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.
The BFI has revealed its fourth quarter disc release slate for 2026, which will include animated classic Animal Farm on UHD and Blu-ray, Pasolini's controversial Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom on UHD, and the hugely popular Brassed Off on Blu-ray.
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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.
The end of the world is nigh in On the Beach, directed by Stanley Kramer from the novel by Nevil Shute, starring Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire and Anthony Perkins. Gary Couzens reviews the Blu-ray release from the BFI.
Long awaited, trailing some controversy over casting and leaving out some aspects of the source material, Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey opened last weekend. Against all expectations, Camus is staggered by its sheer, vast cinematic ambition and emotional clout…
Three crimefighters for the price of one in Full House (Brelan d’as), directed by Henri Verneuil in 1952, having its first UK commercial release on an Indicator Blu-ray. Gary Couzens investigates.