Contempt (Le Mepris)
(1963) [PG]

An intriguing sensual film set in Rome's glamorous film colony. On Capri, an Italian crew makes a German film of Homer's Odyssey; Fritz Lang directs with American money. Prokosch, the producer, with his sneer and red Alfa, holds art films in contempt and hires writer Javal to help Lang...  More

Contempt (Le Mepris) (2 disc set)
(1963) [PG]

Jean-Luc Godard's subversive foray into commercial filmmaking is a star-studded Cinemascope epic. Contempt (Le M pris) stars Michel Piccoli as a screenwriter torn between the demands of a proud European director (played by legendary director Fritz Lang), a crude and arrogant American producer...  More

The Quiet American (1958)
(1958) [PG]

Adapted from the acclaimed novel by Graham Greene, a love triangle brews amidst a growing political tempest in this brilliantly intellectual film in which nothing is quite as it seems.

In 1952 Saigon is caught between the corrupt colonial powers and the Communist uprising. An...  More