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23 Sep
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21 Sep
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18 Sep
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18 Sep
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17 Sep
2020 |
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15 Sep
2020 |
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| This Gun for Hire |
| Alan Ladd is arresting as a cold-hearted killer seeking vengeance on those who have crossed him in the role that first projected him to stardom. A re-energised Slarek gets back in the review saddle with Eureka's newly released Blu-ray of the terrific early noir, This Gun for Hire. |
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11 Sep
2020 |
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| From the pandemic ashes |
| Following another period of site inactivity, Slarek faces up to the unexpected impact that Covid-enforced isolation has had on him and his productivity, gets pissed off at government incompetence and makes a plea on behalf of those for whom normality shows no sign of returning. |
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10 Sep
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5 Sep
2020 |
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4 Sep
2020 |
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1 Sep
2020 |
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1 Sep
2020 |
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30 Aug
2020 |
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| Vittorio De Sica's After the Fox on BFI Blu-ray in September |
| Peter Sellers, Victor Mature, Britt Ekland, Martin Balsam and Akim Tamiroff star in the wildly funny 1966 farce from the dynamite team of screenwriter Neil Simon and director Vittorio De Sica, which comes to UK Blu-ray in September from the BFI. |
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28 Aug
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26 Aug
2020 |
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25 Aug
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19 Aug
2020 |
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| Tenderness [Neha] |
| The nature of relationships in post-Communist Slovakia is explored when a directionless young man becomes drawn into the lives of a troubled older couple in Martin Šulik's coolly but compellingly observed debut feature. An impressed Slarek is reminded that some films need a second viewing to really score, and gives thanks for this new Second Run Blu-ray. |
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10 Aug
2020 |
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| Five Graves to Cairo |
| Billy Wilder's second American feature as director is deserving of more recognition than it sometimes gets, a superbly written and performed character-driven war story on a typically fine Masters of Cinema Blu-ray. Slarek braves the summer heat and spends time with the Desert Rats. |
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5 Aug
2020 |
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| Pandemonium |
| The Long Read. Jerry Whyte reflects on the pandemic, policing and racism in the UK and US with reference to two pivotal years, 1940 and 1968, and with the unlikely assistance of J.B. Priestley’s Postcripts and Peter Whitehead’s The Fall. |
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24 Jul
2020 |
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| Three Edgar Allan Poe Adaptations Starring Bela Lugosi |
| Three classic Universal horror films based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe and starring Bela Lugosi – The Murders of the Rue Morgue, The Black Cat and The Raven – have been released on Blu-ray in a superb Masters of Cinema set. Slarek hangs out with black cats, ravens and murderous gorillas. |
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13 Jul
2020 |
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| Criss Cross |
| The depths of lust are ably explored in Robert Siodmak's Criss Cross, starring Burt Lancaster and Yvonne De Carlo and out now on Blu-ray from Masters of Cinema. Wading through flashbacks, clydefro remembers why he fell in love with the darkness all over again. |
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5 Jul
2020 |
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| Misbehaviour |
| If there is a target ripe with a chance to stir the emotions more readily than most, it’s our ugly history and comparing older attitudes to today’s. Right now we may be slipping back into that past. Misbehaviour reminds us what we must never forget… Camus goes back to 1970… |
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1 Jul
2020 |
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| Britannia Hospital |
| Director Lindsay Anderson occupies a singular niche in British Cinema and Britannia Hospital is the third in his ‘Mick Travis’ trilogy after If.... and O Lucky Man!. Camus is befuddled, amused and bemused by this really odd, little science fiction film… |
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30 Jun
2020 |
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| Takeshi Kitano Collection |
| Three terrific early features by one of modern cinema's finest directors – Violent Cop, Boiling Point and Sonatine – have been given welcome Blu-ray upgrades and brought together into a single, rather lovely box set by the BFI. A very happy Slarek revisits three personal favourites. |
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23 Jun
2020 |
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| Force 10 From Navarone |
| A small team assembles to do a big job. Cinema is awash with films with such a formula. A sequel to an illustrious predecessor, Force 10 From Navarone recasts its leads and showcases the rising star of the day. Camus joins the team… |
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20 Jun
2020 |
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| The Beast Must Die |
| The werewolf movie meets Agatha Christie in Paul Annett's offbeat and entertaining 1974 blend of horror, action movie and country house mystery gets a richly featured Blu-ray release from Indicator. Slarek revisits The Beast Must Die, a curio of a film that has aged considerably better than he would have predicted. |
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