FEBRUARY 

WHEN A WOMAN ASCENDS THE STAIRS


Audio commentary by Japanese-film scholar Donald Richie 
New video interview with Tatsuya Nakadai 
Theatrical trailer 
PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by film scholars Audie Bock, Catherine Russell, and Phillip Lopate

49TH PARALLEL

Audio commentary by film and music historian Bruce Eder 
The Volunteer, a 1943 Powell and Pressburger war-effort short starring Ralph Richardson 
A Pretty British Affair, a BBC documentary on the careers of Powell and Pressburger, which considers their WWII-era collaborators and features rare footage of the filmmakers together 
Excerpts from Michael Powell's audio dictations for his autobiography 
Original theatrical trailer 
PLUS: A new essay by film scholar Charles Barr and an excerpt from Powell's 1941 premiere speech

BICYCLE THIEVES (2-Disc Set)

Working with De Sica, a collection of new interviews with screenwriter Suso Cecchi D'Amico, actor Enzo Staiola (Bruno), and film scholar Callisto Cosulich 
Life as It Is, a new program on the history of Italian neorealism in cinema, with scholar Mark Shiel 
Documentary on screenwriter and longtime Vittorio De Sica collaborator Cesare Zavattini, directed by Carlo Lizzani 
Optional English dubbed soundtrack