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Mojo 20th December 2019 09:30 AM

The BFI are reporting that one of their dvd / Blu Ray releases for 2020 will be PLAY FOR TODAY Volume 1 :clap:

Demoncrat 20th December 2019 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Mojo (Post 617273)
The BFI are reporting that one of their dvd / Blu Ray releases for 2020 will be PLAY FOR TODAY Volume 1 :clap:


:xmascan::xmascan::xmascan::xmasbanana::xmasbanana ::xmasbanana:

Susan Foreman 6th February 2020 05:54 PM

'Cyrano de Bergerac' - Blu-ray pre-order available from Amazon UK - £14.99

Release date: February 24th

"Cyrano (Gérald Depardieu), a swashbuckling hero with a gift for verse, is in love with the beautiful Roxane (Anne Brochet) but fears his prominent nose would cause her to object his romantic advances. Instead he uses his poetic artistry to help a dashing but shallow suitor, Christian (Vincent Perez), who employs the words to which Cyrano longs to give voice. But will the object of their affection realise who she's really falling for?

Cyrano de Bergerac is a spectacular and vibrant adaptation of Edmond Rostand's classic play, funny and touching in equal measure, and featuring English subtitles by author Anthony Burgess (A Clockwork Orange). Amid the lavish period design, Depardieu has never been better than as the swaggering scribe, delivering verve and pathos under Jean-Paul Rappeneau's vigorous direction. This classic of world cinema is presented here on Blu-ray in the UK for the first time."


Special features:
  • Full-length feature commentary by Ginette Vincendeau: the Kings College London professor on the film and its art-historical context
  • Interview with Gérard Depardieu (12 mins): the actor recalls making Cyrano de Bergerac
  • Interview with Jean-Paul Rappeneau (8 mins): the director discusses the influence of the 1923 version
  • Anthony Burgess with AS Byatt (1987, 58 mins): Burgess discusses his views on language and the arts with author and critic AS Byatt
  • Gérard Depardieu in Conversation (1987, 76 mins, audio only): the Cyrano de Bergerac star discusses his life and work, recorded on stage at the NFT
  • Image gallery
  • **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Fully illustrated booklet featuring new writing on the film by Martin Hall

Specs:
  • France
  • 1990
  • Colour
  • 138 minutes
  • French language, with optional English subtitles
  • Original aspect ratio 1.66:1
  • Cert U
  • BD50: 1080p
  • 24fps
  • 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio and 2.0 stereo audio (48kHz/24-bit)
  • Region B


Susan Foreman 14th February 2020 05:50 AM

'The Pet Shop Boys In 'It Couldn't Happen Here'' - Dual version pre-order available at Amazon UK - £19.98

Release date - June 15

"Originally conceived as an hour-long video based on the Pet Shop Boys 1987 album, Actually, It Couldn't Happen Here turned into a full-scale feature film directed by Jack Bond (The Blueblack Hussar).

The first feature-length film starring the Pet Shop Boys alongside Joss Ackland, Gareth Hunt and Barbara Windsor finds Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe on an extraordinary adventure from the coast to London, encountering a curious array of eccentric characters along the way. Pop surrealism meets classic road movie, the film is peppered with hits from the duo's first studio albums, including 'West End Girls', 'It's a Sin', and 'Always On My Mind'.

Never less than fascinating, It Couldn't Happen Here is a truly unique film and one that has sadly been unavailable. Newly remastered by the BFI from a 4K scan, we are delighted to present the worldwide Blu-ray and DVD debut."


Special features
  • Presented in High Definition and Standard Definition
  • Limited Edition 48-page Digi-book includes writing on the film by Anthony Nield, Jason Wood and William Fowler
  • Feature commentary by Jack Bond, James Dillon and Simon Archer (2020)
  • Interview with Jack Bond (2020)
  • Other extras TBC


Demdike@Cult Labs 24th February 2020 02:45 PM

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Coming in April on dvd.

The Year of the Sex Olympics.


The Year of the Sex Olympics (DVD )
Directed by Michael Elliott

In the near future, society is split into two strata: The low-drives make up the zombie-like majority anaesthetized by an incessant diet of television, largely consisting of pornography. Television, and by extension the masses, is controlled by the high-drives , an educated class who remain servile through their perpetual quest for better ratings and audience subjugation. When the low-drives start to become increasingly uninterested in the programming on offer, co-ordinator Ugo Priest (Leonard Rossiter) ends up accidentally happening upon a new entertainment concept...reality television.

First broadcast in 1968 The Year of the Sex Olympics is one of the most original pieces of television drama ever written and would foreshadow the likes of Big Brother and the phenomenon that is Love Island.

Special Features
Introduction by film critic and author Kim Newman (2003)
Audio commentary by actor Brian Cox (2003)
***FIRST PRESSING ONLY*** Fully illustrated booklet with new writing on the film and full film credits
Other extras TBC

The Reaper Man@Cult Labs 24th February 2020 03:13 PM

Anyone know if SCANDAL was finally released today?

Susan Foreman 24th February 2020 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by The Reaper Man@Cult Labs (Post 621125)
Anyone know if SCANDAL was finally released today?

Yes, it was


Demoncrat 24th February 2020 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs (Post 621121)
Coming in April on dvd.

The Year of the Sex Olympics.


The Year of the Sex Olympics (DVD )
Directed by Michael Elliott

In the near future, society is split into two strata: The low-drives make up the zombie-like majority anaesthetized by an incessant diet of television, largely consisting of pornography. Television, and by extension the masses, is controlled by the high-drives , an educated class who remain servile through their perpetual quest for better ratings and audience subjugation. When the low-drives start to become increasingly uninterested in the programming on offer, co-ordinator Ugo Priest (Leonard Rossiter) ends up accidentally happening upon a new entertainment concept...reality television.

First broadcast in 1968 The Year of the Sex Olympics is one of the most original pieces of television drama ever written and would foreshadow the likes of Big Brother and the phenomenon that is Love Island.

Special Features
Introduction by film critic and author Kim Newman (2003)
Audio commentary by actor Brian Cox (2003)
***FIRST PRESSING ONLY*** Fully illustrated booklet with new writing on the film and full film credits
Other extras TBC

First P4T, now this? Michty!!! :lol::hail::nod:

MrBarlow 27th March 2020 02:54 PM

COVID-19 UPDATE

Due to the latest measures in place in the UK in response to COVID-19, the BFI Shop is currently closed.

Customers can still place orders online, but please be aware that shipping will be delayed until we reopen (date unkown at present).

BFI DVDs / Blu-rays (including our April and May 2020 new releases) are still available to order from other online retailers. All our upcoming releases are still scheduled to be released on their announced date.

Any changes to the schedules will be announced via our BFI DVD/Blu-ray Facebook group.

Susan Foreman 15th May 2020 07:31 PM

The 'Takeshi Kitano Collection' - Blu-Ray pre-order available from Amazon UK - £26.99

Release date: June 29

"Takeshi Kitano Collection (1989-1993) (3 x Blu-ray)
Directed by Takeshi Kitano

Violent Cop - Detective Azuma (Beat Takeshi) is a renegade cop who frequently resorts to violence and unethical methods to get results. While investigating a series of drug-related homicides, Azuma discovers that his friend and colleague is supplying drugs from within the police force. After his colleague is murdered and his sister is kidnapped, he breaks all the rules to dish out his particular form of justice

Boiling Point - When the mild mannered Masaki (Yûrei Yanagi) falls foul of the Yakuza he decides to buy a gun to defend himself. He heads to Okinawa where he forms an unlikely partnership with Uehara (Beat Takeshi) who has his own reasons for wanting revenge.

Sonatine Murakawa (Beat Takeshi), an established and ruthless gangster, is sent to intervene in a gang war on the island of Okinawa. When the situation takes a turn for the worse, Murakawa and his men are forced to retreat into hiding, but it's not long before their enemies track them down. A final and breathtaking showdown becomes inevitable"


Special features:
  • High Definition transfers of all three films
  • Feature-length audio commentaries on Violent Cop and Sonatine by Chris D, punk poet, singer, actor, film historian and author of Outlaw Masters of Japanese Film
  • Newly recorded audio commentary on Boiling Point by David Jenkins
  • That Man is Dangerous: The Birth of Takeshi Kitano (2016, 20 mins): documentary examining the emergence, establishment and popularity of Takeshi Kitano’s cinematic image
  • Okinawa Days: Kitano’s Second Debut (2016, 20 mins): a look back at Kitano’s Boiling Point featuring interviews with producer Masayuki Mori and actor Yurei Yanagi
  • Violent Cop trailer
  • Boiling Point trailers
  • Sonatine trailer
  • 44-page book with new writing on the films and their director by Japanese film experts Tom Mes, Jasper Sharp, Mark Schilling and film critic James-Masaki Ryan


MrBarlow 16th June 2020 01:20 AM

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Jessica Hausner's cool sci-fi out now on BFI
OUT TODAY ON BFI BLU-RAY & BFI PLAYER
‘Terrific… it really got under my skin’
Mark Kermode, BBC Radio 5Live

★★★★
‘A gorgeous sci-fi allegory about modern women’s choices’
The i

From visionary director Jessica Hausner (Lourdes), Little Joe is a cool, witty and unsettling sci-fi starring Emily Beecham (Daphne, Into the Badlands) and Ben Whishaw (Skyfall, Mary Poppins Returns), available now on BFI Blu-ray/DVD and on BFI Player Subscrpition

Rob4 14th July 2020 02:35 PM

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17 August 2020

2-DISC LIMITED EDITION (3,000 copies only)
Audio commentary by Julie Kirgo and Nick Redman (2014)
Isolated score
Sidney Lumet Guardian Lecture (1981, 89 mins, audio only): Director Sidney Lumet talks to Derek Malcolm about US politics, the state of the film industry and how he approaches his craft in this interview recorded at the National Film Theatre
Peter Firth in conversation with Leigh Singer (2020, 45 mins, audio): Actor Peter Firth talks to Leigh Singer about his work in both the National Theatre and Broadway productions of Peter Shaffer's play Equus and how he came to be involved in Sidney Lumet's film adaptation
The Watchers (26 mins): Richard Foster's BFI-produced short imbues the English landscape with extra-terrestrial menace as Julie's fate is sealed in an extraordinary climax
In From the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton (1988, 126 mins): Tony Palmer's feature-length documentary profiling the iconic actor is filled with insightful interviews (including several archival ones with Burton himself) and some brief but enjoyable snippets from several of his films
Religion and the People (1940, 14 mins): Short documentary by Andrew Buchanan illustrating a time when faith lay at the very heart of the British experience
The Farmer's Horse (1951, 17 mins): In a time of increasing mechanisation, this public information film makes the case for the sturdy and reliable farm horse
Original theatrical trailer
***FIRST PRESSING ONLY*** Fully illustrated booklet with new writing on the film, director Sidney Lumet and writer Peter Shaffer and full film credits.

Tbh I found this film profoundly tedious for the most part but I think I'll have to have it for the Richard Burton documentary and... ahem... a certain sequence of special interest ;)

Rob4 22nd July 2020 09:52 PM

October releases from the BFI

Lynn + Lucy - 19th October

Tales from the Hood 1+2 (2-Disc Set) - 19th October

Dementia (1955) - 19th October

Play for Today: Volume One (4-Disc Set) - 12th October

nosferatu42 23rd July 2020 01:52 AM

If that's the Dementia i'm thinking about this is spanking news. i want a release with commentaries and the bollocks.:pop2:

Rob4 23rd July 2020 07:19 AM

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Originally Posted by nosferatu42 (Post 630881)
If that's the Dementia i'm thinking about this is spanking news. i want a release with commentaries and the bollocks.:pop2:

To be clear, its Dementia (aka Daughter of Darkness) not Dementia 13

If anyone is unfamiliar its an experimental horror film from the 1950s. Really weird and really good imho.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047976/

Demdike@Cult Labs 23rd July 2020 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob4 (Post 630884)
To be clear, its Dementia (aka Daughter of Darkness) not Dementia 13

If anyone is unfamiliar its an experimental horror film from the 1950s. Really weird and really good imho.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047976/

Just to clarify it's Daughter of Horror rather than Daughter of Darkness which was a British Gothic horror about a female serial killer.

Rob4 23rd July 2020 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs (Post 630907)
Just to clarify it's Daughter of Horror rather than Daughter of Darkness which was a British Gothic horror about a female serial killer.

:lol: my bad. well spotted :hail:

Mojo 23rd July 2020 02:55 PM

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The Reaper Man@Cult Labs 23rd July 2020 07:06 PM

Pretty sure I first became acquainted with the works of the great Peter McDougall on 'Play for Today' :nod:

nosferatu42 23rd July 2020 08:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob4 (Post 630884)
To be clear, its Dementia (aka Daughter of Darkness) not Dementia 13

If anyone is unfamiliar its an experimental horror film from the 1950s. Really weird and really good imho.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047976/

Yep i know, i've just got a copy dvd of this but i really like it, i'm pretty sure there's two versions, so hopefully it will have both.:pop2:

Mojo 24th July 2020 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by nosferatu42 (Post 630979)
Yep i know, i've just got a copy dvd of this but i really like it, i'm pretty sure there's two versions, so hopefully it will have both.:pop2:

It does :nod:

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nosferatu42 24th July 2020 01:32 PM

Ooh thats looking tasty.:cool:

Mojo 24th July 2020 01:47 PM

Certainly does! I’ve already pre - ordered this and the Play For Today set ( which was always high up on my most wanted list ).

Demdike@Cult Labs 24th July 2020 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Mojo (Post 631059)
Certainly does! I’ve already pre - ordered this and the Play For Today set ( which was always high up on my most wanted list ).

Are there any horror Play for Today's Mojo?

Mojo 24th July 2020 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs (Post 631063)
Are there any horror Play for Today's Mojo?

Penda’s Fen and Robin Redbreast were a Play For Today - both of which have already been released by the BFI.
The only others I’m aware of are one called Vampires and another called A Photograph ( written by John Bowen who also penned Robin Redbreast ) which is included in this new collection.

Demdike@Cult Labs 24th July 2020 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Mojo (Post 631072)
Penda’s Fen and Robin Redbreast were a Play For Today - both of which have already been released by the BFI.
The only others I’m aware of are one called Vampires and another called A Photograph ( written by John Bowen who also penned Robin Redbreast ) which is included in this new collection.

Thanks, Mojo.

Makes this new set a must buy then.

Both Penda's Fen and Robin Redbreast are excellent.

Nostalgic 26th July 2020 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob4 (Post 630875)
October releases from the BFI

Lynn + Lucy - 19th October

Tales from the Hood 1+2 (2-Disc Set) - 19th October

Dementia (1955) - 19th October

Play for Today: Volume One (4-Disc Set) - 12th October

Tales from the Hood?

I think I've seen the first one but somewhere in between Demon Knight, and all those Leprechaun & Hellraiser sequals I got confused.

Anybody here seen 1 or 2?

Rob4 26th July 2020 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Nostalgic (Post 631150)
Tales from the Hood?

I think I've seen the first one but somewhere in between Demon Knight, and all those Leprechaun & Hellraiser sequals I got confused.

Anybody here seen 1 or 2?

not seen either. first thought i had though was that it seemed a weird choice for a BFI release?

Demdike@Cult Labs 26th July 2020 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob4 (Post 631161)
not seen either. first thought i had though was that it seemed a weird choice for a BFI release?

Very weird

The Reaper Man@Cult Labs 27th July 2020 07:15 PM

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Susan Foreman 14th August 2020 12:45 PM

BFI films Summer sale

"BFI Blu-rays and DVDs from £7.99"

gag 14th August 2020 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Susan Foreman (Post 632742)
BFI films Summer sale

"BFI Blu-rays and DVDs from £7.99"

Just tried ordering from there psychomania I’ve never seen it,
It wouldn’t recognise my bank card, I tried another and that failed as well so gave up I’ll try later tonight .

MrBarlow 14th August 2020 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by gag (Post 632757)
Just tried ordering from there psychomania I’ve never seen it,
It wouldn’t recognise my bank card, I tried another and that failed as well so gave up I’ll try later tonight .

That has happened to me a few times Gag, clear your cache and history from the device you use and try again.

nosferatu42 14th August 2020 07:29 PM

Psychomania is a masterpiece.

Justin101 14th August 2020 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by nosferatu42 (Post 632785)
Psychomania is a masterpiece.

Amazing soundtrack as well!

nosferatu42 14th August 2020 08:00 PM

I'm glad it's not just me that rates the soundtrack.:cool:

nosferatu42 14th August 2020 08:04 PM

I will admit it's not the most terrifying film but Psychomania is such a groovy time capsule that it should be recognised more, Beryl Reid, Nicky Henson and a wyrd england 70's vibe and frog magic, suicide bikers. In my house it's a classic.:pop2:
Disagree and you are on the street mate...

The Reaper Man@Cult Labs 15th August 2020 07:22 AM

Yep mine too.
I've both the BFI and Arrow US discs.
A British classic.:nod:

Rob4 4th September 2020 07:05 AM

Oh boy! Those beautiful bastards at the BFI have really delivered the rarities for horror fans with this one. I suggested a collection of horror shorts in the past but was told the rights were often difficult to track down. Anyway huge kudos to the BFI for this one.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08HB68CHP?tag=bluraycom-21

SHORT SHARP SHOCKS (2-disc Blu-ray, Flipside #41)

The latest in the critically acclaimed BFI Flipside series continuing its ongoing mission to curate an alternative Brit-screen history of overlooked rarities in deluxe home-entertainment editions is a compelling compendium of strange, striking, thrilling, horrific, eerie and eccentric short subjects from the heyday of the British cinematic supporting programme.

This carefully-curated collection the first of its kind anywhere includes a plethora of sought-after titles, some newly remastered in HD for the very first time and showcases an eclectic range of delights spanning the second half of the 20th Century from the 1940s right through to the 1980s.

A lavish double-disc set, it comes complete with an illustrated booklet with full credits and new contextual writing on the films by devotees of the field. Expect strange, spooky stories, odd twists in the tale, imaginative low-budget weirdness and oodles of atmosphere in these juicy bite-size morsels of cult film delight from decades gone by.

Featuring the following films:
Lock Your Door (Anthony Gilkison, 1949)
The Reformation of St Jules (Anthony Gilkison, 1949)
The Tell-Tale Heart (J B Williams, 1953)
Death Was a Passenger (Theodore Zichy, 1958)
Portrait of a Matador (Theodore Zichy, 1958)
Twenty Nine (Brian Cummins, 1969)
The Sex Victims (Derek Robbins, 1973)
The Lake (Lindsey Vickers, 1978)
The Errand (Nigel Finch, 1980)

Special Features:
Interview with Peter Shillingford (2020): newly recorded interview with the producer of Twenty Nine
Interview with David McGillivray (2020): newly recorded interview with the writer of The Errand
Interview with Kate Lees (2020): the chair of Adelphi Films discusses the 2017 discovery of the long thought lost 1953 short, The Tell-Tale Heart, starring the one and only Stanley Baker
Image gallery: a collection of stills and rare materials relating a selection of the films
Other extras to be confirmed
***FIRST PRESSING ONLY*** Fully illustrated booklet with new writing on the films by Vic Pratt

Hope this is a huge success for them and we get another...

The Reaper Man@Cult Labs 4th September 2020 10:24 AM

Gimme!


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