Five early films from the great American documentarian, Cinema Expanded: The Films of Frederick Wiseman, is a three-disc Blu-ray set from the BFI. Review by Gary Couzens.
The April, May and June UHD and Blu-ray releases from the BFI have been announced, and include Kurosawa's Red Beard, Visconti’s Rocco and His Brothers, Peter Weir's The Cars That Ate Paris and 50s sf classic Invaders From Mars on UHD.
François Truffaut’s The Wild Child (L’enfant sauvage), telling the true story of the Wild Boy of Aveyron, is released on Blu-ray by Radiance. Review by Gary Couzens.
In a capsule review, occasional contributor SilverBlueSnow offers a brief appreciation of last year's Radiance Blu-ray release of director Valerio Zurlini 's 1961 Girl with a Suitcase [La ragazza con la valigia].
François Truffaut’s 1969 thriller Mississippi Mermaid [La sirène du Mississipi], starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Catherine Deneuve, is released on Blu-ray by Radiance. Review by Gary Couzens.
François Truffaut strays into Hitchcock territory with The Bride Wore Black, in which Jeanne Moreau avenges the killing of her husband on their wedding day. Review by Gary Couzens.
After a small but potent wave of adoration from mostly all sides, Chloé Zhao’s adaptation of Maggie Farrell’s Hamnet arrives in UK cinemas. An overwhelming emotional flipside of Shakespeare in Love, this is the tale of the darkest muse (not Gwyneth Paltrow then) inspiring the bard’s art. Camus treads the boards lightly…
Director Edgar Wright’s long gestating, more faithful version of Stephen King’s The Running Man sneaks in to the last weeks of the far flung future year the story was set in, 2025. Camus is almost afraid to ask but is this what we’re heading for or are we already there?
