AFTRS Library New Titles. On display 17 August to 31 August 2018: New DVDs

Directed by Abel Ferrara
New York philosophy grad student Kathleen Conklin, writing a dissertation on the evil in the hearts of men, is bitten and turned by a seductive vampiress. Captured in amazing black and white photography, the film delves into philosophical questions of sin and redemption as Kathleen come to terms with her new lifestyle and cravings for human blood.

Directed by Joanna Hogg
With her son Edward about to embark on a volunteer trip to Africa, his mother gathers the family together for a getaway to their holiday home on an idyllic isle in Cornwall. However, it's not long before deep fractures within the family begin to surface.

Directed by Helene Hegemann
Mifti, age 16, lives in Berlin with a cast of characters including her half-siblings; their rich, self-involved father; and her junkie friend Ophelia. As she mourns her recently deceased mother, she begins to develop an obsession with Alice, an enigmatic, and much older, white-collar criminal.

Directed by James Erskine & Zara Hayes
A documentary looking at the events leading up to the 1973 tennis match between retired men's champ Bobby Riggs and the current women's Wimbledon winner Billie Jean King.

Directed by Jonathan Dayton
In the wake of the sexual revolution and the rise of second wave feminism, the 1973 tennis match between women's world champion Billie Jean King and ex-men's-champ (and serial hustler) Bobby Riggs became one of the most watched televised sports events of all time. As the rivalry between King and Riggs kicked into high gear in public, each was fighting more personal and complex battles off the court.

Directed by Denis Villeneuve
A young blade runner's discovery of a long-buried secret leads him to track down former blade runner Rick Deckard, who's been missing for thirty years.

Directed by Benny Safdie & Josh Safdie
An absentee father juggling kids with the rest of his responsibilities is ultimately faced with the choice of being their father or their friend.

Created by Rachel Lang & Gavin Strawhan
When his partner and best mate is killed in a random attack, Detective Gary Hyde (with new partner Claire McKenzie) discover an underbelly of murder and fraud that threatens national security.

Directed by Agnieszka Smoczynska
One dark night, at water's edge, a family of musicians encounter aquatic sirens Silver and Golden. After assuring the family that they won't eat them up, the winsome sirens are recruited to join the Figs and Dates band at a neon-lit Warsaw dance club. When Silver becomes romantically entangled with beautiful blonde bassist Mietek, the more cunning Golden, who cannot escape her bloodthirsty nature, worries that her sister's relationship will doom their shared dream of swimming to a new life in America.

Directed by Richard Benjamin
An unconventional single mother relocates with her two daughters to a small Massachusetts town in 1963, where a number of events and relationships both challenge and strengthen their familial bonds.

Directed by Rainer Sarnet
In a Medieval Estonian village, a group of peasants use magic and folk remedies to survive the winter, and a young woman tries to get a young man to love her.

Directed by Jâerãome Salle
Shortly after WWII, eccentric and resolute naval officer Jacques-Yves Cousteau makes the decision of a lifetime and decides to quit the Navy. He sets sail with his family to explore and document what lurks in the undiscovered blue world that surrounds us.

Directed by Jonathan Demme
A young F.B.I. cadet seeks the assistance of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a psychopath who imprisons and skins his victims. This Criterion release features 4K digital restoration, an alternate surround soundtrack, new interviews and other new material.

Directed by Alain Guiraudie
Summertime. A cruising spot for men, tucked away on the shores of a lake. Franck falls in love with Michel, an attractive, potent and lethally dangerous man. Franck knows this but wants to live out his passion anyway.

Directed by Charlie Ahearn
This movie is *the* classic hip-hop flick, full of great subway shots, breakdancing, freestyle MCing and rare footage of one of the godfathers of hip-hop, Grandmaster Flash, pulling off an awesome scratch-mix set on a pair of ancient turntables. A must-see for anyone interested in hip-hop music and culture.