The Graduate 4K UHD 3-disc Collector's Edition in September news | 7 July 2025 StudioCanal has announced the September release of a new special 3-disc Collector’s Edition of Academy Award and five-time BAFTA winning 1967 trailblazer The Graduate, complete with a CD of the celebrated Simon & Garfunkle soundtrack. Chantal Ackerman Volume 2 blu-ray review | 7 July 2025 The BFI’s deep dive into the films of Chantal Akerman, in what would have been the year of her seventy-fifth birthday, reaches Volume 2, eleven features and one short taking us from the early 1980s to the end of her career and life. Review by Gary Couzens.

5 Jul 2025 F1 An aging movie star, like his contemporary Tom Cruise, may well be another hero of 'authentic cinema'. Brad Pitt's production company, Plan B, has produced three Best Picture winners*. F1 may be effortlessly predictable but it's mainstream Hollywood working on all full, satisfying cylinders. Camus straps in… 3 Jul 2025 Wrack and Ruin: The Rubble Film at DEFA on Blu-ray in September Eureka Entertainment has announced that Wrack and Ruin: The Rubble Film at DEFA, five groundbreaking postwar films from East Germany's legendary DEFA studio, will be released for the first time ever on Blu-ray in the UK in September. 2 Jul 2025 Noir thriller Blood Orange on Hammer 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray in August The sharp-edged 1953 noir thriller, Blood Orange, starring Hollywood favourite Tom Conway and directed by Hammer regular Terence Fisher, is being released as a 4K UHD/Blu-ray Limited Edition in August by Hammer. 1 Jul 2025 Peter Sellers' Two Way Stretch & Heavens Above! on Blu-ray in August In celebration of comic actor Peter Sellers on what would have been his 100th Birthday on 8 September, StudioCanal has announced new Vintage Classics Blu-Ray releases of two of his best comedies from his early film career in Britain, Two-Way Stretch and Heavens Above!. 27 Jun 2024 La terra trema Luchino Visconti’s neo-realist second feature La terra trema, is released on Blu-ray by Radiance. Gary Couzens heads off to a Sicilian fishing village. 27 Jun 2025 Neo-noir, folk horror, crime drama and more from Arrow in September The September disc releases from Arrow Video have been revealed as big screen TV series remake Lost in Space, horror sequel Creepshow 2, 80s neo-noir American Gigolo Japanese crime drama Proof of the Man, comedy-horror Deadstream, and folk horror The Woods. 26 Jun 2025 Saving Face, The Burmese Harp & Walkabout from Criterion in September The Criterion Collection UK releases for September have been confirmed as Alice Wu’s feature debut Saving Face on Blu-ray, and Ichikawa Kon’s The Burmese Harp and Nicolas Roeg's Walkabout on dual-format 4K UHD/Blu-ray. 25 Jun 2025 Cult rave favourite Human Traffic on BFI UHD and Blu-ray in July 1999 cult classic of the Cool Cymru era, Human Traffic, has been newly restored in 4K and is released by the BFI in both UHD and Blu-ray formats in July. 23 Jun 2024 TwentyFourSeven Shane Meadows’s first full-length feature TwentyFourSeven is released on Blu-ray from the BFI. Gary Couzens heads off to the Midlands. 22 Jun 2025 The Ballad of Wallis Island Twice in one summer! With The Salt Path leading the way enticing UK audiences back to the big screen, here comes The Ballad of Wallis Island having much the same effect. Has the dire state of the world given new life to the charm of British independent films? Camus celebrates the melancholy and joy of a simple tale very effectively told. 20 Jun 2025 The Innkeepers and the Pusher trilogy on UHD and Blu-ray in August Second Sight has announced two Limited Edition UHD and Blu-ray releases for August, Ti West's creepy slow-burn horror The Innkeepers and Nicolas Winding Refn's tough gangland Pusher trilogy. 18 Jun 2024 Girls Without Shame The fifth feature from French vampire movie maestro Jean Rollin, Girls Without Shame, was his first excursion into the world of erotic cinema. Gort explores the unexpected pleasures of this curious mix of sex, crime and daffy narrative on Indicator’s excellent new UHD. 18 Jun 2025 Ken Russell's Women in Love on 4K UHD from the BFI in July Ken Russell’s lauded 1969 D H Lawrence adaptation Women in Love will be released on 4K UHD by the BFI in July with extras including a newly recorded interview with Ken Russell’s son. 18 Jun 2025 Demián Rugna’s When Evil Lurks on 4K/UHD and Blu-ray in July Demián Rugna’s terrifying, critically acclaimed and multi-award-winning Argentinian horror When Evil Lurks is being released by Second Sight as a Limited Edition UHD/Blu-ray and regular edition UHD and Blu-ray in July. 18 Jun 2025 Takashi Ishii: 4 Tales of Nami on Third Window Blu-ray in August Third Window Films has announced a box set of four films featuring new HD masters from the late Japanese director, writer and manga artist Takashi Ishii, all focusing on the lead character of 'Nami'. 8 Jun 2024 Four Mothers A gay man, carer for his elderly mother, gets more than he bargained for in Four Mothers, winner of the audience award at the 2024 London Film Festival, released on Blu-ray by the BFI. Review by Gary Couzens. 8 Jun 2024 Shoot First, Die Later The lives of a top detective and the head of a powerful criminal gang intersect in unexpected and increasingly dangerous ways in writer-director Fernando Di Leo’s gripping but downbeat 1973 poliziotteschi, Shoot First, Die Later. Slarek wonders who the good guys really are on Radiance’s recently released Blu-ray. 6 Jun 2025 The Salt Path A modest British independent film based on a best-selling memoir, The Salt Path is essentially a love story prevailing against every single odd anyone could have stacked against the married couple. Repetitive and grim for a lot of its running time, Camus is nonetheless mesmerised by its leads’ performances… 30 Apr 2024 The Iron Rose Two young people visit a cemetery to make out and are unable to find their way out when night falls in writer-director Jean Rollin’s haunting semi-experimental fifth feature, The Iron Rose. An initially unsure Slarek was ultimately transfixed by Rollin’s very personal vision on Indicator’s new UHD release. 29 May 2025 Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning Due to a multi-obstacle strewn path to the cinema, ‘one of the most expensive Hollywood films ever made’ (allegedly) finally crosses the finish line. It’s a massive undertaking promising to round off the Mission: Impossible franchise with unparalleled action. Camus straps in for a ride on the potential blockbuster… 20 Apr 2024 Laurel & Hardy: The Silent Years – 1928 Six months on from one of the best Blu-ray releases of 2024, Eureka has followed up its collection of silent short films from 1927 featuring comedy legends Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy with Laurel & Hardy: The Silent Years – 1928. Longtime Stan and Ollie fanboy Slarek finds himself in comedic heaven with this brilliant two-disc set. 19 Apr 2024 Slade in Flame Fifty years old this year, Slade in Flame has a dual-format release from the BFI. Gary Couzens gets down and gets with it and looks wot they dun. 18 Apr 2024 Ozploitation Rarities Volume Two The second of Umbrella’s Ozploitation Rarities box sets showcases three not-often-seen thrillers from the 1980s: Desolation Angels, Coda and The 13th Floor. Review by Gary Couzens. 12 Apr 2025 Sinners Director Ryan Coogler, known for directing the Marvel box-office smash Black Panther, is a filmmaker with so much more to contribute. His latest film offers up many more layers of gratification than a superhero film could allow him to explore. Sinners is a wedding cake by comparison. Camus marvels at every slice… 8 May 2024 La Haine The night after a riot on a French housing estate, three friends find themselves on the path to possible violent confrontation with the police whose brutality triggered the disorder in writer-director Mathieu Kassovitz’s searing 1995 masterpiece La Haine. Slarek returns to the banlieue on the BFI’s superb new UHD/Blu-ray release. 18 Apr 2024 Brother Writer-director Kitano Takeshi casts himself as a yakuza enforcer who flees to America, where he shapes a trio of drug dealers into a force to be reckoned with in the 2000 crime drama Brother. Long-time Kitano fan Slarek joins the gang and revisits a flawed but fascinating film on the BFI’s slightly problematic new Blu-ray. 20 Apr 2025 La Cocina La cocina is a sizzling love story seasoned with a healthy dash of anti-capitalist anger. Alonso Ruizpalacios’ stylish adaptation of Arnold Wesker’s play The Kitchen lifts the lid on invisible working lives, pops racist attitudes to immigration in the pig bin, and invites us to dream. Jerry Whyte toasts a timely tour de force offering nourishing food for thought. 18 Apr 2024 Conclave How can a film headlining the voting in of a new Pope – consisting of only a series of conversations – be so compelling? It’s all in the script, the performances, the editing and the direction. Edward Berger’s Conclave has Camus saluting the inimitable power of the cinematic arts... 15 Apr 2024 Eclipse Almost entirely unseen since its 1977 release and now released on Blu-ray as part of the BFI’s Flipside line, Eclipse is an atmospheric story with plenty of undercurrents, directed by Simon Perry with Tom Conti (in a dual role) and Gay Hamilton. Reviewed by Gary Couzens.