Horror classic Dead of Night on UHD/Blu-ray & Digital in October news | 4 September 2025 The godfather of the anthology horror film, the Ealing made, multi-director 1945 masterpiece Dead of Night is to be released as a UHD/Blu-ray 80th Anniversary Collector's Edition in October from StudioCanal. Battleship Potemkin blu-ray review | 5 September 2025 A hundred years old, Battleship Potemkin is one of the all-time classics of world cinema. It’s reissued by the BFI with a score by the Pet Shop Boys, on Blu-ray with an accompanying soundtrack CD. Review by Gary Couzens.

4 Sep 2025 WordPress site progress report #1 After weeks of tearing out what little hair he has left, Slarek is finally making progress on the new WordPress version of Cine Outsider, and as promised in his earlier blog, it's time for a progress report and a sneak peek at the site's new more minimalist look. 3 Sep 2025 Visconti, Bresson, Kim Soo-yong and more Dirty Arthouse from Radiance in December The December releases from Radiance Films has been revealed as Kim Soo-yong's Splendid Outing, Lucino Visconti's Le notti bianche, Robert Bresson's Une femme douce, and the fifth instalment of the label's Dirty Arthouse zine. 3 Sep 2025 Ground-breaking 60s sf serial Object Z on BFI Blu-ray/DVD in September The BFI is to release all six episodes of the ground-breaking 1965 Rediffusion science fiction serial Object Z on Blu-ray and DVD for the first time, newly remastered and with commentaries on each episode. 26 Aug 2024 The Hireling Robert Shaw and Sarah Miles are at their finest as a chauffeur and the emotionally damaged woman he befriends in The Hireling, an acutely observed and superbly acted adaptation of L.P. Hartley's novel. Slarek sits up front with the driver for Indicator's recently released Blu-ray. 29 Aug 2025 The Maiku Hama Trilogy on Third Window Blu-ray in October Third Window Films has announced the October release of Hayashi Kaizō’s offbeat trilogy in which Nagase Masatoshi stars as Yokohama private eye Maiku Hama, featuring 30th Anniversary 4K remasters of the three films. 29 Aug 2025 Nightmare Alley, House Party, Él and Hell's Angels from Criterion UK in November The UK UHD/Blu-ray UK releases from the Criterion Collection for November have been announced as Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley, Reginald Hudlin's House Party, Luis Buñuel’s Él, and Howard Hughes' Hell's Angels. 29 Aug 2025 Outland, The Mask, The Apartment and more from Arrow in November The November Limited Edition disc releases from Arrow Video have been confirmed as Outland, Red Planet and The Apartment on UHD, Speak No Evil and Deadly Friend on Blu-ray and The Mask on UHD and Blu-ray. 27 Aug 2025 Herzog’s Nosferatu the Vampyre on UHD, Blu-ray & Digital in September Werner Herzog’s Nosferatu the Vampyre, a masterful 1979 remake of F.W. Murnau's genre-launching vampire original, is coming to UHD, Blu-ray and digital platforms from the BFI in September. 26 Aug 2025 The Life of Chuck Based on a novella by a prolific author, rarely well-served by filmmakers, the movie based on Stephen King’s The Life of Chuck has finally arrived in the UK. This sweet, semi-supernatural tale is a balm after the clutch of under-performing summer blockbusters. Camus hones his accountancy skills… 26 Aug 2025 Psychological thriller Jacob's Ladder on UHD, Blu-ray & Digital in October Director Adrian Lyne's acclaimed, disturbing 1990 thriller Jacob's Ladder is to make its worldwide 4K debut in a new UHD Steelbook edition from StudioCanal, alongside a Blu-ray and Digital release in October. 25 Aug 2025 Pitch-black comedy-horror Severance on UHD, Blu-ray & DVD in October Icon Film Distribution has announced that the pitch-black comedy horror Severance will be released for the first time as a 4K double-disc Collector's Edition, and on Blu-ray and DVD in October. 24 Aug 2025 The Curse of Frankenstein UHD Collector's Edition in October The film whose worldwide success relaunched Hammer as the masters of gothic horror, the 1957 The Curse of Frankenstein is coming to 4K UHD as a six-disc, feature-packed Limited Collector's Edition in October from Hammer. 21 Aug 2024 Aguirre, The Wrath of God Werner Herzog’s Aguirre, The Wrath of God, starring Klaus Kinski in one of his key roles, is released in UHD and Blu-ray by the BFI. Review by Gary Couzens, with details of the UHD disc to be added soon by Slarek. UPDATED to include details of the 4K UHD transfer and UHD-specific special features, 19 Aug 2024 Senso Luchino Visconti’s fourth feature film Senso continues a series of his films released on Blu-ray by Radiance. Review by Gary Couzens. 15 Aug 2024 Bonjour Tristesse Otto Preminger’s film of Françoise Sagan’s novel Bonjour Tristesse, starring Deborah Kerr, David Niven and Jean Seberg, comes to Blu-ray from Indicator. Review by Gary Couzens. 13 Aug 2024 The Dresser A touring Shakespearean theatre group faces potential crisis when its egotistical actor-manager begins displaying signs of complete emotional collapse in The Dresser, Peter Yates’ acclaimed film adaptation of Ronald Harwood’s successful stage play. Slarek breaks a leg in the shadow of superb performances on Indicator’s recently released Blu-ray. 10 Aug 2024 Wake in Fright Directed by Ted Kotcheff in 1970, all but lost for many years, Wake in Fright is a major film from near the start of the Australian Film Revival of the Seventies, now restored in 4K and released in UHD and Blu-ray by Umbrella. Gary Couzens gets the beers in. UPDATED to include details of the UHD transfer and one addition special feature. 6 Aug 2024 The Old Dark House Released the same day as its UHD edition of High Noon, Eureka's 2018 Blu-ray edition of James Whales glorious horror-comedy The Old Dark House has also been given a 4K upgrade. Slarek has updated his original review to include details of this new release. 4 Aug 2024 High Noon Having released Fred Zinnermann's western masterpiece High Noon on a top quality Blu-ray back in 2019, Eureka has now upped the game by re-releasing it on an even more impressive 4K UHD. Slarek has updated his original review to include details of the new transfer and a new special feature. 1 Aug 2024 Essential Polish Animation Radiance has collected 27 key Polish animated shorts together in a single 2-disc Blu-ray package titled Essential Polish Animation, together with informative commentaries and a fact-packed introduction. An overjoyed Slarek takes a deep dive of discovery into one of the best and most welcome Blu-ray releases of the year. 31 Jul 2025 The Fantastic Four: First Steps With the exception of the new Jurassic World for which he has no time at all, Camus’s review of The Fantastic Four: First Steps stands as the last of the big four Hollywood tick boxes for this summer. Yes, these films are not this site’s raison d’être but it’s interesting to keep an eye on the mainstream. Camus welcomes Galactus to Earth… 16 Jul 2024 Human Traffic The weekend lands in Human Traffic, Justin Kerrigan’s hit of 1999, now with a 4K restoration and a release on UHD and Blu-ray from the BFI. Gary Couzens reviews the film and the Blu-ray. 21 Jun 2024 Women in Love Ken Russell’s classic 1969 adaptation of D.H. Lawrence’s Women in Love gets a UHD upgrade from the BFI. The film and the legacy special features are reviewed by Gary Couzens, with Slarek commenting on the UHD and the special features new to this release. 19 Jul 2024 Changes ahoy In his first blog post for some time, Slarek outlines a big change coming to Cine Outsider in the next few months and lays out a roadmap for what lies ahead, as well as providing painful justification for his long standing hatred of spiders. 16 Jul 2024 Bhaji on the Beach Gurinder Chadha’s 1992 debut feature Bhaji on the Beach, comes to Blu-ray from the BFI. Gary Couzens heads off to the seaside. 14 Jul 2025 Superman With internet critics circling like sharks around the hapless sailors of the USS Indianapolis, DC’s reboot of Superman finally arrives. Camus remembers a visit to the first Fortress of Solitude with his father in 1978 and is afraid that we’ve lost more than enough innocence for any new iteration to work as well as Richard Donner’s original. Cape on, up we go…