Random DVD and Blu-ray announcements

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Arrow Video to Launch North American Office in 2015
via blu-ray.com

British distributors Arrow Video announced today that they will expand its celebrated Arrow Video label into North America early in 2015. Fans will be able to learn all the details of this bold and exciting move, and discover regular updates, through a dedicated crowdfunder campaign which is launched today. (See details here).

Lauded with positive feedback from a loyal fan base for its great success in releasing various acclaimed restorations of cult and horror releases, Arrow Video have in recent years won several prestigious 'Label of the Year' awards by such notable outlets such as broadsheet newspaper The Guardian and Home Cinema Choice Magazine.

By popular demand Arrow Video will launch into North America with a host of cult titles, receiving deluxe treatment in video, audio, supplements and artwork. Launch titles include Tonino Valerii's Spaghetti Western Day of Anger [I Giorni dell'ira, aka Gunlaw] starring genre icons Lee Van Cleef and Giuliano Gemma; Michael Armstrong's bloody and brutal critique of state-funded religious corruption Mark of the Devil in a director-approved release; and the thrillingly bizarro yakuza-samurai-ghost story-horror hybrid from Teruo Ishii, Blind Woman's Curse (1971, also known as Black Cat's Revenge). Future releases include films never-before-released on DVD and/or Blu-ray from European and Japanese cult directors.

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May 12, 2015

Alfred Hitchcock's Jamaica Inn (1939) on blu-ray from Cohen Media Group, from a new 4K restoration



In Cornwall, around 1800, a young woman discovers that she's living near a gang of criminals who arrange shipwrecks for profit.

Restored trailer here

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January 20, 2015

Francois Truffaut's The Bride Wore Black (1968) on blu-ray from Twilight Time




Woody Allen's The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) on blu-ray from Twilight Time




Peter Yates' Breaking Away (1979) on blu-ray from Twilight Time





February 10, 2015

Woody Allen's Love and Death (1975) on blu-ray from Twilight Time




Bob Fosse's Lenny (1974) on blu-ray from Twilight Time




Andrew L. Stone's Stormy Weather (1943) on blu-ray from Twilight Time

These will be available to pre-order about a month in advance of their release dates through Screen Archives

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November 19, 2014

Andrej Zulawski’s Boris Godounov (1989) from Gaumont, with English subtitles



Boris Godounov (1989) - Amazon France

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February 3, 2015

Alexander Payne's About Schmidt (2002) on blu-ray from Warner Bros.



About Schmidt (2002) - Amazon

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October 21, 2014

For those who speak French, Bruno Dumont's entire filmography up through Camille Claudel on blu-ray from Blaq Out (no subs)



Bruno Dumont : 1997 - 2014 - Amazon France

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January 6, 2015

Robert DeNiro's The Good Shepherd (2006) from Universal



The Good Shepherd (2006) - Amazon

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February 15, 2015

George Armitage's Miami Blues (1990) from Shout Factory

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March 3, 2015

Vincente Minelli's The Band Wagon (1953) on blu-ray from Warner Bros.



The Band Wagon (1953) - Amazon

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November 18, 2014

Forbidden Hollywood Collection Vol. 8 on DVD from Warner Archive



Forbidden Hollywood Collection Vol. 8 - Warner Archive

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February 17, 2015

Jacques Rivette's Le Pont du Nord (1981) on blu-ray from Kino



Le Pont du Nord (1981) - Amazon

[max from fearless]

FELL IN LOVE WITH LE PONT DU NORD EARLIER THIS YEAR...
THIS FILM IS A STRANGE, MAD, CONFUSING GEM...A THING OF BEAUTY...
THAT DESERVES THE ALL CAPS TREATMENT...

[samsong]

all rivette deserves the criterion treatment.  if kino takes celine and julie go boating i'm gonna cut a bitch.

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February 2, 2015

David Cronenberg’s Rabid (1977) on blu-ray from Arrow



Rabid - Amazon UK


February 10, 2015

Bruce Robinson’s Withnail & I (1987) and How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989) on blu-ray from Arrow (standard edition)



Withnail & I (1987) and How To Get Ahead in Advertising (1989) - Amazon UK

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January 19, 2015

Stanley Donen's Two for the Road (1967) on blu-ray from Masters of Cinema



Two for the Road (1967) - Amazon UK


One of the great films by Stanley Donen (Singin' in the Rain, Charade) after the studio era had come to a close, Two for the Road was a break-off with the old system, one which allowed Donen to further stretch his art, aided by screenwriter Frederic Raphael (Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut), in this tale of a couple voluntarily stretching themselves through the long period of their relationship.

Portrayed in fragments that span the couple's time together in marriage, Two for the Road runs the course of a relationship (between Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney) that finds a circumstantial come-together escalate into newlywed-status and, through a series of travails, into the serious situation of bearing a daughter. The disturbance of marriage, and/or life, is chronicled from here on.

After so many studio-system smash-hits, Two for the Road marked a reckoning for director Donen — which went on to influence directors like Jacques Rivette for its portrayal of a couple in interaction and its keen sense of duration across the length of their time together.

Q1 2015 TBD

Sidney Lumet's The Offence (1972) on blu-ray from Masters of Cinema


2015 TBD

Andrzej Zulawski's Boris Godounov (1989) on blu-ray from Mondo Vision