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#151
10th August 2024, 08:52 AM
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'Japan Organised Crime Boss' (1969) - Limited edition Blu-Ray pre-order available from Radiance Films direct - UK$17:99 Release date: November 18 "Two major yakuza factions from Tokyo and Osaka battle over control of Yokohama, using local gangs as their proxies. Amid this violent struggle, Tsukamoto (Koji Tsuruta, Big Time Gambling Boss), the head of one of the local gangs, is released from an eight-year prison sentence. The feud forces him into action, but he learns that those pulling the strings have political connections and that he is up against overwhelming forces. A predecessor to and blueprint for Fukasaku's Sympathy for the Underdog, Japan Organised Crime Boss also signals the director's first collaboration with Bunta Sugawara, the later star of Battles Without Honour and Humanity as well as with Tomisaburo Wakayama (The Bounty Hunter Trilogy) and gangster-turned-movie star Noboru Ando (Eighteen Years in Prison)." Special features:
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#152
10th August 2024, 08:57 AM
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'Slap the Monster on Page One' (1972) - Limited edition Blu-Ray pre-order available from Radiance Films direct - UK$17:99 Release date: November 18 "Days before a general election a young girl is raped and murdered. Bizanti (Gian Maria Volonte, The Working Class Goes to Heaven), the editor of a right-wing newspaper uses the story to help the conservative candidate his paper supports. The tumultuous time of Italy's 'Years of Lead' are captured in Marco Bellocchio's powerful political drama which directly addressed topics of its day and even prefigured the creation of the right-wing paper Il giornale, which came into being two years after this film. In an age of media manipulation Slap the Monster on Page One has never been more relevant and stands proudly alongside such Italian activist classics as We Still Kill the Old Way and The Mattei Affair." Special features:
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#153
10th August 2024, 09:01 AM
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'The Story of Adele H.' (1975) - Limited edition Blu-Ray pre-order available from Radiance Films direct - UK$17:99 Release date: November 18 "The year is 1863. Adele Hugo (Isabelle Adjani, Possession) is the daughter of the legendary poet and novelist Victor Hugo. After falling in love with the British soldier Lt. Pinson (Bruce Robinson), Adele sails by herself to Nova Scotia, intending to persuade Pinson to marry her. Pinson callously rejects her advances; unperturbed, she continues to pursue him, and her obsession becomes wilder and more desperate, leading her to become increasingly outcast from society. The Story of Adele H. is a handsomely mounted costume drama that is nevertheless one of Francois Truffaut's darkest and most psychologically complex works, with a legendary, Oscar-nominated central performance from the then 20-year-old Adjani." Special features:
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#154
11th September 2024, 03:48 PM
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'The Man From Majorca' (1984) - Limited edition Blu-Ray pre-order available from Radiance Films direct - UK$17:99 Release date: December 16 "Following a slick post office robbery two police officers see their investigation turn into one of high-level corruption and institutional intrigue. Bo Widerberg follows his earlier investigative thriller The Man on the Roof with a focus on realism and procedural detail. Adapted from a novel by Leif Persson and starring Sven Wollter (The 13th Warrior), Widerberg's film channels the style of his earlier crime masterpiece but presents a new world. Gritty and often intense, The Man from Majorca is another classic of Nordic noir. " Special features:
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#155
11th September 2024, 03:53 PM
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'Yokohama BJ Blues' (1981) - Limited edition Blu-Ray pre-order available from Radiance Films direct - UK$17:99 Release date: December 16 "When his police detective best friend is killed, down-at-heel private eye and part-time blues singer BJ (Yusaku Matsuda, The Game Trilogy) gets the blame. He must start his own investigation to clear his name, but what he uncovers is a tangled web involving crooked cops, drug-dealing gangsters, the city's underground gay and biker scenes, and even his own past. A loose remake of Robert Altman's The Long Goodbye that also draws from Visconti's Death in Venice, this was Matsuda's break with his action hero image. Samurai movie veteran Eiichi Kudo (The Fort of Death) relishes his chance at directing a neo-noir that captures urban Japan at the height of 1980s decadence." Special features:
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#156
11th September 2024, 04:01 PM
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'Nothing is Sacred: Three Heresies by Luis Bunuel' (1961 / 1062 / 1965) - Limited edition Blu-Ray pre-order available from Radiance Films direct - UK$44:99 Release date: December 16 "From 1946 to 1965, Luis Bunuel directed 21 films in Mexico, the country that became his naturalised home. Towards the end of this period, the great master of surrealism would meet two of his most important collaborators - the husband-and-wife duo of producer Gustavo Alatriste and actress Silvia Pinal - and together they would create three of his most provocative and enduring works: Viridiana (1961), The Exterminating Angel (1962) and Simon of the Desert (1965). Presented here in new restorations, all three films are frequently hailed as some of the greatest of all time. All of what makes Bunuel one of the greatest of directors can be found within them: the startling imagery, the uncompromising surrealism, the wicked humour, the unapologetic eroticism, and the overwhelming disdain for contemporary boundaries of good taste. In Viridiana, Pinal stars as a former nun who, believing she has been defiled by a relative, abandons nunhood and attempts to repent and lead a morally pure existence by turning a mansion into a shelter for vagrants. Hugely controversial on release, this brilliant satire remains shocking today, and was voted the best Spanish film of all time by Spanish critics in 2016. The Exterminating Angel is one of Bunuel's most extraordinary and enduring works: after a night at the opera, a group of bourgeois party guests realise that they are inexplicably unable to leave the dining room they are sequestered in, and quickly descend into savagery. An influential blend of horror, comedy, drama and social commentary, the film was named one of the 200 greatest of all time in the 2022 Sight and Sound Critics Poll. Simon of the Desert is a typically outrageous and provocative commentary on organised religion: a parable of Simon, the would-be saint who lives an ascetic life at the top of a ten foot pillar, the film features a memorable turn from Pinal as the Devil, and an unforgettably bizarre ending. " Special features:
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#157
11th September 2024, 04:31 PM
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#158
9th October 2024, 02:56 PM
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| Radiance 2025 Bundle - UK$360:00 "PLEASE READ BEFORE PURCHASE This is a special pre-order package to include all limited edition Radiance releases for 2025. It can be purchased either for January to June or January to December. We will offer a July to December package at a later date, but at a slightly decreased discount. Please make sure to select the correct option when purchasing. In addition to the time period you will need to select Blu-ray or UHD and your location to determine the postage required. This package includes:
We are planning many exciting titles including:
Items ship monthly. The bundle is available to purchase until December 31st 2024. BUNDLE PACKAGE FAQ: What postage options are available? Each item is sent tracked and postage costs are included by region in the country option above. Will you have a bundle package for your US releases? We are working on it and hope to have something in place for 2025. Will you have other bundles for select titles? We will only offer this package in the UK. Will you upgrade old titles to UHD? We will not be revisiting titles within our catalogue. Each Radiance edition is produced to the best of its capability at the time of production. Though some titles are restored in 4K they are not always viable candidates for UHD. Our future UHD titles will be carefully selected and restored to be suitable for the UHD format from the outset. Will your UHD releases just include a UHD disc? Our UHD releases will also include the Blu-ray. What packaging will your UHD releases have? The packaging for our UHDs will be the same as our Blu-rays. Scanavo cases with obi strip. They may include rigid boxes and larger books depending on our release plans. What region code will these be? As with our previous releases, there will be a mixture of region codes but you should ensure you are able to play region B locked discs as these will feature within the schedule. What languages are available? All releases are English language with subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing or foreign language with optional English subtitles. By strict agreement with the studios and producers we are only allowed to subtitle into English. What if I don't want to join the Discord? That's fine, just ignore the email. However if you change your mind please note the code expires after 24 hours so please respond to the original email to receive a refreshed link. Can I join the Discord right away? Will you be taking suggestions right away? Yes, you can join after purchase (once we validate your purchase) and we are always checking for feedback and take suggestions seriously" If you have any questions not answered here please feel free to email: info@radiancefilms.co.uk 
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#159
9th October 2024, 03:08 PM
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'Il Posto' (1961) / 'I fidanzati' (1963) - Limited edition Blu-Ray pre-order available from Radiance Films direct - UK$25:99 Release date: January 27 "Domenico is thrust into the big city by his family to find a job for life. He's up for an exam to secure a post along with many hopefuls. There he meets Antonietta (played by Olmi's then wife Loredana Detto) and the two strike up a friendship and experience the world of work for the first time together. Stunningly shot on the streets of Milan, Ermanno Olmi's (The Tree of Wooden Clogs) Il posto is a touching and often funny portrait of modern life and work. Winning numerous awards on release, it is recognised as a classic of world cinema Giovanni works in a manufacturing plant and takes a promotion that will send him to Sicily. His transfer causes him to leave his fiancee, Liliana, his father and friends behind. Once in Sicily, he begins to wonder if he made the right choice. Stunningly shot, I fidanzati channels the industrial isolation of Antonioni with a dreamy and heartfelt lyricism." Special features:
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#160
9th October 2024, 03:13 PM
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'Weak Spot' (1975) - Limited edition Blu-Ray pre-order available from Radiance Films direct - UK$17:99 Release date: January 27 "Ugo Tognazzi (La grande bouffe) is an innocent playboy holiday rep in Greece who is picked up by two secret agents (Michel Piccoli, Le Mepris and Mario Adorf, The Italian Connection). Suspected of being part of an underground resistance, he is to be transported by the agents to Athens where he will be interrogated by superior officers. Their journey is the start of a cat-and-mouse game that beautifully plays on Tognazzi's screen persona with the thrilling tension of Costa-Gavras' Z. Newly restored in 4K by Studio Canal, Peter Fleischmann's paranoid thriller is made available on Blu-ray for the first time." Special features:
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