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| 21 Jul 2023 |
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| Single White Female |
| Psychological thrillers, if they are doing their job, should make you uncomfortable watching certain scenes. If the acting is first class, the more deliciously unbearable it can be. Camus revisits an early 90s cinema trip by watching the sparks fly between Allie and Hedy in Single White Female… |
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19 Jul
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| 17 Jul 2023 |
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| Night of the Eagle |
| A deeply sceptical academic discovers that his wife has been practising conjure magic and takes action that leaves him exposed to sinister forces in director Sidney Hayers' criminally undervalued 1962 Night of the Eagle. Slarek grasps a protective charm or two and revisits a 60s horror gem on Studiocanal's new Blu-ray. |
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18 Jul
2024 |
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| Tank Girl and Broken Oath on Eureka Blu-ray in October |
| Eureka has kicked against expectations and tradition with two non-horror titles for October release, the Hollywood live-action adaptation of Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett’s UK comic book, Tank Girl, and a Hong Kong take on Japan’s Lady Snowblood, starring the inimitable Angela Mao, Broken Oath. |
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18 Jul
2024 |
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| Columbia Horror and El Vampiro from Indicator for Halloween |
| Indicator has revealed two horror themed box set Blu-ray releases for October just in time for Halloween, with a six-film box set titled Columbia Horror, and a duo of influential Mexican vapire movies, El Vampiro: Two Bloodsucking Tales from Mexico. |
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| 15 Jul 2023 |
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| Remembrance |
| Remembrance, one of the earliest Channel 4 productions, comes to Blu-ray as part of the BFI's Flipside line, and is reviewed here by Gary Couzens. |
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10 Jul
2024 |
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10 Jul
2024 |
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| 7 Jul 2023 |
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| Obsession |
| A respected psychiatrist fed up with his wife’s philandering decides to take drastic action in director Edward Dmytryk’s smartly written, compellingly performed and seductively gruesome slice of British 40s noir. An admiring Slarek sees a man about a dog on Indicator’s recently released Blu-ray. |
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| 2 Jul 2023 |
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| The Music Lovers |
| Richard Chamberlain stars as celebrated Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Glenda Jackson plays his unfortunate wife in Ken Russell’s dynamic, impressionistic and once controversial musical biopic The Music Lovers. After too many years apart, Slarek is reunited with a personal favourite on the BFI’s recently released Blu-ray. |
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| 1 Jul 2023 |
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| Floating Clouds |
| Mikio Naruse’s 1955 film Floating Clouds, marks the first UK Blu-ray release of the one of the Japanese master’s films, released by the BFI. Review by Gary Couzens. |
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28 Jun
2024 |
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28 Jun
2024 |
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28 Jun
2024 |
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27 Jun
2024 |
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| Louis Feuillade and the Yeun Clan on Eureka Blu-ray in September |
| Eureka! has announced its September Blu-ray releases, which feature a crazy Taoist double and a kung-fu football comedy from the Yeun clan, an amazing-looking 10-disc box set of Louis Feuillade series, and two re-issues of previously sold out Limited Editions. |
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| 20 Jun 2023 |
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| Accidents Will Happen |
| Not long after explaining how a mysterious jolt to his vision slowed up his reviewing, Slarek has been hit by another, albeit more problematic series of health issues, which began with a text message and nosedived into an accident that left him physically damaged and mentally shaken. But that, it turns out, was just the start of it. |
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| 19 Jun 2023 |
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| Bandits of Orgosolo |
| A Sardinian shepherd is mistakenly connected to a trio of bandits and becomes a hunted man in Vittorio De Seta’s extraordinary first feature. A still recovering Slarek is blown away by the film and by Radiance’s superb two-disc Blu-ray release, which comes complete with ten of De Seta’s documentary shorts. |
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| 18 Jun 2023 |
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| Heavenly Pursuits |
| A romantic comedy from 1986 with a possibly preternatural bent, starring Tom Conti and Helen Mirren, Heavenly Pursuits comes to Blu-ray from the BFI. Gary Couzens looks for a miracle. |
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17 Jun
2023 |
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| Àma Gloria |
| Àma Gloria, Marie Amachoukeli-Barsacq’s tender tale about the loving bond between a spirited six-year-old girl and her wise nanny, considers the dynamics of class and race obliquely while taking us on a journey to Africa. Jerry Whyte is enchanted by its lead actors and delighted by this seemingly slight film’s huge heart and hidden depths. |
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| 16 Jun 2023 |
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| A Dry White Season |
| Released in 1989, based on André Brink’s novel, A Dry White Season was the first US major-studio film to be directed by a woman of colour, Euzhan Palcy. It remains a powerful film about South Africa in the apartheid era, centring on one man’s political awakening. Review by Gary Couzens. |
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14 Jun
2023 |
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| Tish |
| The best documentaries shine a light on a situation or a person whose story is screaming to be told. Released in 2023, Tish made the top ten of a national newspaper’s annual poll. It’s the story of Tish Murtha, as talented as any Magnum photographer in her documenting of Newcastle’s social deprivation under the reign of Margaret Thatcher. Camus is bowled over… |
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| 6 Jun 2023 |
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| The Song of Songs |
| The only one of Marlene Dietrich’s first eight sound films not directed by Josef von Sternberg, with Rouben Mamoulian taking the helm, The Song of Songs is often overlooked but is worthy of reassessment in this Indicator Blu-ray. Review by Gary Couzens. |
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| 3 Jun 2023 |
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| The Boss |
| Henry Silva pays an ice-cold mob assassin who serves Richard Conte’s Don in The Boss, the twisty, violent and compelling third film in writer-director Fernando Di Leo’s Milieu Trilogy. Slarek finds himself repeatedly unsure who to trust, and tips his hat to the presentation on Raro Video’s recent Blu-ray |
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30 May
2023 |
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| Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga |
| Some people might slow down at the age of 79. Clearly this is not director George Miller's plan. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is a staggering work, set in a cinematic universe that burns away civilisation and, for survival's sake, kicks morality and decency hard where it really hurts. Camus boards the war-rig… |
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| 27 May 2023 |
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| Future Vision |
| In a blog that has proved visually challenging to bang out, Slarek explains why, once again, his discs reviews seemed to have once again slowed to a crawl, and why hopefully this is just a temporary, if frustratingly restricting blip. |
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| 22 May 2023 |
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| Big Banana Feet |
| Billy Connolly is on tour in Ireland in 1975, captured on film in Big Banana Feet. The film has been unavailable for many years but newly-restored is released on dual-format by the BFI. Review by Gary Couzens. |
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| 19 May 2023 |
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| Love Me Tonight |
| Rouben Mamoulian’s classic Pre-Code musical Love Me Tonight, starring Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald and Myrna Loy, comes to Blu-ray from Indicator. Gary Couzens heads off to Paris, Hollywood. |
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