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9 Apr
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7 Apr
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| Rio Grande |
| John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara are terrific in the final film in John Ford's rightly celebrated Cavalry Trilogy, which has just been released on Blu-ray by Eureka as part of the Masters of Cinema series. Not everything works perfectly in it for Slarek, but it's still an absolute must for genre fans. |
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3 Apr
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3 Apr
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3 Apr
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1 Apr
2020 |
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| The Mad Magician |
| Vincent Price plays a humiliated wannabe magician who snaps and turns his elaborate tricks on his tormentors in the 1954 The Mad Magician. Slarek finds much to enjoy in the film and even gets to view it in 3D on Indicator's excellent new Blu-ray. |
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30 Mar
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| Cassavetes, Arzner and Scorsese on Criterion UK Blu-ray in June |
| The Criterion Collection and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment have announced their UK Blu-ray releases for June in the shape of John Cassavetes' masterful Husbands, Dorothy Arzner's forward-looking Dance, Girl, Dance and a collection of short films from Martin Scorsese. |
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27 Mar
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25 Mar
2020 |
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25 Mar
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25 Mar
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23 Mar
2020 |
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| Here's to you, Mr. Robinson |
| So what now, imprisoned as we are with ‘social distancing’ having denied the warmth of human interaction? Many of us have realised that this enforced lifestyle is a little too familiar. So, home entertainment! Camus has a recommendation that has kept him laughing for a good few hours… |
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22 Mar
2020 |
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| Going Viral |
| In these unprecedented times, Slarek takes a moment to reflect on the impact the Covid-19 virus is having on society, cinema and the two isolated individuals who are currently keeping Cine Outsider ticking over. |
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| 20 Mar 2020 |
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| Syncopation |
| A potentially groundbreaking tale exploring the origins of jazz becomes an engaging but unsurprising story of white musicians falling in love and learning to follow their dreams in the 1942 Syncopation. Non-jazz fan Slarek finds his toes tapping nonetheless. |
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| 10 Mar 2020 |
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| Relaxer / Buzzard |
| American low-budget independent filmmaker Joel Potrykus specialises in witty and imaginative slacker movies, two of which have been packaged in a richly featured 2-disc Blu-ray set by new label Anti-Worlds. Slarek hangs loose with the oddly compelling double-bill of Relaxer and Buzzard. |
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| 8 Mar 2020 |
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| Endless Night |
| Endless Night is adapted from an Agatha Christie novel, her own favourite apparently. It’s more of a slow burn thriller than a ‘whodunit’ but still a satisfying one with a great, late Bernard Herrmann score. Camus decamps to the countryside… |
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| 7 Mar 2020 |
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| Last Holiday |
| Alec Guinness gives one of the finest performances in this unfairly overlooked tale of a man who elects to spend his final days at a plush hotel. Slarek revisits a personal favourite on Studiocanal's new Blu-ray, and examines the one thing that always bugged him about the film. |
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4 Mar
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| The Call of the Wild |
| Suckered in by a wildly mendacious trailer, Camus is a pushover for dog movies. But it turns out that The Call of the Wild’s lead dog Buck is more a technical exercise in CG one-pupmanship. In comparison, Camus re-examines a landmark from last year and what it may mean for civilisation… |
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| 1 Mar 2020 |
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| Knives Out |
| Is the rising gap between stagnating wages and rising house prices forcing low and middle income people out of cities? If so, who or what is responsible? These are questions posed and investigated by director Fredrik Gertten's new documentary, Push, which is released in UK cinemas tomorrow. |
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27 Feb
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| Push |
| Is the rising gap between stagnating wages and rising house prices forcing low and middle income people out of cities? If so, who or what is responsible? These are questions posed and investigated by director Fredrik Gertten's new documentary, Push, which is released in UK cinemas tomorrow. |
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| 24 Feb 2020 |
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| Holiday |
| Holiday is the feature debut of Swedish director Isabella Eklöf. Don’t expect to see this film on afternoon TV. It’s a steel cold, uncompromising examination of male power from a female perspective. Camus recognises the talent if not the film’s non-existent feel-good factor… |
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| 20 Feb 2020 |
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| The Pillow Book |
| It's taken a good few years for Slarek to warm to the distinctive cinema of Peter Greenaway, but in the process of revisiting the hypnotic and visually and aurally striking The Pillow Book on Indicator's handsome new Blu-ray, he's become an enthusiastic convert. |
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| 16 Feb 2020 |
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| Son of the Sheik |
| Rudolph Valentino was an icon of the silent era and died just two weeks before the release of his final film at the age of just 31. Slarek heads out to the desert to explore the positive aspects and the things that haven't aged so well of The Son of the Sheik on Masters of Cinema Blu-ray. |
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| 12 Feb 2020 |
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| Hôtel du Nord |
| When a young couple check in to a Parisian hotel, their actions have an impact on the owners and guests in Hôtel du Nord, Marcel Carné's wonderful 1936 poetic realist drama. Slarek checks in and falls in love with a classic film on the newly released Arrow Academy Blu-ray. |
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| 11 Feb 2020 |
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| Secret Friends |
| Dennis Potter was an extraordinary talent. Famous for writing The Singing Detective and Pennies From Heaven, two landmark TV dramas of the 80s, he stepped behind the camera in 1991 to adapt his novel Ticket To Ride. Camus gets on board. |
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