News, views, reviews and interviews http://www.cineoutsider.com/feeds/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:50:04 +0100 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:49:57 +0100 FeedForAll Mac v2.1 (2.1.0.1); http://www.FeedForAll.com/ As Adobe stops selling software and forces you to rent instead, Slarek ponders a not-to-distant future where those who make films and games and software will refuse to let us actually own the products we buy. http://www.cineoutsider.com/articles/blogs/13/130618.html 31E2169D-3ECB-4F83-98BD-A9B2132FBC3A-750-00000E74C9AE48F3-FFA Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:50:04 +0100 Three collaborations between electronic indie trio Saint Etienne and filmmaker Paul Kelly are brought together on DVD for the first time for a July release by the BFI. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/06/130616.html FDCDC524-5B66-4C7D-A727-08888370B7ED-505-00000571816992F9-FFA Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:42:11 +0100 Hugely anticipated, Zach Snyder’s MAN OF STEEL, flies into cinemas this weekend. With Christopher Nolan behind the scenes, will a brooding, anguished hero emerge and will we all have to kneel before Zod? http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/films/m/man_of_steel.html 7B795114-14B0-4AAC-889C-E7D3A86D5AE4-664-00000738A054D153-FFA Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:32:47 +0100 What rankles most is not how Josh Boone’s debut gets so resolutely stuck on dramady formula, but that it has absolutely nothing to say about love writes Timothy E. RAW. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/films/s/stuck_in_love.html 652BEB32-9A58-4DD3-9920-E3EE1BDAB05C-669-00000935374592A4-FFA Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:41:41 +0100 Bulle Ogier and daughter Pascale star in this 1981 film from New Wave pioneer Jaques Rivette makes its Blu-ray debut in July as part of Eureka's Masters of Cinema series. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/06/130615.html 1667C698-DF16-49AA-B016-4DE08C322BCC-547-000006BB5BF3F92A-FFA Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:47:59 +0100 The original 1931 German film adaptation of the classic, much-loved story by Erich Kästner will be released on UK DVD in July by The BFI. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/06/130614.html B716DFE6-722A-43B0-9358-FD7DB3F0FA82-547-000006A12BD020C7-FFA Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:46:09 +0100 A comprehensive, two-month season of films by our very favourite German maverick is currently screening at the BFI Southbank. Get there if you can! http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/06/130613.html A05B553F-7336-404F-9F91-CBF7DFAF457A-925-00000EA8DB8E11A2-FFA Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:57:50 +0100 Legendary, era-defining drummer Ginger Baker is profiled in this fascinating documentary feature, on Blu-ray and DVD in July from Curzon Film World. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/06/130612.html B6C5FDD7-901B-4DAD-A1BD-24E43F440D5B-925-00000E8300276DD9-FFA Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:55:06 +0100 There's just a whiff of Panic Room to Tobias Tobbell's claustrophobic thriller, which arrives simultaneously in cinemas and on DVD and on-demand in July from 20-20. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/06/130611.html FFA6C249-8316-4AEE-B9F6-627CBAE052D2-925-00000E6849E421BA-FFA Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:53:12 +0100 Slarek returns from a break in what may be the quietest corner of Portugal, contemplates life without Internet access and what it feels like to be trapped in a conspiracy thriller of his own invention. http://www.cineoutsider.com/articles/blogs/13/130613.html 90EE1780-1791-4A9A-97FA-21E5F0E9DA64-519-0000052E3B905399-FFA Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:33:59 +0100 One of director John Cassavetes finest achievements arrives on UK dual format (it's UK Blu-ray debut) with both cuts of the film in July from the BFI. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/06/130610.html E404E5EC-9891-41D9-82C5-FD43294F7224-910-000010593ADDF9AD-FFA Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:24:07 +0100 The dead come back to life and return to their daily lives in the film that gave birth to the series of the same name (currently screening on Channel 4), on UK DVD in July from Arrow. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/06/130609.html 24679469-2BFA-4471-9B19-4326C9D6D90D-910-0000104057DBA052-FFA Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:22:23 +0100 The third and final volume in the BFI's collections of films by documentary pioneer Humphrey Jennings gets a UK DVD/Blu-ray release in July. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/06/130608.html C2685A08-BF62-4A5E-A5F6-07EEF014C180-910-000010235455D4A7-FFA Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:20:18 +0100 A vibrant feature documentary charting an iconic and era-changing time in Brazil’s history lands on UK DVD and Blu-ray in July from Mr. Bongo. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/06/130607.html 723776A1-E1FD-4A18-AE26-739061900571-910-00000FF8E1815793-FFA Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:17:18 +0100 A charming and emotionally affecting Danish family drama from Girl With the Dragon Tattoo director Niels Arden Oplev comes to UK DVD from Drakes Avenue. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/06/130606.html 86A9A7A6-E526-4C06-A77C-B0CBD04C58EF-910-00000FCF87E6307F-FFA Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:14:18 +0100 Phil Daniels and Keith Allen star as ageing rock 'n' rollers with a plan to expose music industry shams in Sara Sugarman’s lively based-on-fact drama, on DVD in July from Altive Media. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/06/130605.html 3EDC4329-02FA-4933-89D6-6788D9C10937-744-00000C983486B5CB-FFA Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:14:49 +0100 A fascinating feature documentary portrait of the small Greenland village of Niaqornat comes to UK DVD in July from Dogwoof. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/06/130604.html E7741E76-F6DC-4236-8ED2-893D11B8D8B6-744-00000C7D74B00BB4-FFA Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:12:51 +0100 A tense thriller starring Jude Law, Rooney Mara and Catherine Zeta Jones, directed by Steven Soderberg, lands on UK DVD and Blu-ray in July from eOne. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/06/130603.html 3B31CA88-975B-4450-A262-29E2D91E51D5-744-00000C62B7BC13AD-FFA Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:10:48 +0100 Rory Kinnear, Tim Roth and Cillian Murphy star in a captivating exploration of love in its many forms, coming to all the main formats next month from StudioCanal. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/06/130602.html 2BE5EC80-92F1-4E51-B7B3-EC8BE87BF4C7-744-00000C3938B9978A-FFA Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:08:42 +0100 An exhibition of images shot by celebrated photographer Murray Close on the set of Withnail and I opens this month in London. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/06/130601.html 171CAFA4-5CAB-42E4-8C45-9018FF1E0017-744-00000C129720E0B0-FFA Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:05:53 +0100 Neil Jordan puts some serious bite back into big screen vampires, a genre in serious need of a blood transfusion after being sucked dry by Twi-hards says Timothy E. RAW. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/films/b/byzantium.html 6A5058A0-E3B9-418B-AA70-0BDE4CB725C2-553-000007A57D86F305-FFA Tue, 11 Jun 2013 21:36:01 +0100 Timothy E. RAW, talks to Deborah François and director Regis Roinsard about the classic movies that influenced Populaire and the world of speed typing. The actress also tells of her joy in getting to play a lighter, romantic leading role. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/films/p/populaire.html#deborahfrancoisinterview 3CB412B7-34A7-48EA-A852-188206BBDF37-1243-00000BE97FFA080C-FFA Mon, 10 Jun 2013 21:21:24 +0100 Playing a bum-slapping boss comes easy to Romain Duris. He talks to Timothy E. RAW about men in the fifties and shadowing a football coach to get into character. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/films/p/populaire.html#romaindurisinterview 0DDB5504-898E-4B7F-A402-F44BBC52BE1F-1243-00000BE4AC020EC8-FFA Mon, 10 Jun 2013 21:21:01 +0100 Teaming two of France’s brightest talents in profile-raising performances, Populaire is a retro rom-com smash hit, deserving of Amelie-sized success says Timothy E. RAW. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/films/p/populaire.html 6ED3504B-E562-447E-B5FD-C4B497A96B00-1243-00000BDC64F84FF5-FFA Mon, 10 Jun 2013 21:20:36 +0100 Walter Hill's stylish film portrait of the downfall of the notorious James-Younger gang arrives on an uneven but intermittently impressive UK Blu-ray from Second Sight. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/bluray/l/long_riders.html 39C7F5DF-0A40-4B52-9360-8A78F29360D8-5357-0000443AB7352945-FFA Sun, 02 Jun 2013 22:35:00 +0100 A blend of erotic drama and post-9/11 thriller, the first feature film by young Polish director Katarzyna Klimkiewic, lands on UK DVD in July from Soda Pictures. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/05/130525.html 3088A5DA-A6BE-4B02-AF4B-655381A698D8-1502-00000F5E6F204200-FFA Fri, 31 May 2013 21:39:53 +0100 A dark psychological thriller series starring Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dornan and currently screening on BBC2 comes to UK Blu-ray and DVD in June from Acorn Media. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/05/130524.html 1F2D41C2-53C0-4F9D-B8A2-D330295964D9-1502-00000F57626AF857-FFA Fri, 31 May 2013 21:39:23 +0100 To coincide with the UK release of his latest feature, Blood, Timothy E. RAW talks to director Nick Murphy, recorded at this year's BFI London Film Festival. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/films/b/blood.html#nickmurphyinterview B939BAFA-C0E7-4EDA-8F73-D9448FA1E800-10420-0000615747E5927E-FFA Thu, 30 May 2013 21:59:12 +0100 To mark the UK cinema release (and upcoming home video release) of Nick Murphy's Blood, Timothy E. RAW talks to it's lead actor, Paul Bettany, recorded at this year's BFI London Film Festival. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/films/b/blood.html#paulbettanyinterview 448D4A98-9F89-4840-9526-DE5105327F17-10420-00006151121FC90D-FFA Thu, 30 May 2013 21:57:48 +0100 Paul Bettany continues a career upswing of choosing better projects with Blood, a police procedural more interested in character psychology. Catherine Stebbins reviews the film and Timothy E. RAW talks to star Paul Bettany and director Nick Murphy. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/films/b/blood.html 7F1A29CE-4442-470C-9EEA-6ADCF90723F5-10420-00006145638416A1-FFA Thu, 30 May 2013 21:57:09 +0100 One of the most striking films to make its way onto the notorious video nasties list, featuring an extraordinary performance from Isabelle Adjani, makes its UK Blu-ray debut in July from Second Sight. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/05/130523.html 0C4806AD-33DC-4903-93D2-B890A069B666-7502-00004721FAE98EAC-FFA Tue, 28 May 2013 22:13:30 +0100 Not the Sidney J. Furie 1982 horror favourite but the debut feature from writer-director Steve Stone, which comes to UK DVD in June from Metrodome. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/05/130522.html 109FCCF4-6ED5-49D7-A317-3DB99740AB74-7502-000046F47845E898-FFA Tue, 28 May 2013 22:10:22 +0100 Kellan Lutz and Mickey Rourke star in the third feature from writer-director Conor Allyn, arriving on a bare bones DVD in July from Metrodome. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/05/130521.html A47DD84C-C2ED-45C5-8C14-86FD06D9AAA8-7502-000046CA34EB2815-FFA Tue, 28 May 2013 22:07:20 +0100 Two of Studio Ghibli's finest, including what may well be the most gut-wrenching animated feature ever made, get dual play releases in July from Studiocanal. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/05/130520.html 69EEC1D2-C548-4224-A9E1-15739DC30F7D-4182-0000278CE6AF95AC-FFA Sun, 26 May 2013 20:50:41 +0100 Opening in the US this weekend, domestic drama What Maisie Knew decries cynical manipulation then sets about cynically manipulating the audience says new reviewer Christopher Kelleher. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/films/w/what_maisie_knew.html 527CD494-2758-4BCE-A766-3B923E9E3CC5-2398-000018DCD6BD6FC9-FFA Sat, 25 May 2013 22:53:22 +0100 Slarek takes an enthusiastic look at a recent Masters of Cinema 2-disc DVD set that is without doubt one of the most important and welcome home video releases of the year. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/dvd/c/complete_existing_films_of_sadao_yamanaka.html 465A64D9-46B8-4284-A374-86F817390132-715-000009F347F9513F-FFA Sat, 25 May 2013 13:04:40 +0100 Kaneto Shindô's mesmerising 1960 minimalist 'cinematic poem' gets its first ever UK Blu-ray release in June from Eureka as part of the Masters of Cinema series. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/05/130519.html 0F73CE06-BF69-48DE-A11C-482C2C9A3E51-10527-00004C09D20B5900-FFA Wed, 22 May 2013 18:41:58 +0100 The most recent work from Hirokazu Kore-eda, the man behind the wonderful After Life and Still Walking, comes to UK Blu-ray and DVD next week from Arrow. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/05/130518.html 4C929600-7111-4493-AF28-B9E47036F4BB-9707-0000449F3DF05E38-FFA Tue, 21 May 2013 22:09:56 +0100 One of the key films of the late British silent era has been lovingly restored by the National Film Archive and comes to UK dual format in June from the BFI. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/05/130517.html 86FDF1F8-B230-4837-B836-0A5AD4B23A8C-8285-000039EC1D28D699-FFA Sun, 19 May 2013 22:39:10 +0100 The inaugural Studio Ghibli double-bill of Miyazaki's MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO and Takahata's GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES comes to UK cinemas this month from Studiocanal. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/05/130516.html 06563CFF-D654-493C-B525-E7A3D9CDF90A-8285-000039D0A5CE33A7-FFA Sun, 19 May 2013 22:37:33 +0100 The remarkable result of a collaboration between film giants F.W. Murnau and Robert Flaherty gets its first ever Blu-ray release in June from Masters of Cinema. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/05/130515.html 7F2F398A-CA0C-4C36-A1C5-7D4E92044E07-1495-00000FCE60A9FC4E-FFA Thu, 16 May 2013 13:38:30 +0100 A new video on demand service designed specifically to cater for horror fans opens its doors for streams and downloads in June. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/05/130514.html 816E537C-982B-487B-B9CA-8EB20C4354FD-1495-00000FBBDB46EC3D-FFA Thu, 16 May 2013 13:37:06 +0100 Tim Roth, Jack O'Connell and Talulah Riley star in the tense story of a hit man and his young apprentice, on DVD and Blu-ray in May from Metrodome. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/05/130513.html FAE59242-1845-4993-9539-D5459FE45E43-1495-00000FA635C60F02-FFA Thu, 16 May 2013 13:36:45 +0100 FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE director Chen Kaige returns to form with a large scale historical work with a very human core, on UK DVD in May from High Fliers Films. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/05/130512.html 158536EB-745C-4130-A48C-9E328A0AE854-1495-00000F7D3B7AEABE-FFA Thu, 16 May 2013 13:33:00 +0100 The solo debut feature from Wages of Fear and Les Diaboliques director Henri-Georges Clouzot is fast-paced fun with nicely dark overtones. Slarek reviews the Masters of Cinema Blu-ray, which is released next week. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/bluray/m/murderer_lives_at_21.html 5576553E-3E71-4D72-93E6-E5F0422F6D62-3901-00003238D4704B59-FFA Mon, 13 May 2013 23:34:58 +0100 Anticipation is high as STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS arrives in UK cinemas well ahead of its US debut. Can J.J. Abrams – the man in creative charge of two of the world’s most beloved franchises – deliver the photon torpedoes? http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/films/s/star_trek_into_darkness.html 8022A447-174F-4F79-9FB9-DC9FA04D308B-2060-0000185F86AE73C8-FFA Sun, 12 May 2013 17:05:25 +0100 To coincide with the UK release of his latest feature, Mud, Timothy E. RAW talks to its talented writer-director Jeff Nichols at the 2013 Sundance London Film Festival. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/films/m/mud.html#jeffnicholsinterview 0F0D5005-36DA-4CEA-B458-64104A2EB722-1640-0000129358A43B1B-FFA Sun, 12 May 2013 11:22:16 +0100 A superb and creepily autobiographical early horror feature from the great David Cronenberg gets a long-awaited UK Blu-ray release in July from Second Sight. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/05/130511.html 8EE5D561-38DE-4FF4-89DB-398B2E6BAF1A-843-00000B6BDEF2052C-FFA Sat, 11 May 2013 14:29:02 +0100 The latest BFI collection of films from The Children's Film Foundation includes films by Alberto Cavalcanti and Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/05/130510.html A98F7139-9EC7-45D1-9CC9-51A6DD567BD2-843-00000B35CBD8EEB3-FFA Sat, 11 May 2013 14:25:10 +0100 A visually stunning and widely acclaimed record of photographer James Balog's study of the effects of climate change on the Arctic will be the first ever Blu-ray release from Dogwoof. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/05/130509.html 5A41EE13-8B9C-4DE3-8EE1-B7AA1F8E12FC-843-00000B0A5EEC669A-FFA Sat, 11 May 2013 14:21:57 +0100 The most recent release from celebrated American filmmaker Terence Mallick will be released on home video in June by Studiocanal. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/05/130508.html 9503B0AB-0C15-442B-A75F-F14728FA7621-843-00000AF64503BF1C-FFA Sat, 11 May 2013 14:20:35 +0100 Kill List and Sightseers director Ben Wheatley's new film is to be released on a variety of formats on the same day in July. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/05/130507.html 3734C68D-3C59-45F2-893A-6AF661F80D2E-843-00000AD6D1DA0EF1-FFA Sat, 11 May 2013 14:18:19 +0100 Eureka! have announced that they will be releasing the latest film from maverick American filmmaker Andrew Bujalski in cinemas and on home video. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/05/130506.html 8EFD04A3-0CF4-4217-800B-5D8675E78131-843-00000AB97F60C25B-FFA Sat, 11 May 2013 14:16:38 +0100 Two early features from Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan – Next of Kin and Family Viewing – are to be released on UK Blu-ray and DVD next month by Artificial Eye. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/05/130505.html D17777E3-12CA-4193-AEE1-AFEFEC30C3DF-843-00000A9262C13711-FFA Sat, 11 May 2013 14:13:37 +0100 With each successive project growing in scale and ambition, Mud finds Jeff Nichols at the forefront of American cinema and confirms Timothy E. RAW’s long held suspicions of his being the country’s most significant filmmaker since Paul Thomas Anderson. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/films/m/mud.html A6E6742B-A0EA-413B-AAE9-6E34829BDD65-1378-00000E9D00BF88EA-FFA Fri, 10 May 2013 22:02:36 +0100 Made for not much more than a fistful of dollars, Jared Moshe’s old school western boasts a female gun tooter with true grit and stunning desert vistas but is too busy trotting out archetypes to find an identity of its own says Catherine Stebbins. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/films/d/dead_mans_burden.html E505F8D6-017A-4BD4-B42B-301F9513E0B8-10730-00006C88E5F993A7-FFA Fri, 10 May 2013 10:42:28 +0100 The debut feature from director and co-writer Todd Levin sees a couple give shelter to a frightened girl and find their house under siege, on UK DVD in July from Second Sight. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/05/130504.html D863F1E7-CC47-4A53-9B6A-DB65F0D4D0CB-8500-00005CFE31B03BDD-FFA Wed, 08 May 2013 22:13:47 +0100 Timothy E. RAW thrills to micro-budget veteran Kate Lyn Sheil who shines bright in a humid, hellish poverty row noir made in the threadbare spirit of the Edgar G. Ulmer classic Detour. It's currently available on the US iTunes store. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/films/s/sun_dont_shine.html 5DE659A8-641A-46E6-8C61-C95D8A687601-6132-00003FF084A46457-FFA Mon, 06 May 2013 17:51:19 +0100 A light-hearted, exuberant gangster love story with musical numbers, a recent work from the insanely prolific Takashi Miike, lands on UK Blu-ray and DVD in June from Third Window. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/05/130503.html DEB92A7B-D3BB-496F-8246-5B3CFCD0F667-2434-000015A2745D9B48-FFA Thu, 02 May 2013 22:06:00 +0100 A pioneering and hugely influential documentary work from the great Jean Rouch gets a dual format release later this month from the BFI. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/05/130502.html 83348DD5-E476-4D7B-A6FE-21B49CFA3567-2434-0000156D468FE7C3-FFA Thu, 02 May 2013 22:04:39 +0100 Yes, American filmmakers are still remaking J-horror films, and one of the most recent is out on DVD, Blu-ray and video on demand in June from Koch Media. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/05/130501.html 0A99E30C-E6F2-42E1-8C63-2D264D1E44E4-2434-0000153E9C9A0818-FFA Thu, 02 May 2013 22:01:58 +0100 Steve Coogan doesn’t need to try very hard at “becoming” the character of porn baron Paul Raymond when it’s so much easier to playing himself says Timothy E. RAW of Michael Winterbottom’s latest tragi-comedy. Emphasis on the tragic. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/films/l/look_of_love.html FD45BFA6-9E68-4DC4-AFD1-0128D776B2EC-5267-00003F0BCF25E032-FFA Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:59:42 +0100 Robert Downey Jnr.’s built in charisma coupled with writer/director Shane Black’s inherent Whedonesque talent – not to mention jaw-dropping and utterly invisible FX work – all come together to make the second Iron Man sequel sing. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/films/i/iron_man_3.html D13AE382-565F-42BF-A9E7-C638ABABF73C-5186-00003E395A987C91-FFA Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:44:39 +0100 BERNIE was one of Timothy E. RAW's 's Top 10 Films of 2011 and now it's on UK general release from The Works it's worth revisting his review of Millennium's US Blu-ray. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/bluray/b/bernie.html 1AD61C7F-1C6E-4C36-8CB3-7D724BFAC35B-1482-000012C20725F045-FFA Sat, 27 Apr 2013 18:03:30 +0100 A comedic look at Serbia through the lens of one group's fight to hold a Gay Pride parade in Belgrade, from PRETTY VILLAGE, PRETTY FLAME director Srđan Dragojević, is on DVD in June from Matchbox Films. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/04/130123.html 828347BF-3B1A-4BCE-B3E6-1A8566B84A60-10776-0000734F8FD06278-FFA Fri, 26 Apr 2013 22:52:39 +0100 A group of treasure hunters are attacked by a mysterious enemy on a remote Indonesian island in the latest from MUM & DAD director Steven Sheil, on DVD in May from eOne. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/04/130122.html CF07911A-15F4-4DFF-84CB-2E8B002993E0-10776-0000732EF4B78305-FFA Fri, 26 Apr 2013 22:50:19 +0100 Dr Who's only two cinema outings, both featuring Peter Cushing as The Doctor, will be released on UK DVD and Blu-ray by Studiocanal. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/04/130121.html 675319DE-844C-46B8-8B65-8B3B66BEE0EA-10776-00007304DD2C30CE-FFA Fri, 26 Apr 2013 22:47:05 +0100 Julianne Moore toplines this Tribeca travesty, a mean spirited comedy without a funny bone or a conscience. New reviewer Catherine Stebbins is appalled by the lack of moral or artistic fiber, demanding the filmmakers stay behind after class. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/films/e/english_teacher.html 8CA31AB6-76CE-48CB-89E4-202D7D7ECCFF-9824-000063B5FBC99A2C-FFA Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:17:20 +0100 One of cinema’s most hauntingly vivid depictions of a child’s fantasy-imbued reality is to have a UK dual format release in May from the BFI. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/04/130120.html D60C6B3D-FBE6-4F8E-BEED-44A8FD614BC0-7150-000044CDF260D0D7-FFA Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:43:49 +0100 Onibaba director Kaneto Shindô's hauntingly atmospheric tale of supernatural revenge makes its UK Blu-ray debut in June as part of the Masters of Cinema series. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/04/130119.html E8F0C8E9-0774-4516-AFC8-DEA469E9F3C0-7150-000044A639DFFA0A-FFA Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:41:17 +0100 Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room director Alex Gibney's sobering exploration of abuse of power in the Catholic Church lands on UK DVD in June from Element. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/04/130118.html 064254BC-82A0-465D-BE6A-4F2E51792346-7150-000044753B82956E-FFA Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:37:27 +0100 A Spanish blend of thriller and murder mystery set on the Russian Front in WW2 arrives on UK DVD next month from Metrodome. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/04/130117.html 95ED7B74-A556-4D78-ABCC-51128C088BED-7150-0000440EB4EC8433-FFA Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:37:45 +0100 This biopic of the late Jeff Buckley plays the Tribeca Film Festival this week and is currently available in both UK & US iTunes stores. Breaking with the conventions of biopic formula, it's not always successful, though it should appeal to newbies and diehards alike says Timothy E. RAW. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/films/g/greetings_from_tim_buckley.html 8D61CE33-0B9F-46DD-8CA3-6502476DD056-3779-00002CF3AEEF20D5-FFA Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:41:53 +0100 Slarek is jumping with delight at Bakumatsu Taiyô-den, a glorious but rarely seen Japanese classic from Kawashima Yûzô, newly released on Blu-ray by Masters of Cinema. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/bluray/b/bakumatsu_taiyo-den_br.html F71EF8BE-CD81-4F63-B20B-872B9EC82153-3307-000029843505721E-FFA Tue, 23 Apr 2013 23:09:22 +0100 Eureka have announced their June and July Masters of Cinema releases, another thrilling collection of absolute must-haves, including a film that remains controversial over 100 years after it was made. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/04/130116.html 30113398-4130-405C-A34C-979154F1D4FD-1169-00000B745DF2D6FD-FFA Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:54:47 +0100 The feeling of amore extends to the characters as well as the picture perfect locales says Timothy E. RAW, charmed to the last by this cherishable example of the rom-com done right. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/films/l/love_is_all_you_need.html 5A2CDC55-3F9E-4831-9286-AF4C59DF434D-1126-000009E9FB05AF76-FFA Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:41:42 +0100 John Cassavetes directs and co-stars in the 1977 Opening Night, boasting a superb central performance from Gena Rowlands, out on UK dual format in May from the BFI as part of their John Cassavetes Collection. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/04/130115.html 953AA348-33F4-4B5F-B204-83607A453FA8-3630-00002268BCBC1279-FFA Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:49:34 +0100 Japanese maestro Sadao Yamanaka directed 22 films before WW2 but only 3 survived the war, and all have been collected on a 2-disc DVD set for a May release from Masters of Cinema. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/04/130114.html 98869ED6-320B-453E-A7FB-B6B347D83FA2-2429-000016E0A33B0630-FFA Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:21:11 +0100 An intriguing title for a poignant female coming-of-age story from first-time feature director Tara Johns, on DVD in May from Saffron Hill Films. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/04/130113.html 645F91E3-4A5F-4261-A793-783B28A89DA9-2429-000016D8CDB567C8-FFA Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:20:44 +0100 The unnecessary remake of a horror Holy Grail is still essential viewing for gore hounds and better than it has any right to be says Timothy E.RAW. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/films/e/evil_dead_2013.html 94D57021-2F5F-4203-8C03-4FE9123C7469-1793-00000EA187935E8C-FFA Wed, 17 Apr 2013 07:32:58 +0100 The remarkably assured 1948 solo debut feature from Les Diaboliques and Wages of Feardirector Henri-Georges Clouzot, on UK Blu-ray and DVD in May from Masters of Cinema. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/04/130112.html 87312F4C-A8B8-489D-BA4E-FD95A9FD55AE-1296-00000AD744711515-FFA Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:50:47 +0100 A young and dashing Terence Stamp stars in a 1968 film from Pier Paolo Pasolini that upset the Vatican and the religious right (good thing too), arriving on UK dual format in may from the BFI. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/04/130111.html F5B25EB6-718A-4E4C-A012-9143E4550357-1296-00000A3B28EBEB0A-FFA Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:39:33 +0100 In the first of a new column focused on small release films playing limited engagements in major cities as well as indies on the fringes of the festival circuit, Timothy E. RAW champions Acardia, a coming of age road trip staring Cine Outsider favourite John Hawkes which opened in New York this past weekend. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/films/a/arcadia.html 84AB27E9-B678-4CF3-A440-6F18B38CDC09-785-000004BDBEFCF917-FFA Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:45:06 +0100 With the Evil Dead remake about to hit UK cinemas, Slarek reviews Studiocanal's special edition Blu-ray of the cult sequel to Sam Raimi's masterful low-budget original. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/bluray/e/evil_dead_2_br.html C9DA90D6-6C88-495D-8FBC-7DA20377978F-7168-000058AFF9423A1B-FFA Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:09:21 +0100 Overreaching and overlong, this tale of a criminal, the cop that takes him down and the sons that they leave behind is a trisected tragedy weighed down by unabating self-seriousness says Timothy E. RAW. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/films/p/place_beyond_the_pines.html A6903030-6CE1-442E-AB74-72A9F088D1C1-4021-00002B35E6AD83EB-FFA Sat, 13 Apr 2013 12:17:39 +0100 A retrospective of the work of one of Cine Outsider's favourite contemporary filmmakers, including his rarely seen The Five Obstructions, is screening at the BFI Southbank in May. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/04/130110.html 4C173007-7CEA-41DC-BF30-75EA0E56A17A-3637-000027C1564F5ADD-FFA Fri, 12 Apr 2013 21:46:10 +0100 The 5th annual Terracotta Far East Film Festival expands on the success of previous years with some new events and venues. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/04/130109.html 5FFA0F68-F47D-42F0-B3B9-02769AC12EAF-3637-0000271231FA36E9-FFA Fri, 12 Apr 2013 21:33:40 +0100 Rarely has a portrait of a sociopath been so enigmatically engaging and mesmerizingly immersive. SIMON KILLER is a film of casual brutality and profane sexuality, all cut to a killer soundtrack writes Timothy E. RAW, who also talks in-depth with the film’s writer-director Antonio Campos. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/films/s/simon_killer.html 22261957-EB3C-4D87-AB6F-20A21DCE492F-2897-00001D0A5F97360A-FFA Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:42:25 +0100 Arriving in select cinemas and on VOD & digital in the US today, here's another look at our Antiviral review and our interview with writer-director Brandon Cronenberg. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/dvd/a/antiviral_dvd.html 34BBB1D8-9CD5-4E72-9792-B3D67C2C63D1-2269-000015779EB83885-FFA Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:32:32 +0100 British horror feature The Facility is out on DVD in May from Momentum, and those behind the release are offering you the chance to cut your own trailer for it. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/04/130108.html BB52B690-E366-4FD7-826F-2BB1556727D0-1139-00000992F031A5AF-FFA Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:26:04 +0100 Rock star turned horror filmmaker Rob Zombie changes gear a little, but keeps the cult casting and film references, with The Lords of Salem, on DVD and download this month from Momentum. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/04/130107.html 47999AE6-2DEE-44D3-9AF7-627F7B2B3CF4-1139-0000097F3F9315E2-FFA Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:24:40 +0100 Yeun Sang-ho's brutal but widely praised animated feature exploring the grimmer consequences of school bullying arrives on UK DVD in May from Terracotta. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/04/130106.html 82115909-3336-44E0-8FE4-568EF16B7584-1139-000009263D22BD28-FFA Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:24:26 +0100 The latest film from Cristian Mungiu, director of the award-winning 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days, lands on UK Blu-ray and DVD in June from Artificial Eye. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/04/130105.html F01BDBDB-EC63-440D-BAAD-A1B82381782F-1139-00000900087F5E06-FFA Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:15:41 +0100 A 'found footage' horror from 2010 that was recently released on UK DVD by Monster Pictures. The components are all there, but the results may have you reaching for the Nurofen. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/dvd/i/inside.html 4C6E54E8-5B25-4D6E-8A70-726D59D94844-1264-00000B9AEBBDC548-FFA Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:14:18 +0100 Walter Hill's stylish retelling of the Jesse James story, in which outlaw brothers are played by real-life acting siblings, makes its UK Blu-ray debut in June from Second Sight. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/04/130104.html 12E21F52-1CCC-4F48-9A89-F41E545D2C66-17709-0000D4BC179C62A7-FFA Tue, 09 Apr 2013 20:56:31 +0100 Fancy attending this year's Tribeca Film Festival but don't have the time or money to fly to New York? Well Tribeca Film are providing UK viewers with access to six of the films being screened this month. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/04/130103.html 6DE1EC5F-1544-4C83-92CA-EAA0B71B1592-17709-0000D495F765649D-FFA Tue, 09 Apr 2013 20:53:55 +0100 Nathan Adloff's touching tale of friendship and growing up, a 21st-century gay twist on Harold and Maude, arrives on UK DVD next week from Breaking Glass UK. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/04/130102.html FEB8FAF1-B5FF-485E-BE96-D01243B9332B-12580-00009A6717BEE006-FFA Fri, 05 Apr 2013 18:40:59 +0100 A visually stunning documentary from Yann Arthus-Betrand explores the way we regard our oceans is coming to a Blu-ray/DVD package this month from Universal and Omega. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/04/130101.html 836E108E-501E-4A3B-AD77-491EC99BA925-12580-00009A4987F5AEA8-FFA Fri, 05 Apr 2013 18:38:55 +0100 In a slightly amended repost of his coverage from last year's London Film Festival, Jerry Whyte reviews Dominga Sotomayor Castillo's remarkable debut feature, in UK cinemas tomorrow from Day For Night. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/films/t/thursday_till_sunday.html 95AD012C-0D79-438E-9F96-DEECC9D32AE1-11488-00008B479F07BEFA-FFA Thu, 04 Apr 2013 21:35:00 +0100 The film that really brought David Cronenberg to international attention gets an audio-visual makeover and a new set of extras on Second Sight's welcome Blu-ray release. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/bluray/s/scanners_br.html 4B5A2087-2EFB-4CA8-8388-60677DD11537-10585-00008141EB346496-FFA Thu, 04 Apr 2013 11:00:17 +0100 The true-life story of the kidnapping of beer magnet Freddy Heineken is disappointingly fictionalised in a workmanlike film with a solid central performance from Rutger Hauer. Slarek reviews Arrow's recent DVD. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/dvd/t/21_days_the_heinenken_kidnapping.html FE1C1DA4-09BE-4EDC-BEE5-F642CD5522BA-4396-0000448D80BE890E-FFA Fri, 29 Mar 2013 18:21:17 +0000 In a rich and varied career, In The House [Dans la maison] is François Ozon's best film yet says Timothy E. RAW, who also talks to the director. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/films/i/in_the_house.html 915547DE-406E-45B8-89B2-1F0E47B2EEAA-4390-00004485B86CE6CA-FFA Fri, 29 Mar 2013 18:20:42 +0000 Cate Shortland's acclaimed second feature follows the children of Nazi parents as they make their way through a crumbling Germany at the end of WW2, on Blu-ray and DVD in May from Artificial Eye. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/03/130324.html D5C708F5-2459-4989-82C0-F69675E210F3-2276-000023FF66D67E39-FFA Thu, 28 Mar 2013 15:34:54 +0000 To coincide with the release of Xavier Dolan's Laurence Anyways on DVD from Network, Timothy E. RAW interviews lead actors Melvil Poupaud and Suzanne Clément. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/films/l/laurence_anyways.html#laurenceinterview 13C45D4C-8365-48A6-B401-3D19A0A99BEE-1045-00000E54DF0AB801-FFA Wed, 27 Mar 2013 22:49:29 +0000 Network have announced the first details of The British Film collection, upcoming DVD and Blu-ray releases showcasing past British cinema in new prints and their original aspect ratio. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/03/130323.html E4DC2B0C-99FA-4B72-893F-1AC7ABE1EE55-1891-00001C94359B69C4-FFA Tue, 26 Mar 2013 22:25:08 +0000 The ninth release in Peccadillo Pictures' collections of acclaimed LGBT short films arrives on UK DVD and Video on Demand next month. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/03/130322.html 70286795-28E8-44E4-94D2-B86E0D418F22-1891-00001C8D1896EA66-FFA Tue, 26 Mar 2013 22:24:48 +0000 The history of the slasher film is covered in detail in this documentary portrait by horror specialist Callum Waddell, arriving as a 2-disc DVD set in May from 88 Films. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/03/130321.html 97070809-3F6E-4DE9-A76F-FFD1682C5725-798-00000A7AA48D9AD4-FFA Mon, 25 Mar 2013 18:44:16 +0000 After a honeymoon period of unmolested interviews, Slarek wonder why us helping to promote a film is sometimes inadvertently frowned on by the very people who okayed us to do it. http://www.cineoutsider.com/articles/blogs/13/03.html AB057A01-650A-4CAD-9EB5-6E14BA178655-2274-00001B09D960574A-FFA Sun, 24 Mar 2013 20:44:43 +0000 Screenwriter Keith Waterhouse, director John Schlesinger and actors Tom Courtney and Julie Christie unite for a 60s British classic, restored for a 50th Anniversary Blu-ray and DVD release from Studiocanal. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/03/130320.html 31C70B0A-3DCC-4F93-A293-6CADAC5538C6-3544-00002FDAE46D4C44-FFA Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:54:33 +0000 Comedian Kevin Bishop stars as a cycle cop whose murderous exploits make him a Twitter superstar in a film being promoted as "a psychopath on a cycle path", on DVD in April from Eureka and Vectis Vision. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/03/130319.html F88FDB0C-E1FC-41A5-BC1A-738DC590F9C4-3544-00002FC7215C858A-FFA Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:53:04 +0000 Lisa Aschan’s award-winning and taboo-busting modern western, a film that subverts the coming-of-age formula, lands on UK DVD in April from Peccadillo Pictures. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/03/130318.html 1D9DFCA4-CD8F-4487-8644-810A2A9DFAD3-1800-000017E196489484-FFA Tue, 19 Mar 2013 22:35:34 +0000 A realistic and sometimes disturbing prisoner of war drama, previously only seen by military officials, makes its UK dual format debut in April as part of the BFI's Flipside strand. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/03/130317.html 4A440091-E8EA-4E1D-96C5-3FED1BD42483-1800-000017AE116393BC-FFA Tue, 19 Mar 2013 22:30:44 +0000 All 13 episodes of the short-lived US time-travel series Journeyman, starring our own Kevin McKidd, makes its UK DVD debut as a 4-disc set in April from Mediumrare. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/03/130316.html 026906F5-B890-4F26-A26B-8574B24CC772-1800-0000178E9D346194-FFA Tue, 19 Mar 2013 22:28:33 +0000 Jerry Whyte digs into Marc Isaacs’ latest film, The Road: A Story of Life & Death, and finds surprising layers of dishonesty beneath its flat surface. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/films/r/road_a_story_of_life_and_death.html 0FDCFFB0-E70B-48D7-ACE5-8DBBBAF7F340-4571-00003B648C3437C7-FFA Mon, 18 Mar 2013 22:05:53 +0000 Paul and Benjamin China have taken inspiration from the Coen brothers' Blood Simple for their thinly plotted but stylish and gripping debut feature Crawl. Slarek reviews Arrow's recent Blu-ray. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/bluray/c/crawl.html 082F0E77-36B8-4379-94A7-EC1E5D713BCB-2645-000020528D0DF941-FFA Sun, 17 Mar 2013 23:17:54 +0000 In a very busy week for new releases, Lee Daniels' down south jukin' guilty pleasure is our favourite. A star-filled roll around in the mud that needs to be seen on the big screen says Timothy E. RAW. This is a repost of our Blu-ray review to coincide with the film's UK cinema release. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/bluray/p/paperboy_br.html 91A53B28-68D5-4BCA-BED2-08CE6D143029-342-000000FCAC0DF89C-FFA Sat, 16 Mar 2013 15:48:13 +0000 Welcome to the Punch opened nationwide yesterday. In a bumper 25 minute interview, writer-dirctor Eran Creevy talks about the new wave of UK action cinema, the importance of great sound design in an action film, working with Ridley Scott and much, much more. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/films/w/welcome_to_the_punch.html#eraninterview 18E5CB2E-6B41-45AE-A3AD-232457262828-536-00000470BAC53C39-FFA Sat, 16 Mar 2013 11:22:19 +0000 Scott Graham's debut feature, Shell, one of the most interesting films at the 2012 London Film Festival, finally goes on UK general release tomorrow from Verve Pictures. We revisit Jerry Whyte's LFF review. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/films/s/shell.html A22F899E-93AC-4C6A-AE0B-55320311F370-3348-00001F74ADD1701A-FFA Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:46:26 +0000 A film voted one of the top five Japanese films ever made by Kinema Junpô lands a Blu-ray and DVD release in May from Masters of Cinema. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/03/130315.html E1420D7C-9839-4F69-90EF-FC4524CD182B-2980-00001AC10D499A07-FFA Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:58:07 +0000 Not the 2000 remake, but the 1974 godfather of car chase movies gets its first ever Blu-ray release in May from Kaleidoscope. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/03/130314.html 71B634B9-F163-41C8-8E9C-D2098C4EE867-2980-00001AAA6BDB5CDC-FFA Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:56:25 +0000 The eighth of the BFI's collections of films from the Central Office of Information will be released as a 2-DVD set in April. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/03/130313.html 72E54B71-9266-477B-A67D-3151C983E0C9-2980-00001A971086CB1C-FFA Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:55:02 +0000 Two collaborations between Joseph Losey Harold Pinter – The Servant and Accident, both restored – and Joe Orton's Entertaining Mr. Sloane are coming to UK Blu-ray and DVD in April from Studiocanal. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/03/130312.html 65E601AA-7C17-4D3C-A477-B145E2EFA79B-2980-00001A6D803E878C-FFA Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:52:21 +0000 A Hong Kong bullet ballet with Hollywood gloss set on Britain's mean streets, Eran Creevy’s unexpected follow-up to Shifty is a rare example of UK action cinema successfully living up to the Hollywood standard whilst setting its own. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/films/w/welcome_to_the_punch.html 76C663EA-5B44-4632-BCFA-B66C228B8DEC-366-0000010B5A81A7B3-FFA Wed, 13 Mar 2013 09:16:25 +0000 The first volume in a planned series of nicely priced 2-disc sets of rarely seen movies from the Ealing Studios arrives on UK DVD in April from Network. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/03/130311.html 635C05AF-267D-4045-8A6F-976E5736C723-7496-00006F2088D80D05-FFA Tue, 12 Mar 2013 23:32:46 +0000 The hit US live-action fantasy-drama becomes a classy US/Japanese produced animated series, on DVD in May with a slew of extra features from Warner Bros. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/03/130310.html 66CA0157-C225-4AB0-A5CE-66560F476495-7496-00006F05E68EA879-FFA Tue, 12 Mar 2013 23:31:10 +0000 Frankie Howard stars alongside Ray Milland (honestly!) in a rarely seen Ealing horror-comedy from 1973, making its UK DVD debut in April from Network. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/03/130309.html 6620CAAA-6E04-4E1A-A211-FCC1DEAD03C5-7496-00006EE0F8724260-FFA Tue, 12 Mar 2013 23:28:12 +0000 Just two days after International Women's Day, Slarek takes a look at La città delle donne / City of Women, Federico Fellini's nervous but imaginative response to the rise of feminism, on a fine Blu-ray from Masters of Cinema. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/bluray/c/city_of_women_br.html 5011B13B-885F-444E-A99A-757F4DEC6D46-4198-00003B08A43863A0-FFA Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:45:20 +0000 Frank Langella is an iconic curmudgeon worthy of Matthau and Eastwood in this refreshingly offbeat slice of bittersweet sci-fi says Timothy E. RAW, who talks to the film’s star, director and producers on the red carpet. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/films/r/robot_and_frank.html 9366A938-B2B4-4D4F-9AD3-559E3201A45A-2717-000023CE7EAA32D3-FFA Sat, 09 Mar 2013 19:36:07 +0000 Well it's about damned time. The Director's Cut of the Coen brother's superb noir debut finally makes it to UK DVD from Studiocanal. What, no Blu-ray? http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/03/130308.html C3DFCAB2-F38A-4EAD-AFD0-AB909E6C68FE-2780-000024F113A3A753-FFA Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:03:15 +0000 Brady Corbet shines in the disturbing latest from Afterschool writer and director Antonio Campos, which goes on UK general release in April from Eureka. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/03/130307.html 01660FEC-8531-484E-B179-A088F8287ED0-2780-000024EAC266FE9F-FFA Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:02:53 +0000 Previously released on DVD only, Michelangelo Antonioni's "Twilight of the Gods" makes its world Blu-ray premiere in April courtesy of Eureka's Masters of Cinema label. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/03/130306.html BCDB691B-7898-4474-9BC0-DACCC30EB582-867-000004FFABDEB500-FFA Wed, 06 Mar 2013 10:32:05 +0000 Jean-Pierre Melville’s gripping, atmospheric and once controversial portrait of the Resistance in WW2 gets its first UK Blu-ray release in April from Studiocanal. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/03/130305.html B4882A83-B010-472D-B5AD-7FF6A8017B71-867-000004E90F773CD3-FFA Wed, 06 Mar 2013 10:31:52 +0000 3 of Hal Hartley's most popular films – Amateur, Simple Men and The Unbelievable Truth – are coming to UK DVD and Blu-ray from Artificial Eye. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/03/130304.html 28B17DD2-F5B9-401F-A20A-0CD4D69E32AB-1247-00000EF50A7960D0-FFA Mon, 04 Mar 2013 21:38:54 +0000 Described by The Telegraph as "a new kind of murder mystery" and starting on ITV tonight as I type this, Broadchurch arrives on UK DVD as a 3 disc set in May from Acorn Media. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/03/130303.html 7C9AD666-42F7-4243-8BC8-34CFC9A69594-1247-00000ED650F32728-FFA Mon, 04 Mar 2013 21:36:45 +0000 A Hollywood English language debut without artistic compromise, Park Chan-Wook has also crafted the year’s first masterpiece says Timothy E. RAW. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/films/s/stoker.html 9B47E5DF-600F-4C4D-B4BD-8A1DBB4CBE49-2760-00001D5EA677BD99-FFA Sun, 03 Mar 2013 21:35:04 +0000 One of the most dynamic horror sequels ever is also a cult film of serious standing, and it arrives on UK Blu-ray with new features in April from Studiocanal. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/03/130302.html 64596C1D-360D-4772-9D2C-3CD7140B20C5-1478-00001202E3622E1A-FFA Sat, 02 Mar 2013 14:38:19 +0000 An underrated early genre film from The Hills Have Eyes and Nightmare on Elm Street director Wes Craven arrives as a DVD/Blu-ray package later this month from Arrow Films. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/03/130301.html 37D360F4-1D19-4F36-BBAC-E6F3CB28768A-1478-000011A9427A05E6-FFA Sat, 02 Mar 2013 14:35:02 +0000 To mark the UK release of Hi-So by Day for Night Films, Timothy E. RAW compliments his review by talking to its director, Aditya Assarat. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/films/h/hi-so.html#adityainterview F63716DF-1682-439E-804D-CA4D3DE90A94-1055-00000A0AF189C7D1-FFA Sat, 02 Mar 2013 12:13:02 +0000 A found footage eco-horror about a town infected with plague from celebrated director Barry Levinson lands on UK Blu-ray and DVD in March from Momentum. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/02/130226.html 7636A36A-32E5-4AE9-8A1F-8F15C878EA73-5762-00003FAC2C877257-FFA Thu, 28 Feb 2013 23:13:29 +0000 Acclaimed by some, less popular with others (us, actually), David Ayer's buddy cop drama lands on DVD, Blu-ray and iTunes in March from Studiocanal. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/02/130225.html 20DB8C20-C5D3-4E12-B8E2-E944D0EF6AB2-5762-00003F8FD69B6084-FFA Thu, 28 Feb 2013 23:11:37 +0000 Stephen Dorff stars as a downed Israeli pilot held captive by a young Palestinian boy in the latest film from Lemon Tree director Eran Riklis, on Blu-ray and DVD soon from Artificial Eye. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/02/130224.html 40FA9EF4-1469-48C9-91BE-35CD47418AC0-5762-00003F631A737B22-FFA Thu, 28 Feb 2013 23:08:22 +0000 Timothy E. RAW reviews a film about filmmaking and on-set ennui that’s intellectually sly and emotionally coy. Hi-So has two special screenings this weekend in the capital. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/films/h/hi-so.html AA9E94A3-D391-40DD-871B-188E7255D9DE-4846-0000319359B57F29-FFA Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:07:27 +0000 The third Tolstoy adaptation from Ivansxtc and The Kreutzer Sonatadirector Bernard Rose, again featuring leading man Danny Huston, arrives on UK DVD in March from Independent Distribution. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/02/130223.html B275A6A3-BB5A-44D9-AEA0-94337B9D06B7-4325-00002CB3137CB75F-FFA Wed, 27 Feb 2013 23:00:29 +0000 We've updated our review of Sally Potter's excellent Ginger & Rosa, which includes interviews with the director and stars, with full details of Artificial Eye's recent Blu-ray release. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/bluray/g/ginger_and_rosa.html A3CC2809-3FEA-4F78-9D44-327F36ECCBDB-4114-000029235CC6139B-FFA Wed, 27 Feb 2013 21:54:15 +0000 Pang Ho-Cheung's lewd and funny follow-up to Love in the Buff was the highest grossing Hong Kong film of 2012, and comes to UK Blu-ray and DVD in April from Third Window Films. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/02/130222.html FE238DDE-AD0D-4BCE-9013-1985E9B979A6-1037-00000782260509AA-FFA Mon, 25 Feb 2013 22:05:26 +0000 The first two features from master French thriller director Claude Chabrol make their UK DVD and Blu-ray debut from Masters of Cinema. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/02/130221.html 6A0B5421-E785-47C2-82DF-2500B981B142-784-00000DA7B85E2029-FFA Sun, 24 Feb 2013 21:53:04 +0000 One of the all-time greats of Japanese cinema, Shindô Kaneto's haunting and visually arresting Onibaba gets an HD upgrade from Masters of Cinema. Slarek reviews the Blu-ray, released tomorrow. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/bluray/o/onibaba_br.html 0B7E15C0-ACDF-423D-9D19-60FAC639CB7B-698-00000C233A915653-FFA Sun, 24 Feb 2013 21:25:33 +0000 After a near two-month blog break, Slarek wonders if his hopelessness at Twitter is down to his age or the fact that he's just a miserable git. http://www.cineoutsider.com/articles/blogs/13/02.html 40972431-C9F6-4A82-953C-2EAEDA04DB9B-1046-00000E9AF13B196E-FFA Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:31:50 +0000 One of the great horror films of the early 80s and it's not-so-good sequels land on UK Blu-ray in April from Second Sight. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/02/130220.html 76E682FF-A5BF-4832-A9DB-5E3DAEF740FD-1930-000020E811747839-FFA Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:55:55 +0000 After an underwhelming theatrical run in the US, the Wachowskis’ and Tom Tykwer’s latest, Cloud Atlas, drifts into the UK on the 22nd of this month. Camus is beguiled, astonished and puzzled in unequal measures. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/films/c/cloud_atlas.html BE8EB776-85B5-4944-9D93-85CBD91B6A3D-1731-00001CF15D7DADF0-FFA Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:50:16 +0000 A couple go on a killing spree in the acclaimed black comedy from Down Terrace and Kill List director Ben Wheatley, on Blu-ray and DVD in March from Studiocanal. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/02/130219.html 26A52184-0B9D-4256-9026-56818DCABF57-1125-00001104E2A66D9C-FFA Tue, 19 Feb 2013 23:02:11 +0000 Admired on its original screening but never repeated, the 4-part 1986 BBC TV series by playwright Howard Brenton and directed by Rob Walker arrives on UK DVD in April from Eureka. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/02/130218.html 8B568CAD-9C85-4BE4-8EF0-9C50F397CD9D-1125-000010D46DFC173F-FFA Tue, 19 Feb 2013 22:59:22 +0000 The true story of Georgio Perlasca, which has been described as the Italian Schindler's List, comes to UK DVD in April from Odyssey. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/02/130217.html E4215F74-F153-4033-B7BA-77AE95BBE5B6-1125-0000105AA0E43ABE-FFA Tue, 19 Feb 2013 22:49:58 +0000 In the promised expansion to Timothy E. RAW's review of the splendid and splendidly titled Bumblefuck USA, Slarek takes a look at Peccadillo's recently released UK DVD. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/dvd/b/bumblefuck_usa.html 804BB033-9334-48CE-8E84-165C9E92A5D2-1333-000017D7F7B47A46-FFA Mon, 18 Feb 2013 22:44:15 +0000 So Yong Kim bags a star lead for her new film For Ellen and stepping up front and centre, Paul Dano shows a whole new side of himself in his best performance to date, says Timothy E.RAW, who also talks to So Yong Kim at the first annual Sundance UK Film Festival. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/films/f/for_ellen.html 1C9542C7-594E-417A-9CE0-6079A7BA37C4-1129-00000C322CC91D70-FFA Sun, 17 Feb 2013 01:18:40 +0000 The 1980 film that launched Italian maestro Federico Fellini's delirious late period arrives on UK Blu-ray and DVD this month with a restored new print from Masters of Cinema. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/02/130216.html A53D045E-9899-46B7-A719-BE2379E52B27-1269-0000171D426EB285-FFA Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:09:33 +0000 One of the great late period films by Sacha Guitry, and considered one of his blackest comedies, has been restored for a Blu-ray and DVD release this month from Masters of Cinema. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/02/130215.html 50E64703-AF05-4F6E-A499-524F9FF0CAF1-1269-0000170325C3F66F-FFA Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:07:46 +0000 A documentary portrait of Vito Russo, activist, prolific writer and author of the seminal The Celluloid Closet, gets a UK decently featured DVD release in March from Peccadillo Pictures. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/02/130214.html CFFDB3C5-04FD-427D-B726-311AB03A6FBC-1269-000016E95372775F-FFA Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:05:51 +0000 A whimsical and refreshingly honest coming-of-age story from Norwegian director Jannicke Systad Jacobsen lands on UK DVD next month from Element Pictures. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/02/130213.html 381FA8DC-F0DF-4D82-BB6C-AF410931216D-1269-000016C8BDD91D2F-FFA Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:03:41 +0000 Roman Coppola’s second feature in twelve years is another self-consciously styled expiation of self, a meta-biography of the absurd with self-destructive star Charlie Sheen as its subject. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/films/g/glimpse_inside_the_mind_of_charles_swan.html F04E698E-30DD-46E0-B31E-7F8BDAC1DEAE-947-00000E5511B6A87C-FFA Fri, 15 Feb 2013 19:24:35 +0000 Originality and restraint are not two words you usually associate with the vampire sub-genre these days, but those are just two of the very real qualities of Scott Leberecht's impressive debut feature, Midnight Son, on DVD this week from Monster Pictures. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/dvd/m/midnight_son.html 92C60C77-ACE2-40BC-8994-E0FE28C217E0-681-0000096E4638C2DE-FFA Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:49:04 +0000 The first in a planned series of film collections from the Central Office of Information's Roudabout series, which looks back at Britain as it was 50 years ago, arrives on UK in March from the BFI. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/02/130212.html 70D17921-531A-42D4-AB95-B320EB328F6B-3685-000049E7158F72A1-FFA Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:05:44 +0000 If you're a fan of Danny Elfman's film scores for Tim Burton – and aren't we all to a degree? – then how about a live performance at the Royal Albert Hall with the BBC Concert Orchestra? http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/02/130211.html D85EB22E-22BD-4AEA-AB95-E9B113D55ED0-3685-000049C8E53E4495-FFA Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:03:41 +0000 Based on the novels by Ken Bruen and screening on Channel 5 later this month, the first three films featuring Iain Glen as run-down cop Jack Taylor will be released as a 3-disc DVD set in March from Acorn Media. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/02/130210.html 5C895863-C124-4A60-AF1E-24DEE6631C0E-3685-0000498FAB8D2DF0-FFA Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:59:29 +0000 One of the great yet criminally unseen of all children’s films, directed by The Railway Children's Lionel Jeffries, gets a long-awaited DVD release in March from Second Sight Films. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/02/130209.html D30BFBD6-58F4-48FC-88EF-D05EEE21F954-3685-0000496B6D2789C8-FFA Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:59:45 +0000 Fresh from its recent cinema release and co-directed by John Woo, the film some are calling the the best martial arts extravaganza since House of Flying Daggers lands on UK DVD in February from Entertainment One. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/02/130208.html 9B3ED833-2454-4FD2-8646-32C0525F4BD1-3685-00004951B0BB9919-FFA Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:55:13 +0000 Conspicuously absent from Sunday night's BAFTA awards, the best British film of 2012 hit DVD and Blu-ray yesterday from Artificial Eye. Timothy E. RAW offers a reminder of what many missed, as well as talking to the the titular leading ladies and director Sally Potter on the red carpet. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/bluray/g/ginger_and_rosa.html 7F88D52E-1078-4301-A78C-056B65067D5C-2442-00002BCE5121147C-FFA Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:08:49 +0000 Jerry Whyte reviews Pablo Larraín's No, the third film in a celebrated triptych that began with Tony Manero and Post Mortem, and Timothy E. RAW interviews the director about the film. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/films/n/no.html 77045039-8BEA-48A8-ACD5-4ED647FA33C1-1174-0000145F5A887911-FFA Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:43:54 +0000 Following on from Timtothy E. RAW's review of Brandon Cronenberg's compelling debut feature Antiviral, Slarek takes a look at Momentum's UK DVD, and wonders why it's not also being released on Blu-ray. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/dvd/a/antiviral_dvd.html 7AEB2940-0DD1-4EC6-81A3-B7D217993FF6-1805-00001D87DBB2AFBE-FFA Sun, 10 Feb 2013 23:25:39 +0000 Not released in UK cinemas till 15th March, Timothy E. RAW takes an early look at an all-star cast rolling around in the muck for Lee Daniels' follow-up to Precious, The Paperboy, available now as a region A Blu-ray from Millennium Media. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/bluray/p/paperboy_br.html 1EE89A07-B764-440B-95D4-6D855831D489-754-00000AE7B3AE6CFD-FFA Sat, 09 Feb 2013 17:48:28 +0000 The latest volume in the BFI's ongoing DVD collections of works by Japanese master Yasujiro Ozu features 3 of his early 30s crime movies. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/02/130207.html 06F4950D-3ECD-4FCE-8544-C52BBF3874E0-946-00000F8383BA7B18-FFA Wed, 06 Feb 2013 22:32:56 +0000 Kaneto Shindô's 1964 masterpiece of brooding erotic horror gets an HD upgrade for its first ever UK Blu-release next month from Masters of Cinema. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/02/130206.html 53661525-1687-4914-B48E-A67E99060AC7-946-00000F685318180E-FFA Wed, 06 Feb 2013 22:31:05 +0000 The charmed life of a golden-boy athlete is turned upside down by a single act in Lenny Abrahamson's gripping fourth feature, arriving on Blu-ray and DVD in April from Artificial Eye. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/02/130205.html C0752756-2E83-4943-90C3-96CAE53850D2-946-00000F4AB6ED18FA-FFA Wed, 06 Feb 2013 22:28:48 +0000 One of the great modern novelists was also the man behind a number of fascinating films, which have been brought together on one disc as part of the BFI's Flipside strand. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/02/130204.html 91FF824F-E77E-4DF1-B155-2328D385E0D4-946-00000F0EC4081763-FFA Wed, 06 Feb 2013 22:24:37 +0000 Taking teens to an isolated location and turning on the terror is hardly new, but word is that Bradley Scott Sullivan's debut feature is a lesson in how such films should be done, and it's on UK DVD in April from Second Sight. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/02/130203.html 0EF12FDA-2E28-4F66-920C-D5460E48A6FD-946-00000EF32657B2CD-FFA Wed, 06 Feb 2013 22:22:45 +0000 Jerry Whyte takes a close look at Carl Dreyer’s La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc/The Passion of Joan of Arc and scrutinizes Renée Falconetti’s sacrosanct performance, both of which are impressively showcased on Masters of Cinerma's Blu-ray. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/bluray/p/passion_of_joan_of_arc_1.html EC8C361E-D536-421C-87A5-23C48EE888DB-424-0000029DC0EE6BA2-FFA Wed, 06 Feb 2013 09:43:07 +0000 To compliment his review of Brandon Cronenberg's debut feature Antiviral, Timothy E. RAW talks to the film's writer and director. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/films/a/antiviral.html#brandoninterview B12111B2-FD60-4563-8ED4-A131330F01B1-894-00000AE8F90D83B2-FFA Mon, 04 Feb 2013 18:33:07 +0000 Roman Polanski's award-winning 1979 Thomas Hardy adaptation starring Nastassia Kinski, arrives on UK dual format in March with transfers from a 4K restoration from the BFI. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/02/130202.html 06E75910-18B7-4E57-8A48-CE9910CAFAA4-935-00001276E4F243F7-FFA Sun, 03 Feb 2013 21:27:02 +0000 After the success of Troll Hunter, Nordic folklore once again proves the basis for cinematic horror in Aleksander Nordaas's tale of a woodland siren, on UK DVD in March from Metrodome. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/02/130201.html 04985829-4EFD-4062-83A4-833631BD881F-935-000012720503550B-FFA Sun, 03 Feb 2013 21:26:38 +0000 Brandon Cronenberg’s Antiviral does daddy proud, restoring the Cronenberg family name to the body horror for which it’s revered. Visually terrifying and thematically rewarding, it’s also a debut with an identity all of its own concludes Timothy E. RAW. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/films/a/antiviral.html C26381F6-3090-4B24-AC24-781453AEE263-361-0000029758343816-FFA Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:17:05 +0000 Not the idiotic, big-breasted remake/sequel, but the multi-career and sub-genre launching original. The 1978 Piranha is a witty exploitation horror from then newcomers John Sayles and Joe Dante, on a fine UK Blu-ray this week from Second Sight. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/bluray/p/piranha_br.html 50A08635-3505-4C44-B14B-ECC07FB2A4D6-461-0000045AD9ADF06A-FFA Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:20:34 +0000 The BFI have announced their April-June DVD and Blu-ray releases, which include the highly anticpated return of their excellent Flipside strand. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/01/130123.html D7DE4C51-7FAA-4995-B3A9-01C74848F6CF-37287-00007ADF1230854F-FFA Tue, 29 Jan 2013 19:28:43 +0000 This backwater brew of highly charged sexuality and effortless eroticism is also a landmark lesbian romance says Timothy E. RAW, who also talks to the film’s leading ladies. The film is released today on UK DVD by Peccadillo Pictures. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/dvd/b/bumblefuck_usa.html E6BCB3CE-F70B-48D8-B13F-D884287ABE37-3327-000046566454EA2C-FFA Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:55:04 +0000 Posted even later than last year's hopelessly delayed list, Slarek reflects on the films and discs that lightened his corner of a rather glum world in 2012. http://www.cineoutsider.com/articles/stories/r/review_of_year_2012_slarek.html 174980B2-56FF-4DC8-B90A-468EE9E2E820-3127-000040CA81D3FFF1-FFA Mon, 28 Jan 2013 12:01:18 +0000 Available at last, the great Stanley Kubrick’s first feature, Fear and Desire. Scrubbed off the CV by the master himself, the Library of Congress cleaned up its own print up last year and voila, a Masters Of Cinema Blu-ray... http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/bluray/f/fear_and_desire_br.html 6524B2F9-14EE-41E6-92D1-F8E9E7C67FCF-418-000004E384AB58EA-FFA Sat, 26 Jan 2013 10:19:31 +0000 The Best Film award winner at last year's London Film Festival, Jacques Audiard's superb drama, starring Marion Cotillard and Matthias Schoenaerts, lands on UK DVD and Blu-ray next month from Studiocanal. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/01/130122.html 29EDA939-737D-4AD5-B6C1-510E06972867-1924-00001E764E099D3B-FFA Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:43:42 +0000 Modern British horror cinema continues to claw its way back into respectability with director Leigh Dovey's quintessentially English debut feature, on UK DVD in March from Monster Pictures. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/01/130121.html D5636ED9-2C39-4D14-A124-A3E7FE6BB1A3-1924-00001E47D29AD2F6-FFA Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:40:24 +0000 Jennifer Lawrence, she of Winter's Bone and The Hunger Games, stars in an interesting-looking horror thriller from director Mark Tonderai, on home video next week from Momentum. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/01/130120.html ED0754FF-9726-474D-8D2A-38EBA70F7D93-1924-00001E2EB856A73E-FFA Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:38:41 +0000 Detailing the sexual and emotional needs of the severely disabled in a frank but sensitive manner, The Sessions is an inspirational and deeply resonant film, especially for the physically disadvantaged, who deserve a big screen love story that reflects their experience, writes Timothy E. RAW. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/films/s/sessions.html EFDBD0B8-F707-4070-A5D8-2635D20C74FC-566-00000545827A0228-FFA Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:28:11 +0000 A fascinating documentary portrait, by David and Jacqui Morris, of celebrated war photographer Don McCullin arrives on UK DVD and Blu-ray next month from Artificial Eye. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/01/130119.html AA9C5765-8FAD-4631-A617-6EEB16C7E905-826-00000C05FDEB639F-FFA Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:56:27 +0000 Four key films from one of Japan's most celebrated contemporary filmmakers have been brought together in a single box set for a February DVD release from Matchbox Films. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/01/130118.html A2A0C996-D014-4317-AC5F-7CC830A9DE25-1124-000015E94F82D64A-FFA Sat, 19 Jan 2013 14:19:21 +0000 The debut feature from former effects man Scott Leberecht is one of the smarter vampire movies of recent years, and arrives on UK DVD next month from Monster Pictures. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/01/130117.html 936D87C3-B717-4B00-8086-20A2A9783125-1124-000015E74AC80A5A-FFA Sat, 19 Jan 2013 14:19:02 +0000 The third and final volume in the BFI's This Working Life series, a 2-disc collection of 20 rarely seen films celebrating Britain's industrial heritage, lands on UK DVD in February. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/01/130116.html CFD75422-219C-4AB2-8751-1E24AFD665A7-1124-000015E216C7BF37-FFA Sat, 19 Jan 2013 14:18:08 +0000 Over three hundred films later and after a couple of weeks' reflection, Timothy E. RAW questions the timetabling of annual lists, celebrates an incredible year for women in film and selects the top ten films of the last twelve months. http://www.cineoutsider.com/articles/stories/r/review_of_year_2012_timotheyeraw.html C1028218-F71C-4106-9075-E31CD14FBF5C-758-00000D802A08F65E-FFA Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:05:58 +0000 It's been a long time coming, but Ringu and Dark Water director Hideo Nakata appears to have refound his form and his eye for interesting projects with this 2010 horror tinged thriller, on UK DVD in March from MVM. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/01/130115.html 8A9338F7-D8BC-4422-A458-A380CE0487FF-712-00000A3408B7EA9F-FFA Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:08:58 +0000 One of director Federico Fellini's wildest and most visually tantalising films arrives on UK DVD and Blu-ray next month from Eureka as part of the Masters of Cinema series. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/01/130114.html 44E91C00-AD68-4ABB-8D6F-0249B4BFCBBE-712-000009FBF055BC70-FFA Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:05:36 +0000 What may well be White Ribbon and Funny Games director Michael Haneke's most critically acclaimed film to date lands on UK Blu-ray and DVD in March from Artificial Eye. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/01/130113.html 05416ADE-703C-4D42-8D2C-0FF2C7D8C369-712-000009D19B96C5DA-FFA Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:01:47 +0000 Plucked from obscurity and restored to its original running time for this Studiocanal DVD, Seth Holt's 1958 Nowhere to Go is an atypical Ealing film, but a terrific British noir thriller says an enthusiastic Slarek. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/dvd/n/nowhere_to_go.html 0AD91CD8-91F6-40A5-A34A-B3F3F92F1015-363-00000386B604772E-FFA Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:20:23 +0000 Memento Mori director Min Kyu-dong's acclaimed 2008 gay-themed cake shop comedy-drama arrives on UK DVD in February from Terracotta Distribution. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/01/130112.html 927BCF0E-BB49-42CC-B39A-25EBE940400C-17545-0000170CFC5115EA-FFA Fri, 11 Jan 2013 11:53:32 +0000 Enron and Gonzo director Alex Gibney's timely documentary examination of abuse of power within the Catholic church follows its LFF screening with a cinema release in February fromElement Pictures. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/01/130111.html B9862BE1-9AE3-462B-B805-0FAA8C22A5E0-17545-000016CBDB670A14-FFA Fri, 11 Jan 2013 11:50:20 +0000 Despite being lean with a couple of facts, Malik Bendjelloul's documentary investigation of the fate of singer Sixto Rodriguez still tells a spellbinding story, and the music is superb. Slarek reviews Studiocanal's UK Blu-ray. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/bluray/s/searching_for_sugar_man.html C7B16D9A-D965-4406-AABA-9D57C38C114F-17274-00001293D4DE4261-FFA Fri, 11 Jan 2013 09:30:36 +0000 The BFI's second volume of works from The Children's Film Foundation, which includescult fave Sammy's Super T-Shirt, arrives on UK DVD in February. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/01/130110.html 27F9BC69-20F2-4607-9B2B-7654025521F0-687-000007086EBE1F8B-FFA Wed, 09 Jan 2013 21:59:08 +0000 Rutger Hauer stars in the story of the Netherlands' most notious abduction case, on UK Blu-ray and DVD in February from Arrow Films. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/01/130109.html 68260876-202B-4354-91CF-D263AD922732-2418-00002F7C90565F5C-FFA Tue, 08 Jan 2013 23:20:32 +0000 Being touted as the best wuxia martial arts film since Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and co-directed by a certain John Woo, Reign of Assassins hits UK cinemas in February. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/01/130108.html B207C908-8CF6-4A68-9C13-718E09BE66B6-2418-00002F2AD545A271-FFA Tue, 08 Jan 2013 23:17:49 +0000 Five modern horror directors combine their talents in an acclaimed found footage anthology, coming to UK cinemas, DVD and Blu-ray in January from Momentum. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/01/130107.html 5A7F298C-8829-4547-B4F8-95DF853D948C-1527-00002384CE766180-FFA Mon, 07 Jan 2013 22:19:13 +0000 A 1986 fave from the Re-animator director Stuart Gordon and producer Brian Yuzna gets a well featured Blu-ray and DVD release in February from Second Sight. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/01/130106.html F573698E-49D2-42A9-A94E-B01454B529FF-1527-00002352919E07DF-FFA Mon, 07 Jan 2013 22:15:40 +0000 The sequel to one of the more successful found footage horror films of recent years arrives on UK DVD in February from Metrodome. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/01/130105.html 4D478A14-5619-49FC-ADC0-6FE290E7074C-1527-000022EA8D26DAA2-FFA Mon, 07 Jan 2013 22:08:12 +0000 Yeun Sang-ho's stylish, ultraviolent animated feature, starring the voice talents of Breathless actors Yang Ik-june and Kim Kkobbi, lands on disc and the big screen this month from Terracotta. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/01/130104.html 4FC28EDB-A76F-4741-8814-E9D482EE578A-1527-000022B51BFC21FB-FFA Mon, 07 Jan 2013 22:04:35 +0000 A hopeful young actress is stalked and targeted by a dangerous mind in director Bobby Boerman's tense debut feature, which lands on UK DVD later this month from Matchbox Films. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/01/130103.html 2E08A909-CE9A-4975-A59F-D3345EB817BC-784-00000E784CB20BA8-FFA Fri, 04 Jan 2013 18:58:39 +0000 Danish filmmaker Gabriel Axel's celebrated 1987 story of the joys of everyday passion arrives on UK Blu-ray and DVD next month from Artificial Eye. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/01/130102.html 02719067-2F12-4DC6-B324-4630BCCA9A40-784-00000E4CE4DD4CF2-FFA Fri, 04 Jan 2013 18:55:47 +0000 Two Welsh classics from years past - The Last Days of Dolwyn and Valley of Song - make their UK DVD debut in February courtesy of Studiocanal. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/13/01/130101.html C65F103C-0655-4DC7-9179-E24C7D41BABB-4621-00003291DF68ACA0-FFA Thu, 03 Jan 2013 20:53:19 +0000 Remember that "can't believe your eyes" wow factor the first time you saw Jurassic Park or Titanic? Hollywood super spectacle of the grandest vision finally returns to the big screen and only the biggest screens will do insists Timothy E. RAW. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/films/i/impossible.html 72FA8FC2-BB32-4DEE-8D6A-5B1A65546415-4402-00002B50B092186E-FFA Thu, 03 Jan 2013 17:05:20 +0000 Another ‘unfilmable’ novel bites the dust and it’s a cracker, though not without its curious creative decisions. Ang Lee takes on Yann Martel’s haunting, surprisingly luminescent and touching Life Of Pi... http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/films/l/life_of_pi.html 7399D32C-F317-4C04-B288-6F096F995447-2809-00000BD8E22E81C3-FFA Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:09:09 +0000 Conducting a superb cast of veteran actors in perfect harmony, Dustin Hoffman’s august, insightful comedy deserves as many critical raves and pensioner’s pennies as The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel says Timothy E. RAW. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/films/q/quartet.html 32659A50-EADF-4814-844A-A3618E317FA7-317-0000014DC2FA9F05-FFA Tue, 01 Jan 2013 11:43:17 +0000 Both Slarek and Camus mourn the passing of the great Gerry Anderson, the creator of some of the most fondly remembered TV shows from the 60s and 70s. His work is embedded in our imaginations like no other's. http://www.cineoutsider.com/articles/stories/s/sixties_super_mario_nation.html 244A8A7D-EF02-439D-A9CC-106571471EE1-5847-00002B7B75FC73AB-FFA Mon, 31 Dec 2012 18:39:25 +0000 In an even more rambling blog entry than usual, Slarek reflects on his reasons for no longer celebrating Christmas and attempts to pinpoint his hatred of seasonal TV commercials. http://www.cineoutsider.com/articles/blogs/12/12.html B39A1F14-DF4E-4F08-B34A-546D3A0D9136-685-0000092F8BFC5491-FFA Wed, 26 Dec 2012 20:21:08 +0000 Director Peter Jackson is pulling cinema, re-focusing and de-blurring, into the 21st Century. He shot The Hobbit at twice the frame rate as normal – but the future has a cost… For some celluloid lovers, it’s too high a price… http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/films/h/hobbit_an_unexpected_journey.html 402CD1C3-F967-483F-A052-FB21F812DFBB-732-000004EC74B98FF0-FFA Mon, 24 Dec 2012 18:43:27 +0000 With the horrors of Christmas just around the corner, what better antidote than a good Christmas horror? And Christmas Evil is certainly that, and fares well on Arrow's fine DVD. http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/dvd/c/christmas_evil.html 7D2F2E41-FA0F-460D-8C64-4B759B388D0A-731-0000116878CBC246-FFA Sat, 22 Dec 2012 16:04:02 +0000 Marlene Dietrich stars in her most iconic role in Josef von Sternberg's 1930 classic, on dual format in January from Masters of Cinema. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/12/12/121225.html 318CAA5E-6B7A-4FCF-8538-875AAE066278-704-00000AB407EABC75-FFA Fri, 21 Dec 2012 19:03:39 +0000 Kaneto Shindô's haunting and erotically charged 1964 masterpiece makes its UK Blu-ray debut in February from Eureka as part of the Masters of Cinema series. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/12/12/121224.html 5058DF92-F09C-4311-9989-CCFCAF1B251D-478-000005ABD3EC5BB9-FFA Wed, 19 Dec 2012 22:44:43 +0000 An ageing mountain village lumberjack is roped into aiding a film crew in a Japanese feel-good movie that doesn't shame the term, on DVD and Blu-ray in January from Third Window Films. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/12/12/121223.html 36C82EAB-CE13-4365-900E-AAF6BE62E424-478-0000058E769986BE-FFA Wed, 19 Dec 2012 22:42:04 +0000 Rodney Ascher's intriguing, thought-provoking and debate-starting search for hidden meanings that may or may not exist in Kubrick's The Shining arrives on UK DVD in February from Metrodome. http://www.cineoutsider.com/news/stories/12/12/121222.html 1A482441-877C-42E4-8EFC-DBD0B8071C1A-3799-00001A2AEE29CE8D-FFA Tue, 18 Dec 2012 23:20:58 +0000