Akira Kurosawa’s Red Beard [Akahige] his final film with Toshirō Mifune, comes to Blu-ray from the BFI. Gary Couzens goes to see the doctor.
The August releases from Radiance have been announced as World Noir Vol 5, The Magnificent Cuckold, Ten Women in Black and The Last Circus on Blu-ray, and The Hot Spot on UHD.
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Orban Wallace’s Our Land unwittingly stirs up rage despite its softly-softly approach to urgent land justice and public access debates. The Right to Roam Campaign or Lord and Lady Muck? Jerry Whyte picks his side and pecks at the puzzles this enthralling, frustrating, thought-provoking but ultimately cautious film presents.
Putting (or not in his case) the ‘sync’ in idiosyncratic, director Mark Jenkin is a filmmaker who still shoots on film with a clockwork camera from the 1950s. His work is unmistakable and unique. Camus celebrates the medium as much as his Rose of Nevada and suggests that Jenkin is cinematically something quite extraordinary.
In April 2026 a decidedly ‘not’ new version of David Fincher’s Alien3 started streaming rebranding itself from the 2003 ‘Special Edition’ to ‘The Assembly Cut’. Camus has always had a soft spot for the less regarded of the franchise but now he has two versions to choose from… The Assembly Cut or the fan-made Legacy Cut…
Kristen Stewart’s feature directing debut, The Chronology of Water, a memoir of trauma and healing, is released on Blu-ray by the BFI. Review by Gary Couzens.
Gabriel Mascaro’s The Blue Trail is a laid-back dystopian fable that challenges the cult of youth and celebrates the immense possibilities of the Third Age. Jerry Whyte admires Mascaro’s enchanting tale of one indomitable woman’s quest to realize her wildest dreams.
Indicator’s series of Ozploitation films released on Blu-ray and UHD reaches 1981’s Dead Kids (also known as Strange Behavior). Review by Gary Couzens.