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5th August 2009 08:56:00
Posted by Noel Megahey

New Wave Films

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Three Films by Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet

Three films from the celebrated filmmaking team of Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet - The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach, Sicilia! and Une visite au Louvre - released in a two-disc set by New Wave Films. Review by Gary Couzens.

Tricks (Sztuczki)

Tricks is an engaging comedy-drama that was Poland's entry for the 2009 Oscar for Best Foreign-Language Film. Gary Couzens reviews New Wave's DVD, which is released today.

35 Shots of Rum

Claire Denis channels the spirit of Ozu through her own sensibility and modern-day view of Paris. Noel Megahey reviews New Wave's DVD release.

sleep furiously

Noel Megahey takes a look at New Wave's DVD release of Gideon Koppel's meditative and hauntingly beautiful award-winning documentary on rural life in mid-Wales.

Helen

A young girl goes missing and another takes her place in Joe Lawlor and Christine Molloy's first feature, an award-winning slow meditation on identity. Released by New Wave Films.

Three Monkeys

Nuri Bilge Ceylan leaves behind the moody melancholy of his previous work for a tense thriller that nevertheless still retains his signature themes and marvellous cinematography.

A Christmas Tale

Mathieu Amalric, Catherie Deneuve and Emmanuelle Devos star in Arnaud Desplechin's latest bout of family feuding on an epic scale. Noel Megahey reviews New Wave's 2-disc DVD set.

The Silence of Lorna

Another emotionally intense social drama from the Dardenne Bros, winner of Best Screenplay at Cannes 2008, is released on DVD from New Wave. Noel Megahey reviews.

Quiet Chaos

Nanni Moretti stars in Antonello Grimaldi's film, as a man trying to cope with the death of his wife by taking up residence outside his daughter's school. Noel reviews New Wave Films UK DVD release.

Unrelated

British director Joanna Hogg’s debut feature delicately and authentically deals with middleclass, middle-age and mid-life crisis in this first DVD release from New Wave Films. Noel Megahey reviews.