Random DVD and Blu-ray announcements

Started by wilder, November 01, 2011, 01:54:56 AM

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May 16, 2016

Josef von Sternberg's The Last Command (1928) from Masters of Cinema



The Last Command (1928) - Amazon UK

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May 24, 2016

Buster Keaton: The Shorts Collection (1917-1923) from Kino



Buster Keaton: The Shorts Collection - Amazon



June 20, 2016

Suture (1993) on blu-ray from Arrow UK / June 21, 2016 from Arrow US



Inspired by the paranoid visions of John Frankenheimer's The Manchurian Candidate and Seconds, the desert noir of Detour and the black and white widescreen beauty of Hiroshi Teshigahara's The Face of Another and Woman of the Dunes, Suture is one of great feature debuts – by writer-directors David Siegel and Scott McGehee – and a truly unique piece of cinema.

The wealthy and self-assured Vincent (Michael Harris) meets his blue collar half-brother Clay (Dennis Haysbert) at their father's funeral and is struck by their similarity. He decides to murder Clay and take his identity, only Clay survives the assassination attempt with no memory and is mistaken for Vincent. The fact that Harris is white and Haysbert is black only complicates a film that probes into the nature of identity.

After viewing an early rough cut, Steven Soderbergh came on board as executive producer and enthusiastic patron. Suture went on to become a hit on the festival circuit, including Sundance where it won the award for Best Cinematography




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Q2 2016 TBD

Michele Soavi's The Church (1989) on blu-ray from Shameless (UK), also coming from Code Red in the US later in the year



An old Gothic cathedral, built over a mass grave, develops strange powers which trap a number of people inside with ghosts from a 12th Century massacre seeking to resurrect an ancient demon from the bowels of the Earth.






June 13, 2016

Too Late for Tears (1949) and Woman on the Run (1950) on blu-ray from Arrow  UK, coming from Flicker Alley in the US in April




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holy fuck. i know this is a few posts back but if any of you have not seen 'Suture', do so immediately, the aforementioned release is also amazing quality. incredibly excited this got proper treatment. one of my all time favorites.

edity: anyone judging it by the trailer, it is misleading so dont worry

wilder

July 26, 2016

Deadline - U.S.A. (1952) on blu-ray from Kino



Ed Hutcheson, tough editor of the New York 'Day', finds that the late owner's heirs are selling the crusading paper to a strictly commercial rival. At first he sees impending unemployment as an opportunity to win back his estranged wife Nora. But when a reporter, pursuing a lead on racketeer Rienzi, is badly beaten, Hutcheson is stung into a full fledged crusade against the gangster, hoping Rienzi can be tied to a woman's murder...in the 3 issues before the end of 'The Day.'   



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April 26, 2016

Roman Polanski's What? (1972) on blu-ray from Severin



A young American woman (Sydne Rome) traveling through Italy finds herself in a strange Mediterranean villa where nothing seems right. Her visit becomes an absurd, decadent, oversexed version of "Alice in Wonderland", with Marcello Mastroianni as the maddest of mad hatters and Roman Polanski a kinky March hare.

What (1972) - Amazon


NSFW


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Available Now

Lizzie (1958) on DVD from Warner Archive



Lizzie (1958) - Amazon

Elizabeth has reoccurring headaches and trouble sleeping. Threatening letters signed by Lizzie are given to her, but she does not know anyone named Lizzie. As her situation deteriorates, she goes to a Dr. Wright who hypnotizes her. Deep in her subconscious, Dr. Wright finds three personalities; Elizabeth, the shy one that everyone knows; Lizzie, the wild one like her mother; and Beth, the good one she should have become. Dr. Wright must help the personality of Beth become the only one. Based on the novel 'The Bird's Nest' by Shirley Jackson.



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April 19, 2016

i missed it in theaters, i'm legit excited about seeing it (Mike Tyson arrives at 0:56) --


wilder

April 12, 2016

Mike Nichols' Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) from Warner Archive



Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) - Amazon

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April 12, 2016

Alfred Hitchcock's Suspicion (1941) from Warner Archive



Suspicion (1941) - Amazon

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June 7, 2016

The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T (1953) on blu-ray from Mill Creek



Ted Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, wrote and helped design this eccentric fantasy about a young boy named Bart who, like most young boys, doesn't enjoy his piano lessons with the mean-spirited Dr. Terwilliker. He figures his time would be better spent playing baseball with his friends or helping his grown-up buddy Arthur Zabladowski, a plumber. One night, while fast asleep, Bart has a long and remarkable dream in which he's trapped in the kingdom of the fearsome Dr. T, who has enslaved hundreds of little boys, forcing them to practice on the world's largest piano until they drop. With the help of a friendly plumber, Bart plans a revolt that will topple Dr. T's evil empire once and for all.

The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T (1953) - Amazon




This movie scared the absolute living fuck out of me as a 4 year old kid.


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2016 TBD

Dark Passage (1947) from Warner Archive



A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try and prove his innocence.



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Quote from: wilder on March 23, 2015, 12:02:10 AM
December 2015 TBD

Louis Malle's Atlantic City (1980) from Gaumont (France)






Release date now May 27, 2016