Radiance has revealed that its June Blu-ray releases will be Katō Tai's The Tale of Oiwa's Ghost, the third volume of noir titles from world cinema, World Noir Vol. 3, and Luchino Visconti's La terra trema. In addition, Radiance will be releasing its first 4K UHD disc in a UHD and Blu-ray double pack of Todd Solondz's provocative portrait of American girlhood, Palindromes, which will also be available as a Blu-ray edition.

PALINDROMES (USA 2004)

Limited Edition 4K UHD & Blu-ray (£24.99) | Limited Edition Blu-ray (£17.99)
23 June 2025 (UK), 24 June 2025 (US)

Ever since she was small, Aviva has desperately wanted a baby. Now a teenager - with thoughts and feelings her well-meaning parents Joyce (Ellen Barkin, Drop Dead Gorgeous) and Steve (Richard Masur, The Thing) don’t quite know how to handle – she’ll stop at nothing to make that dream a reality.

Played by a cast of rotating actors, including Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight) and Sharon Wilkins, Aviva’s journey towards motherhood never would run smooth. Bringing his trademark dry wit to another series of taboos, Todd Solondz’s portrait of middle-American girlhood interrogates the naivety and hypocrisy of the post-9/11 psyche that continues to shape US public life and policy.

4K UHD & BLU-RAY DUAL FORMAT LIMITED EDITION FEATURES:

• 4K restoration from the original negative by the Museum of Modern Art approved by writer-director Todd Solondz
• 4K UHD with Dolby Vision HDR and Blu-ray presentation of the feature
• Uncompressed stereo PCM audio
• New interview with Todd Solondz by critic Hannah Strong (2025)
• Todd Solondz and His Cinema of Cruelty, a new video essay by critic Lillian Crawford (2025)
• Trailer
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Reversible sleeve featuring designs based on original posters
• Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Bence Bardos, extracts from the original press book, plus archival interviews with Solondz and composer Nathan Larson
• Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings

The Blu-ray edition will have a 1080p HD transfer an the same special features.

THE TALE OF OIWA'S GHOST [KAIDAN OIWA NO BOREI] (1961)

Limited Edition Blu-ray | 23 June 2025 | £17.99

When the daughter of an elite family takes a shine to poor samurai Iemon (Tomisaburo Wakayama, Lone Wolf and Cub), he sees an opportunity to climb the social ladder. He just needs to rid himself of his only obstacle: his loving wife Oiwa. He poisons her and dumps her corpse in a nearby swamp, but she returns as a horribly disfigured ghost to haunt Iemon on his wedding night.

Crime film specialist Katō Tai (I, the Executioner) brings the famous Ghost Story of Yotsuya to the screen as a gritty tale of murder and greed, with an intense lead performance by Wakayama (The Bounty Hunter Trilogy, Big Time Gambling Boss).

LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY FEATURES:

• High-Definition digital transfer
• Uncompressed mono PCM audio
• Interview with Mari Asato (2025)
• Visual essay on tormented female ghosts by Lindsay Nelson (2025)
• Trailer
• Newly improved English subtitle translation
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow
• Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Tom Mes and an archival review of the film
• Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings

WORLD NOIR VOL. 3

Limited Edition Blu-ray box set | 23 June 2025 | £44.99

The conclusion of World War Two saw film noir become firmly established as one of the defining Hollywood film genres, with studios almost unable to keep up with audience demand for more violent and bleak stories of murder, greed and betrayal. 

But outside of the USA, a number of European film-makers, many of whom were still reeling from the destruction levied by years of war on their respective countries, were creating works that were every bit the equal of their contemporaneous American counterparts, while often applying uniquely European sensibilities to the recently established noir framework.

This set features three such classic examples of European noir from the post-war period, with all three presented on Blu-ray with English subtitles for the very first time.

NOT GUILTY [NON COUPABLE] (France 1947)

A wickedly enjoyable noir from prolific French genre director (and French national swimming champion) Henri Decoin, Not Guilty sees Michel Simon (Boudu Saved From Drowning, L’Atalante) as an alcoholic yet brilliant doctor who, after accidentally causing a tragic accident while in a drunken stupor, covers his tracks by weaving a complex web of lies and engineering havoc within a small town.

THE LOST ONE [DER VERLORENE] (West Germany 1951)

Peter Lorre (M, Casablanca) stars in and - for the first and only time in his career - directs this story of a troubled man navigating post-war Germany while haunted by a terrible secret. Contemporary German audiences, shattered by the war, found this bleak depiction of their country too depressing and painful on its release in 1951. Since then, The Lost One has achieved recognition as a significant work of both noir and German cinema in its own right.

GIRL WITH HYACINTHS [FLICKA OCH HYACINTER] (Sweden 1950)

This early example of Nordic noir is regarded as one of the great films of Swedish cinema, and the masterpiece of Hasse Ekman, one of Sweden’s most important and influential directors. Following the sudden suicide of a mysterious young woman, her neighbours are compelled to investigate the circumstances leading to her death, in a twisty, formally daring and taboo-busting narrative that feels far ahead of its time.

BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION BOX SET FEATURES:

• 4K restoration of Not Guilty by Tf1 presented on Blu-ray for the first time with English subtitles
• High-Definition digital transfer of The Lost One, presented on Blu-ray for the first time with English subtitles
• 2K restoration of Girl with Hyacinths, presented on Blu-ray for the first time outside of Sweden
• Original uncompressed mono PCM audio for all films
• Newly improved optional English subtitles for all films
• Newly designed artwork based on original postersLimited edition 80-page perfect bound book featuring archival pieces and new writing by critics and experts including Farran Nehme, Martyn Waites, Elena Lazic, Jourdain Searles, and more
• Limited Edition of 3,000 copies presented in a rigid box with full-height Scanavo cases for each film and removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings

NOT GUILTY

• New interview with critic Imogen Sarah Smith on Not Guilty (2025)
• Archival Michael Simon radio interview (1947)
• Archival behind the scenes radio documentary (1947)
• Alternate ending
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork

THE LOST ONE

• New commentary by Alan Rode and Stephen D Youngkin (2025)
• Interview with critic and historian Pamela Hutchinson on Peter Lorre and The Lost One (2025)
• Interview with programmer and historian Margaret Deriaz on post-war German cinema (2025)
• Trailer
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork

• New audio commentary by Peter Jilmstad (2025)
• Archival interview with Hasse Ekman (1993, 63 mins)
• Visual essay by novelist Julia Armfield (2025)
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork

LA TERRA TREMA (Italy 1948)

Limited Edition Blu-ray | 23 June 2025 | £17.99

In the fishing village of Aci Trezza, Sicily, the Valastro family dream of a better life. Living modestly thanks to merciless wholesalers, eldest son Ntoni takes matters into his own hands and - with the help of a bank loan – starts fishing alone. The venture is initially a success but an unexpected shipwreck means the family must soon fend for themselves.

Originally commissioned as propaganda by the Communist Party, master filmmaker Luchino Visconti (The Leopard, Death in Venice) used the real villagers of Aci Trezza as his stars to craft a docu-fictional melodrama about the difficulties of rural life post-World War II. La terra trema was nominated for the Golden Lion at the 1948 Venice Film Festival and is considered one of the finest examples of Italian neorealist cinema.

LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY FEATURES:

• 2K restoration of the film by Cineteca Nazionale
• Uncompressed mono PCM audio
• New interview with critic Christina Newland
• Interview with Italian politician and journalist Pietro Ingrao
• Interview with assistant director Francesco Rosi
• Interview with Turi Vasile
• Trailer
• Newly improved English subtitle translation
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow
• Limited edition booklet featuring new and archival writing
• Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings