Time slips in Mark Jenkin’s follow-up to Bait and Enys Men, Rose of Nevada, released in dual format by the BFI, also with the other two as a Blu-ray box set of the Cornish Trilogy. Review by Gary Couzens.
A pair of Australian shockers are coming to 4K UHD from indicator in November in the shape of Turkey Shoot and Romper Stomper, with the former also landing a Blu-ray release.
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The third and final collection of silent short films from cinema’s most divine comedy pairing, Laurel & Hardy: The Silent Years – 1929 from Eureka is out now on two-disc Blu-ray. Devoted Stan and Ollie fan Slarek takes a deep and passionate dive into another glorious release, one that sees the boys cement their partnership and comedic style and make a smooth transition into the talkies.
“We want to see the zoo, she said, we want to see the zoo…” Mike Leigh’s Nuts in May, having had a 4K restoration, comes to Blu-ray from the BFI. Gary Couzens heads off to the countryside.
Peter Brook’s screen version of his stage production of the Indian epic The Mahabharata, is released by the BFI as a two-disc Blu-ray release. Review by Gary Couzens.
Lawyer Nicole (Zabou) adopts a male identity in psychological drama La travestie from 1988, released on Blu-ray by Powerhouse in the Indicator series. Review by Gary Couzens.
How’s this for a pitch? A movie based in its own mid-70’s era showcasing very recent events that a majority in the US was either sick to death of or bored with. It has zero action, just conversations. Nothing explodes; no one is killed; It’s just talk, talk, talk. So how is All the President's Men so damn riveting? Camus doorsteps the 4K release from last February…
A man visits his terminally ill father at an isolated sanatorium, where the fragmentation of time and space takes him on a journey into his own subconscious in Wojciech Has’s mind-bending and visually striking 1973 The Hourglass Sanatorium. An initially bemused but consistently mesmerised Slarek is pulled happily into the dream world by Radiance’s new UHD/Blu-ray dual format release.