.
Le amiche
Antonioni's mid-period ensemble drama is the second of Masters of Cinema's Dual Format releases
La signora senza camelie
An early, excellent Antonioni film on Dual Format from the Masters of Cinema series.
La Signora di Tutti
The Masters of Cinema Series adds a new member - Max Ophuls
Metropolis
The silent science fiction epic directed by Fritz Lang - restored and reconstructed, new and improved.
Make Way for Tomorrow
The "saddest movie ever made" (per Orson Welles) comes to Blu-ray from the Masters of Cinema Series.
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
Frank Tashlin's delightful comedy starring Tony Randall and Jayne Mansfield gets the Masters of Cinema treatment
The Burmese Harp
The Masters of Cinema disc of Kon Ichikawa's renowned film is reviewed by clydefro
Vengeance Is Mine
The Masters of Cinema DVD of Shohei Imamura's 1979 serial killer docudrama is updated to a definitive-level Blu-ray.
La Planete Sauvage (Fantastic Planet)
Blue alien-like creatures at odds with humans in a film with an environmental conscience. Who would want to see that?
Le Grand jeu
The Masters of Cinema series puts its stamp on this '30s French film that now resembles a link to film noir.
Profound Desires of the Gods
An epic burst of the primal and the provocative courtesy of director Shohei Imamura
A Nos Amours
Mike Sutton updates Gary Couzens' review of Maurice Pialat's powerful drama with a look at the recent Masters of Cinema R2 DVD release.
Under Satan's Sun
Masters of Cinema's series of DVDs of the work of Maurice Pialat, continues with Sous le soleil de Satan (Under Satan's Sun), starring Gérard Depardieu and Sandrine Bonnaire, which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 1987. Gary Couzens reviews the two-disc release.
There's Always Tomorrow
Masters of Cinema continue their impressive winning streak with a fine Region 2 DVD of one of Douglas Sirk's best films.
M (Masters of Cinema)
Fritz Lang's masterpiece M, featuring a career-making performance from Peter Lorre, is released by Masters of Cinema. This two-disc edition also contains the film's rarely-seen English-language version. Review by Gary Couzens.
Soul Power
Plugging a gap in DVD Times' Masters of Cinema coverage...
City Girl (Masters of Cinema)
As a companion to last year's Sunrise release, Masters of Cinema issues F.W. Murnau's other silent, American-made masterpiece, this time in a Blu-only edition. Sorry DVD loyalists.
Lubitsch in Berlin: Fairy-Tales, Melodramas, and Sex Comedies
How would Lubitsch do it? The Masters of Cinema series reminds us exactly what Lubitsch did prior to making Garbo (and most everyone else) laugh.
