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News Stories 2017
 
December
The Colour of Pomegranates on Limited Edition Blu-ray in January
Yi Yi & The Age of Innocence on Blu-ray from Criterion UK in March
Arrow Video and Arrow Academy titles for March 2018 announced
Psychological thriller Strangled comes to dual format in February
Gothic horror romance The Housemaid on dual format in February
Carl Theodor Dreyer’s 1924 Michael restored on Blu-ray in February
Hong Kong crime thriller Chasing the Dragon on DVD in January
Raymond Briggs' When the Wind Blows on dual format in January
Nobuhiko Obayashi’s gloriously deranged House on Blu-ray in February
Wim Wenders' Alice in the Cities restored on dual format in December

November
Eureka announces its February and March 2018 releases
Ship of Fools and a second Hammer box set from Indicator in February
A bumper crop of Blu-rays, DVDs and other goodies from Arrow in February
George Romero and Jonathan Demme on Criterion Blu-ray in February
Russian Film Week returns to London for a second year in November
Alexandre O'Phillipe's Psycho documentary 78/52 on DVD in December
Jia Zhangke's Mountains May Depart in UK cinemas in December
Northern Irish revenge thriller Bad Day for the Cut on DVD in January
The L-Shaped Room restored on Blu-ray, DVD & Download in December
Bingo: The King of the Mornings in UK cinemas in December
Dark comedy Kills on Wheels on dual format from Eureka in January
Obama documentary The Final Year in UK & Ireland cinemas in January
A Matter of Life and Death 4K restoration back in cinemas in December
Park Hoon-jung thriller New World on dual format in January
Siegel, Richardson, Nichols & Schrader on Indicator Blu-ray in January
The Aki Kaurismäki Collection 10-disc Blu-ray & DVD set in November

October
Jia Zhangke, Rossellini, Clouzot and more on Arrow Academy in January
An Argento double, an Aussie thriller and more from Arrow in January
The BFI announces its January-March Blu-ray & DVD releases
Billy Wilder's The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes on Blu-ray in January
Melville – The Essential Collection 7-disc Blu-ray box set in December
Dunkirk on 4K Ultra-HD, Blu-ray, DVD & Digital in December
3:10 to Yuma & Ivan's Childhood on Criterion Blu-ray in January
Jacques Rivette's Céline and Julie Go Boating on Blu-ray in November
Will it Snow for Christmas? on dual format in November
A Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power on DVD & Digital in December
Horror sequel Annabelle: Creation on Blu-ray, DVD & Digital in December
Terminator 2 on UHD, Blu-ray, 3D Blu-ray, DVD & Digital in December
Satoshi Kon’s debut Perfect Blue returns to UK cinemas in October
The Prisoner documentary In My Mind on Blu-ray & DVD in October
Indicator's first anniversary sees The Pumkin Eater arrive on Blu-ray
The Battle of Algiers 4K restoration on Blu-ray, DVD & VOD in December
Body horror Replace on DVD & Digital Download in October
Action drama Base in UK cinemas October & on Digital in November
Brit vampire comedy Eat Locals on Blu-ray, DVD & Digital in October

September
The Tiger: An Old Hunter's Tale on Blu-ray and DVD in November
Anderson, Okamoto & Pennebaker on Criterion UK Blu-ray in December
Billy Wilder, Éric Rohmer and more from Arrow Academy in December
Henri-Georges Clouzot's The Wages of Fear on dual format in October
A collection of horror treats on Blu-ray & DVD from Arrow in December
Socio-political psychological thriller Strangled in cinemas in November
Baby Driver on Digital in October, Blu-ray, DVD and 4K Ultra-HD in November
Psycho shower scene documentary 78/52 in cinemas in November
The Big Sick on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Download in November
Manina, The Lighthouse-Keeper's Daughter on Blu-ray in November
Agatha Christie movie quartet on DVD, Blu-ray & EST in October
2017 London Korean Film Festival programme announced
Pyschological thriller Berlin Syndrome on Blu-ray & DVD in October
Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask on dual format in October
Cult 70s horror double Willard and Ben on DVD & Blu-ray in October
Acclaimed drama Chicken on Blu-ray & DVD from Network in September
The Incredible Shrinking Man on Special Edition Blu-ray in November
Christine, Body Double & 10 Rillington Place back on Blu-ray in October
Two American chillers and more Ray Harryhausen on Blu-ray November

August
The full programme for the 2017 London Film Festival is announced
Takeshi Kitano's absurdist comedy Getting Any? on Blu-ray in October
Joe Dante's The Howling on Blu-ray, DVD & Digital Download in October
It Comes at Night on DVD, Blu-ray & Digital Download in October
Firefly and Buffy anniversary Blu-ray/DVD box sets in September
Sion Sono’s Tag comes lands a UK dual format release in November
Cukor, Deitch & Gilliam on UK Criterion Blu-ray in November
Arrow announces its November Arrow Academy titles
Another electic collection of Blu-ray & DVD treats from Arrow in November
Indicator to focus on Blu-ray only releases from this point on
Richard Fleischer's The Vikings on Blu-ray from Eureka in October
The Villainess hits UK cinemas and digital HD in September
1958 Dunkirk restored on Blu-ray, DVD & Digital Download in September
Belle de Jour restored & more Buñuel on Blu-ray, DVD & download in October
Blood Simple: Director's Cut hits cinemas, Blu-ray, DVD & EST in October
Blake Edwards' The Party on Eureka Classic Blu-ray in October
Three Films by Ken Loach on Blu-ray and DVD in September
Hammer box set and more British horror on Blu-ray from Indicator in October
Mike Leigh's Life is Sweet on dual format in September
The Hammer Horror Collection hits cinemas and Blu-ray/DVD in autumn
Award-winning prison documentary The Work in UK cinemas in September

July
Every Picture Tells a Story: The Art Films of James Scott on DVD in August
Buster Keaton: 3 Films on Blu-ray from Masters of Cinema in October
Darkly comic buddy movie Kills on Wheels in cinemas in September
Tsukamoto Shinya's Fires on the Plain on dual format in September
The Lure and Carnival of Souls on Blu-ray from Criterion UK in October
Greek psychological drama Suntan on dual format in September
Metropolis 90th Anniversary Limited Edition boxed set in September
Stephen Frears' My Beautiful Laundrette on dual format in August
Ghibli's The Red Turtle on DVD, double play and digital in September
Andrew Getty's The Evil Within on Blu-ray & DVD in September
Five new titles from Arrow Academy in October
Josef von Sternberg’s The Saga of Anatahan on dual format in August
Arrow unveils a seductive slate of Blu-ray & DVD releases for October
Journey to the Center of the Earth on dual format in September
See No Evil, The Chase and more Harryhausen from Indicator in September
The Graduate on 50th Anniversary Blu-ray, DVD & Download in August
Naomi Kawase's The Mourning Forest on dual format in August
Indie horror-drama Capture Kill Release on DVD in September
Aki Kaurismäki’s The Other Side of Hope on Blu-ray & DVD in July
New titles, re-issues and upgrades from Eureka in September
The Handmaiden on theatrical & extended cut Blu-ray & DVD in August
British comedy Mindhorn on Digital in August, Blu-ray & DVD in September
Abel Gance's 1938 J'Accuse on dual format in July
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World & Certain Women on Blu-ray in September

June
Fritz Lang’s 1921 Der müde Tod on Dual Format in July
The Orchard End Murder on BFI Flipside dual format in July
Mystery drama Bridgend on dual format Blu-ray and DVD in July
Diane Kurys' Peppermint Soda on dual format in July
Voice From the Stone on DVD, VOD and Digital HD in August
UK/Irish coming-of-age comedy Moon Dogs in cinemas in September
Ben Wheatley's Free Fire on Blu-ray and DVD in July
Cult 80s comedy-drama Electric Dreams on Blu-ray in July
SF thriller Dreamscape on Blu-ray, DVD, on-demand & download in July
French double Heal the Living & Frantz on Blu-ray and DVD in July
The Untamed in cinemas in August, on Blu-ray & DVD in September
Political thriller Scribe comes to UK cinemas & on-demand in July
Eureka! announces new world cinema range Montage Pictures
Pablo Larraín’s Neruda on DVD, Blu-ray and Digital in July
Three new Blu-ray & DVD releases from Arrow Academy in September
Arrow announces its September Blu-ray & DVD releases
Rock documentary Liberation Day exclusively on iTunes in July
Kôji Fukada’s Harmonium on Masters of Cinema Dual Format in June
The BFI announces its July, August and September Blu-ray & DVD titles
Dennis Skinner: Nature of the Beast in cinemas in September
1928 British silent Moulin Rouge on Blu-ray and DVD in June

May
Mark Cousins' Stockholm My Love on Dual Format in June
Prank call horror-thriller Don't Hang Up on DVD & Digital in June
Wartime drama Another Mother's Son on DVD and Digital HD in July
The Music Room and Lord of the Flies on Criterion UK Blu-ray in August
80s Televangelism TV drama The Vision on DVD in June
Scottish 70s film rarity Long Shot on BFI Flipside in June
Touching the Void Live in Concert at the Barbican in London in June
Shock Treatment Limited Edition on Blu-ray from Arrow in August
4K restoration of Fassbinder's Lola on DVD, Blu-Ray and EST in July
Another impressive Blu-ray & DVD slate from Arrow Academy in August
More cult favourites on Blu-ray & DVD from Arrow Video in August
Ip Man: The Final Fight on Blu-ray, DVD and VOD in June
The Autopsy of Jane Doe on DVD, Blu-ray and digital platforms in June
G.W. Pabst's Westfront 1918 and Kameradschaft on dual format in July
Samuel Beckett's Film & Ross Lipman's Notfilm on dual format in May
Three new film books to be released by Arrow in July
The Graduate restored in cinemas in June, DVD, Blu-ray & EST July
Max Ophuls' 1953 Madame de… on Blu-ray and DVD in May
A Brighter Summer Day and Stalker on Criterion UK Blu-ray in July
Cristian Mungiu's Graduation on Blu-ray and DVD in May

April
New Battles Without Honour And Humanity on dual format in July
The BFI announce its Blu-ray and DVD releases for June
Hidden Figures on Digital in June, Blu-ray, 4K Ultra HD & DVD in July
The Amityville Horror on Limited Edition Blu-ray Steelbook in June
Andrei Tarkovsky: Sculpting Time – The Deluxe Collection Blu-ray in May
Critically acclaimed The Shepherd [El Pastor] in cinemas in June
Three new titles on Blu-ray & DVD from Arrow Academy in July
Mulholland Drive 4K restoration on Blu-ray, DVD & EST in May
Arrow unveils a delicious-looking July Blu-ray and DVD slate
Alan Clarke's Rita, Sue and Bob Too on dual format in May
Rock documentary We Are X on DVD and Blu-ray Steelbook in May
The Sinbad Trilogy and The Stone Killer on dual format in June
Action thriller Headshot on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Download in June
Luis Buñuel's Death in the Garden on dual format in June
Acclaimed drama Denial on Digital Download in May and on DVD June
It's Only the End of the World on DVD & Blu-ray in April
Icíar Bollaín’s The Olive Tree on dual format in May
The Axe Murders of Villisca on digital download in April

March
The Shammasian brothers' The Pyramid Texts on digital in April
The Damned: Don’t You Wish That We Were Dead on Blu-ray, DVD & Digital Download in May
The Bird With the Crystal Plumage on dual format in June
Norman Wisdom in There Was a Crooked Man on DVD in May
Kazuhiko Yamaguchi's multi-genre Wolf Guy on dual format in May
80s British favourite Letter to Brezhnev on Dual Format in April
Suspense thriller The Resident (aka The Sublet) on DVD & Digital in May
Revolution: New Art for a New World on DVD in April
Diabolique and The Fisher King on the Criterion Collection UK in June
Sidney J. Furie's supernatural horror The Entity on Blu-ray in May
Wu Yonggang's 1934 The Goddess on DVD in April
1929 British classic The Informer on Dual Format in April
German Concentration Camps Factual Survey on Dual Format in April
Four new Blu-ray & DVD titles from Arrow Academy in June
Brotherhood of Blades on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital in April
Arrow Video announces its June Blu-ray and DVD release slate
Daughter of the Nile on Dual Format in May from Masters of Cinema
Minute Bodies: The Intimate World of F. Percy Smith on dual format in June
Naked City – The Complete Seasons One and Two on Download now
New adaptation of Anne of Green Gables on DVD and Digital in March
Crime drama City of Tiny Lights comes to UK cinemas in April
Seoul Station & Train to Basan double-bill in selected cinemas in March
Three more cult films arrive on dual format in May from Indicator
Survival thriller The Chamber on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital in March
Greek psychological drama Suntan in cinemas & on digital HD in April
Dark thriller The Belko Experiment comes to UK cinemas in April
1966 wildlife-themed family drama Born Free on dual format in May

February
Thomas Riedelsheimer’s Rivers and Tides on Blu-ray in March
The 1956 A Town Like Alice on Blu-ray & DVD in March
Tetsuya Mariko's Destruction Babies on Blu-ray & DVD in April
Welles, Edwards & Schrader on Indicator dual format in April
Frank Henenlotter’s Brain Damage on Dual Format in May
The Blue Lagoon on UK dual format from Eureka in April
Visconti's The Innocent & De Sica's Umberto D on Blu-ray & DVD in April
Tampopo and 12 Angry Men on Blu-ray from Criterion UK in May
Early Martin Scorsese double on DVD in March
Melody (aka S.W.A.L.K.) on DVD, Blu-ray, EST in April
Hong Kong actioners Three & Sword Master on disc & digital in March/April
A United Kingdom on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD in March
La Strada back in cinemas in May, on Blu-ray, DVD & EST in June
Arrow Academy announces its May Blu-ray and DVD titles
Walter Hill's directorial debut Hard Times on dual format in April
Classic giallo, cult crime and gore from Arrow in May
Jackie Chan action-comedy classic Drunken Master on dual format in April
Critically acclaimed documentary Uncertain lands UK release in March
The BFI announces its May Blu-ray and DVD releases
Jackie Chan, Walter Hill and more from Eureka in April
Arrow to release critically acclaimed documentary Gleason in March
New Euro cult labels Maison Rouge & Black House Films launch in March
Fritz Lang's Der müde Tod in cinemas and on Digital HD in June
Train to Busan prequel Seoul Station on Blu-ray, DVD & EST in March/April
Olivier Assayas's Personal Shopper in UK cinemas in March
Rama Burshtein's Through the Wall on DVD in February
Two Films by Lino Brocka on dual format from the BFI in March

January
Fat City, The Big Heat & The Front on dual format from Indicator in March
Catfight in cinemas and on VOD in March, DVD, Blu-ray & Digital in April
Snowden on Sky and iTunes in March, DVD in April, but no Blu-ray
Gothic horror The Eyes of My Mother hits UK cinemas in March
Neil Jordan's The Crying Game on dual format in February
The Olive Tree comes to UK cinemas and Digital HD in March
Horror-thriller Cruel Summer on DVD and VOD in February
The BFI announces its Blu-ray and DVD releases for April
Full programme announced for Glasgow Film Festival 2017
The 2017 Audi Dublin International Film Festival programme announced
The Dardenne brothers' The Unknown Girl on Blu-ray and DVD in February
John Ford western Two Rode Together on dual format in March
Woody Allen trio on Arrow Academy Blu-ray in April
Arrow anounces its April Blu-ray and DVD cult movie line-up
1947 Chinese classic The Spring River Flows East in DVD in February
Tetsuya Mariko's Destruction Babies in selected UK cinemas in February
The Girl With All the Gifts on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital in January
Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars in Cinemas for one night only
Heaven Knows What on Blu-ray and DVD in January
Eisenstein in Guanajuato on Blu-ray and DVD in January