Rozier, Almodóvar, To, Damiani and De Jong from Radiance in April
Radiance has revealed that its April disc release slate will consist of Time to Play, a collection of films by French New Wave director Jacques Rozier on Blu-ray; early Pedro Almodóvar classic Matador on UHD; Romancing in Thin Air from action director Johnnie To on Blu-ray; Damiano Damiani’s hard-hitting investigative thriller Confessions of a Police Captain; and on the Transmission label, Highway to Hell, a slice of entertaining cross-genre 1990s excess from director Ate De Jong. Full details follow.
TIME TO PLAY (France 1962-2001)
Limited Edition Blu-ray box set | 20 April 2026 | £59.99
One of the most original, self-assured, yet undersung voices of the French New Wave, Jacques Rozier crafted across a career spanning five decades a cinema attuned to the beauty and heartbreak of chance encounters, improvised days and spontaneous play. This box set presents the UK Blu-ray premiere of his five feature films and several of his short films across five discs.
In Adieu Philippine (1962), two girls and a young man spend an idyllic few days in Corsica, his upcoming military service in Algeria looming on the horizon. Also abandoning Paris for the seaside, three girlfriends enjoy a languorous late summer break in Near Orouët (1971). A promised Robinson Crusoe experience in the Caribbean turns into something much more chaotic in The Castaways of Turtle Island [Les naufragés de l’île de la Tortue] (1976). Maine-Ocean Express [Maine Océan] (1986) follows strangers on a wild adventure across the language barrier. In the backstage comedy Fifi Martingale (2001), a superstitious theatre director makes catastrophic changes to a successful play.
LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY BOX SET FEATURES:
- 4K restorations of Near Orouët and Maine-Ocean Express
- 2K restorations of Adieu Philippine, The Castaways of Turtle Island, and Fifi Martingale
- 2K restorations of the short films Blue Jeans (1958, 24 mins), Paparazzi (1963, 22 mins), and Le parti des choses (1963, 11 mins)
- Uncompressed mono PCM audio for each film
- New interview with celebrated arthouse distributor Robert Beeson about the reception of the French New Wave in the UK (2026)
- Archival trailer for Adieu Philippine (1962, 7 mins)
- Interview with Adieu Philippine star Yveline Céry (2024, 11 mins)
- Interview with Jean-François Stévenin, assistant director on Near Orouët (2008, 9 mins)
- Interview with frequent Rozier collaborator, actor Bernard Ménez (2008, 19 mins)
- Interview with The Castaways of Turtle Island star Jacques Villeret (2008, 7 mins)
- Jacques Rozier: From One Wave to Another– a feature length documentary by Emmanuel Barnault tracing Rozier’s unusual career and his lasting influence, rich in interviews and footage of the director at work; exclusive to this Limited Edition
- Newly improved English subtitle translation for each film
- Reversible sleeves featuring newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow
- Limited edition 80-page book featuring new writing by Caitlin Quinlan, plus writing by and interviews with Rozier
- More TBC
- Limited Edition of 3000 copies, presented in a rigid box with full-height Scanavo cases and removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings
MATADOR (Spain 1986)
Limited Edition UHD + Blu-ray | 20 April 2026 | £24.99
When a young torero confesses to a series of violent crimes he hasn’t committed, secret kinks and desires come to light, sparking dangerous new connections between a bullfighting teacher, a powerful female lawyer, an overprotected actress, and a well-meaning psychiatrist.
Love and death shockingly intertwine in Pedro Almodóvar’s heady mix of baroque romance, grisly horror, and pitch black comedy. Inspired by King Vidor’s epic western of sensual passion Duel in the Sun, Matador is among the Spanish director’s sexiest, most provocative films, a striking look at the roots of lust and violence.
LIMITED EDITION 4K UHD & BLU-RAY FEATURES:
- UK Blu-ray premiere
- High definition digital transfer
- DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Stereo
- Newly recorded interview with director Ate de Jong
- New audio commentary with critics Kim Newman and Sean Hogan
- Archival director’s commentary with Ate de Jong
- Archival interview with actor C.J. Graham
- Archival interview with Steven Johnson
- Production stills and behind-the-scenes gallery
- Theatrical trailer
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Limited Edition booklet featuring original storyboards, archival correspondence and new writing from Sean McGeady
- Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in and full-height Scanavo packaging with O-card and removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings
ROMANCING IN THIN AIR [GAO HAI BA ZHI LIAN II] (Hong Kong 2012)
Limited Edition Blu-ray | 20 April 2026 | £17.99
Movie star icon Michael (Louis Koo, Throw Down) sinks into a depression after being publicly dumped at the altar by his former fiancée. After embarking on a drunken bender, he is found in a mountain forest, lost and barely responsive, by Sue (Sammi Cheng, Infernal Affairs), who runs the local guesthouse and is still grieving the loss of her husband, who mysteriously disappeared in the woods several years prior. As Sue slowly nurses Michael back to health and the pair learn more about their shared pasts, they embark on a journey to find catharsis in each other.
While best known for his crime and action films, legendary director Johnnie To (Election, Drug War) also directed over a dozen romantic melodramas, and Romancing in Thin Air is one of the very best in its genre: a powerful and moving meditation on loss, grief, and the power of cinema itself.
LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY FEATURES:
- High-definition digital transfer
- Dolby TrueHD 7.1 and DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 audio tracks
- Newly recorded interview with screenwriter Ryker Chan
- New audio commentary by Hong Kong cinema expert Dylan Cheung
- New visual essay on Johnnie To’s romantic melodramas by Sean Gilman
- Extended behind-the-scenes footage
- Making-of featurette
- Theatrical trailer
- Newly translated English subtitles by Dylan Cheung
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow
- Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Jake Cole
- Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings
CONFESSIONS OF A POLICE CAPTAIN [CONFESSIONE DI UN COMMISSARIO DI POLIZIA AL PROCURATORE DELLA REPUBBLICA] (Italy 1971)
Limited Edition Blu-ray | 20 April 2026 | £17.99
In Palermo, Sicily, seasoned police captain Bonavia (Martin Balsam, 12 Angry Men) orders the release of a criminally insane inmate – then watches him set out to assassinate a local construction magnate. When the plan backfires, Bonavia faces the scrutiny of young and idealistic district attorney Traini (Franco Nero, Django, The Day of the Owl).
Neat conceptions of justice, corruption and madness shatter in this hard-hitting investigative thriller from Damiano Damiani (The Day of the Owl, How to Kill a Judge). Balsam and Nero’s face-off is complemented by a striking supporting cast and an innovative jazz, pop, and electric guitar score by Riz Ortolani (Cannibal Holocaust).
LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY FEATURES:
- 2K restoration presented with Italian and English audio options
- Uncompressed mono PCM audio
- Interview with actor Franco Nero (2026)
- Interview with actor Michele Gammino (2026)
- Interview with editor Antonio Siciliano (2026)
- Interview with film score expert Lovely Jon about Riz Ortolani’s score (2026)
- Trailer
- Newly improved English subtitle translation for Italian audio and English SDH subtitles for English audio
- Reversible sleeve featuring designs based on original posters
- Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by film scholar Mark Shiel and an archival interview with Damiano Damiani
- Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings
From Transmission
HIGHWAY TO HELL (USA 1990)
Limited Edition Blu-ray | 20 April 2026 | £17.99
When Charlie (Chad Lowe, Apprentice to Murder) and Rachel (Kristy Swanson, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) decide to elope to Las Vegas, their decision to take a desert shortcut via an abandoned Nevada backroad proves to be a fateful one: they are ambushed by the Hellcop (C. J. Graham, Friday the 13th), who abducts Rachel on behalf of Satan, snatching her through a portal to hell with the intention of making her the bride of the Satan himself. In hot pursuit via a supernatural car from a local gas station attendant (Richard Farnsworth, The Straight Story), Charlie must dodge demons while keeping Rachel and the Hellcop in his sights in order to rescue his kidnapped fiancé and battle his way out of Hell!
A wild and witty fusion of Highway ‘66 iconography, pop-culture Satanism and the Odyssey, Highway to Hell was written by Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential) and directed by Ate De Jong (Drop Dead Fred). With fantastically creative uses of claymation and visual effects from supervisor Steve Johnson (Species) and Randall William Cook (Lord of the Rings), and a stacked supporting cast (including cameos from Ben Stiller, Jerry Stiller, rocker Lita Ford and Gilbert Gottfried as Hitler), Highway to Hell is a deliriously entertaining, nitro-boosted slice of pure 90s excess. Long languishing in cult obscurity, Transmission presents this film on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK.
LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY FEATURES:
- 2K restoration presented with Italian and English audio options
- Uncompressed mono PCM audio
- Interview with actor Franco Nero (2026)
- Interview with actor Michele Gammino (2026)
- Interview with editor Antonio Siciliano (2026)
- Interview with film score expert Lovely Jon about Riz Ortolani’s score (2026)
- Trailer
- Newly improved English subtitle translation for Italian audio and English SDH subtitles for English audio
- Reversible sleeve featuring designs based on original posters
- Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by film scholar Mark Shiel and an archival interview with Damiano Damiani
- Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings