Anderson, Lindsay

O Lucky Man! (Two-Disc Special Edition)

Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 10/23/2007 Run time: 178 minutes

If... (Criterion Collection)

Studio: Image Entertainment Release Date: 06/19/2007

The Whales of August

Summer people in maine: things are changing. Whales no longer pass close to the shore as they did during the youth of two elderly widowed sisters who have a seaside home where theyve summered for 50 years. Studio: Tcfhe/mgm Release Date: 04/15/2008 Starring: Bette Davis Lillian Gish Run time: 91 minutes Rating: Nr Director: Lindsay Anderson

Vincent Canby of The New York Times called The Whales of August "a cinema event." His generosity is understandable, given the film's main draw: two of the greatest actresses in movie history, whose careers extend back to the very beginnings of narrative. They are Lillian Gish and Bette Davis, and they are two of cinema's lovely, essential people... so it is painful to report that Mr. Canby's gallant review is not really justified by this trifle, a once-round-the-Golden Pond-lightly. Demanding Bette and dutiful Lillian are sisters living on the Maine coast; Vincent Price is a courtly suitor, and Ann Sothern and Harry Carey Jr. (the liveliest performers in the picture) are local folk. Directed by a great student of film, Lindsay Anderson (O Lucky Man!), the material is fatally soppy. In truth, this isn't a movie, it's a shrine to two giants in winter--well-intended, and best seen as a tribute. --Robert Horton

The American Film Theater Complete 14 Film Collection (The Iceman Cometh / A Delicate Balance / The Man in the Glass Booth / Butley / Luther / Rhinoceros ... / The Maids / Jacques Brel) (15 D)

Studio: Kino International Release Date: 07/01/2008

This Sporting Life - Criterion Collection

Studio: Image Entertainment Release Date: 01/22/2008

Prolific British filmmaker Lindsay Anderson weaves this small, evocative tale of young life at the crossroads in early 1960s Northern England. A rough, sullen young man (Richard Harris) working in the local coal mines begins to make a name for himself as a star rugby player, but even as he begins to fall in love he cannot escape the harsh realities of the bleak life around him. The rugby sequences in the film are striking, but no more so than the depiction of downtrodden people living in the shadow of industry and corruption that too often crushes their spirit. Harris in one of his first roles, is remarkably effective as an unlikable but sympathetic figure trying against hope to savor the small joys life has to offer, and the film also features the debut of renowned actress Glenda Jackson. One of a series of working-class, character-driven British imports, This Sporting Life is one of the best on the field. --Robert Lane

Britannia Hospital

Home (Broadway Theatre Archive)

In Celebration

A trip to New York City is not complete without an exploration of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Met is a true place of beauty, not only for its collection, but also for the exquisite manner in which its art is displayed. In Celebration is a three-video program that presents New York's treasured Metropolitan Museum of Art on its 125th birthday. Narrated by museum director Philippe de Montebello, In Celebration presents the history of the museum and its founders while escorting viewers on a tour of some of the museum's most powerful masterpieces.

Volume 1, Merchants and Masterpieces, profiles the benefactors whose money, vision, and priceless collections built the museum into one of the greatest art institutions in the United States. This volume includes rare archival footage, location photography, and a look behind the art in search of the people who originally collected and lived with these works. Volume 2, Masterpieces of the Met, shows what makes the Met such an incredible museum: the artwork. This volume displays diverse works, from ancient Egyptian relics to Jackson Pollock's Autumn Rhythm, from Monet's Terrace at Sainte-Adresse to Pompeiian frescoes, from modern cubism to Rembrandt's mesmerizing self-portrait. De Montebello's knowledgeable commentary describes the importance of the pieces in the world of art, their place in history, and their importance to the Met. In volume 3, Glories of Medieval Art: The Cloisters, the tour continues on the Upper West Side of Manhattan at the branch dedicated to art of the Middle Ages. On display amid medieval gardens and Gothic architecture are the famed collection of Unicorn Tapestries, Robert Campin's Annunciation Altarpiece, and the unique stained glass windows of the Cloisters.

If you can't get to the Met, In Celebration: 125 Years at the Metropolitan Museum of Art is the perfect way to whet your aesthetic appetite for great art. --Rob Bracco

This Sporting Life

Prolific British filmmaker Lindsay Anderson weaves this small, evocative tale of young life at the crossroads in early 1960s Northern England. A rough, sullen young man (Richard Harris) working in the local coal mines begins to make a name for himself as a star rugby player, but even as he begins to fall in love he cannot escape the harsh realities of the bleak life around him. The rugby sequences in the film are striking, but no more so than the depiction of downtrodden people living in the shadow of industry and corruption that too often crushes their spirit. Harris in one of his first roles, is remarkably effective as an unlikable but sympathetic figure trying against hope to savor the small joys life has to offer, and the film also features the debut of renowned actress Glenda Jackson. One of a series of working-class, character-driven British imports, This Sporting Life is one of the best on the field. --Robert Lane

Britannia Hospital [Region 2]