The notion was floated a while back of starting a thread to cover the myriad of non-Criterion boutique physical media distributors, and this bit of (potentially sad? although opinions are divided as to what it actually means) Warner Archive news finally prompted me to undertake the daunting process of clicking 'New Question':
QUE SERA SE-SAVINGS!2021 is here, and with it comes change. So we and our friends at the Araca Group that manage WBShop wanted to say thank you for your support with a final 4 for 44 sale! Start your lists and get ready to save on the weekend of March 12th, 2021! See you then!
― Please Hammer Stop Hurting 'Em (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 20:33 (three years ago) link
Oh good, that sale's still like three weeks away.
― avatar of a kind of respectability homosexual culture (Eric H.), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 20:37 (three years ago) link
Olive Films puts out a lot of good stuff. Can't seem to find a proper home page.
https://www.deepdiscount.com/olive-films/b236587
― clemenza, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 20:43 (three years ago) link
A small and arthouse-centric Kino sale started today alongside Criterion's: https://www.kinolorber.com/list/view/code/feb-brrr-ary-sale_2021
― Please Hammer Stop Hurting 'Em (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 20:46 (three years ago) link
xpost I appreciate the titles that Olive releases but I'm not crazy about the fact that they're mostly bare-bones releases (usually just the film itself).
― Please Hammer Stop Hurting 'Em (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 20:48 (three years ago) link
Agreed. Olive releases tend to make me frustrated Criterion or someone else didn't get them.
― avatar of a kind of respectability homosexual culture (Eric H.), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 20:55 (three years ago) link
Sometimes I stream from Kino Now, does that count?
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 21:00 (three years ago) link
Weekend before last I watched some Hungarian mind game thriller that I liked, title is really long and hard to remember.
Huh, I didn't even know they had their own streaming service. It seems like a lot of their physical releases wind up streaming on Criterion Channel.
― Please Hammer Stop Hurting 'Em (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 21:04 (three years ago) link
Wait, I misspoke. Kino Lorber does have its own streaming service called Kino Now, but I streamed PREPARATIONS TO BE TOGETHER FOR AN UNKNOWN PERIOD OF TIME from Film Forum.
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 22:43 (three years ago) link
Really hope that's not really the final Warner Archive sale! I didn't buy that often, but it was a nice thing to have around.
― Nhex, Wednesday, 24 February 2021 02:03 (three years ago) link
Streaming the latest Philippe Garrel from Film Forum now before it goes away.
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 03:39 (three years ago) link
xpost My understanding is that WB is parting ways with the company that runs WB Shop. There has been speculation running the gamut from 'so this is just the final 4 for $44 with that particular distributor' to 'so this means that WB is shuttering Warner Archive altogether'. Given that WB often demonstrates the sound business acumen of a downed power line whipping madly across a roadway, the real answer could fall anywhere within that continuum.
― Please Hammer Stop Hurting 'Em (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 03:56 (three years ago) link
I recommend this Philippe Garrel film.
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 05:07 (three years ago) link
I'm sad about the possible demise of WB Archive but to be honest I could never be bothered with bare bones releases, even if the transfers are very good. Without the contextualization I'd rather just stream it or, in the before times, wait until it hits a repertory cinema.
Can heartily recommend the first volume of Indicator's Columbia Noir boxes. Bought it kinda expecting scraps, but the overall level is actually pretty good, and Drive A Crooked Road might make it on a hypothetical list of my all-time fave noirs.
Second Run is another one to look out for - they specialise in Eastern European cinema, so I end up giving them less of my money than I should because I'm just not very savvy on that topic yet. But a recent release that I loved is Tomorrow I'll Wake Up And Scald Myself With Tea, which is a nazi time travel comedy (!) from Czechoslovakia. Very much official state cinema, not a Czech New Wave kind of thing, but really clever with its time travel conceit; can't think of another movie that uses it so well this side of Back To The Future.
Finally, 88 Films, headed by Nicky Wire in a banana suit, have just had British censors refuse them permission to release a blu-ray for some Italian nazisploitation orgy thing, which is dumb but also very funny if you immediatley think of dude's ilx days.
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 24 February 2021 10:58 (three years ago) link
i've been eyeing up the Second Run dvds for a while now, always meaning to buy more, but i only have the Jancso box.
― koogs, Wednesday, 24 February 2021 11:42 (three years ago) link
(and Daisies. but then everyone has Daisies)
― koogs, Wednesday, 24 February 2021 11:43 (three years ago) link
I'm sad about the possible demise of WB Archive but to be honest I could never be bothered with bare bones releases, even if the transfers are very good.
― Please Hammer Stop Hurting 'Em (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 12:12 (three years ago) link
Huh. Are the latter regular Warner DVD releases that went OOP?
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 24 February 2021 13:39 (three years ago) link
Some are. They just released Curse of Frankenstein which I think got a crummy snapcase DVD release 20 years ago in the US but was otherwise only ever available in multipacks. The new blu-ray is a two-disc set with the film in three different aspect ratios and a whole lot of new features.
― Please Hammer Stop Hurting 'Em (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 13:44 (three years ago) link
Looking over my recent purchases (Curse, Shop Around the Corner, Meet Me in St. Louis, Best Years of our Lives), only Best Years is fairly stingy with the extras.
― Please Hammer Stop Hurting 'Em (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 13:54 (three years ago) link
Second Run's Goodbye Dragon Inn might be my favorite release of the last year. Or at least my favorite movie that finally got a decent set.
― avatar of a kind of respectability homosexual culture (Eric H.), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 13:59 (three years ago) link
Didn't realise Nicky Wire Bananaman actually ran 88 Films, but did watch one of his documentaries on a release - might have been Massacre In Dinosaur Valley? - so it makes sense.
― Well *I* know who he is (aldo), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 14:00 (three years ago) link
I have never understood what "nicky wire in a banana suit" means and had no idea he was a poster...is there some reasonable reason his company has that name?
― rob, Wednesday, 24 February 2021 14:03 (three years ago) link
Big Hitler fan and cinephile
― jammy mcnullity (wins), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 14:06 (three years ago) link
One of those more believable than the other.
― Well *I* know who he is (aldo), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 14:09 (three years ago) link
ugh hitler stans are so annoying
― rob, Wednesday, 24 February 2021 14:11 (three years ago) link
Just did a nostalgic search through thread titles started by his most frequent identity and that was a wild ride. I didn't realise there were just so many of them.
― Well *I* know who he is (aldo), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 14:16 (three years ago) link
In actually relevant news I went to order that Czech film from Second Run but I can't check out the shopping cart. Oh well.
― Well *I* know who he is (aldo), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 14:18 (three years ago) link
yeah sorry for derail (also embarrassingly realized I've figured this out before)
still, I would probably avoid releasing nazisploitation movies with that company name
― rob, Wednesday, 24 February 2021 14:34 (three years ago) link
I wasn't having a go except at myself because I thought I was derailing.
― Well *I* know who he is (aldo), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 15:17 (three years ago) link
there are lots of WB Archives Blu-Rays with extras. Off the top of my head, a couple Michael Curtiz movies (Dodge City + Adventures of Robin Hood) have newsreels, cartoons, short films (by Curtiz!), trailers, and multiple radio broadcasts of the film in question. Usually some contemporary interviews with scholars/critics, too.
Dunno about entire extra films though, I've only ever encountered that with Criterion. They should really emphasize that more imo, I mean the Stranger Than Paradise disc for example: it has Permanent Vacation! That's hardly an extra. Stranger Than Paradise is an extra on that disc!
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 24 February 2021 18:06 (three years ago) link
Gaslight at least has both the 1940 and 1944 versions of the film. I could swear I have at least one other with a bonus film.
― Please Hammer Stop Hurting 'Em (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 18:11 (three years ago) link
But yeah, Criterion (and others who do likewise) should make a bigger deal about that. I bought The Front Page from Kino not realizing that it was included on Criterion's release of His Girl Friday.
― Please Hammer Stop Hurting 'Em (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 18:13 (three years ago) link
Most (if not all) of the Warner Archive Blu extras are ported over from the original DVDs.
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 18:13 (three years ago) link
The first Gaslight with Anton Walbrook is grebt.
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 18:16 (three years ago) link
Wow, I had no idea about Gaslight. Yeah, I had the same reaction with His Girl Friday, tbh I didn't even know it had the extra movie when I bought it. I went to watch HGF again like 2 years ago and was like "what's this extra disc...? ...oh..... wtf?!!"
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 24 February 2021 18:22 (three years ago) link
It Happened One Night has a feature length Capra silent (haven't watched yet), and the Stagecoach release has one of the best Ford silents I've seen, Bucking Broadway.
Killer's Kiss included with The Killing...The Report included with Certified Copy...yeah...
― Motoroller Scampotron (WmC), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 18:24 (three years ago) link
I'd imagine with Criterion that it has to do with them gatekeeping what gets the official "prestige" of being included in the Collection, which kinda makes since for stuff like De Palma's Murder A La Mod (bonus for Blow Out) or the 30s version of Magnificent Obsession on the Sirk disc, but is pretty baffling choice when it comes to Permanent Vacation.
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 18:26 (three years ago) link
Killer's Kiss included with The Killing...The Report included with Certified Copy...yeah...― Motoroller Scampotron (WmC), Wednesday, February 24, 2021 1:24 PM (three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Motoroller Scampotron (WmC), Wednesday, February 24, 2021 1:24 PM (three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
YO
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 24 February 2021 18:29 (three years ago) link
I'VE HAD THE REPORT THIS WHOLE TIME.....?
xxp Yeah that does make sense, it just feels like they should advertise them more, I mean I had NO idea Certified Copy came with The Report-- and I've had that disc for years!
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 24 February 2021 18:31 (three years ago) link
But, then again, I don't read stickers!
My birthday present to you!
― Motoroller Scampotron (WmC), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 18:35 (three years ago) link
I love you
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 24 February 2021 18:36 (three years ago) link
The studio killed the original UK Gaslight in various ways such as renaming it so as not to compete with the US remake, iirc..
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 18:41 (three years ago) link
Okay, MGM destroyed the negative at the time, and one or both versions were variously known as Angel Street and The Murder in Thornton Square.
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 18:51 (three years ago) link
Bonus films are indeed an awesome feature, though tbh I'm not sure I'll ever get around to the earlier version of Holiday
― rob, Wednesday, 24 February 2021 18:55 (three years ago) link
I haven't looked at the Warner Archive site in years, but I remember being wary because the DVDs (and maybe the blu-rays?) were sometimes DVD-Rs/MOD. The fact that a even some factory-pressed Warner titles from about fifteen years ago became unplayable over time helped sour me on buying Warner releases. But I also just rarely watch physical discs any more, unfortunately.
xxp Another bonus feature IIRC is The Traveler on Criterion's Close-Up.
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 18:57 (three years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/21/arts/gaslight-movie-afterlife.htmlJ. Hoberman's overview.
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 18:58 (three years ago) link
xpost Warner Archive DVDs are, unfortunately, usually DVD-Rs and thusly not generally something I'm inclined to pay money for (except that I'm probably going to fold on the Forbidden Hollywood sets eventually). Their blu-rays, however, are legit manufactured discs and well worth checking out. They have so much good stuff.
― Please Hammer Stop Hurting 'Em (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 19:01 (three years ago) link
I'm slapping myself just now because when I started this thread I knew I was forgetting to mention a major player and sure enough: Shout/Scream Factory is probably the most dominant boutique label in my collection. And sure enough: they're having a sale (on box sets).
https://www.shoutfactory.com/page/list/id/282131?utm_source=rejoiner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=BOXSET+SALE+FEB+2021+-+FIRST+DAY&utm_content=BOXSET+SALE+FEB+2021
You see, this is how I blew through whatever stimulus money I received last year. Soooo many sales. It's a really easy way to go broke.
― Please Hammer Stop Hurting 'Em (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 19:04 (three years ago) link
https://olivefilms.com/
(doesn't show up on a Google search).
― gjoon1, Wednesday, 24 February 2021 21:52 (three years ago) link
If you’re not buying the Maude box set from that Shout sale, seriously what are you doing in life?!
― avatar of a kind of respectability homosexual culture (Eric H.), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 23:18 (three years ago) link
Lol
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 23:21 (three years ago) link
I was looking at the Barney Miller box.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 25 February 2021 02:36 (three years ago) link
Seeing that Homicide box, and remembering how ridiculously expensive the original season sets were back upon release in the early '00s: $80-$100 apiece (because of the music rights, iirc).
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 25 February 2021 04:03 (three years ago) link
Wow, that is amazingly cheap, even at retail. Did they cut the music or something?
― Nhex, Thursday, 25 February 2021 05:21 (three years ago) link
Looks like direct ports of the old discs.
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 25 February 2021 05:51 (three years ago) link
When A&E did their complete series box, IIRC it was like $150-$200.
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 25 February 2021 05:54 (three years ago) link
thatTomorrow I'll Wake Up And Scald Myself With Tea film mentioned upthread fort mentioned in the guardian today in an article about a new (?) streaming service
https://easterneuropeanmovies.com/
which might be a bit off topic (being streaming) but looks interesting
― koogs, Saturday, 27 February 2021 12:43 (three years ago) link
(fuck autocorrect, you get the idea)
That does look great. I grumble about the big streaming services quite a bit but truth be told I could probably spend the rest of my life just watching old movies on stuff like this, the Cinephobe and assorted youtube accounts, without even getting into the Criterion channel.
― Daniel_Rf, Saturday, 27 February 2021 14:49 (three years ago) link
the russian films are a separate (but related) website
and it has an interesting payment plan - $5 for a day, $15 for a week, $30 for a month, $100 for lifetime
you could probably get the cost per film down to $1 given a week and enough spare time (although probably avoid Satantango in that case!)
― koogs, Saturday, 27 February 2021 15:19 (three years ago) link
that's assuming this service lasts 2 years!
― Nhex, Saturday, 27 February 2021 17:30 (three years ago) link
That's a great selection, quite a few I've loved and a good bunch I want to see, maybe someday.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 27 February 2021 20:34 (three years ago) link
Inspired by this thread I tracked down a complete list of Warner Archive releases, and wow! Need the third season of Young Sheldon on blu with no extras? They got you covered!
― Daniel_Rf, Sunday, 28 February 2021 13:36 (three years ago) link
Come on, that's on par with dismissing Criterion because they released Armageddon. Every physical media company produces shitty loss leaders. Warner Archive is one of the few things I won't actively give WB shit for these days.
― Chokeslamming A Memory (Old Lunch), Sunday, 28 February 2021 14:18 (three years ago) link
No man I'm not dismissing it, it's just that I mostly knew it as a purveyor of super niche old school Hollywood stuff and was surprised by their branching out.
― Daniel_Rf, Sunday, 28 February 2021 14:19 (three years ago) link
Also Armageddon is totally Criterion-worthy what are you on about.
― Daniel_Rf, Sunday, 28 February 2021 14:20 (three years ago) link
The Long Good Friday looks extraordinary in the new Arrow version. They even put together a fancy modern trailer which makes it look the bee's knees
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B90zNzyFk-w
Man i'd love to see this print at the movies.
― piscesx, Sunday, 28 February 2021 14:27 (three years ago) link
xpost Ah, gotcha. Yeah, more and more they're also using WAC as a repository for tv seasons that otherwise don't get a wide physical release (I think they manufacture these things like 1000 at a time?). Which...I don't even know what tv shows are considered for a wide release anymore, since Targets and other major retail outlets have all but given up on physical media.
― Chokeslamming A Memory (Old Lunch), Sunday, 28 February 2021 14:46 (three years ago) link
bought a cheap 2nd hand blu ray player recently, what are good online shops in UK to buy these kind of boutique releases? is there a place with an upcoming release schedule?
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Sunday, 28 February 2021 14:55 (three years ago) link
I extensively use blu-ray.com. This is their new release calendar but you may have to tweak the settings to get UK-specific releases (hint: select yr country in the search bar, do a search, and the site should then rejigger their listings such that they're specific to your region).
― Chokeslamming A Memory (Old Lunch), Sunday, 28 February 2021 15:28 (three years ago) link
Warning: that link is extremely dangerous, as I realize now that I hadn't checked it in a while and now I'm seeing a bunch of stuff that I didn't even know had been released and, well...bye bye, money.
― Chokeslamming A Memory (Old Lunch), Sunday, 28 February 2021 15:33 (three years ago) link
if you put the name of something, (ie Tomorrow I'll Wake Up And Scald Myself With Tea), in a search engine and hit 'shopping' it'll list a bunch of places with it for sale, most of which are ebay and the rest of which don't look like places that would care about films, just about selling units (one of which even has "SKU" as a sort order in its list)
places likebase.comhive.co.ukwww.moviesandgamesonline.co.ukhmv actually have a good selection (and i have tokens)wh smith
amazon also. and they are quite good for recommendations, just terrible at the details. (for example, the first two reviews say there are no english subtitles because they've merged all the reviews for all the different releases together)
― koogs, Sunday, 28 February 2021 15:34 (three years ago) link
Usually, unless I'm just dying to see a particular thing, I wait until the boutiques offer a sale. Most of them do a couple times a year and the prices are often pretty good, and if you stay on top of things you'll find out about limited releases that are usually dropped during the sales (which I will endeavor to use this thread to hype when they pop up).
― Chokeslamming A Memory (Old Lunch), Sunday, 28 February 2021 15:45 (three years ago) link
ta, blu-ray.com looks dangerously useful. funny seeing what is available and what isn'tI've only used amazon so far, they had a load of Ozu for £6.99 each the other day so grabbed a few
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Sunday, 28 February 2021 15:55 (three years ago) link
dismissing Criterion because they released Armageddon.
― Chokeslamming A Memory (Old Lunch), Sunday, February 28, 2021 2:18 PM
I missed this shitstorm and all the accompanying death threats
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Sunday, 28 February 2021 18:27 (three years ago) link
Why tf did Shout price the complete Pee-Wee's Playhouse box set for $35 on DVD and $150 on Blu-ray???
― Warmed Regards, (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 28 February 2021 19:15 (three years ago) link
pixels aren't free
― koogs, Sunday, 28 February 2021 19:30 (three years ago) link
I dunno, I was waiting for the blu-ray but just wound up getting the old DVD season sets once I saw their MSRP. I guess there's a bunch of new special features but it wasn't worth the expense to me.
― Chokeslamming A Memory (Old Lunch), Sunday, 28 February 2021 20:14 (three years ago) link
it's $90 on Blu-Ray, the $150 one probably came with bow tie or something
― fbclid=fhAZ3l (f. hazel), Sunday, 28 February 2021 21:04 (three years ago) link
Now a big huge Kino sale (500+ titles, many @ $10 or less, lots of good stuff): https://www.kinolorber.com/list/view/code/march-madness-sale-2021
And then I think the Warner Archive sale starts tomorrow.
Sorry, wallet.
― Stefan Twerkelle (Old Lunch), Friday, 12 March 2021 00:40 (three years ago) link
Just in time for the stimmy check
― Nhex, Friday, 12 March 2021 02:38 (three years ago) link
I bought Last Year at Marienbad and Transylvania 6-5000
― so tonight that I might ramona quimby (f. hazel), Friday, 12 March 2021 02:52 (three years ago) link
Limited myself to just 4 because I've actually been going pretty hog-wild on Indicator/Arrow since getting a region-free player for the first time in a decade.
The Mortal StormThe Best Years of Our LivesOn Dangerous GroundWaiting for Guffman (I somehow keep losing this one to lendees)
― avatar of a kind of respectability homosexual culture (Eric H.), Friday, 12 March 2021 16:39 (three years ago) link
On Dangerous Ground! Keep meaning to buy that one. Maybe this time...
― Nhex, Friday, 12 March 2021 16:58 (three years ago) link
Yup, the site even says Final $4 for $44. Maybe time to get some advance gifts.
― Nhex, Friday, 12 March 2021 17:00 (three years ago) link
SHOPWB15 brings it down to 4 for $37.50 (plus taxes and shipping)
― daily growing, Friday, 12 March 2021 17:48 (three years ago) link
ty!
― Nhex, Friday, 12 March 2021 17:49 (three years ago) link
Definitely snagging a copy of Dead of Night from Kino. Tempted to get the Classics of Yiddish Cinema box as well for $30, if only for the restoration of The Dybbuk, which I've only ever seen in a VHS dub ripped from YouTube years ago with patchy subtitles.
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Friday, 12 March 2021 18:30 (three years ago) link
I have but have not yet watched the Yiddish Cinema box, but I would advise checking out some reviews before you buy. They did some weird shit with the subtitles where, in some instances, they subtitled over existing subtitles that I guess were on the actual print. Some people are not crazy about this decision.
― Stefan Twerkelle (Old Lunch), Friday, 12 March 2021 18:56 (three years ago) link
Like this:https://images.static-bluray.com/reviews/22211_28_large.jpg
― Stefan Twerkelle (Old Lunch), Friday, 12 March 2021 19:00 (three years ago) link
Oh I should've pointed out too, if you haven't figured it out already, that the 4 for $44 is a bit of a misnomer inasmuch as everything is $11 a pop when you buy four or more.
― Stefan Twerkelle (Old Lunch), Friday, 12 March 2021 20:40 (three years ago) link
whoa, thanks for the heads up OL. yeah the print i'm familiar with (that i assume must be the one they restored) had what appeared to be burned-in english subs on about 3/4 of it. odd that they wouldnt just leave those and do the missing sections, but instead box over the existing english subtitles with... other english subtitles? maybe some kind of legal rights regarding the new translation? how odd.
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Friday, 12 March 2021 20:58 (three years ago) link
No idea what the situation is with this particular release, but there's also the possibility that they considered the previous translation bad enough that correcting it takes precedence over aesthetics.
I recently watched Behram Beyzai's Downpour, where the only existing copy has burnt in subtitles. The restoration (from Scorsese's world cinema project) left these in, and while from an artistic pov I'm sure it's the best choice, it was still frustrating knowing that the subs were only cpaturing 40% of the dialogue.
― Daniel_Rf, Saturday, 13 March 2021 13:21 (three years ago) link
Oops, sorry y'all, I missed one. Assuming you still have any money left, there's also an Indicator sale running through tomorrow: https://www.powerhousefilms.co.uk/collections/sale
― Stefan Twerkelle (Old Lunch), Sunday, 14 March 2021 12:31 (three years ago) link
Hmm... maybe I should put that stimmy to good use, finally get all-region BR player
― Nhex, Sunday, 14 March 2021 20:31 (three years ago) link
It's worth it!
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 14 March 2021 21:08 (three years ago) link
I just got a region free 4K for Xmas and have basically spent the last two months buying stuff I’ve wanted for years.
― avatar of a kind of respectability homosexual culture (Eric H.), Sunday, 14 March 2021 21:28 (three years ago) link
Yeah it's a perfect (and justified) temptation to do just that. (Signed, guy who picked up the Gormenghast Blu-ray yesterday.)
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 14 March 2021 21:29 (three years ago) link
Note for the interested - 4K discs are all region free, regardless of origin or player. Blurays are obviously still subject to region A/B/C restrictions.
― assert (MatthewK), Monday, 15 March 2021 02:15 (three years ago) link
Went with The Yakuza, On Dangerous Ground, The Shop Around the Corner, The Hunger, and Judgment Night on the WB sale. Cut about half of my wishes from the cart to get it down to only those titles.
― Nhex, Monday, 15 March 2021 02:58 (three years ago) link
I went well and truly overboard with this WB Archive sale, thanks to having plenty of advance warning (and to make up for missing basically every previous one). Blew a not inconsiderable chunk of my stimbus on 16 titles to get to free shipping:
Curse of the Cat People (the inevitable fuckup that no big sale purchase can be without; I didn't realize there was a blu-ray from Shout Factory so I'll try and flip this somehow)Lady in the LakeDesperate LivingM ButterflyTwice Upon a TimePink FlamingosThe Witches bluThe Boy Friend bluPerformance blu (dumb mistake with the audio track aside, it's one of my favorite movies of all time and a nice upgrade over the SD disc)Suspicion bluKey Largo bluBody Snatchers (Ferrara) bluThe Hunger bluOut of the Past bluThe Thing From Another World bluDial M for Murder blu
― You guys are caterpillar (Telephone thing), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 14:41 (three years ago) link
I bought five titles from Kino Lorber last night: Blue Collar, the restoration of Murnau's Faust, Bob le Flambeur, and two Forties noirs: Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (come on, with that title, how could I not?) and Cover Up.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 17 March 2021 12:28 (three years ago) link
Very risky buying based off titles. But I take this risk regularly.
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 17 March 2021 17:54 (three years ago) link
Oh, I read a review of it several years ago that stuck it in my head. But it is an all-time great title.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 17 March 2021 17:55 (three years ago) link
You've convinced me
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 17 March 2021 17:56 (three years ago) link
I bought Burn, Witch, Burn based on the title. They got me! It was originally titled Night of the Eagle!
― so tonight that I might ramona quimby (f. hazel), Thursday, 18 March 2021 02:45 (three years ago) link
are there any good podcasts that cover this sort of stuff? or just older films in general.those Indicator Noir boxsets have become lust objects for me
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 18 March 2021 07:04 (three years ago) link
I think in terms of being purely about home video releases Just The Discs is probably your best bet. If we're talking old movies in general that widens the remit considerably: The Movies That Made Me (co-hosted by Joe Dante), Cinema Smorgasbord (mostly off the beaten track stuff), Cinema60 (deep dives on stuff from that decade), Important Cinema Club, PopScreen (films featuring or about pop stars) are some of my faves.
Also if you're in the UK and looking to navigate the Talking Pictures TV schedule - or if you're just looking for some good old timey British film recs - I co-host the official Talking Pictures TV Podcast :)
― Daniel_Rf, Thursday, 18 March 2021 10:52 (three years ago) link
cool! I should watch Talking Pictures more than I should, I just never think of watching "normal" tv these days so something that flags up forthcoming stuff would definitely help. it's like I'm your target audience!
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 18 March 2021 11:22 (three years ago) link
Shout! Select sale: https://www.shoutfactory.com/sale/shout-select-ticket-to-savings
I love Shout! Factory's output but their sale prices are usually a little meh. That said, these are about the lowest prices you're likely to see for some of this stuff.
Also, I have no idea what the criteria is for their Select line. It's the same mixture of high- and lowbrow that constitutes the rest of their stuff, and they generally put together a solid package of supplements, so...(shrugs). But if you've been looking to pick up a copy of both Holy Motors and Doctor Detroit, now's your chance!
― Clem McFlannery's Clam Phlegm Cannery (Old Lunch), Friday, 19 March 2021 23:31 (three years ago) link
Three O' Clock High was released on BR! Wow! But yeah, prices are a tad high.
― Nhex, Saturday, 20 March 2021 00:49 (three years ago) link
I bought a Shout Select blu of Shakedown (1988) after a friend couldn't stop talking about it.
― Daniel_Rf, Saturday, 20 March 2021 18:39 (three years ago) link
haha, I got Holy Motors and... the 'Burbs
― so tonight that I might ramona quimby (f. hazel), Saturday, 20 March 2021 19:16 (three years ago) link
i didn't get anything but this inspired me to finally drop $$$ on the scream factory friday the 13th set
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 20 March 2021 19:46 (three years ago) link
money i don't have.... many movies i already own...... whateverrrrr
I'm saving so much money by not going to bars
― so tonight that I might ramona quimby (f. hazel), Saturday, 20 March 2021 19:57 (three years ago) link
Arrow Academy getting folded into Arrow proper
Academy fans, we have some big changes to share with you all... The good news is this isn't a goodbye so please make sure to follow us over on @ArrowFilmsVideo to keep up to date. We thank you all for your years of support and hope you stick with us! pic.twitter.com/yAy5vrfvqF— Arrow Academy (@Academy_Arrow) March 22, 2021
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 23 March 2021 12:03 (three years ago) link
Also just a vague announcement atm but there's gonna be a big Arrow sale on/around Easter. Start savin' yer change, kids!
― Clem McFlannery's Clam Phlegm Cannery (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 23 March 2021 12:06 (three years ago) link
i don't think i'd realised before reading that tweet that Second Run were part of Arrow.
― koogs, Tuesday, 23 March 2021 12:16 (three years ago) link
also i notice they have released Imamura's Black Rain but only as part of a triple release for £50, and i've already got one of the other films 8(
― koogs, Tuesday, 23 March 2021 12:37 (three years ago) link
I think Arrow distribute Second Run (also: Third Window Films, which do interesting Japanese stuff) but it's not a sub-label like Arrow Academy was.
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 23 March 2021 13:11 (three years ago) link
Arrow sale now live.
For UK-ers: https://arrowfilms.com/shop/easter-carnage-sale/For US-ers: https://grindhousevideo.com/collections/easter-carnage-sale
― You Can't Have the Woogie Without a Little Boogie (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 17:09 (three years ago) link
This has to be the last sale I partake in until the next B&N one, seriously. Stocked up on Altman (Gosford Park + Images), the Imamura box and Distant Voices, Still Lives.
― avatar of a kind of respectability homosexual culture (Eric H.), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 17:12 (three years ago) link
Went a bit mad on that Second Run sale as I haven't exactly been splashing out lately anyway, got this lot for £60 all in:The Fabulous Baron MunchausenFruit of Paradise A Jester's Tale Red Psalm Distant Journey The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On Journey to the Beginning of Time Invention for Destruction Silence and Cry The Shop on the High Street A Case for a Rookie Hangman
I've never been disappointed yet by anything they've put out, also not too bothered about the lack of Criterion-style extras tbh.
― tonto's expanding waistband (Matt #2), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 17:55 (three years ago) link
Oh man, lots of good stuff on that Arrow sale. Maybe I should burn more of that stimulus money...
― Nhex, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 18:05 (three years ago) link
The extras on Second Run discs aren't bad, by and large!
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 18:41 (three years ago) link
um, easily a dozen things in the arrow sale that would sit unwatched in front of the tv for years before i got around to them.
― koogs, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 19:20 (three years ago) link
plugged the gaps in my Yakuza Papers collectionDaisies was removed from my basket at checkout :(
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 19:27 (three years ago) link
For those who aren't in the know: if you see an Arrow box set that tickles your fancy, buy it and buy it quick. They seem to almost all wind up as limited editions whether that's the stated intent or not (although some do eventually get rereleased minus the frills).
― You Can't Have the Woogie Without a Little Boogie (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 20:24 (three years ago) link
And I mean limited. There's at least two that immediately come to mind which were released in the latter half of 2020 and are already OOP.
― You Can't Have the Woogie Without a Little Boogie (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 20:26 (three years ago) link
Wasn't going to bother with Arrow sale but HGL, Phantasm and Vincent Price/Poe box sets at half price yes please.
I'm still suffering from last month's Network sale where they offered 40% of everything and I ended up dropping a couple of hundred quid.
― Well *I* know who he is (aldo), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 21:52 (three years ago) link
Daisies was removed from my basket at checkout :(
Valerie and her Week of Wonders for me.
since they've not been mentioned here yet, just wanna give a shout out to milestone films, who've done a beautiful job restoring and releasing dvds of films by shirley clarke, charles burnett, kathleen collins, lotte reininger, evgeni bauer and many others
― donna rouge, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 22:00 (three years ago) link
I tried the first Yakuza Papers and couldn't keep up at all - so many different dudes shooting up different places to keep track of.
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 31 March 2021 10:18 (three years ago) link
Good news for poliziotteschi fans (so I guess aldo and me) - Arrow are releasing a box set for the genre.
Bad news - I've never heard of any of the films in it and there's no Di Leo, Castellari, Martino, Lenzi or Damiani to be seen amongst them.
https://arrowfilms.com/product-detail/years-of-lead-five-classic-italian-crime-thrillers-1973-1977-blu-ray/FCD2123
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 31 March 2021 10:20 (three years ago) link
I can't say that it maintains across the line, but I've yet to be disappointed by any of the Arrow releases that I've bought sight unseen*, so I'm starting to rely on their judgment more.*although I've knowingly bought box sets knowing they contained some garbage (see: Hellraiser IIII)
― You Can't Have the Woogie Without a Little Boogie (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 31 March 2021 11:15 (three years ago) link
I've seen Highway Star, which is a spectacular if not particularly plot heavy heist movie, and Colt 38 Special Squad (mainly because I'm a fan of What Have You Done To Solange) which is much more what you'd expect and great fun. I might have to pre-order this one
― Well *I* know who he is (aldo), Wednesday, 31 March 2021 11:30 (three years ago) link
Speaking of poliziotteschi, the record label that put out some of my soundtrack-y stuff (among others) is moving into film releases now. Probably haven't done enough to call it a boutique distributor yet though tbh but these releases seem to be popular:https://www.cineploit.com/?page_id=2470
― tonto's expanding waistband (Matt #2), Wednesday, 31 March 2021 11:31 (three years ago) link
That's cool!
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 31 March 2021 11:49 (three years ago) link
I think the Lady Scorpion set came out in a cheaper version, so that one I'm glad I didn't jump at the first version
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Wednesday, 31 March 2021 20:35 (three years ago) link
It's all streaming on Prime in the US, but I still kind of want the physical copy when they inevitably disappear (same with the Stray Cat Rock set).
― Nhex, Wednesday, 31 March 2021 22:51 (three years ago) link
Stray Cat Rock is a must-buy (also have the Lady Scorpion set but have yet to dive in), thank u 2 Arrow for hipping me to '60s & '70s Japanese exploitation cinema generally and the fierce wonder of Meiko Kaji specifically.
― You Can't Have the Woogie Without a Little Boogie (Old Lunch), Thursday, 1 April 2021 00:29 (three years ago) link
Oh, here's another thing if my sale announcements haven't already bled you dry. So there's this bookstore ( https://hamiltonbook.com ) whose blu-ray buyer gets his hands on some pretty good stuff which is occasionally out of print (eg a bunch of Twilight Time stock just after they closed shop) and often at some really good discount prices. They do a new drop every fourth Monday evening and will be doing so this coming Monday. It's a real grab bag but it's worth checking out when the drop comes (particularly since he sometimes only gets a handful of copies of something good that sells out that night).
― You Can't Have the Woogie Without a Little Boogie (Old Lunch), Thursday, 1 April 2021 00:52 (three years ago) link
I had the Arrow Gamera sets (each for about $20 cheaper than I'd seen them anywhere else) sitting in my Hamilton Book shopping cart for too long and they disappeared. 😢
― You Can't Have the Woogie Without a Little Boogie (Old Lunch), Thursday, 1 April 2021 00:55 (three years ago) link
I've been tempted by Hamilton many a time, but always forget to buy before the item I really want disappears, just as in your case. The prices often seem too good to be true for brand new merchandise.
― Nhex, Thursday, 1 April 2021 01:39 (three years ago) link
They're totally legit, I've ordered a bunch of stuff from them. I think they just function like a remaindered bookseller (although I've never understood exactly how the economics of remaindered bookselling works). It occurred to me after my last post that that was where I got my Stray Cat Rock and Lady Scorpion sets. There's almost always something from the boutique labels included in their drops. One of the more recent deals I recall was marked-down copies of Severin's Andy Milligan box set after the thing was already out of print and fetching high prices from the scalpers. Naturally, those didn't stick around long.
― You Can't Have the Woogie Without a Little Boogie (Old Lunch), Thursday, 1 April 2021 02:03 (three years ago) link
They seem to know what's up with their boutique labels - all the Vinegar Syndrome/Arrow stuff etc. pretty much match the seasonal sale prices, so usually ~$20-30. But there's lots of <$10 BRs that are uncommon
― Nhex, Thursday, 1 April 2021 03:02 (three years ago) link
Damn, Arrow sent me someone else's order!
― Bidh boladh a' mhairbh de 'n láimh fhalaimh (dowd), Tuesday, 6 April 2021 08:18 (three years ago) link
Hamilton Books hooked me up with a discounted copy of the John Ford at Fox box set. Much recommended.
I don't follow Daedalus Books, but I got a discounted copy of the Murnau & Borzage box set from them.
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Tuesday, 6 April 2021 10:55 (three years ago) link
Whoa, I thought for a second you meant that you recently bought a copy. Had to double check, that thing's been on my list for a while.Hamilton drop was last night, btw. Pretty light month but some Arrows, some Code Reds, worth a browse.
― You Can't Have the Woogie Without a Little Boogie (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 6 April 2021 11:08 (three years ago) link
Ford at Fox I mean. Probably should just pull the trigger, as those prices keep creepin' but never in the direction I'd prefer.
― You Can't Have the Woogie Without a Little Boogie (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 6 April 2021 11:09 (three years ago) link
I tell myself I'm going to watch all of both boxes and then flip them. In the event I actually do this, shall I offer them here at special ILX prices?
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Tuesday, 6 April 2021 12:37 (three years ago) link
Indicator releasing Ishtar!
― avatar of a kind of respectability homosexual culture (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 April 2021 16:34 (three years ago) link
A combination between lockdown boredom and paranoia about sets selling out meant I have pre-ordered the poliziotteschi set but also threw in the Bill Rebane and William Grefé sets because I'll only be upset when I miss them (actually I had read somewhere the William Grefé was OOP already so ordered it purely because I could).
― Well *I* know who he is (aldo), Friday, 16 April 2021 07:49 (three years ago) link
Yeah, limited edition paranoia is the bane of the physical media enthusiast in 2021.
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 16 April 2021 08:40 (three years ago) link
Zavvi buys Arrow:
https://thedigitalbits.com/columns/my-two-cents/040621-1500
― Ward Fowler, Friday, 16 April 2021 08:48 (three years ago) link
I've got it worst with the Indicator Hammer sets - can't risk buying any since I have no chance of getting the early ones.
― Well *I* know who he is (aldo), Friday, 16 April 2021 09:20 (three years ago) link
I dithered about the Hammer box sets until the first one was about to go out of print - Indicator are good about warning when titles are nearly sold out - and then hurriedly pulled the trigger. Have managed to keep up to date with them since - looking forward to volume six, shortly. I was too late on Indicator's Harryhausen sets though, and they seem to command mostly mad prices on Ebay etc now.
― Ward Fowler, Friday, 16 April 2021 10:14 (three years ago) link
Missing out on the Harryhausen and Sinbad sets really hurts since there's no way of getting to them.
Kind of wish I'd tried harder to get the Norman Warren coffin box rather than the Indicator set so it matched my other three anchor bay boxes (Pete Walker, Amicus, Tigon).
― Well *I* know who he is (aldo), Friday, 16 April 2021 10:36 (three years ago) link
CriterionForum thread says Indicator are working on a Harryhausen Centenary Collection which should include all his films; not sure where they got that info but there's ppl from Indicator on that board so false rumors usually get shot down fast.
https://www.criterionforum.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=15362&p=727840&hilit=harryhausen#p727840
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 16 April 2021 13:08 (three years ago) link
Took 30 days exactly but I finally got a shipping confirmation on my Warner Archive 4 for $44 order.
― Nhex, Friday, 16 April 2021 14:29 (three years ago) link
Sounds like that's a chronic problem. I guess there were lots of layoffs at WB around the time they shuttered the store.Some of these boutiques and specialty stores are amazing with their shipping (Kino is great, and the Ronin Flix store is so unbelievably efficient that I can't say with certainty that they don't immediately drop what they're doing and drive your package to your home), but others...prrrrobably should focus on their product and leave the shipping and handling to someone else. Severin, I'm looking at you. And Mondo Macabro is a great label but my Halloween sale package arrived sometime in early 2021, lol.
― You Can't Have the Woogie Without a Little Boogie (Old Lunch), Friday, 16 April 2021 14:45 (three years ago) link
Finally decided to get the Severin Christopher Lee box pre-order and it looks like the Andy Milligan box is delayed because it's still a pre-order too.
― Well *I* know who he is (aldo), Friday, 16 April 2021 14:56 (three years ago) link
I thought the Milligan box was long OOP. Unless they're reissuing it.
― You Can't Have the Woogie Without a Little Boogie (Old Lunch), Friday, 16 April 2021 14:57 (three years ago) link
Well they've just let me order one with a pre-order date of last month.
― Well *I* know who he is (aldo), Friday, 16 April 2021 15:02 (three years ago) link
Not really boutique but Studio Canal's Vintage Classics line is worth a look. Mostly old timey Brit classics - Ealing, the Archers, kitchen sink stuff - but they seem to be branching out in interesting ways. Anyone seen Restless Natives?
https://vintageclassicsfilm.co.uk/films/
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 16 April 2021 15:57 (three years ago) link
Restless Natives used to be compulsory viewing on STV, seemed to be screened every month. Haven't seen it in a long while but I remember it as being more fun than either Gregory's Girl or Local Hero (which I suppose are the nearest touchstones, even if they aren't much alike).
I'm tempted by the That'll Be The Day/Stardust double header. Can anybody vouch for Sparrows Can't Sing as I've been curious about that for years.
It's a great transfer of And Soon The Darkness, but the surprise standout for me is Tales of Hoffmann, which is absolutely beautiful and well worthy of the format.
― Well *I* know who he is (aldo), Friday, 16 April 2021 16:26 (three years ago) link
Sparrows Can't Sing is another of those things that's seemingly on all the time on freeview, but it might be London Live which doesn't help you. i watched it a couple of years ago when it was on but the only thing i remember about it is Barbara Windsor is in it.
― koogs, Friday, 16 April 2021 17:08 (three years ago) link
It's something I always seem to miss though, no matter how well intentioned I am about definitely watching it this time.
Written by Stephen Lewis, who of course went on to be Blakey, so the casting of Bob Grant in it might be connected.
― Well *I* know who he is (aldo), Friday, 16 April 2021 17:27 (three years ago) link
Sparrows Can't Sing is good but you have to have a high tolerance for couples bickering, it's like a working class cockney comedy Who's Afraid Of Virgina Woolf.
― Daniel_Rf, Saturday, 17 April 2021 13:02 (three years ago) link
is there a scene on a strange swing bridge in docklands somewhere?
― koogs, Saturday, 17 April 2021 13:50 (three years ago) link
Anyone else feel Arrow's output has been a bit underwhelming in recent years? What happened?
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 17 April 2021 20:12 (three years ago) link
I don't personally feel like there's been much of a drop-off (although they're certainly putting out more mainstream stuff of late) but there's a lot more competition these days, a lot of other boutique labels covering similar ground. So they're probably getting snaked on the rights to release some things they would've had a clear and easy path to a few years back.
― You Can't Have the Woogie Without a Little Boogie (Old Lunch), Saturday, 17 April 2021 20:40 (three years ago) link
I have to wonder if it has been difficult getting some rights, Jasper Sharp often works with them and I'm sure he has a skyscraper wishlist of japanese films but it's been a trickle and usually films that have already been on dvd.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 17 April 2021 20:51 (three years ago) link
I dunno, Japanese cinema seems like the one area where they're still dilligently at it - the Gamera boxes, Yasuzo Masumura's works, the Invisible Man series.
I do think Arrow's taste is less than reliable, so whenever they release some z-grade horror it's as likely to be a poor generic offering within the genre as something special.
Also the Arrow Academy brand getting subsumed into the main line makes me worry that they're going to almost totally neglect arthouse stuff outside of like huge names/guaranteed sellers. Can't imagine anything like the Taviani Bros box set getting released anytime soon.
― Daniel_Rf, Sunday, 18 April 2021 11:16 (three years ago) link
Annoyed at mostly-non-response from arrow customer services. Give me my discs!
― Bidh boladh a' mhairbh de 'n láimh fhalaimh (dowd), Monday, 19 April 2021 13:17 (three years ago) link
Kino Lorber having a sale.
https://www.familyvideo.com/deals/kino-lorber-deals
― nickn, Monday, 19 April 2021 21:50 (three years ago) link
might be better off waiting until the next sale from Kino directly, prices all seem a bit higher since it's through FV
― Nhex, Monday, 19 April 2021 22:18 (three years ago) link
Yeah, the prices aren't great and I'm not seeing much that hasn't shown up on recent Kino sales. Maybe like The Barbarians, if you're into total trash (nb, I'm way into total trash).
― You Can't Have the Woogie Without a Little Boogie (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 20 April 2021 01:15 (two years ago) link
I don't think anyone on this thread will judge anyone else, lol
― Nhex, Tuesday, 20 April 2021 01:18 (two years ago) link
bad news for Australian lovers of unusual cinema: "Unfortunately we do not have any more copies of "The Boys" available - we may have been able to source one a month or so back, however we have recently moved warehouses and any obsolete/out of print titles were destroyed prior to the move."
― assert (MatthewK), Tuesday, 20 April 2021 05:54 (two years ago) link
sorry, that was an email from Madman Entertainment
So, seems I am keeping the mistaken order I recieved - anything here worth watching?
What have you done to Solange
Deranged
The Night Evelyn Came out of the Grave
The Red Queen Kills Seven Times
Nightbreed
Deep Red
The Prey
Death Walks on High Heels
Rawhead Rex
Death Walks at Midnight
Creepshow 2
Edge of the Axe
I've seen Nightbreed (which I dig, I love Clive Barker), Rawhead Rex (not great - I liked it as a kid) and Creepshow 2 (which I don't remember).
― Bidh boladh a' mhairbh de 'n láimh fhalaimh (dowd), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 10:57 (two years ago) link
Some cool giallo in there! I liked Solange and Deep Red, haven't seen the others though I'm curious to
― Nhex, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 12:20 (two years ago) link
If Deranged is the 1970s Ed Gein one starring Roberts Blossom, then it's a classic. If it's some later slasher flick, probably not. The Red Queen Kills Seven Times has a good soundtrack, couldn't tell you any more about it. Deep Red goes without saying.
― take a good fucking look at yourself why don't you (Matt #2), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 12:21 (two years ago) link
you gotta keep edge of the axe bc larraz is a genius (i haven’t seen it yet)
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 12:58 (two years ago) link
Creepshow 2 is not great but it's got some New World Pictures camp nostalgia appeal.
― avatar of a kind of respectability homosexual culture (Eric H.), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 12:59 (two years ago) link
The politics of the hitchhiker segment are also worth examining.
Red Queen Kills Seven Times has, as stated, a great soundtrack - it's prob my all-time fave Bruno Nicolai theme.
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 13:29 (two years ago) link
Chirping in to say Red Queen is the pick of the bunch - the nightmare scene as she runs through the massive corridor is amazing - but all the other advice above is otm. I'd also rep for Evelyn which veers closer to exploitation than giallo but is still worth your time.
― Well *I* know who he is (aldo), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 14:01 (two years ago) link
Thanks for the tips!
― Bidh boladh a' mhairbh de 'n láimh fhalaimh (dowd), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 16:20 (two years ago) link
Just a quick heads up that Severin have just said on Facebook that they still have copies of the Andy Milligan set, and to go to them and not scalpers.
― Well *I* know who he is (aldo), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 19:12 (two years ago) link
Ooh, cool. Thanks for that.
Also for anyone who was interested specifically in the single big limited edition Arrow Gamera set (I already just bought the two smaller sets), I just noticed today that grindhousevideo.com has some copies available.
― You Can't Have the Woogie Without a Little Boogie (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 19:59 (two years ago) link
Flash sale on Shout! Factory titles that are going out of print soon (including Freaks and Geeks, as noted elsewhere): https://www.shoutfactory.com/page/list/id/282113
― You Can't Have the Woogie Without a Little Boogie (Old Lunch), Friday, 30 April 2021 15:16 (two years ago) link
Actually, it's a pretty shit sale. Probably should've checked before I posted, lol.
― You Can't Have the Woogie Without a Little Boogie (Old Lunch), Friday, 30 April 2021 15:18 (two years ago) link
SF is majorly stubborn about their retail prices. Even on sale, that F&G set is more than BB's regular price for it.
― Nhex, Friday, 30 April 2021 15:52 (two years ago) link
Btw, amazed that Vinegar Syndrome is putting out WINTERBEAST on Blu-ray: https://vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/horror/products/home-grown-horrors-volume-one
― Nhex, Friday, 30 April 2021 16:02 (two years ago) link
xpost Yeah, IDGI. I would be regularly pouring money into Shout's coffers if they'd just loosen up on their prices. After Criterion, theirs is probably the biggest catalog of stuff that I want but only occasionally buy because of the $$$.
― You Can't Have the Woogie Without a Little Boogie (Old Lunch), Friday, 30 April 2021 16:05 (two years ago) link
xpost again, I hadn't actually looked at the contents on that VS set as I assumed it was just a collection of SOV garbage. Huh. Will investigate further.
― You Can't Have the Woogie Without a Little Boogie (Old Lunch), Friday, 30 April 2021 16:07 (two years ago) link
Arright, I think that trailer just got its hooks in me.
― You Can't Have the Woogie Without a Little Boogie (Old Lunch), Friday, 30 April 2021 16:27 (two years ago) link
I finally got my Arrow order: can I just say that My 20th Century is lovely.
― Bidh boladh a' mhairbh de 'n láimh fhalaimh (dowd), Friday, 30 April 2021 20:22 (two years ago) link
Recent Arrow announcements include a set of spaghetti westerns to go with the eurocrime one and the Daimajin trilogy, a sort of Japanese take on the legend of the Golem.
― Daniel_Rf, Monday, 3 May 2021 11:18 (two years ago) link
Wow, very happy about Daimajin!
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 3 May 2021 17:43 (two years ago) link
Well, I guess it just took Hammer vol 3 at original rrp to start me off on the Indicator sets.
― Well *I* know who he is (aldo), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 11:54 (two years ago) link
Daimajin trilogy is more expensive than I expected but I really want this.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 8 May 2021 23:41 (two years ago) link
Yeah, pretty sure I'm gonna preorder. But if money is an issue, I'm sure they'll release it in a cheaper standard edition a couple months later like they did with Gamera.
― Slime Goobody (Old Lunch), Sunday, 9 May 2021 03:05 (two years ago) link
...this I didn't expect.
***NEW TITLE ANNOUNCEMENT***Coming to Blu-ray 8/24 from @KLStudioClassic Jane Wagner's Moment by Moment (1978) pic.twitter.com/SsVvW7hRbO— Dawn of The Discs (@dawnofthediscs) May 19, 2021
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 01:52 (two years ago) link
i dunno, that kinda movie's like 100% in KL's wheelhouse
― Nhex, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 03:03 (two years ago) link
Cult Epics have been releasing the works of Nouchka van Brakel, a Dutch female director from the country's 70's sexploitation heyday. Cool to see someone besides Verhoeven get some shine.
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 10:20 (two years ago) link
Strip!
― i carry the torch for disco inauthenticity (Eric H.), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 13:00 (two years ago) link
Buy me a drink first.
― Daniel_Rf, Thursday, 20 May 2021 09:19 (two years ago) link
Australia's Imprint label dropping Blus of The Straight Story and Drugstore Cowboy in August.
https://viavision.com.au/shop/the-straight-story-1999/
https://viavision.com.au/shop/drugstore-cowboy-1989/
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 27 May 2021 23:10 (two years ago) link
I powered through those Three Stooges shorts in the first Indicator Noir box set but I'm now on vol.2 and have decided life is too short.
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 28 May 2021 09:36 (two years ago) link
How are the noir boxes? Not something I'm particularly au fait with.
― Well *I* know who he is (aldo), Friday, 28 May 2021 11:14 (two years ago) link
Do you mean in terms of movies or extras?
Moviewise, Columbia b's aren't like the first thing I'd urge noir neophytes to see - they're certainly not at the level of those old Warner Bros DVD noir boxes - but I'd say the overall level is solid and so far every one of them has had something to distinguish it from the generic cop procedurals that sometimes get pawned off as noir. Biggest highlight on the first box is Drive A Crooked Road, an erotically charged thriller with Mickey Rooney as a sexually frustrated mechanic getting used as a patsy in a gorgeous beach house setting.
Extraswise, Indicator doesn't have the pull to get as much in the way of interviews with actual participants as Warner Bros or even Criterion would be able to, but they're creative in making up for this: a lot of short films by the same directors, mostly non-fiction and public information type stuff. Also every film comes with a Stooges short that is themtically related to the film, a very neat trick even though as I said you can only watch so many of those. This also means commentaries tend to be less by scholars who've written three books on the film and more by enthusiasts and Film Twitter types, which can be good or bad.
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 28 May 2021 12:34 (two years ago) link
Vinegar Syndrome's Halfway to Black Friday sale is live now through Monday. There's a bunch of new releases and most of the rest is all 50% off.
https://vinegarsyndrome.com/
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Friday, 28 May 2021 12:37 (two years ago) link
Thanks Daniel, I meant in terms of the films to be honest. It's a genre I've never really got into and was wondering whether I was missing out but sounds like there are better options.
― Well *I* know who he is (aldo), Friday, 28 May 2021 13:00 (two years ago) link
Yeah, I'd def watch Out Of The Past, Asphalt Jungle, The Killers, The Maltese Falcon and Touch Of Evil first before digging into the Columbia vault.
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 28 May 2021 13:10 (two years ago) link
Arrow Video announced various 4K UHD versions of David Lynch's Dune, which are now up for pre-order
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Friday, 28 May 2021 19:34 (two years ago) link
Vinegar Syndrome Halfway to Black Friday sale currently live, now through Monday afternoon. Prices on new/limited releases are a little ehhhh but dig in to their older stuff and you'll find some decent deals. Get all the Rudy Ray Moore you can handle!
― Jerome Percival Jesus (Old Lunch), Friday, 28 May 2021 20:05 (two years ago) link
Just got an email from Kino Now about their Memorial Day sale.
― AP Chemirocha (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 29 May 2021 18:13 (two years ago) link
man where has this thread been that I didn't know about, this is my fuckin area even though I almost never find the time to watch the stuff I get. like I got a set of these back in January but by the time the kids turn in I have exactly two hours tops to pursue anything I wanna do before I crash, and by that point a movie will usually put me to sleep
anyway I am hoping that finding this thread will encourage me to watch the cool boutique dvds and blu-rays I have stacked up by the TV
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Saturday, 29 May 2021 19:31 (two years ago) link
Vinegar Syndrome's subsidiary Fun City Editions is releasing Michael Ritchie's 1975 masterpiece Smile!
https://vinegarsyndrome.com/products/smile-fun-city-editions
MGM's DVD was non-anamorphic and has been OOP for dog's years.
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 31 May 2021 01:43 (two years ago) link
Description makes it sound like a typical horny teen sex comedy. It's not?
― Nhex, Monday, 31 May 2021 03:17 (two years ago) link
It's more a Nashville-esque ensemble social satire about the goings-on in and around a staged event (in this case a statewide teen beauty pageant). Although there is a subplot involving Dern's son trying to spy on the pageant dressing room and get nude Polaroids of the contestants to sell to his friends.
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 31 May 2021 06:14 (two years ago) link
It's also kind of a proto-Christopher Guest entertainment satire, minus the mockumentary elements.
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 31 May 2021 06:22 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbdKZQcxKYM
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 31 May 2021 06:28 (two years ago) link
Well this sucks.
pic.twitter.com/MQsJz2SNFV— INDICATOR (@indicatorseries) June 16, 2021
― i carry the torch for disco inauthenticity (Eric H.), Wednesday, 16 June 2021 22:19 (two years ago) link
lol talk about your cursed movies
― Daniel_Rf, Thursday, 17 June 2021 09:28 (two years ago) link
Years of Lead turned up yesterday and looks pretty amazing,although Arrow have cribbed the Indicator box format for it (which is no bad thing for the buyer).
I also finally got the Bill Rebane set to match the William Grefé one, and Stephen Bissette tells me on FB that he's working on another regional auteur set (presumably also for Arrow in the same format).
The Christopher Lee box by Severin seems great on content but the disc box art is DREADFUL. Their mid-year announcement of Blood For Dracula is very welcome though, as is the offer of the Baker/Lenzi set at half price.
There's one film on the Lee box and half the Baker/Lenzi that are pushing me to finally go for region-free BR.
― Well *I* know who he is (aldo), Thursday, 17 June 2021 11:14 (two years ago) link
Two relatively big sales going on right now.
Kino Lorber has 400+ titles on sale through with pretty good discounts through July 14th as part of their June Swoon sale. Tarkovsky's The Sacrifice for $12 and the recent release of Sirk's Battle Hymn for $10 were surprising standouts for me.
https://www.kinolorber.com/list/view/code/june-swoon-2021
At the same time, Severin has launched one of their two big annual sales as Severin Nukes The MID-YEAR SALE 2021, which only runs through the weekend. Most of their stock is 50% retail and there are a bunch of new titles, too; but sadly, none of their 2021 releases are included and their website seems to be having a bunch of problems per the blu-ray.com forums. I'm still likely to try to put in a $100ish order to get free shipping so if anyone has any essential Severin recommendations I'd love to hear them as Cruel Jaws is the only title of theirs I currently own and I have some wiggle room on my current prospective order.
https://severin-films.com/
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Friday, 25 June 2021 16:28 (two years ago) link
I was going to hit the Severin sale but the book is USA only and the Baker/Lenzi box was sold out by the time I got there so I'm going to save and buy the Al Adamson set in a couple of months I think.
Did any more rumours come of the Indicator Harryhausen centenary box? They just announced discounts on standard editions so feels unlikely now.
Arrow have a Sam Katzman box announced for September which will be fun.
― Well *I* know who he is (aldo), Friday, 25 June 2021 16:44 (two years ago) link
As for Severins I'd recommend:
Massacre In Dinosaur Valley is full-on fun. Genre hops like crazy, from action adventure to threat of nature to cannibal escape to women in prison without batting an eyelid.
Beyond The Darkness has some great scenes. I'm not sure it holds up that well as a whole but there's probably enough there.
Blackenstein is really something. If you think you might like it you probably will. If you think you won't, you probably won't. It's not going to win you over from your original thoughts when you read the plot.
The documentary about Richard Stanley's Island of Doctor Moreau is essential (but has been on Prime so ymmv whether it's worth more than getting you over the line for free shipping).
I assume you're aware of Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh, All The Colours of the Dark, and Blood on Satan's Claw which are essential.
The Beast Must Die is a proper romp, but I'd argue the Indicator edition has better extras (or rather extra extras as nearly everything on the Severin one is on the Indicator one). I'm still debating whether I like it enough to trade up from the one in the Amicus Coffin Box.
― Well *I* know who he is (aldo), Friday, 25 June 2021 17:04 (two years ago) link
And another sale to boot: https://www.shoutfactory.com/sale/hidden-gems-saleIf you like garbage (and god knows I do), this might be the sale for you.
― I Scream For Ice Cream But Also Just All The Time And For No Reason (Old Lunch), Friday, 25 June 2021 17:55 (two years ago) link
These folks really should coordinate their sales better. There hasn't been anything happening for a couple months and now, as is standard, everything drops at once. I hit Shout! and Kino pretty hard but now I'm looking at my Severin cart and thinking, eh, I can wait for Black Friday.
― I Scream For Ice Cream But Also Just All The Time And For No Reason (Old Lunch), Friday, 25 June 2021 18:33 (two years ago) link
Arrow sale onhttps://arrowfilms.com/shop/camp-arrow-video-part-ii/?pi=1Battles Without Honour And Humanity bluray boxset is back in stock for £30, great price as it was going for £100+ recently
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 1 July 2021 18:16 (two years ago) link
ooh, two things there that are on the kinema junpo 1995 list i've been working through (Battles Without Honour being one of them, although i plumped for the single dvd not the box)
(it says the box is a pre-order (out monday?) and might be blu-only, rather than the dual format 13-disc thing that's now going for bazillions (£400) on amazon. but there are many formats so it's hard to tell)
― koogs, Saturday, 3 July 2021 16:58 (two years ago) link
Why, this will do:
https://arrowfilms.com/product-detail/shawscope-volume-one-limited-edition-blu-ray/FCD2076
https://us.zavvi.com/blu-ray/shawscope-volume-one-limited-edition/13187337.html
After an undisputed reign at the peak of Hong Kong’s film industry in the 1960s, Shaw Brothers (the studio founded by real-life brothers Run Run and Runme Shaw) found their dominance challenged by up-and-coming rivals in the early 1970s. They swiftly responded by producing hundreds of the most iconic action films ever made, revolutionising the genre through the backbreaking work of top-shelf talent on both sides of the camera as well as unbeatable widescreen production value, much of it shot at ‘Movietown’, their huge, privately-owned studio on the outskirts of Hong Kong.This inaugural collection by Arrow Video presents twelve jewels from the Shaw crown, all released within the 1970s, kicking off in 1972 with Korean director Jeong Chang-hwa’s King Boxer, the film that established kung fu cinema as an international box office powerhouse when it hit Stateside cinemas under the title Five Fingers of Death.From there we see Chang Cheh (arguably Shaw’s most prolific director) helm the blood-soaked brutality of The Boxer from Shantung and two self-produced films in his ‘Shaolin Cycle’ series, Five Shaolin Masters and its prequel Shaolin Temple, before taking a detour into Ho Meng Hua’s King Kong-inspired Mighty Peking Man, one of the most unmissably insane giant monster films ever made. Chang’s action choreographer Lau Kar-leung then becomes a director in his own right, propelling his adoptive brother Gordon Liu to stardom in Challenge of the Masters and Executioners from Shaolin.Not to be outdone, Chang introduces some of Shaw’s most famous faces to the screen, including Alexander Fu Sheng fighting on the streets of San Francisco in Chinatown Kid and, of course, the mighty Venom Mob in The Five Venoms and Crippled Avengers. Finally, Lau and Liu successfully meld high kicks with humor in two of their masterworks, Heroes of the East and Dirty Ho, both co-starring fan favorite Hsiao Hou.From kickass kung fu killers to crazy kaiju knockoffs to culture clash comedies, this carefully curated and gorgeously presented selection of all-time Shaw Brothers classics merely represents the tip of the iceberg of the studio’s rich output, making it both an ideal starting point for newcomers and a treat for hardcore fans alike.Limited Edition Contents: High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentations of King Boxer, The Boxer from Shantung, Five Shaolin Masters, Shaolin Temple, Mighty Peking Man, Challenge of the Masters, Executioners from Shaolin, Chinatown Kid, The Five Venoms, Crippled Avengers, Heroes of the East and Dirty Ho Brand new 2K restorations by Arrow Films from the original camera negatives of King Boxer, The Boxer from Shantung, Challenge of the Masters, The Five Venoms, Crippled Avengers and Dirty Ho Brand new 2K master of the longer international cut of Chinatown Kid from original film elements Original uncompressed Mandarin, Cantonese (where applicable) and English mono audio Newly translated English subtitles for each film Hours of bonus features including brand new commentaries and critic appreciations on selected films, new and archive interviews with cast and crew, alternate credit sequences, trailer and image galleries for each film and more to be announced! 60 page book featuring new writing by David Desser, Simon Abrams and Terrence J. Brady, with cast and crew info for each film plus trivia and soundtrack info New artwork for each film by artists including Matthew Griffin, Chris Malbon, Jacob Phillips, Ilan Sheady, Tony Stella, Darren Wheeling and Jolyon YatesComing in 2022... Shawscope Volume Two, and More!
After an undisputed reign at the peak of Hong Kong’s film industry in the 1960s, Shaw Brothers (the studio founded by real-life brothers Run Run and Runme Shaw) found their dominance challenged by up-and-coming rivals in the early 1970s. They swiftly responded by producing hundreds of the most iconic action films ever made, revolutionising the genre through the backbreaking work of top-shelf talent on both sides of the camera as well as unbeatable widescreen production value, much of it shot at ‘Movietown’, their huge, privately-owned studio on the outskirts of Hong Kong.
This inaugural collection by Arrow Video presents twelve jewels from the Shaw crown, all released within the 1970s, kicking off in 1972 with Korean director Jeong Chang-hwa’s King Boxer, the film that established kung fu cinema as an international box office powerhouse when it hit Stateside cinemas under the title Five Fingers of Death.
From there we see Chang Cheh (arguably Shaw’s most prolific director) helm the blood-soaked brutality of The Boxer from Shantung and two self-produced films in his ‘Shaolin Cycle’ series, Five Shaolin Masters and its prequel Shaolin Temple, before taking a detour into Ho Meng Hua’s King Kong-inspired Mighty Peking Man, one of the most unmissably insane giant monster films ever made. Chang’s action choreographer Lau Kar-leung then becomes a director in his own right, propelling his adoptive brother Gordon Liu to stardom in Challenge of the Masters and Executioners from Shaolin.
Not to be outdone, Chang introduces some of Shaw’s most famous faces to the screen, including Alexander Fu Sheng fighting on the streets of San Francisco in Chinatown Kid and, of course, the mighty Venom Mob in The Five Venoms and Crippled Avengers. Finally, Lau and Liu successfully meld high kicks with humor in two of their masterworks, Heroes of the East and Dirty Ho, both co-starring fan favorite Hsiao Hou.
From kickass kung fu killers to crazy kaiju knockoffs to culture clash comedies, this carefully curated and gorgeously presented selection of all-time Shaw Brothers classics merely represents the tip of the iceberg of the studio’s rich output, making it both an ideal starting point for newcomers and a treat for hardcore fans alike.
Limited Edition Contents:
High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentations of King Boxer, The Boxer from Shantung, Five Shaolin Masters, Shaolin Temple, Mighty Peking Man, Challenge of the Masters, Executioners from Shaolin, Chinatown Kid, The Five Venoms, Crippled Avengers, Heroes of the East and Dirty Ho Brand new 2K restorations by Arrow Films from the original camera negatives of King Boxer, The Boxer from Shantung, Challenge of the Masters, The Five Venoms, Crippled Avengers and Dirty Ho Brand new 2K master of the longer international cut of Chinatown Kid from original film elements Original uncompressed Mandarin, Cantonese (where applicable) and English mono audio Newly translated English subtitles for each film Hours of bonus features including brand new commentaries and critic appreciations on selected films, new and archive interviews with cast and crew, alternate credit sequences, trailer and image galleries for each film and more to be announced! 60 page book featuring new writing by David Desser, Simon Abrams and Terrence J. Brady, with cast and crew info for each film plus trivia and soundtrack info New artwork for each film by artists including Matthew Griffin, Chris Malbon, Jacob Phillips, Ilan Sheady, Tony Stella, Darren Wheeling and Jolyon Yates
Coming in 2022...
Shawscope Volume Two, and More!
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 9 July 2021 14:36 (two years ago) link
Yeah, I'll take it!
Speculation on the criterion forums was that it was gonna be all Chang Cheh, but I'm happy to see Mighty Peking Man in there too.
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 9 July 2021 14:41 (two years ago) link
Word is that the movies in that Arrow poliziotteschi set are pretty nasty even by the standards of the genre?
Like Rabid Dogs is absolutely brutal, I'm definitely not sure I've seen worse. Savage Three less so (but has its moments - mouse fight notwithstanding) and the other three are not exceptionally nasty in what's on screen (although the plot in Colt 38 Special Squad is fairly full-on).
― Well *I* know who he is (aldo), Friday, 9 July 2021 14:52 (two years ago) link
Mouse fight censored in the UK release! Which on one hand is kinda weird - not like anyone involved w/ the original production is gonna make much cash off this - but on the other hand, thank you british board of censors for saving me the fast forward.
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 9 July 2021 14:57 (two years ago) link
Except it's uncensored on two of the documentaries - or at least you see several shots that are cut.
― Well *I* know who he is (aldo), Friday, 9 July 2021 15:16 (two years ago) link
Arrow, why do you not like me to have money?
― I Scream For Ice Cream But Also Just All The Time And For No Reason (Old Lunch), Friday, 9 July 2021 15:38 (two years ago) link
interesting regarding the Shawscope set. most of this stuff is streaming on Amazon Prime and other services, but very nice to see them getting a cool box set
― Nhex, Friday, 9 July 2021 16:45 (two years ago) link
A bit annoyed this all had to be a boxed set that is going to be out of many people's price range and the bluray of Mighty Peking Man wasn't long ago. But I'll probably go for this.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 9 July 2021 18:17 (two years ago) link
I'll bet it's going to be broken up into smaller sets down the line, Gamera style.
― Daniel_Rf, Saturday, 10 July 2021 10:52 (two years ago) link
Exciting stuff coming from third window films:
https://www.facebook.com/thirdwindowfilms/photos/a.322092414509345/4476557685729443/?type=3
― Daniel_Rf, Thursday, 22 July 2021 08:45 (two years ago) link
Synapse sale, for all your horror and sleaze needs: https://mvdshop.com/collections/synapse21
― Marty J. Bilge (Old Lunch), Friday, 23 July 2021 21:22 (two years ago) link
Warner Archive just announced Blus of One Crazy Summer and Prince of The City.
― “Heroin” (ft. Bobby Gillespie) (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 2 August 2021 23:00 (two years ago) link
Interesting
― Nhex, Tuesday, 3 August 2021 00:25 (two years ago) link
I'm pretty sure I have no need of a Mae West box but this is your opportunity to tell me I'm wrong for thinking that.
Indicator LE of Corruption put back two weeks at very late notice i.e was supposed to be out this coming Monday.
Did anybody spot any further gossip about this mega Harryhausen set that was rumoured?
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Thursday, 12 August 2021 21:34 (two years ago) link
I'm watching the Blu of One Crazy Summer right now! the commentary track is fantastic... Steve Holland, Bobcat Goldthwait, and Curtis Armstrong making fun of John Cusack
― Jaime Pressly and America (f. hazel), Thursday, 12 August 2021 23:14 (two years ago) link
Warner Archive September: The Naked Spur; A Night At The Opera; The Window; and Straight Time!
― “Heroin” (ft. Bobby Gillespie) (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 18 August 2021 00:41 (two years ago) link
Straight Time might feature my favorite Hoffman performance.
― Chris L, Wednesday, 18 August 2021 01:10 (two years ago) link
An amazing movie. And it led me to read every one of Edward Bunker's books, which are excellent.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 18 August 2021 01:17 (two years ago) link
Naked Spur, nice. Hopefully the restoration is good.
― Nhex, Wednesday, 18 August 2021 02:47 (two years ago) link
Warner finally issuing their OOP Marx Bros movies! About time!
― Marty J. Bilge (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 18 August 2021 02:55 (two years ago) link
So help me, I'm really enjoying the Andy Milligan box.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Wednesday, 18 August 2021 08:34 (two years ago) link
i bought alien from l.a. from vinegar syndrome recently and it's such a lovely presentation of a cursed movie that i love
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Wednesday, 18 August 2021 08:35 (two years ago) link
Hands up who's all petrified at what the Severin folk horror box might cost!
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Monday, 23 August 2021 18:08 (two years ago) link
No list of films included yet?
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 23 August 2021 18:12 (two years ago) link
First I'm hearing of it. Assuming it contains a minimum of stuff I already have, I'll probably drop whatever stupid amount they ask for.
― Marty J. Bilge (Old Lunch), Monday, 23 August 2021 18:22 (two years ago) link
Announced a couple of hours ago, with the contents sometime later in the week. I'll undoubtedly be doubling up on at least some of the content but will also undoubtedly be ordering it as soon as I'm able.
The Christopher Lee box was quite patchy - a couple of the films were good but a couple pretty dreadful, the Polish TV series was on the whole rather good but probably only if you're the sort of person who already watches series like Thriller with no difficulty, and the extras were on the whole excellent but often covered similar ground.
I got totally into the Bill Rebane box by the end (although maybe the weakest film of them all is last) but there's an awful lot of Nothing Happening in them - or more specifically people in a room where nothing is happening reacting to something which is happening somewhere else.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Monday, 23 August 2021 18:35 (two years ago) link
As I said on the martial arts thread, this is getting worrying how collectory this is getting. Just realized I've ordered 4 box sets this year (Daimajin, Shawscope, Cinematic Vengeance and the Yokai one), in some cases that makes the films cheaper than they would be individually but I feel uneasy when things are increasingly geared towards collectors.
Look at this book, why did the deluxe with all these uncollected stories have to cost the price of a new-ish games console?https://subterraneanpress.com/best-of-lucius-shepard-volume-two
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 23 August 2021 19:23 (two years ago) link
Eh, they're keeping physical media alive against all odds so I'll play the game (I also preordered two of the sets you mention and am planning to preorder a third).
― Marty J. Bilge (Old Lunch), Monday, 23 August 2021 20:11 (two years ago) link
Lots of good stuff newly added to Hamilton Book's website tonight, including the Daimajin set for $69.95!!
― Marty J. Bilge (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 24 August 2021 02:05 (two years ago) link
The documentary about W.A.V.E. Productions is surprisingly good.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Tuesday, 24 August 2021 07:52 (two years ago) link
https://bloody-disgusting.com/home-video/3679877/exclusive-severins-folk-horror-box-set-fully-detailed-20-films-including-long-print-eyes-fire/
Excellent value and I've only got about 4 or 5 of them already.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Tuesday, 24 August 2021 19:32 (two years ago) link
Oh my god, that looks so good. I think I only have like two of those currently. Lake of the Dead/De dødes tjern! The British stuff like Penda's Fen and Robin Redbreast that I've only read about for years!
I really can't afford this atm buuuuut I also really can't afford to let this slip by me and inevitably go OOP in no time flat. UGH.
― Marty J. Bilge (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 24 August 2021 19:44 (two years ago) link
Oh well, Severin's website immediately and predictably went straight into the cybertoilet as soon as >5 people tried to access it at once, so the choice may be out of my hands any which way.
― Marty J. Bilge (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 24 August 2021 19:49 (two years ago) link
Haha predictably the British stuff is what I have and it's the Australian stuff I'm looking longingly at.
4000 copies so should last into the period when the website starts working again.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Tuesday, 24 August 2021 19:52 (two years ago) link
I did it. I'm not sorry. Although I might be sorry at some point.
The only trick they missed is having the release date after Halloween. What the hell, guys.
― Marty J. Bilge (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 24 August 2021 20:16 (two years ago) link
That's a pretty amazing looking box. I'd love to see a bunch of those movies, but I know I'd never get around to actually watching all of them and I have no place to put the damn thing. Oh, well.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 24 August 2021 20:31 (two years ago) link
not that I can afford it but it looks reasonably priced after the Eva box
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Tuesday, 24 August 2021 20:33 (two years ago) link
Seen a handful of these and it actually exceeded my expectations but I'm going to pass on this, just too expensive. Hope people will review the best ones and maybe singletons will come out.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Wednesday, 25 August 2021 17:35 (two years ago) link
It's only region A though isn't it? I couldn't have bought it then, I only can do multiregion dvds.
I heard that dvd sales surged last year but maybe just in supermarkets?
If disc sales are vanishing surely it's time to get rid of regions? Importing films has always been for cineastes and cultists so it's hard for me to believe they could have had serious consequences for film sales but now? Just get rid of them already.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 30 August 2021 20:23 (two years ago) link
Region-locking for DVDs is for framerates, encodes, and licensing.
The same for Blu & above is strictly down to licensing.
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 30 August 2021 20:55 (two years ago) link
that's an amazingly-curated box set, I had to get one (even though I own all the UK stuff already)
― Jaime Pressly and America (f. hazel), Monday, 30 August 2021 21:00 (two years ago) link
Fun City Editions strikes again with Frank Perry's Rancho Deluxe!
https://vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/fun-city-editions/products/rancho-deluxe-fun-city-editions
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 02:47 (two years ago) link
Jeff Bridges, Harry Dean Stanton, Jimmy Buffett, and PONG
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_p4NsgH05E
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 03:40 (two years ago) link
hey aldo, here from the criterion forum again:\
The crew behind Indicator appeared on the Indicator Cast, and shared some snippets:
(recommend listening to the interview, as it's really interesting!)
-Confirmed titles: Bartleby (1970), The Swimmer (got in exchange for giving Ishtar back to Sony),
-Ishtar had gotten to a point where the studio was asking for significant cuts to every single feature on the disc and to leave off things already licensed for it altogether, and they just decided to cancel the release instead of dropping it all, the studio did not want anything that discussed the film's past reputation at all, too many sensitivities, they could have done a vanilla edition and decided it wasn't in the spirit of the label
-There will be more foreign language titles that for the most part are being restored by Indicator themselves coming in the second half of next year
-There will be UHD releases beginning next year, including some of the aforementioned foreign titles
-The Harryhausen set was basically offset from coinciding with the Anniversary by COVID, it's still not totally locked as a thing that will definitely happen but they remain in positive discussions with the relevant studios
-They tease a very big, exciting announcement coming in the next few weeks that will be made for the company's 5th anniversary ("our biggest announcement in five years")
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 21 September 2021 10:08 (two years ago) link
Nice to see the Harryhausen set might still be a thing. Someone was selling both boxes and the Sinbad set for an almost reasonable price the other week so the bubble might be deflating to be honest.
Excited about what the announcement might be but dreading it ending up being a Curly Joe era Stooges set.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Tuesday, 21 September 2021 10:24 (two years ago) link
We watched the Al Adamson documentary on Sunday night.
mrs aldo: Why does this have more plot than any of his films?
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Tuesday, 21 September 2021 10:33 (two years ago) link
I believe that's by David Cairns? One of my fave current critics, love his blog Shadowplay.
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 21 September 2021 11:02 (two years ago) link
David Gregory, probably best known otherwise for the Richard Stanley/Moreau doc.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Tuesday, 21 September 2021 11:14 (two years ago) link
Fun City Editions to release Radio On later this year.
https://www.funcityeditions.com/releases/radioon
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 1 October 2021 19:06 (two years ago) link
Love it but not 100% sure I need a new edition.
The Severin nunsploitation box looks good.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Friday, 1 October 2021 19:20 (two years ago) link
Turkish Star Wars available on blu, until the end of this month, from https://twitter.com/BigBosphorus/
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 1 October 2021 20:38 (two years ago) link
no doubt with all the ripped music gone...
― Nhex, Friday, 1 October 2021 22:22 (two years ago) link
Ehh, I dunno, given the extremely limited window of availability, this may be kinda like Severin's recent 'come at me lawyer bro' release of Cruel Jaws, which was very quickly pulled just as many suspected it would be.
― Donald Fhtagen (Old Lunch), Saturday, 2 October 2021 01:07 (two years ago) link
Nope! Thus only for this month, as OL says.
― Daniel_Rf, Saturday, 2 October 2021 10:47 (two years ago) link
Has anybody seen it yet?
― He POLLS So Much About These Zings (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 2 October 2021 11:03 (two years ago) link
I dived in. It was only $6 to ship to the UK, which had it been more would have been the point I changed my mind. Screenshots actually look pretty clean.
They're using kunaki, a pretty well established dvd/blu/vinyl on demand service so it's probably sketchy as fuck with no rights obtained and they're hoping to fly under the radar.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Saturday, 2 October 2021 15:18 (two years ago) link
Yeah, I leapt as well. Been wanting a physical copy forever and it was always gonna be grey market so whatever.
― Donald Fhtagen (Old Lunch), Saturday, 2 October 2021 16:56 (two years ago) link
Warner Archive's November slate includes Some Came Running, The Last of Sheila, Nick Ray's Party Girl, and Lang's Fury.
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 00:03 (two years ago) link
Plus pre-code Stanwyck and a Thin Man (late-period, but still). It's a good slate. Fears of their imminent demise seem to have been unfounded.
― Donald Fhtagen (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 00:33 (two years ago) link
I think they're gradually releasing each Thin Man.
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 00:43 (two years ago) link
Turkish Star Wars has shipped, so it's passed the point of cancellation over rights.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Thursday, 7 October 2021 10:32 (two years ago) link
Ridiculously huge Kino sale in progress: https://www.kinolorber.com/list/view/code/roctober-sale-2021
― Donald Fhtagen (Old Lunch), Thursday, 7 October 2021 12:38 (two years ago) link
There's always too much to look through. Maybe I'll put some recommendations in later tonight.
― Nhex, Thursday, 7 October 2021 13:56 (two years ago) link
their Marienbad has a better transfer than the Criterion version.
― adam t. (abanana), Thursday, 7 October 2021 15:35 (two years ago) link
My random recommendation from that sale would be Mädchen in Uniform, a German LGBTQ coming of age film from 1931. One of the absolute best films I've seen this year. In several years, even.
― Donald Fhtagen (Old Lunch), Thursday, 7 October 2021 15:41 (two years ago) link
yeah thats a stunner
think i'm gonna go for the Lionel Rogosin set for $9.99. ive seen Morbius fave On the Bowery but none of the other stuff
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Thursday, 7 October 2021 16:12 (two years ago) link
I know I've recommended it before but And Soon The Darkness is excellent. I watched it again last night and the end still wrong-footed me.
I've got the Masters of Cinema/Eureka version of that Holy Mountain disc and it's great.
The Apple is far, far better than the Cannon haters make out it is. Well worth it for cheap.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Thursday, 7 October 2021 21:22 (two years ago) link
The Apple is amazing and yes, get it if you haven't yet.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 7 October 2021 22:19 (two years ago) link
Yeah, love The Apple. So bonkers.Babylon is really good.Black Sabbath a classicm though I'm confused by the two different versions here. Just noticed they put out Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker / "Night Warning" which was also silly and nuts.
Any thoughts on:
Death Rides a HorseSlaygroundStraight to HellSpettersThousand Pieces of GoldAny Jess Franco they have, which is a lot
― Nhex, Friday, 8 October 2021 03:22 (two years ago) link
The two versions of Black Sabbath are the original Italian language print and the Americanized AIP cut. They also split Black Sunday into two different releases for some reason, but all of the other Bavas with more than one cut are packaged on single discs.
― Donald Fhtagen (Old Lunch), Friday, 8 October 2021 03:36 (two years ago) link
The Italian and American versions of Black Sabbath place the three stories in different order as well.
Death Rides a Horse (1967) is a very good spaghetti western that was a big hit in Italy (stars Lee Van Cleef and John Phillip Law)
Nightmares Come at Night (1970)A Virgin Among the Living Dead (1971)Female Vampire (1974)
are all classic Jess Franco, the first starring Soledad Miranda, the last starring Lina Romay - Franco's two main muses
― Josefa, Friday, 8 October 2021 04:48 (two years ago) link
Didn't like Death Rides A Horse, mainly because John Philip Law is a vacuum of charisma. Much prefer Day Of Anger for my Van Cleef spaghetti fix.
If Straight To Hell is the Alex Cox movie, well, it's him and a buncha 80's rock stars playing spaghettin western, super disposable but if you're a fan of the ppl involved it's good fun.
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 8 October 2021 10:17 (two years ago) link
much thanks for the input folx
― Nhex, Friday, 8 October 2021 11:55 (two years ago) link
Who is gonna step up and release SMALL AXE on a decent format? Or ATLANTA? I’m not buying a fucking DVD in 2021.
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 8 October 2021 12:54 (two years ago) link
DVDs are apparently still the highest-selling physical media format in 2021. With VHS presumably coming in a close second.
― Donald Fhtagen (Old Lunch), Friday, 8 October 2021 13:12 (two years ago) link
Cheapest format in still being the most popular SHOCKAH!
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 8 October 2021 14:23 (two years ago) link
Of course part of the continuing popularity of DVDs is mass sales to libraries, and also bargain bin catalogue titles and multi-film combo packs at big box stores.
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 8 October 2021 14:29 (two years ago) link
Hey, I still buy lots of DVDs (because cheap)! It's more weird to me because physical media in general is on the wane and is being largely phased out in a lot of retail outlets so it seems like less and less of an impulse purchase for general consumers and increasingly the realm of collectors. And a lot of collectors bitch if something doesn't get a 4k release these days.
― Donald Fhtagen (Old Lunch), Friday, 8 October 2021 14:59 (two years ago) link
I must have every grain of film from poverty-row exploitation classics shown down to the tiniest pixel known to earth or else.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 8 October 2021 15:01 (two years ago) link
Be warned, Cox went back and fucked with Straight To Hell, adding digital blood to all the gunfights and some weird Tim Burton-esque animated sequences, and that's the version Kino Lorber put out. If you want the original theatrical version you have to seek out the old Anchor Bay DVD.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 8 October 2021 15:53 (two years ago) link
xp In fairness - you might as well get the best version that's available? The jump in quality from DVD to Blu-ray can be pretty immense, if not always. And most collectors end up rebuying the same films over and over and over again anyway...
Even the shittiest, grimiest low-budget film from the '70s on BR can be astounding to see after decades of crappy TV and home video transfers, and there's more companies out there now than ever doing great restoration work.
― Nhex, Friday, 8 October 2021 16:54 (two years ago) link
Speaking of, the Ask Any Buddy podcast, which has rapidly become a favorite of mine, has a new episode up that features one of the cofounders of Vinegar Syndrome. Haven't listened yet but the description sounds v. relevant to yer points raised:
https://www.ask-any-buddy.com/podcast/special-bonus-episode-j-c-crickets-sex-demon-1975-with-joe-rubin
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 8 October 2021 17:09 (two years ago) link
I spring for the Blu-ray more often than not, but I also admittedly watch a lot of total garbage that either hasn't made its way to Blu-ray or isn't worth more than buying a '10 movies for 10 bucks' set to see. And on the rare occasion when I'm impressed enough by trash, I do upgrade.Resisting 4K upgrades with every fiber of my being, though.
― Donald Fhtagen (Old Lunch), Friday, 8 October 2021 17:10 (two years ago) link
My take on 4K is: if I never had it or I only had it on DVD, especially if it's a very early DVD, I'll spring for it. If I already had it on Blu-ray, I'm good.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 8 October 2021 17:12 (two years ago) link
I'm entirely ambivalent about 4K, although I could probably be persuaded were anyone to make the case.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Friday, 8 October 2021 17:28 (two years ago) link
I would have thought supermarkets had a big part in the surge of dvd sales, especially when people were reluctant to go anywhere else
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 8 October 2021 17:36 (two years ago) link
I've resisted 4K so far, but right now it feels like you need a really solid theater setup, like 55" screen, appropriate viewing distance, etc. which makes it tougher to justify the investment. I'll get a PS5 someday, though.
― Nhex, Friday, 8 October 2021 17:51 (two years ago) link
I’m not too fussed about 4K (despite owning a 4K setup) but here in PAL land, most DVDs use a 25fps speedup rather than the 3:2 pulldown that NTSC discs have. Blu rays use 24fps and my setup shows them at 24. Combining that and the near-double resolution, it’s not even close. I’ll happily buy and watch a $2 DVD from a flea market but haven’t bought a new DVD in years except when forced to by lack of alternative.
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 8 October 2021 20:41 (two years ago) link
Indicator to launch US branch in January '22
https://www.mediaplaynews.com/distribution-solutions-inks-distribution-deal-with-powerhouse-films-label/
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 13 October 2021 03:23 (two years ago) link
Ha, missed that the thread was updated, was just coming to post that.
GIVE US HARRYHAUSEN
― Donald Fhtagen (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 13 October 2021 18:59 (two years ago) link
^^^^ THIS
BUT ALSO GIVE US YOUR "BIGGEST EVER ANNOUNCEMENT"
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Wednesday, 13 October 2021 19:13 (two years ago) link
So looks like the Indicator exciting news was the Sinbad re-release (which I am obviously all over and have ordered already).
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Friday, 22 October 2021 16:17 (two years ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/29/archive-reviving-mexican-popular-cinema-permanencia-voluntaria
Amazing news which shows where Indicator are going next.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Friday, 29 October 2021 17:34 (two years ago) link
Wow, yes. This is excellent news! Kino announced and subsequently cancelled a slate of Santo films a while back, so I'd been curious to see where they would end up.
Now to anticipate the Arrow-esque frustration of seeing which releases Indicator will grace the US with and which they will not.
― (a picture of a defecating pig) (Old Lunch), Friday, 29 October 2021 17:58 (two years ago) link
Will WB actually allow Batwoman to be released?
― Nhex, Friday, 29 October 2021 18:06 (two years ago) link
Ahem, I believe you may be confusing Batwoman with La Murcielaga. Certainly no relation there that I can see.
(There are already a couple 'Batwoman' releases floating around out there (including a recent Blu-ray which is unfortunately dubbed-only), so people seem to be getting away with it.)
― (a picture of a defecating pig) (Old Lunch), Friday, 29 October 2021 18:10 (two years ago) link
Talking of getting away with it, my Turkish Star Wars turned up. Yet to find out how it looks.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Friday, 29 October 2021 18:26 (two years ago) link
Mine too, and me neither. It exists, though, which is something!
― knuckleheaded mornonic bafoon (Old Lunch), Friday, 29 October 2021 18:30 (two years ago) link
I watched it, all the soundtrack cues are there and the picture is....as good as could possible be expected.
Surely the demand for Mexican genre cinema will be superior in the US so they'll make sure to include all of those? Unless there's rights issues...
― Daniel_Rf, Saturday, 30 October 2021 15:52 (two years ago) link
Coming Soon on 4KUHD!BRAND NEW Dolby Vision HDR Restoration to be Supervised by Brian De Palma!From a 16-Bit 4K Scan of the OCN!Dressed to Kill (1980) Starring Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson, Nancy Allen, Keith Gordon & Dennis Franz – Written & Directed by Brian De Palma pic.twitter.com/VSdClqZLWJ— KLStudioClassics (@KLStudioClassic) October 31, 2021
― Milm & Foovies (Eric H.), Sunday, 31 October 2021 15:43 (two years ago) link
Totally take back what I was saying about underwhelming selection of japanese releases, there's a lot of good coming out. Very curious about Sailor Suit And Machine Gun
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 1 November 2021 00:24 (two years ago) link
That Yokai box set is good fun.
― Daniel_Rf, Monday, 1 November 2021 09:33 (two years ago) link
On the third Indicator noir set and boy the batting average with these is not great, so many films that are neither good nor noir. I understand they didn't just put all the obvious greats in one set because they wanted multiple volumes but jeez, it's like an average of one truly good movie per set. For completists only (which I guess I am).
― Daniel_Rf, Monday, 8 November 2021 09:52 (two years ago) link
Like so far the third set is:
Johnny O' Clock - Silly crime movie with Dick Powell, was surprised to find out it's not based on a radio serial because that's what it feels like. Marginally noir, endearing three star effort.
The Dark Past - Overcooked home invasion film with Lee J. Cobb as a psychologist and William Holden as the least convincing gangster of all time. Campy psychobabble. Not noir unless you think anything focusing on Freudianism is.
Convicted - Adaptation of a play that had already been filmed as The Criminal Code, dir: Howard Hawks, and there is zero reason for you to see this if you've seen that version (also on Indicator). Noir? Do you think a movie about a good boy getting redeemed by a prison warden is gonna be noir?
― Daniel_Rf, Monday, 8 November 2021 09:58 (two years ago) link
oof, I preordered the reprint of the first 2 sets when they were £29.99 each the other week, the reviews I read seemed pretty good as well?I'll still watch them obv but yr killing my hype!
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Monday, 8 November 2021 10:04 (two years ago) link
I mean they do include a couple of great ones per set: in Vol.1 Drive A Crooked Road is an amazing twisted film with Mickey Rooney (!) and The Line Up is Don Siegel already as savage as his later rep would be. Five Against The House is interesting too for its flippant, modern tone, even if it doesn't entirely work. Vol.2 has Murder By Contract, which is a great early hitman film (Scorsese is a fan) and Tight Spot, which despite being p much a filmed play is a lot of fun thanks to Ginger Rogers. Just be prepared that each set will include a fair batch of middling to bad films.
The positive reviews I'm guessing have more to do with the editions - every film gets a commentary track, and they add in some extra stuff that historians are gonna go for. Personally though there's only so many Three Stooges shorts I can take, and I'm not quite auteurist enough to sit through an Israel recruitment film because Joseph H Lewis directed it or a navvy safety film because Budd Boetticher made it.
I just hope ppl aren't buying these as an introduction to the genre. The old Warner Bros DVD boxes, or at least the first three or four, are a much better overview of the genre's essentials.
― Daniel_Rf, Monday, 8 November 2021 10:18 (two years ago) link
yeh I couldn't give less of a fuck about the 3 Stooges even tho giving each film a thematic short is a nice idea in theory. I've seen most of the "big" noirs so was hoping this would be a good way to see some of the lesser lights.
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Monday, 8 November 2021 10:27 (two years ago) link
at least it's not as bad as that Giallo Essentials set, which looks anything but essential
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Monday, 8 November 2021 10:29 (two years ago) link
I very nearly pushed the button on the noir sets in the sale, but feel better about not doing so now.
On the other hand I did overindulge in both the Arrow and Severin seasonal sales - the Japanese exploitation collections were all reduced for Arrow and the Lenzi/Baker set was finally in stock at sales time at Severin.
The slipcase looks lovely in those giallo sets but 'essential' should sue for defamation.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Monday, 8 November 2021 13:02 (two years ago) link
turns out the local hmv has an entire display of arrow film blurays, and 88 and criterion and all sorts of others.
they had the yakuza papers box and all the individual films apart from the one i was looking for, typically.
ended up spending my vouchers on the criterion lone wolf and cub box.
― koogs, Tuesday, 9 November 2021 19:30 (two years ago) link
Admittedly I've only watched two of the films in the first Indicator Columbia Noir box, but I think Daniel RF is being a bit harsh here. The two I watched - Boetticher's Escape in the Fog and Lewis's The Undercover Man - were both pretty solid B pictures with plenty of interesting undercurrents. Undercover Man isn't really a noir in the classic sense, despite some spectacular black and white cinematography from the great Burnett Guffey. so I agree that these boxes might possibly have been better named Columbia Crime, but I guess 'noir' makes for a slightly more commercial title.
And as always, Indicator's extras and presentation make the boxes beautiful, desirable fetish objects - even with those unwatchable Three Stooges shorts.
― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 10 November 2021 08:44 (two years ago) link
I'd argue Escape In the Fog is way too goofy and light hearted to be noir either. The supernatural element is never explained and it feels less like that's the point and more like they couldn't be bothered to find a resolution. Tbf tho Boetticher's westerns are amazing work so perhaps I went in with too high expectations.
The Undercover Man is ok, three stars out of five I'd say.
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 10 November 2021 09:34 (two years ago) link
I don't know whether the market has died or nobody is looking this close to Christmas but I've just managed to snag the two Indicator Harryhausen sets for just over £100 the pair.
Unless they've finally agreed a reissue with the estate and it's leaked? Last I had heard they'd changed their position to 'never say never' but weren't hopeful.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Thursday, 11 November 2021 21:11 (two years ago) link
Both the Christopher Lee and Andy Milligan boxes are going to be in the Severin sale for the first time on Black Friday. The former is patchy but will have enough value in it at the discount price (I personally think there's enough in it anyway but ymmv). Andy Milligan is as acquired taste as they come but I love them.
Prime opportunity for Severin to fuck up massively here though, running this sale at the same time as trying to get these orders out at the same time as the nunsploitation and folk horror box preorders (a week apart, I am in for both). They've already said none of the Black Friday stuff might go out until January.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Tuesday, 16 November 2021 11:25 (two years ago) link
Yeah, I'm pretty sure that was my experience last year. They release some great stuff but they really need to admit already that they can't handle the other aspects of their business. Which is okay! There are lots of other great boutiques that farm out their ordering and distribution.
― Lou Christie's Mosh Pit (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 16 November 2021 12:08 (two years ago) link
I thought there was enough value in the Severin Christopher Lee set even at full import price (I found a very slight cheaper copy on eBay) - none of the films come close to matching something like Bava's The Whip and the Body, but I was pleased to have things like the German Fisher Sherlock Holmes movie in a quality presentation.
I enjoyed The Body Beneath as a bonus on the BFI's Flipside/Milligan set but possibly not enough to spend £200 on more of same. Ditto the Al Adamson set, which I'm sure is interesting but...
Has anyone bought product from the Australian specialist label Imprint? They've got a number of desirable releases - I'm particularly wanting this cool vintage horror set
https://viavision.com.au/shop/silver-screams-cinema-1944-1957/
and this 70s Hammer set
https://viavision.com.au/shop/hammer-horror-four-gothic-horror-films-1971-1972/
but needless to say these things are not cheap on Amazon and elsewhere, and I'm wary about importing directly from Aus.
― Ward Fowler, Tuesday, 16 November 2021 13:23 (two years ago) link
pvmic but I actually thought the Polish TV series was the highlight of the box (if only tangentially Lee-related). The one-to-one long interview in French was tremendous too.
The Body Beneath is one of the best and very typical so you'll know your own tolerance based on that. The outliers like Nightbirds and Vapours are probably the highlights but they're pretty much exceptions to his house style.
I'm enjoying the Al Adamson set but it's taking a long time to get through. I've never felt like blasting through - in fact it's rare for me to watch him two nights in a row. I'm just about to get into blaxploitation (9 discs down out of 14) so that might change.
I've imported directly from Australia and NZ before (although was pre-COVID) without dramas. In fact, those sets look great so I might get on them myself.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Tuesday, 16 November 2021 13:40 (two years ago) link
Right, I have ordered them and had the order accepted. Let's see what happens.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Tuesday, 16 November 2021 13:48 (two years ago) link
The discs are waiting to be loaded on a plane at the moment.
In other news, Hammer have formed a new company with Network to do restoration and then release of the Hammer catalogue. I'm not sure it's particularly a good fit because Network's stuff is often 'do minimum' to get it on sale but the recent reissues of Dark Eyes of London and I Don't Want To Be Born were pretty good (if a little light on extras compared to, say, Indicator) so maybe I'm unfairly judging.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Wednesday, 24 November 2021 15:05 (two years ago) link
Australian discs took a week to be allocated a flight and still waiting for that flight to take off with no indication of when. Lack of info is frustrating.
Severin seem to have been on top of things and have hit (more or less) all the preorder dates and a big chunk of the way through Black Friday. Good work by them.
This was good advice, thoroughly enjoyed the original trilogy with the Takashi Miike remake of Spook Warfare to come.
Indicator have announced the first two Mexican films for March, looks like they'll be individuals rather than sets which is disappointing from my perspective but probably not surprising until they've tested the appetite of the public.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Thursday, 9 December 2021 12:38 (two years ago) link
I think this is the thread with the right audience for this amazing story from Stephen Thrower.
https://www.facebook.com/1456085621/posts/10224933056421090/
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Sunday, 12 December 2021 06:42 (two years ago) link
Must login to continue
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Sunday, 12 December 2021 18:35 (two years ago) link
This new Bob Dylan painting has roots in Andy Milligan’s Fleshpot on 42nd Street. pic.twitter.com/JIA8v2e3mB— Scott Warmuth (@scottwarmuth1) December 9, 2021
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Sunday, 12 December 2021 18:43 (two years ago) link
I should remember twitter links work best
Kino Lorber is releasing Ernst Lubitsch's Three Women on Blu-ray in January 2022--hope "The Ernst Lubitsch Collection" means more titles in this vein. (So This Is Paris? Forbidden Paradise? Even an upgrade of the Lubitsch in Berlin box set would be welcome.)
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Monday, 13 December 2021 19:59 (two years ago) link
Seriously. I've contemplated buying that box but will definitely wait to see if more upgrades are forthcoming. Oh P.S., they just released a Blu of Broken Lullaby last week, as well.
― Rep. Cobra Commander (R-TX) (Old Lunch), Monday, 13 December 2021 20:07 (two years ago) link
Has anyone ordered from this place before? This seems to be the only business on earth selling this product. (Well, there are other sites but they’re all named this anonymously.)
https://www.dvdcoming.com/Too-Old-To-Die-Young-Season-1-DVD-1343110.php
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 16 December 2021 02:53 (two years ago) link
blu-ray.com has no listing of a physical release for the series in any country. That and the fact that this is a region-free DVD suggests that it's almost certainly a bootleg.
― Rep. Cobra Commander (R-TX) (Old Lunch), Thursday, 16 December 2021 03:07 (two years ago) link
Not that there's anything wrong with that (I had to get my paws on the Knots Landing complete series somehow, fer cryin' out loud), just know what you're probably paying for.
― Rep. Cobra Commander (R-TX) (Old Lunch), Thursday, 16 December 2021 03:09 (two years ago) link
Thanks for the head’s up. This may just be something I don’t see.
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 16 December 2021 03:36 (two years ago) link
Oh hell yes
https://www.arrowvideo.com/blu-ray/come-drink-with-me/13510132.html
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 17 December 2021 15:16 (two years ago) link
Just US/CA. I'll need to wait for some other stuff to bundle with it.
The Imprint films boxes turned up from Australia. Nice, heavy card boxes with a fitted top (like the Christopher Lee box) although the box art is kind of cheap looking with rudimentary photoshop and poor font choices. Clear full size disc boxes inside with original lobby card/poster art on the outside and stills inside. More when I've watched a couple.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Friday, 17 December 2021 16:06 (two years ago) link
So I'm halfway through both boxes.
Silver Screams Cinema is a lot of fun. The films are very lesser efforts, and are maybe noir efforts with a broad (or sometimes fake) supernatural theme rather than anything more, but the prints are very sharp. Audio is less than perfect though and quite muddy in places on Lady and the Monster - although since that's just thrown in as an extra maybe it's understandable.
Unless I'm very much mistaken after watching two of the films, the Hammer box are the Synapse transfers and given they share extras seems very likely. I didn't actually think they were a huge trade-up from the Carlton versions but ymmv. New extras are good but the Ingrid Pitt doc for example is virtually identical to the Ballyhoo one from the previous release. I would have given my eye teeth for David Huckvale instead.
So not bad, but what you get out of them is down to you.
VCI are releasing an 8 film box of the Santo movies they redubbed for El Rey a couple of years ago. Popular opinion is they aren't fantastic either as transfers or dubs, and anything Indicator does with the films they have will knock them into a cocked hat, but it'll be nice to have them.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Tuesday, 21 December 2021 10:23 (two years ago) link
Just got my copy of the Shaw Brothers Vol.1 box. Oh lordy, it's a handsome beast, can't wait to dig into all this.
― Maresn3st, Tuesday, 21 December 2021 11:35 (two years ago) link
Mine has arrived but is for Christmas.
My Severin folk horror box has been in LAX for 11 days now.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Tuesday, 21 December 2021 12:33 (two years ago) link
:( Yeah, there are many boutique shipping woes afoot atm (my VS shipment is almost certainly going to get here too late for me to make use of the putative xmas gifts it contains). The folk horror set arrived, though, and it's gorgeous. Must remember to snag the Shaw set asap after the holidays.
― Rep. Cobra Commander (R-TX) (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 21 December 2021 13:24 (two years ago) link
Morvern Callar!
https://vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/frontpage-partner-labels/products/morvern-callar-fun-city-editions
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 9 January 2022 22:16 (two years ago) link
good god, about time
― assert (matttkkkk), Sunday, 9 January 2022 23:42 (two years ago) link
Not sure we can count Paramount as a "boutique" label, but they're doing a very boutique move by releasing The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance in 4K in April.
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Monday, 17 January 2022 20:17 (two years ago) link
I spoke too soon about those Australian boxes, one of the Silver Screams transfers was no better than you'd see on YouTube and the remaining Hammer discs are the Carlton transfers, they even have the idents to prove it.
Halfway through the Shaw Brothers and folk horror sets and both are tremendous, so much so I have other boxes lying unloved because I can't get onto them.
Currently watching The Brute, the Julian Glover domestic violence film. It's a bit challenging.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Monday, 17 January 2022 20:47 (two years ago) link
As a result of reading too many EOY lists I ended up buying both Major Dundee and Mill of the Stone Women and regret neither.
Major Dundee is an absolute Peckinpah epic with a fascinating backstory about how nobody believed in him. Both Harris and especially James Coburn are the acting draws although Charlton Heston is pretty damn good. The Moby Dick narrative really comes through on the non-studio edit buy with a sense of futility not in the book. Both prints are lovely although maybe a bit light on extras.
Mill is frankly astonishing. Like Douglas Sirk made a Hammer Gothic. The picture is so full, the colours so vivid and the plot (even if utterly predictable) is a cracker. If there's one reissue from last year that stands out above all the rest it's this one.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Tuesday, 18 January 2022 13:20 (two years ago) link
I think Major Dundee is one of the two or three key LBJ films in J. Hoberman's The Dream Life: Movies, Media, And The Mythology Of The Sixties.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 18 January 2022 13:42 (two years ago) link
Swanky new edition of The Wicker Man from the Aussie label Imprint. Ultimately it's the previously issued Final Cut and soundtrack discs with a new set of extras from various Indicator etc alumni and I instinctively put it in the basket then checked the conversion rate before hitting checkout and I'm not paying £85 for it no matter how nice it is.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Thursday, 27 January 2022 09:28 (two years ago) link
Extremley niche comment that might as well be on this thread: lols at the Indicator Sam Fuller box of films written but not directed by him featuring an interview with Tim Robbins waxing poetic about the films he's directed alternating with clips from Power Of The Press, which Fuller has a "story by" credit on but which is an entirely hokey piece of Americana whose end result he almost certainly must have hated.
― Daniel_Rf, Thursday, 27 January 2022 10:54 (two years ago) link
In terms of niche, Indicator have announced for April a box of Stanley Long's 'Adventures of...' series. I can't say I'm not tempted but I might be able to resist until the next sale.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Thursday, 27 January 2022 11:04 (two years ago) link
lol I was just about to post that the Stanley Long boxset might be a step too far even for me ... but then I was looking at that Mary Millington box set in HMV the other day ...
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 27 January 2022 11:07 (two years ago) link
I watched them all on Prime during lockdown so they're familiar in my mind, to the point where I can say Private Eye is definitely my favourite.
But I'm resolute to wait for a sale. Or the Very Low Stock warning.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Thursday, 27 January 2022 11:25 (two years ago) link
lol that Robin Askwith boxset is surely just around the corner
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 27 January 2022 11:39 (two years ago) link
I know 80's Sammo Hung/Jackie Chan stuff is a v different flavour but I still wish Eureka would lay off the martial arts releases to give me a bit of time to finish that Arrow Shaw box.
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 11:09 (two years ago) link
I wonder if/when there will be a Vol.2 of the Shaw boxes, end of the year again perhaps?
― Maresn3st, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 11:48 (two years ago) link
it's def a when not if, the liner notes of vol 1 make references to stuff being in vol 2
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 11:49 (two years ago) link
Yeah one of the debates is whether 8 Diagram Pole Fighter will be in it because Nicky Wire Bananaman put out the UK edition and it's not 100% clear how exclusive their rights are (although elsewhere I'm reading their release of Mardi Gras Massacre means Severin are certain to release it in a box soon so not sure if that's an indication one way or the other).
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 12:12 (two years ago) link
Thanks! I'd love it if they included one or two of their Bond-style flicks in Vol.2, never seen any, but they look pretty interesting.
― Maresn3st, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 14:14 (two years ago) link
I definitely enjoyed their not strictly genre films the most in the box - Mighty Peking Man, the first half of Heroes Of The East which is a straight-up romcom and Dirty Ho (which Tony Rayns confidently declares to be a gay romcom on one of the extras docs).
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 14:34 (two years ago) link
The book from vol 1 states the following for vol 2:
Invincible ShaolinMagnificent RuffiansKid With The Golden ArmTen Tigers of KwangtungMy Young Auntie
A podcast appearance confirmed 36 Chambers of Shaolin
So that's half the box, assuming it's the same size.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 14:40 (two years ago) link
I guess I should read the book!
― Maresn3st, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 15:27 (two years ago) link
I was quite interested in hearing about the other films by the King Boxer director, would be nice to see some of that stuff. I never watched Human Goddess but it's cool when that stuff gets imported
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 18:50 (two years ago) link
Kino putting out Fritz Lang's You and Me on Blu soon.
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 12 February 2022 20:49 (two years ago) link
because Nicky Wire Bananaman put out the UK edition
Cursed phrase.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 12 February 2022 22:48 (two years ago) link
And yet one you understand
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Sunday, 13 February 2022 09:23 (two years ago) link
Bad news.
Some followers of the INDICATOR label may be aware that, some years back, we teased Robert Altman’s CALIFORNIA SPLIT for a future release. Sadly, and despite a great deal of time and effort, legal complications have proven too much of a hurdle and we can now confirm that this release will not be happening. We are, of course, as upset with this news as you are, but hope to make up for it with many exciting releases of other great films to come.
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Thursday, 17 February 2022 14:58 (two years ago) link
I've gone for the bundle again this month. The Pemini box looks great.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Thursday, 17 February 2022 15:04 (two years ago) link
Bogey noir set yes plzhttps://www.powerhousefilms.co.uk/collections/frontpage/products/columbia-noir-5-humphrey-bogart-le
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 10 March 2022 15:54 (two years ago) link
Dead Reckoning is good fun, like a generic brand version of Bogart's persona. Knock On Any Door I remember as being an insufferably preachy Social Problem film, worst Ray I've seen.
― Daniel_Rf, Thursday, 10 March 2022 16:48 (two years ago) link
I felt the same about the second one.
― Mardi Gras Mambo Sun (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 11 March 2022 14:48 (two years ago) link
Christopher Lee Eurocrypt volume 2 yes please.
Astonishingly, Mad Dog Morgan (which was only released by Indicator this month) is nearly sold out. Would never have guessed it was so popular.
Very much looking forward to the Pemini Organisation set and God help me I saw a review of the Stanley Long box that has nearly tempted me. I think first sale with it in I might crack.
Does anyone have any clues as to the two Vinegar Syndrome secret films?
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Wednesday, 30 March 2022 19:14 (two years ago) link
That Pemini Org thing seems intriguing, never even heard of them before.
― Daniel_Rf, Thursday, 31 March 2022 09:30 (two years ago) link
Me neither but the films look great and have quite big names in them.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Thursday, 31 March 2022 12:23 (two years ago) link
Roger Corman birthday sale at Shout Factory: https://www.shoutfactory.com/sale/roger-corman-sale
A lot of this stuff doesn't look like much of a bargain at first blush but probably about half of the selections are website-exclusive limited editions or otherwise just plain out of print.
― When the Pain That You Feel is the Bite of an Eel, That's a Moray (Old Lunch), Thursday, 7 April 2022 01:31 (two years ago) link
Fun City Editions brings Makavejev's The Coca Cola Kid to Blu.
https://vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/frontpage-partner-labels/products/the-coca-cola-kid-fun-city-editions
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 2 May 2022 01:12 (one year ago) link
StudioCanal launching a Cult Classics line, first three releases are Walter Hill's Extreme Prejudice and two Castellari joints: High Crime and Kill Them All And Come Back Alone. The High Crime blu seems to be a cut version tho.
https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=30576
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 3 May 2022 10:24 (one year ago) link
One Passer down, another in the works. Look for more info in this space in the months to come. For now, please keep a spot open in the #FCE section of your shelving. #FunCityEditions #CutterandBone #CuttersWay #cultmovie #1981 #JeffBridges #JohnHeard #NewtonThornburg #IvanPasser pic.twitter.com/gbyhgUVvCH— FunCityEditions (@FunCityEdition) May 9, 2022
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 9 May 2022 21:46 (one year ago) link
https://vinegarsyndrome.com/products/the-films-of-doris-wishman-the-twilight-years-agfa
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 9 May 2022 21:47 (one year ago) link
I saw this rumoured a long while ago and while I'd rather the early stuff or a complete set it does say 1 of 3 so what the hell, I'm on.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Monday, 9 May 2022 21:52 (one year ago) link
*in*
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Monday, 9 May 2022 22:10 (one year ago) link
Vinegar Syndrome sale is live:
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 27 May 2022 04:06 (one year ago) link
There's just so much they have now I don't know where to start. Maybe I'll finally buy that blu-ray of Tammy and the T-Rex.
― Nhex, Friday, 27 May 2022 04:24 (one year ago) link
Severin putting out a Ray Steckler boxset, 20 films on 10 discshttps://severinfilms.com/shop/incredibly-strange-steckler-box/
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Friday, 27 May 2022 17:58 (one year ago) link
A poster on the Criterion Forum found this kinda-sorta Easter Egg on the Vinegar Syndrome site: they've picked up distribution for Mondo Vision and their catalogue of Zulawski DVD/Blus. Unfortunately, these aren't part of the sale, but they are available at a lesser discount all the same and stock is VERY LIMITED. I was also unaware they'd reissued all of their titles minus all the bric-a-brac from the collector sets.
https://vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/mondo-vision
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 27 May 2022 19:31 (one year ago) link
There's an Australian Blu of Possession that has all the same stuff (same transfer, same bonus material); I bought that one not long ago.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 27 May 2022 19:48 (one year ago) link
Uggggh, why did I open this thread?!? I already gave VS a bunch of money in the middle of the night. Do I really have to give them more money now? And Severin? I...I don't see where I have a choice.P.S. Some enterprising redditor made a list of the VS titles that are closest to being sold out. A few days out of date at this point but a useful metric all the same.
― When the Pain That You Feel is the Bite of an Eel, That's a Moray (Old Lunch), Friday, 27 May 2022 21:23 (one year ago) link
Give in, give in. (I had been planning on getting a couple of things the other week and glad I held off, perfect timing!)
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 27 May 2022 22:06 (one year ago) link
i grabbed:
beyond the door iiiprime evil / lurkersmurder weapon / deadly embracenightmare sisters
consider me a roberta findlay and david decoteau fangirl
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Saturday, 28 May 2022 21:52 (one year ago) link
I predict that you will have fun with those.Kinda want to upgrade my DVDs of those three DeCoteaus (even if only to see how he managed to make an alternate TV edit of wall-to-wall nudie fest Nightmare Sisters but I'm not sure it would be worth it if VS fixed the thing where one of the movies goes full blue screen at some point in the midst of what was clearly a very half-assed VHS transfer. It's a thing of cheap-ass beauty.
― When the Pain That You Feel is the Bite of an Eel, That's a Moray (Old Lunch), Sunday, 29 May 2022 11:40 (one year ago) link
Kino Lorber Summer Sale!
https://www.kinolorber.com/list/view/code/spring-into-summer-sale-2022?
A lot of newly rotated in titles, but the important thing is you can save on a Blu of Killdozer.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 24 June 2022 05:14 (one year ago) link
DVD Beaver on the Doris Wishman Box (NSFW)
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film10/blu-ray_review_154/films_of_doris_wishman_twilight_years_blu-ray.htm
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 24 June 2022 05:30 (one year ago) link
I've completely failed to start on this box yet. It was glowering at me again last night.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Friday, 24 June 2022 11:07 (one year ago) link
Coming on Blu-ray in 2023!Brand New 4K Restoration!The Outside Man (1972) Starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Ann-Margret, Roy Scheider, Angie Dickinson, Michel Constantin & Umberto Orsini – Directed by Jacques Deray (Barsalino, La Piscine).In Memory of Jean-Louis Trintignant pic.twitter.com/XPgJg9URbC— KLStudioClassics (@KLStudioClassic) June 25, 2022
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 25 June 2022 21:49 (one year ago) link
Never even heard of that! Looks intriguing.
― Build My Gallows Hi Hi Hi (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 25 June 2022 21:51 (one year ago) link
The Outside Man is one of the great L.A. films (done by a Frenchman, mais oui). Trintignant desperate and overwhelmed as always, Scheider hamming it up, nice surreal touches, one of the more brutal and uncompromising final scenes of the decade.
― gjoon1, Saturday, 25 June 2022 22:37 (one year ago) link
From imdb:
An "X" Rated addition used for European release contains 10 additional minutes, most notably in the scene where Jean Louis Trintignant meets Ann Margret at the downtown LA nightclub. The European version contains full frontal nudity throughout the scene. This "X" rated version screened in Los Angeles at the American Cinematheque in 1998 and was mistakenly screened as the "PG" version on Showtime Networks in 2001.
― bulb after bulb, Saturday, 25 June 2022 23:05 (one year ago) link
I own a DVD of that, coupled with a middling French heist film called "Riffifi A Tokyo". It's indeed great.
― Daniel_Rf, Sunday, 26 June 2022 15:35 (one year ago) link
Just dropped $150 at the Kino Sale. Can't remember the last time I spent that much on entertainment in one shot (and I drop coin on vinyl on the semi-reg too). Still, 15 BluRays!
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 16 July 2022 01:44 (one year ago) link
Yeah I got about that much myself. The 5 film OSS 117 set alone!
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 16 July 2022 03:09 (one year ago) link
How likely is Macario to get a bluray anytime soon?
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 29 July 2022 22:10 (one year ago) link
New Shaw box announced!
Meanwhile, I might just delve into the world of German blu ray labels; apparently they have an edition of High Crime that's a longer cut than the recent StudioCanal one. Plus:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fii5m186vzo
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 10 August 2022 12:26 (one year ago) link
^ Justin Decloux's DIY Blu Ray label Gold Ninja Video puts out some great stuff as well, they recently got a film scanner so can now do their own scans as well. their martial arts stuff tends to go out of print quickly but I'd recommend the 10 film set Jackiesploitation which comes with all sorts of extras, commentaries etc for 22 Canadian bucks https://goldninjavideo.com/27-jackiesploitation/they are also rereleasing their Thrilling Bloody Sword BR, an absolute fever dream of Taiwanese madness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp8_5Wn3rIM
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Wednesday, 10 August 2022 12:52 (one year ago) link
arrow have a summer sale on (UK?) what you can get the female prisoner Scorpion box for half what i paid for it last month (i had vouchers)
the two I've seen are quite startling, exploitative and violent as all hell (lone wolf kind of level, nothing stronger) and stylish in that 70s Japanese way.
― koogs, Monday, 15 August 2022 19:42 (one year ago) link
xpost I happily snagged the Jackiesploitation set, so thank you there.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 15 August 2022 20:02 (one year ago) link
Female Prisoner Scorpion first film was outrageously stylish - thinking of the murder flashback scene which is a stage play with rotating scenery - but the later ones didn't hold nearly as much charm. I enjoyed Stray Cat Rock more.
I picked up the Rogue Cops double pack and the Red edition of Giallo Essentials (which aren't really, or at least not more so than Forgotten Gialli and I'm buying them...).
There are some things that are definitely worth half price, Years Of Lead is the obvious standout I came across (but already have) or Mill of the Stone Women.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 16:02 (one year ago) link
2nd Scopion film still had the german expressionist angles and the colours and the staring of the first one. and i like the addition of blanket ponchos to the prison uniforms (which would be a great albeit obscure hallowwe'en costume). plus the dream songs (including a cutaway bus). the laval landscapes as well, and the copper plant slagheaps and rubbish mountains and buried villages.
stray cat rock on the todo list. and the black car thing.
― koogs, Tuesday, 16 August 2022 17:15 (one year ago) link
I think the 2nd and 3rd films are much better, some of my favorite films ever, should be as famous as any Clint Eastwood films
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Tuesday, 16 August 2022 17:36 (one year ago) link
it was your previous comments that made me pull the trigger (that and 35 quids worth of vouchers that expired in a month)
― koogs, Tuesday, 16 August 2022 18:09 (one year ago) link
2nd scorpion also my personal fave. one of those things where I was blown away by my first watch and then started telling everyone I know that they should watch it too (who might conceivably watch something like that, anyway). but of course nobody actually did unless they had the misfortune of living with me.
anyway, gotta watch those stray cat rock movies!
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 20:56 (one year ago) link
2nd scorpion is the only one i've seen but yeah total classic
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 20:57 (one year ago) link
Maybe I should give it another go then.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 22:00 (one year ago) link
Scorpion 1 great, Scorpion 2 astoundingStray Cat 1 lots of fun, Stray Cat 4 just a total ball(opinions on the SCR series tend to be all over the map but many people seem to agree on that Scorpion ranking)
― Beautiful Bean Footage Fetishist (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 23:18 (one year ago) link
Kino's doing an "Up To 50% off" sale on Cohen Collection titles (Buster Keaton silents, buncha foreign stuff etc.) through 8/29.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 23:36 (one year ago) link
I think the third Scorpion film has the moments that have stayed with me most.
I feel slightly ill after buying Shawscope 2 but that's partly from buying so many expensive books lately and discovering more and more rare books and print on demand books that might disappear at any time.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Wednesday, 17 August 2022 00:33 (one year ago) link
the Shaw boxes are something else i would buy if they were sold 2, 3, 4 at a time rather than a dozen. see also the criterion zatoichi box.
― koogs, Wednesday, 17 August 2022 03:47 (one year ago) link
Radiance slate looks amazing:
https://www.radiancefilms.co.uk/
― Daniel_Rf, Monday, 12 September 2022 13:39 (one year ago) link
Well hey
I just learned that @KinoLorber is posting full movies for free on their YouTube channel, which means you maybe also didn't know they are doing this, which means I should make a thread, so let's go:https://t.co/t1p5k9yhh1— Cy Cohen (@The_Gay_Gaze) September 15, 2022
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 15 September 2022 03:35 (one year ago) link
Nice find Ned!
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 15 September 2022 03:45 (one year ago) link
Wow!
― Jean Arthur Rank (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 15 September 2022 10:50 (one year ago) link
Gotta look through all that when I get home but Babylon in particular is great
― Nhex, Thursday, 15 September 2022 19:09 (one year ago) link
Is this for a limited time only or...?
― Jean Arthur Rank (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 15 September 2022 19:16 (one year ago) link
Have any of those Radiance films been released yet? Want to order one but how long might the wait be? Welcome To The Dollhouse says TBC
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 19 September 2022 19:01 (one year ago) link
think the first batch is coming out at the start of January
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Monday, 19 September 2022 20:18 (one year ago) link
Indicator sale is ridiculous. And yes, I did pick up the Stanley Long box set for that price.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Friday, 7 October 2022 17:37 (one year ago) link
Shout Factory Screamtober sale ends tonight at midnight as wellhttps://www.shoutfactory.com/sale/shocktoberLotta good $10 BRs and some giant box sets I'm tempted on, like the Friday the 13th
― Nhex, Friday, 7 October 2022 18:07 (one year ago) link
Sure, NOW I can get Night Of The Comet for $10. (I bought it for full price less than a month ago.)
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 7 October 2022 18:39 (one year ago) link
Also, with the pound now basically running equal to the dollar, it's finally a steal on this side of the Atlantic.
― Eric H., Friday, 7 October 2022 18:53 (one year ago) link
The Scream Factory Shocktober sale has actually been extended through midnight October 10th now.
Also, let's not overlook the very similarly named Kino Lorber sale running through October 17thhttps://www.kinolorber.com/list/view/code/shocktober-sale-2022
I have purchased 20 blu in this Kino sale (including many films of quite questionable quality) and will likely be sitting out these other sales as a result.
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Friday, 7 October 2022 19:30 (one year ago) link
oh good, good. i thought i would have to rush an order through
― Nhex, Friday, 7 October 2022 20:58 (one year ago) link
Speaking of Kino, don't sleep on their ongoing "While Supplies Last" sale, which just added a bunch of Fox Noirs and Westerns that are about to go OOP for $6-$10 a title.
https://www.kinolorber.com/list/view/code/kino-lorber-while-supplies-last-2022?page=1
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 8 October 2022 00:52 (one year ago) link
Thank you for that, definitely some randomness I can snag in that bunch.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 8 October 2022 01:52 (one year ago) link
Every single one of you better order Daisy Kenyon
― Eric H., Saturday, 8 October 2022 03:29 (one year ago) link
Vinegar Syndrome also has a "Going Out Of Print" sale page, including titles like Radio On, Morvern Callar, and Heavy Metal Parking Lot.
https://vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/going-out-of-print
Also: the Fun City Editions release of Married To The Mob is almost entirely sold out on their site: https://vinegarsyndrome.com/products/married-to-the-mob-fun-city-editions?variant=40369133191210
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 8 October 2022 04:37 (one year ago) link
Still feels weird to see that movie back in print at all but... oh yeah, it was a Jonathan Demme movie.
― Nhex, Tuesday, 11 October 2022 12:17 (one year ago) link
Arrow sale live, nothing v exciting from a quick scanhttps://www.arrowfilms.com/shocktober-2022.list
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 13 October 2022 10:36 (one year ago) link
oh, this is good. only (seemingly) about 3 weeks after i missed the summer sale, and a week after my birthday...
― koogs, Thursday, 13 October 2022 11:41 (one year ago) link
i would've loved the female prisoner scorpio box set twice as much as i did at half the price i paid 8) and will snap up the stray cat box and a few others.
― koogs, Thursday, 13 October 2022 11:43 (one year ago) link
Nothing at prices they haven't been at before as far as I can see.
I was dismissive of Giallo Essentials but bought it cheap in the last sale and actually all three films are tremendous. Negligible value in the extras though.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Thursday, 13 October 2022 11:43 (one year ago) link
My big Severin order with the RDS and EuroLee 2 boxes (amongst others) still circling the drain in LA to avoid getting on a plane.
Indicator only posted today but my Network sale stuff arrived to tide me over.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Thursday, 13 October 2022 11:46 (one year ago) link
Kier-La Janisse, who works for Severin, is touring her House of Psychotic Woman book and disc set around the UK - I'm going to the Glasgow Weird Weekend, and am hoping she'll have with her various Severin sets (such as the folk horror box she compiled):
https://www.kierlajanisse.com/2022/09/21/matchbox-cine-presents-house-of-psychotic-women-uk-tour/
Still waiting on my Stanley Long box set from Indicator; tempted by the Shaw Bros box in the Arrow sale.
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 13 October 2022 13:12 (one year ago) link
I've been working my way through that Shaw Box over the last couple of weeks, a fun time and the films look great
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 13 October 2022 13:30 (one year ago) link
That K-LJ tour looks like a fun time. The box set is in my delayed parcel.
Severin had some dinged and dented copies of the folk horror box up the other week. Saw a couple of photos and they didn't look in any worse state than mine.
The Stanley Long set has been their best seller in the sale followed by the Mae West box (both of which were now cheap enough for me).
I'm maybe less of a Shaw Bros fan than most but I had great fun with at least half of the box set so it's definitely worth it.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Thursday, 13 October 2022 14:21 (one year ago) link
the Shawscope box is £70 inc postage with the code GSGSAVE at Zavvi if that's any help
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 13 October 2022 14:48 (one year ago) link
Thanks Zappi - even more tempting. Although I've read mixed reports about ordering online from Zavvi (hope they're no relation :-))
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 13 October 2022 14:52 (one year ago) link
there's a bunch of DVDs from Second Run on there. Ive several films on that label, would anyone care to recommend me some films on that sale from them?
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Thursday, 13 October 2022 16:19 (one year ago) link
Please, obviously
Im tempted by the MIKLÓS JANCSÓ films.
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Thursday, 13 October 2022 16:25 (one year ago) link
i have the miklos jancso box on dvd... £14 from amazon in 2011
My Way Home (1964)The Red & The White (1967)The Round-Up (1969)
i'm not sure i can remember them in any detail but i have been meaning to pick up more jancso / second run
― koogs, Thursday, 13 October 2022 17:01 (one year ago) link
yeah those ones are in my basket
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Thursday, 13 October 2022 17:14 (one year ago) link
It's possible Barnes and Noble will include Arrow in their 50% off Criterion next month, I'll probably wait for that since I dropped money on Shout and probably will drop a little more on Kino this weekend.
― Nhex, Thursday, 13 October 2022 17:54 (one year ago) link
I just rooked myself on that Arrow sale.
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Thursday, 13 October 2022 18:09 (one year ago) link
My top ten Second Runs, maybe:
Red Psalm (Jancso)Palms (Aristakisyan)Marketa Lazarova (Vlacil)Story of my Death (Serra)Horse Money (Costa)The Cremator (Herz)Intimate Lighting (Passer)The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On (Hara)Goodbye, Dragon Inn (Tsai)Blissfully Yours (Weerasethakul)
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 13 October 2022 18:22 (one year ago) link
But there are very few duds in their catalogue
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 13 October 2022 18:23 (one year ago) link
Marketa Lazarova is brilliant. I have the Criterion of that as I can watch it on my dads region free player.The Cremator is great too.
Rd Psalm is one of the ones I watched. I'll stick the others on my watchlist for future reference, thanks.
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Thursday, 13 October 2022 19:59 (one year ago) link
Patiently waiting for them to upgrade Blissfully Yours and Tropical Malady to BR.
― Eric H., Thursday, 13 October 2022 20:26 (one year ago) link
I have the latter film on dvd. Its very good.
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Thursday, 13 October 2022 20:29 (one year ago) link
They’re both brilliant, but the former looks like a VHS dub that’s been oversharpened to try to make it “DVD”. Part of me worries that there’s no original print available. I had thought we might see a Joe box after MEMORIA.
― assert (matttkkkk), Thursday, 13 October 2022 20:57 (one year ago) link
I know this thread is non-Criterion but this "$35 for a plain tshirt with a genre name on it" thing has been amusing me todayhttps://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/398
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 20 October 2022 18:59 (one year ago) link
Would rather have this one for half the price
https://www.redbubble.com/i/t-shirt/The-Shining-Title-Cards-by-leea1968/60329544.FB110
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 20 October 2022 19:10 (one year ago) link
I could imagine walking around a gay bar wearing a shirt that just says "MELODRAMA" on it could be good for a laugh once.
― Eric H., Thursday, 20 October 2022 19:41 (one year ago) link
let go of 20% of their staff as well, great day for the Criterion lads
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 20 October 2022 19:58 (one year ago) link
$35!?? Who do they think they are, A24?
― Nhex, Friday, 21 October 2022 02:06 (one year ago) link
Bollywood Horror boxset sounds awesome, anyone seen any of these films?
AT LAST IT CAN BE REVEALED! (part two)Next up is our first ever box set! BOLLYWOOD HORROR! Goes on sale this upcoming Monday, October 31st at 9 AM Pacific (google what time that is where you live), only at https://t.co/cWNjUggIqB! pic.twitter.com/jQPME5t38t— Mondo Macabro USA (@MondoMacabroUSA) October 28, 2022
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Friday, 28 October 2022 21:17 (one year ago) link
I think they released a smaller set on dvd ages ago? I'm slightly wary because they're really long films. Seems like they were hits but nobody tried to jump on the bandwagon?
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 29 October 2022 17:53 (one year ago) link
Indicator goes UHD with a pair of Jean Rollin fang flix:
https://www.powerhousefilms.co.uk/collections/frontpage/products/the-shiver-of-the-vampires-4k-uhd-lehttps://www.powerhousefilms.co.uk/collections/frontpage/products/two-orphan-vampires-4k-uhd-le
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Friday, 27 January 2023 13:04 (one year ago) link
Shiver is one of my favorites
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 28 January 2023 17:38 (one year ago) link
I love that Rollin lets his characters shut the fuck up for most of the duration
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 28 January 2023 17:39 (one year ago) link
siren.gif
https://metrograph.com/apichatpongweerasethakul/
GMC: I want to know more about what you’re working on, but first I must congratulate you: Tropical Malady was just voted one of the 100 best films of all time. I imagine you saw the Sight and Sound poll. Does that kind of recognition mean anything to you? And are you surprised Tropical Malady was singled out, rather than one of your other films?AW: Well, sometimes I am asked to make a list, and often I change that list. So, it doesn’t mean much… And for me, it doesn’t mean one work; Tropical Malady belongs to the other pieces of my memory because they are all connected. Whatever film is in there, it’s the same, they’re connected. What is meaningful is that the film still resonates after all this time. It’s like a very, very old memory, so I’m surprised.GMC: You’re in the process of restoring Tropical Malady, right?AW: Yes, hopefully we’ll be able to release it by August next year.
AW: Well, sometimes I am asked to make a list, and often I change that list. So, it doesn’t mean much… And for me, it doesn’t mean one work; Tropical Malady belongs to the other pieces of my memory because they are all connected. Whatever film is in there, it’s the same, they’re connected. What is meaningful is that the film still resonates after all this time. It’s like a very, very old memory, so I’m surprised.
GMC: You’re in the process of restoring Tropical Malady, right?
AW: Yes, hopefully we’ll be able to release it by August next year.
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Wednesday, 15 February 2023 17:05 (one year ago) link
prob my fave of his
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 15 February 2023 18:19 (one year ago) link
Very much my favorite, though it's in "first among equals" territory
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Wednesday, 15 February 2023 18:25 (one year ago) link
Minus Mysterious Object at Noon which I still find impenetrable
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Wednesday, 15 February 2023 18:26 (one year ago) link
The Ballad Of Tam Lin is not a very good film, but the BFI Flipside release is v impressive - interviews with pretty much everyone in the cast still alive (and dead, via a video of McDowall talking about Ava Gardner). 30 minutes just with Jacqui McShee because Pentangle did the soundtrack! Also as usual with the BFI, they throw in some vaguely thematically linked short films - one of which, O'er Hill and Dale, directed by Basil Wright of Night Mail fame, is really quite lovely, while another, Red Red? Red, is an impressively awful early 70's hippie experimental film. I haven't checked out the commentary track but that's appreciated too.
― Daniel_Rf, Monday, 20 February 2023 11:12 (one year ago) link
Agreed, it's an acceptable enough film but fairly baffling I guess to anyone not familiar with the source work. The release is pretty great though and more in depth than might have been expected.
interviews with pretty much everyone in the cast still alive
Just watched Experiment In Terror and Stephanie Powers makes that exact point over why she's being interviewed.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Monday, 20 February 2023 12:26 (one year ago) link
Two amazing box sets coming from Indicator:
https://www.powerhousefilms.co.uk/collections/frontpage/products/from-hollywood-to-heaven-the-lost-and-saved-films-of-the-ormond-family-lehttps://www.powerhousefilms.co.uk/collections/frontpage/products/mexico-macabre-four-sinister-tales-from-the-alameda-films-vault-1959-1963-le
And Zulawski box from Masters of Cinema:
https://eurekavideo.co.uk/movie/andrzej-zulawski-three-films-limited-edition-box-set/
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Thursday, 23 February 2023 20:58 (one year ago) link
I hope there's further Zulawski boxed sets because I've seen all those.
Really looking forward to the Creeping Horror set, not seen any of those, barely even heard about most of them and not expecting classics but they look really nice.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Thursday, 23 February 2023 21:18 (one year ago) link
Long live vulgar auteurism!
***NEW TITLE ANNOUNCEMENT***Coming to 4K UHD in May from Arrow Video @MichaelMann’s Blackhat 4K UHD 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentations in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) of both the US and international versions of the film#FilmTwitter #4KUltraHD #MichaelMann #Bluray… https://t.co/TAn6AFadFq pic.twitter.com/aRocR30YH0— Dawn of The Discs (@dawnofthediscs) February 24, 2023
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Friday, 24 February 2023 11:34 (one year ago) link
love this Severin boxart, very reminiscent of 70s girls comic Misty
**** NEW TITLE ANNOUNCEMENT ****DANZA MACABRA VOLUME 1:THE MONSTER OF THE OPERA, THE SEVENTH GRAVE, SCREAM OF THE DEMON LOVER and LADY FRANKENSTEIN.Pre-order now: https://t.co/X9gL9OgHeb pic.twitter.com/YSgGtM0M8v— Severin Films (@SeverinFilms) February 23, 2023
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Friday, 24 February 2023 11:43 (one year ago) link
Jim McBride’s BREATHLESS (1983) is FCE #17! Thank you Jim, @kunz, @MarBarFu, @piercingscreen, @Glenn__Kenny, Dylan Haley, Johnny and Lannie for your help making this happen! You can preorder now at @VinegarSyndrome @ocndistro. #FunCityEditions #Breathless #JimMcBride #RichardGere pic.twitter.com/jumraEm5Q8— FunCityEditions (@FunCityEdition) March 1, 2023
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 1 March 2023 17:44 (one year ago) link
Glad the Mexican Gothic set is all-region, I've wanted to see Poison For The Faries for a long time, that shot of the swing in the trailer is wonderful.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 3 March 2023 01:42 (one year ago) link
Oh Yeah!
Coming Soon on Blu-ray!Brand New HD Master – 4K Scan of the 35mm OCN!Paint Your Wagon (1969) Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood & Jean Seberg – Shot by William A. Fraker (Bullitt) – Screenplay by Paddy Chayefsky (Marty) & Alan Jay Lerner (Gigi) – Directed by Joshua Logan (Picnic). pic.twitter.com/pXOdnXVGHp— KLStudioClassics (@KLStudioClassic) March 4, 2023
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 5 March 2023 01:58 (one year ago) link
(Not Really)
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 5 March 2023 01:59 (one year ago) link
Kino set to release a 4K of The Night of the Hunter:
https://www.kinolorber.com/product/the-night-of-the-hunter-4kuhd
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Sunday, 12 March 2023 01:25 (one year ago) link
***UPDATE***The previously announced 4K UHD/BD of William Friedkin’s Bug (2006) has been cancelled at Kino Lorber. “The BUG release is canceled. No 4K or BD. We may or may not do another SC deal, nothing to report yet.”#FilmTwitter #4KUltraHD #4K #WilliamFriedkin #Bluray… https://t.co/6gW89VV2oa pic.twitter.com/X1NAhweLiU— Dawn of The Discs (@dawnofthediscs) March 20, 2023
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Monday, 20 March 2023 15:35 (one year ago) link
I'm still waiting on that Valmont release.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 20 March 2023 15:53 (one year ago) link
I guess StudioCanal are about as bad as any collaborator out there? Even Disney allowed WALL-E to show up on Criterion.
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Monday, 20 March 2023 16:04 (one year ago) link
Kino Lorber also had to cancel a 4K of To Live And Die In LA. Supposedly that and this thing with Bug were at least partially down to issues with Friedkin not making himself available to sign off on stuff because he's working on a new project.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 20 March 2023 16:29 (one year ago) link
fwiw, my understanding (from spending too much time on the Blu-ray.com forums) was that they haven't officially canceled the TLADILA 4K yet, they just removed it from the upcoming schedule after giving it a street date due to Fredkin continuing to dither on approving the new master. They canceled Bug because it sounds like they didn't want to deal with him on another title since he keeps putting off working on the TLADILA disc. There's a very good chance it does still wind up canceled eventually though since it's supposedly been like a year of waiting for him on it at this point.
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Monday, 20 March 2023 19:30 (one year ago) link
arrow Easter sale. part of me just wants to blow 50 quid on random East European videos. another part has his eyes on the first Shaw box for 75 quid.
― koogs, Thursday, 6 April 2023 22:58 (one year ago) link
Kino sale also happening right nowhttps://kinolorber.com/collection/spring-sale-2023/
― Nhex, Thursday, 6 April 2023 23:44 (one year ago) link
i got 500 points from my last arrow order. i converted it to £5 off the new order...
only there was nowhere i could see to apply it (maybe because i used paypal?).
and whilst the points just accumulate the credit expires after 14 days. customer services has bumped that to 30 days but that still means another order, on top of the £50 one i've just submitted, or i'll lose it.
― koogs, Monday, 10 April 2023 16:57 (one year ago) link
(current order:a fugitive from the past (which i think will be the 22nd or 23rd from the kinema junpo top 25 japanese films list (1995 version) that i have seen)
gamera, showa era box
vampire caudacuc (sp) andvalerie and her week of wonders (cz) because those second run dvds always look interesting)
― koogs, Monday, 10 April 2023 17:01 (one year ago) link
update: the gamera films are getting better as they go, but still aren't godzilla level yet. lots of extras. overall package might be better than the actual films though.
Valerie is lovely and stunning. every single shot has something.
― koogs, Sunday, 23 April 2023 19:19 (eleven months ago) link
Turns out Arrow managed to turn it around and the edition of Blackhat does contain the director's cut!
The Indicator El Santo release is great stuff. Not so much the films themselves, which I don't think are rated even within the context of Santo films, though they do have a weird sleepy psychotronic power to them - "Vs The Infernal Men" in particular is like someone's dream after attending a noir marathon, just scene after scene of nightclub music and punch ups and ppl saying non committal dialogue on the phone to who knows who, the omnipresent ocean sounds adding to the hypnotic effect. But the story of the making of the films is fascinating - shooting in Cuba basically as Castro was taking Havana - and the set also includes Perdida, a 90 min doc on the Mexican film family a member of whom directed these, which goes into the arrival of sound film in Mexico, early pornography (via living tableaux, just like in the UK cabaret circuit!), a daughter's affair with Ricardo Montalban, etc etc etc
Also of interest is this very niche label - Canadian experimental cinema! https://expcinema.org/site/en/blu-ray
― Daniel_Rf, Monday, 15 May 2023 10:41 (eleven months ago) link
Network, the company who specialise in UK TV discs, have just gone into receivership apparently. Think they were also the current holders of the Hammer Studios name.
― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 13:42 (ten months ago) link
awww, my brother is going to be gutted as he loved the 60s/70s TV show stuff they put out
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Wednesday, 31 May 2023 13:55 (ten months ago) link
aww man, they do a lot of good 70s sitcoms
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Wednesday, 31 May 2023 14:26 (ten months ago) link
Seen this going round but all seems to track back to a single source and their website being down. Seems to be a fair amount of scepticism but doesn't of course mean it isn't true.
Indicator would surely be favourites to pick Hammer licensing back up from them.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Wednesday, 31 May 2023 16:44 (ten months ago) link
I've been watching their Whodunnit box again recently but been itching to put on Thriller so think I might next.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Wednesday, 31 May 2023 16:45 (ten months ago) link
Darn
pic.twitter.com/DbsAO06deT— gingerbrarian (@mindtheoctopus) June 22, 2023
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Thursday, 22 June 2023 13:49 (nine months ago) link
As someone who doesn't use 5:1 it...sounds like this is not an issue? (Why yes my copy arrived the other day.)
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 22 June 2023 14:09 (nine months ago) link
Great, now I'll have two region locked copies I cant watch.....
― my opinionation (Hamildan), Thursday, 22 June 2023 20:15 (nine months ago) link
I'm waiting for the sub I want to show up used on eBay and I'll soon have my very own 5.1 surround sound setup... obviously I'm going to watch Jethro Tull's Slipstream with 5.1 mix by Steven Wilson before Showgirls though
― the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Thursday, 22 June 2023 20:47 (nine months ago) link
Olive Films has announced that l they've gone out of business: https://olivefilms.com/
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 3 July 2023 15:37 (nine months ago) link
Always sad to hear something like that
― Nhex, Tuesday, 4 July 2023 14:15 (nine months ago) link
Indeed
― Looking For Mr. Goodreads (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 4 July 2023 15:02 (nine months ago) link
Big Vinegar Syndrome, Arrow, and Barnes and Noble Criterion sales going on right now btw
― Nhex, Thursday, 6 July 2023 02:42 (nine months ago) link
That Arrow sale continues into the iTunes Store too in case you want a bunch of Female Convict Scorpion movies at 3.99 each
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 8 July 2023 10:29 (nine months ago) link
I've been waiting for arrow sale but i was in fopp the other day and they had a couple of things i wanted at sale prices so i just bought them there
Mad Fox (tomu uchida)Blind Woman's Curse (meiko kaji's first film)(and Here Come The Warm Jets on cd)
― koogs, Saturday, 8 July 2023 13:29 (nine months ago) link
Mad Fox has got to be the quickest I flipped a cover around, from that crappy yellow one to the OG japanese artworkplaced my first ever order via VS to get the early Deaf Crocodile stuff that was on sale, only label they do that I'm really into tbh
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Saturday, 8 July 2023 13:56 (nine months ago) link
(Blind Woman's Curse isn't in the website sale, maybe because it's dual dvd/br, so i lucked out there)
― koogs, Saturday, 8 July 2023 13:57 (nine months ago) link
On the US Arrow site it's $17
― Nhex, Saturday, 8 July 2023 16:32 (nine months ago) link
BWC is £18 on the uk website, seemingly not in the sale, but was £9 in fopp (down from £15)
― koogs, Saturday, 8 July 2023 17:24 (nine months ago) link
Don't think anyone has posted this yet?https://error4444.bigcartel.com/productsThey've been around over a year and focus on crazy and/or notorious Hong Kong and Japanese films.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 25 August 2023 19:21 (seven months ago) link
Vinegar Syndrome Labor Day Warehouse Sale
https://support.vinegarsyndrome.com/en-US/warehouse-sale-2023---info-310661
The event, which kicks off at 12:01 PM EDT on Friday, September 1st and runs through 11:59 PM EDT on Monday, September 4th, will see discounts of 50-70% off dozens of overstock items, including numerous VS and Partner Label limited edition slipcovers, standard (including going OOP) Blu-rays, along with a ton of merch and clothing.Additionally, ALL VS DVDs will be marked down to just $5 and ALL will be going OOP once our current inventory runs out!
Additionally, ALL VS DVDs will be marked down to just $5 and ALL will be going OOP once our current inventory runs out!
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 25 August 2023 19:29 (seven months ago) link
Why you do this to me
― Prop Dramedy (Old Lunch), Friday, 25 August 2023 19:36 (seven months ago) link
re: that error4444 site, I have the Gold Ninja release of Thrilling Bloody Sword and it's full of fun weirdness, if they've got a proper scan & translation of it I'd be v interested in upgrading. Challenge of the Lady Ninja & Imperial Sword Killing The Devil looks like good times too.
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Friday, 25 August 2023 19:37 (seven months ago) link
There's under a week left in the second run sale at the BFI shop if anyones interested
https://shop.bfi.org.uk/dvd-blu-ray/second-run-special-offer.html?p=4
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Saturday, 26 August 2023 12:36 (seven months ago) link
I did pick up fatal termination from error4444 in this last wave. I haven't seen it yet tho... well, except for the notorious car stunt which even offended this jaded old soul.
thrilling bloody sword is a lot of fun. agreed that a real restoration of that would be an instant buy.
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Saturday, 26 August 2023 19:41 (seven months ago) link
heard good things about the Red Spell Spells Red release from them.... still their stuff is too pricey for a blind buy unfortunately
― Nhex, Saturday, 26 August 2023 20:18 (seven months ago) link
I caught a screening of that recently. it was their "animal cruelty-free" cut from that release, which I appreciated. but the edited movie did seem to be missing a significant part of its nasty core...
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Saturday, 26 August 2023 20:39 (seven months ago) link
Vinegar Syndrome is doing its Black Friday preview sale this weekend, worth poking around some of the new stuff there.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 24 September 2023 02:54 (six months ago) link
My wallet's eternal threat. Kinda tempted to preorder that new Lost Films boxset though I know in my heart it's probably a huge waste of money. But it looks fun!
― Nhex, Sunday, 24 September 2023 17:47 (six months ago) link
I couldn't bring myself to pay any of my money for it but I'm sufficiently intrigued so my wife is buying it for my Christmas
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Sunday, 24 September 2023 18:22 (six months ago) link
Honestly not a fan of their new trend of putting up pre-orders without having the extras listed yet. I pre-ordered Showgirls and was pretty disappointed that they didn't add another audio commentary to counterbalance to old joke one from the guy who doesn't even like the movie.
Anyway, there's another Kino Lorber sale right now so I can allocate my funds towards instead a random jumble of art movies and genre crap for $8-10 bucks a disc.
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Sunday, 24 September 2023 18:39 (six months ago) link
old joke one from the guy who doesn't even like the movie
I've been a friend David Schmader for some years now and trust me, you are completely misunderstanding his commentary if you think he doesn't like it.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 24 September 2023 21:41 (six months ago) link
I don’t begrudge a commentary track that doesn’t take the movie all so seriously
― 50 Best Fellas (Eric H.), Sunday, 24 September 2023 23:18 (six months ago) link
The Second Run edition of The Cassandra Cat (also known on twitter as The Cat Who Wore Sunglasses) is a must for anyone into midcentury modern aesthetics. Film is great, has that Czech fairytale vibe and prolonged musical sequences that are like an artsy take on MGM musicals; copy is pristine, beautiful beautiful colours; good commentary and booklet essay, plus a short animated film from the same era that also feels like a Czech cousin to the UPA stuff.
― Daniel_Rf, Monday, 25 September 2023 08:58 (six months ago) link
That's a brilliant film.
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Monday, 25 September 2023 09:50 (six months ago) link
One of the reasons why I named my cat Cassandra (wow, 30 years gone now RIP) was because of that movie
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 25 September 2023 23:32 (six months ago) link
have never heard of Cassandra Cat but i'll add it to my next arrow order.
googling that led me to the Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize list which is a fascinating list of things i love and things i've never heard of.
― koogs, Tuesday, 26 September 2023 13:28 (six months ago) link
Arrow Films US has a loaded Blu + 4K of The Warriors coming in December
https://www.arrowvideo.com/the-warriors-limited-edition-blu-ray/14941926.html
https://www.arrowvideo.com/the-warriors-limited-edition-4k-uhd/14941925.html
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 29 September 2023 15:37 (six months ago) link
I'm kinda surprised that this looks like the first 4K release anywhere for the Warriors. At least it includes the theatrical cut so I can avoid the terrible 2005 comic book version that seemed like the only way to watch this on streaming for a long time.
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Friday, 29 September 2023 15:47 (six months ago) link
If I'm reading that right, they're clearing the deck extras-wise to ensure the highest bitrate on the director's cut, and jamming the extras on the theatrical cut's disc. Which, first world problems yes yes yes, is a fly in the ointment to this otherwise great-looking release.
― peanut filibuster parfait (Eric H.), Friday, 29 September 2023 15:49 (six months ago) link
(Kinda stoked about Arrow's Day of the Locust announcement too, btw.)
― peanut filibuster parfait (Eric H.), Friday, 29 September 2023 15:54 (six months ago) link
Arrow films Halloween sale on again. that first Shaw box set is getting cheaper every time. do i pull the trigger now or wait until Christmas sale in a month and a half?
annoyed that the ju-on box seems to have gone though.
― koogs, Tuesday, 17 October 2023 17:24 (six months ago) link
I was lucky enough to scoop up Shawscope Vol. 1 for 60 bucks from Hamilton Book when they had a big Arrow drop back in March. Now I just need to watch it.
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Tuesday, 17 October 2023 17:34 (six months ago) link
Kind of annoyed that Shout Factory seems to have picked up the Shaw Bros. mantle (with three big box sets already released or announced for this year). I mean, I'm glad the stuff is getting a release, but those suckers are never coming down to a reasonable price.
― Prop Dramedy (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 17 October 2023 17:40 (six months ago) link
It does feel like a dick move for them to muscle into Arrow's territory like that, especially since aiui a lot of the releases are old copies...but all's fair I guess.
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 17 October 2023 17:58 (six months ago) link
i think i prefer shout factory's packaging 8)
― koogs, Tuesday, 17 October 2023 18:10 (six months ago) link
Whichever one starts releasing the old Shaw musicals and melodramas gets my eternal respect (nb neither will).
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 17 October 2023 18:13 (six months ago) link
I enjoyed the first one because it felt a lot more varied but box 2 has been a real slog, still only halfway through it.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Tuesday, 17 October 2023 18:55 (six months ago) link
Shawscope 2? It's really more varied than 1, it's just the variety is backloaded - Boxer's Omen, Mercenaries From Hong Kong, the 80's Jet Li shaolin films made on the mainland, a Johnnie To film from the 90's!
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 17 October 2023 19:11 (six months ago) link
Shawscope Vol 2 seemed a little more consistent to me from the title list, but I haven't really sat down and bought/watched these titles in a row any time recently
― Nhex, Saturday, 21 October 2023 17:02 (five months ago) link
Made a bit of headway with V2 and you're right, the variation is there but takes a long time coming.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Saturday, 21 October 2023 18:52 (five months ago) link
v1 no longer turning up in searches. i guess everyone else was tempted by the cheapness.
― koogs, Saturday, 21 October 2023 18:59 (five months ago) link
Shout Factory doing 4 main Shaw boxed sets so far, and a Brave Archer set and a Ti Lung/David Chiang set. That's 6 boxed sets in a very short time.
Even if I could watch region A, I'm burned out too badly for these, I don't think I'll finish the Shawscope 2 even (regret buying it). A shame there wasn't more Wuxia high fantasy early on because I'd still buy more of them. I'm skipping most of the new martial arts releases, I'm sorry but I just can't get that excited for Jet Li somehow. But there's still things I'm looked forward to.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 21 October 2023 22:36 (five months ago) link
Fatal Termination sold out, hope another company picks it up.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 23 October 2023 21:29 (five months ago) link
FYI for anyone who wanted Shawscope v1, Arrow has released a regular edition of the films as three separate box sets, currently for pre-order at $30 each (under the "Shaw Brothers Presents" name) so if you just want the movies this is the way to go
― Nhex, Saturday, 28 October 2023 13:37 (five months ago) link
Just hit the Mercenaries/Boxer's Omen disc on V2 and I don't know what I was on about, it's amazing.
Boxer's Omen gave me real Mystics In Bali vibes.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Saturday, 28 October 2023 13:48 (five months ago) link
my orders get bigger every time. this time it was
Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with TeaBattles Without Honor and Humanity boxThe Snake Girl And The Silver-Haired WitchThe Cassandra Cat
two czech and two Japanese. my wish list is emptying out.
I'd seen the smaller Shaw boxes but didn't think to compare the contents. those seem much more manageable
― koogs, Saturday, 28 October 2023 18:56 (five months ago) link
Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with TeaThe Cassandra Cat
2 fantastic films. Not seen the other 2 you mentioned. Please let us know how they are!
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Saturday, 28 October 2023 19:06 (five months ago) link
Battles is a series of yakuza films, the first of which (yakuza papers) is in the 1995 kinema junpo list I've been using as a checklist (seen 22 of the top 25, goes down drastically after that). didn't enjoy YP when i watched it but maybe it'll be easier to follow the second time. meiko kaji is in these, briefly.
snake girl is described as twisted children's film. I'm imagining something like hausu crossed with kuro neko but we shall see.
I've got things from my first two orders yet to watch so...
― koogs, Saturday, 28 October 2023 20:26 (five months ago) link
(actually that's confusing. my copy of the first of the those is called 'Battles without honour and humanity' subtitled 'Yakuza papers Vol 1' and the box is also called 'battles without...' but contains the entire series (5 films). there's also a follow up trilogy by the same bloke called 'new battles...')
― koogs, Saturday, 28 October 2023 20:37 (five months ago) link
The Snake Girl And The Silver-Haired Witch is an adaptation of a Kazuo Umezu/Umezz manga, a mystery from the pov of a young girl, I like it.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 28 October 2023 22:50 (five months ago) link
Saw _The Cassandra Cat_ at my local Alamo a few days ago, really great experience.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 29 October 2023 00:47 (five months ago) link
xp did not know it was an Umezu adaptation, now i definitely want to see it!
― Nhex, Monday, 30 October 2023 01:20 (five months ago) link
koog's purchases are all bangers, possibly except the Yakuza Papers box - remember watching the first one and just being consistently confused by the sprawling cast and double crosses, but since then I've a) gotten a taste for intricate yakuza plots thanks to the video game series of the same name and b) gotten a deeper appreciation for the works of Fukusaku, so perhaps I should revisit.
You can REALLY tell Snake Girl is an Umezz adaptation, his fingerprints are all over that thing. Spookily enough, after I watched my Arrow disc once it broke itself in two within my player, something which hasn't happened with any disc before or since.
― Daniel_Rf, Monday, 30 October 2023 09:57 (five months ago) link
am getting behind slightly with the japanese masters of cinema releases as well, and those are never heavily discounted like the arrow stuff.
and how have i not previously seen all those eureka martial arts films that were only a tab away?
― koogs, Monday, 30 October 2023 11:36 (five months ago) link
have never heard of Cassandra Cat but i'll add it to my next arrow order.googling that led me to the Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize list which is a fascinating list of things i love and things i've never heard of.
one of the things i've never heard of was Battle Of The Rails, which was on TPTV the day after and again on the 1st nov
list here (link ends in a bracket hence this link text)
― koogs, Monday, 30 October 2023 16:04 (five months ago) link
Indicator sale on https://www.powerhousefilms.co.uk/collections/sale
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Monday, 30 October 2023 16:10 (five months ago) link
Haha yes, I enjoy the snooty game of who gets to be a Master of Cinema. Sorry, Tsui Hark, Ringo Lam, Sammo Hung.
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 31 October 2023 10:03 (five months ago) link
watched Snake Girl last night and, well, all the reviews i've seen have mentioned scooby doo. and it's the same guy who did all* the Gamera films and was obviously pitched at kids, so don't go into it expecting The Ring or something. filmed nicely enough and i liked something about the b&w footage.
(* all but one of the Gamera films - for the second one, which only existed after the surprise success of the first one, he was demoted to second unit and sfx)
― koogs, Wednesday, 1 November 2023 11:32 (five months ago) link
How long does Region B have to wait for Millennium Mambo?
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Sunday, 12 November 2023 14:18 (five months ago) link
I was aware of Tod Slaughter but not sure I'd ever seen a film and got the box set out of curiosity as a result of some of the general excitement around it.
Two films in and it might be my release of the year. An absolute joy.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Sunday, 19 November 2023 16:38 (five months ago) link
https://www.radiancefilms.co.uk/collections/4for40
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Friday, 24 November 2023 17:35 (four months ago) link
One of my fave reissue labels.
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Friday, 24 November 2023 17:36 (four months ago) link
this GNV Ed Wood release has a lot of extras, should be a good timehttps://goldninjavideo.com/collections/releases/products/blu-ray-ed-woods-revenge-of-the-dead
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Friday, 24 November 2023 17:42 (four months ago) link
Yes indeed. Ordered that out of the gate.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 25 November 2023 01:18 (four months ago) link
More Black Friday sales:Grasshopper: https://grasshopperfilm.myshopify.comCinema Guild: https://store.cinemaguild.com/homevideo/SFNT.html
Also for those in NYC, Black Friday sale at Metrograph - get a NEW annual membership for 40% off ($30 instead of $50) using the code THANKS2023This will bring down ticket prices to $10 from $17, other discounts associated with Metrograph, and you get access to their curated streaming service, which is pretty great.
― birdistheword, Saturday, 25 November 2023 20:12 (four months ago) link
(Also Cinema Guild is about to release Claire Denis's 35 Shots of Rum on Blu-ray for the first time ever - it's not out yet, but they've included it in their 50% off sale.)
― birdistheword, Saturday, 25 November 2023 20:14 (four months ago) link
Forgot another, Oscilloscope!
https://store.oscilloscope.net/
Among various discounts, all Blu-rays and DVD's are 50% off. Don't forget to use the code OSALEOSCOPE when you check out, otherwise the sale prices don't show up.
― birdistheword, Saturday, 25 November 2023 20:15 (four months ago) link
Grindhouse Zideo has a pretty nice one right now, lots of Arrow and other specialty labels (and porn too if that's your thing)https://grindhousevideo.com
― Nhex, Sunday, 26 November 2023 02:35 (four months ago) link
Forgot another one:
https://shoparbelosfilms.com/collections/blu-ray
Standard edition Blu-rays and posters are 50% off but the limited editions (where they usually add something like a slipcase for collectors) is 25% off.
― birdistheword, Sunday, 26 November 2023 03:38 (four months ago) link
I don't know if it's a musical or not but some here were interested in 50s-60s chinese historical epics like this, The Beauty Of Beauties is getting a release in march, not a Shaw Brothers film but it looks similarhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311305/?ref_=ttco_ov_i
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 22 December 2023 19:46 (three months ago) link
yes I'm very interested in this type of Chinese historical epic, do you know who is releasing it?"over 6000 costumes, 30 thousand individual weapons, 800 chariots and 8000 chariot horses, 120 thousand extras, and a shoot that took 334 days and 120 thousand feet of film."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivQfHkgbBps
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Friday, 22 December 2023 19:57 (three months ago) link
ah found it, 88 Films
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Friday, 22 December 2023 19:58 (three months ago) link
Figured it would be them!
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 22 December 2023 23:49 (three months ago) link
over 6000 costumes, 30 thousand individual weapons, 800 chariots and 8000 chariot horses, 120 thousand extras and one Nicky Wire in a banana suit
― Daniel_Rf, Saturday, 23 December 2023 00:08 (three months ago) link
i was listening to a podcast a few months ago and c-man's name came up! I think he'd done an extra for some horror blu ray. all I could think about was if he'd done it in a banana suit or not.
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Saturday, 23 December 2023 00:18 (three months ago) link
He owns 88 Films
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Saturday, 23 December 2023 01:31 (three months ago) link
lol no
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Saturday, 23 December 2023 04:10 (three months ago) link
I know a few horror film aficionados and it's always funny when Calum's name pops up as he's quite well known in cult horror film circles and all I think about is the C-Man persona he had on ilx.
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Saturday, 23 December 2023 09:03 (three months ago) link
Imagine Tim Robinson shouting into a fast food intercom "6000 COSTUMES, 30,000 WEAPONS, 800 CHARIOTS, 8000 HORSES..."
― ernestp, Saturday, 23 December 2023 17:17 (three months ago) link
Arrow Video is putting out a really nice package of both Conan movies (they're also being sold separately) and I'm seriously considering it.
https://www.arrowvideo.com/the-conan-chronicles-conan-the-barbarian-and-conan-the-destroyer-limited-edition-blu-ray/14976087.html
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Saturday, 23 December 2023 17:34 (three months ago) link
not in the uk. searching for 'conan' turns up 'children of the corn'
― koogs, Saturday, 23 December 2023 17:43 (three months ago) link
Yeah, Arrow doing a lot of North America only releases these days.
― Daniel_Rf, Saturday, 23 December 2023 17:45 (three months ago) link
They’re essentially handling Universal’s legacy home releases on this front from what I can tell.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 23 December 2023 21:23 (three months ago) link
Happy to be wrong. Dr W kind of likes to give the impression.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Saturday, 23 December 2023 23:26 (three months ago) link
yeh I bet he does!
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Sunday, 24 December 2023 00:10 (three months ago) link
https://vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/frontpage/products/little-darlings
Complete with the original theatrical soundtrack!
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 5 January 2024 04:25 (three months ago) link
I got the huge VS Lost Films set for Christmas and have loads of opinions but the overriding one is this is not for normal people. (By which I mean even trying to explain some of what's in it is only possible by invoking other non-mainstream film makers so essentially only in its own language.)
With 2 to watch I genuinely think Rare Blue Apes might be my favourite though.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Friday, 5 January 2024 11:28 (three months ago) link
yeh that set is for people really deep down the rabbit hole!in "I didn't know they were still going" news, Something Weird is closing down later this year.
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Friday, 5 January 2024 11:57 (three months ago) link
It's also for people who aren't scared to say they didn't like things. I actually fell asleep during my first go at the hobo doc and didn't rate it much on the second go, and from limited reviews I'm not the only one (with one person saying they had a third go with the commentary which was worthwhile).
I'll have a go at trying to explain the films later.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Friday, 5 January 2024 12:15 (three months ago) link
in "I didn't know they were still going" news, Something Weird is closing down later this year.
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Friday, 5 January 2024 11:57 (one hour ago) link
It's sad! I'm glad I picked up some of their physical releases over the past couple of years, as they've been slowly phasing those out. It seems like they might have some sort of deal with Kino, though (as the latter has been releasing a bunch of SW's old exploitation titles under the Forbidden Fruit banner), so hopefully their font of Weirdness will remain available in some form or another.
― Great-Tasting Burger Perceptions (Old Lunch), Friday, 5 January 2024 13:43 (three months ago) link
I think all these Deaf Crocodile films are region a onlyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zca9nCm8McY
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 27 January 2024 20:46 (two months ago) link
https://www.indiewire.com/features/craft/blu-ray-labels-film-history-physical-media-1234950671/
Seems hard to argue against the notion that Vinegar Syndrome has moved right up alongside Kino in terms of the breadth and quality of their output
― badpee pooper (Eric H.), Tuesday, 6 February 2024 16:08 (two months ago) link
Would happily agree. Thanks to their partner labels alone I'm usually picking up four or five new releases a month.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 6 February 2024 16:41 (two months ago) link
I tell myself I have reined in my home video buying frequency (and am shoring up for the spring Criterion flash sale since I've got at least three codes and am pretty close to the $50 credit), but a glance at my shelf of recent acquisitions tells a different tale.
― badpee pooper (Eric H.), Tuesday, 6 February 2024 17:16 (two months ago) link
VS's Showgirls was probably the fastest I've preordered a disc, um, I guess ever?
― badpee pooper (Eric H.), Tuesday, 6 February 2024 17:17 (two months ago) link
Hahah right there with ya. Can't wait for the Phase IV one.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 6 February 2024 17:18 (two months ago) link
I know its rights etc. but VS discs are sometimes region free and sometimes Region 1 only.. and it follows no logic or reason across films.
I got around this by buying a multiregion DVD/Bluray player, so now there is no stopping me.
will likely spring for Phase IV for the new cut, but in the UK, shipping is not great unless I go for a few titles at once, and I am still going through my last order.
also now I'm multiregion, teach me about criterion flash sales and where to look for buying a bunch of their stuff to send to UK. ( I dont think they have a UK sale and no criterion channel here either)
― my opinionation (Hamildan), Tuesday, 6 February 2024 17:47 (two months ago) link
Ohhhh, did not know about Phase IV. That is rad.
I would give so much more of my $$$ to these boutiques if they would take a page from Kino's book and occasionally have more for-real deep discount sales. The frankly unnerving volume of Kino titles in my collection is a testament to this.
― Great-Tasting Burger Perceptions (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 6 February 2024 18:17 (two months ago) link
Tsk, Old Lunch, I revived the thread the other day! :-D
Phase IV
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 6 February 2024 18:25 (two months ago) link
That Indiewire article is great for sure but I would add to it the interesting and kinda more grassroots efforts focusing on silent films in particular, especially now that nearly all of the silent era is in the public domain. (I'm sure the silent movie thread on here has noticed this!) There are boutique labels there as well like Undercrank but also near individual efforts or very limited releases via a lot of Kickstarter efforts, and while some are more dedicated to basic preservation, a lot of them are remarkably good with higher end treatment, notes and supplements, etc. Redwood Films out of France has been really solid about all kinds of horror/horror adjacent titles in particular:
https://www.instagram.com/redwoodcreekfilms/
While Dave Glass's silent-era comedian collections have been awfully good too:
https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/reelcomedy/created
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 6 February 2024 18:44 (two months ago) link
The frankly unnerving volume of Kino titles in my collection is a testament to this.
Now that the Kino imprimatur doesn't automatically mean "dodgy if not outright shitty video transfer" (at least on silent film landmarks), the biggest roadblock I have with them is the seeming total lack of curation. I get people being more completist with a Criterion or an Arrow or a Vinegar Syndrome. But I look at some people's Kino libraries and think, "You can't possibly want/need every single one of those titles ... can you?"
― badpee pooper (Eric H.), Tuesday, 6 February 2024 19:57 (two months ago) link
Well, when they do those sales with discs running from $5-10 apiece, and you need to drop $50 on an individual order so you don't get screwed on shipping...an they can't always be all winners.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 6 February 2024 20:42 (two months ago) link
Yeah, their offerings are all over the place but I've had pretty good luck by doing some research before diving into the sales. I've gotten a ton of great stuff from them that I probably would've never even known about or had a chance to see if they hadn't put out a dirt-cheap Blu-ray of the thing. It probably helps if you have an affinity for both fine cinema and total garbage.
― Great-Tasting Burger Perceptions (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 6 February 2024 21:38 (two months ago) link
The Big Bus, Moving Violations, and Blind Fury are definitely all winners!
― the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Tuesday, 6 February 2024 21:47 (two months ago) link
I mean, I consider The Apple a winner so
― Great-Tasting Burger Perceptions (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 6 February 2024 22:14 (two months ago) link
I enjoy kino's chaotic neutral approach
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 6 February 2024 22:30 (two months ago) link
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Tuesday, 6 February 2024 22:31 (two months ago) link
kinda surprised they haven't released Midnight Madness on Kino yet
― the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Tuesday, 6 February 2024 22:49 (two months ago) link
― badpee pooper (Eric H.), Wednesday, 7 February 2024 00:54 (two months ago) link
Heads up for people buying the Phase IV 4k/blu- the guy at Vinegar Syndrome who reassembled the original cut(s) says that the Saul Bass shorts that VS didn't carry over from the 101 Films UK release are being cleaned up and should be released within the year by another, as yet unnamed label
― You guys are caterpillar (Telephone thing), Wednesday, 7 February 2024 21:25 (two months ago) link
Kino Lorber March Madness Sale: https://kinolorber.com/collection/march-madness-sale-2024
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 29 March 2024 03:18 (three weeks ago) link