Another time capsule from the late 1950s to the mid 1960s from the Rediffusion archive, Daniel Farson’s Guide to Britain Volume 2 is a dual-format release from the BFI. Gary Couzens goes back in time.
The December disc releases from Radiance have been revealed as Ossessione and The Teacher from Vigevano on Blu-ray, and A Quiet Place in the Country and Across 110th Street on 4K UHD + Blu-ray.
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Don Johnson stars as a drifter who wanders into a small Texas town and a whole heap of trouble in director and co-screenwriter Dennis Hopper’s steamy 1990 neo-noir, The Hot Spot. Genre fan Slarek catches up with a film that previously slipped him by and falls for a work that dares to take its time tying the fate of its lead character in Gordian knots.
Alain Resnais’s 1974 film about a real-life swindler who became headline news, Stavisky…, is released on Blu-ray by Indicator. Review by Gary Couzens.
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.
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.