The BFI Blu-ray and DVD Release Thread

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Eclipse sounds like it could be a cross between Neither the Sea Nor the Sand and Sleepwalker.

[Justin101]

I like Tom Conti as well, so will check that out for sure.

[Mojo]

Yeah - I love these obscure UK films that the Flipside deliver.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Mojo

Yeah - I love these obscure UK films that the Flipside deliver.

Have you got and seen The Outcasts and Starve Acre, Mojo?

[Mojo]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Have you got and seen The Outcasts and Starve Acre, Mojo?

Not seen STARVE ACRE, but I have watched THE OUTCASTS ( a Flipside ) and enjoyed it. If you?re into Folk Horror, I think you?ll like it.

[Rob4]

Speaking of Conti... Slade in Flame also released. A very underrated movie imho.

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Rob4

Speaking of Conti... Slade in Flame also released. A very underrated movie imho.

Full details:

'Slade In Flame' (1974) - Blu-Ray / DVD combo pre-order available from The BFI Shop direct - UK$16.99

Release date: May 19

"Described as 'the Citizen Kane of British pop movies' by critic Mark Kermode, Slade in Flame both confounded and delighted audiences when it was released in 1975, at the height of the legendary glam-rock band's success. Starring the band themselves, this was a music film like no other.

Charting the rise and fall of a pop group at the end of the 1960s - from bold beginnings in seedy clubs to booze-addled endings in spectacular stadiums - this darkly cynical, warts-and-all portrait of a band in freefall amidst the music-industry suits who want a piece of the pie was not what anybody was expecting.

Acclaimed as a stone-cold bona-fide cult classic over subsequent decades, and boasting a razor-sharp screenplay, superb performances and a power-packed foot-stomping soundtrack, Slade in Flame has been newly remastered by the BFI from the best available 35mm materials for its first ever release on Blu-ray."

Special Features:

• Newly remastered by the BFI and presented in High Definition and Standard Definition
• Extras tbc

[Susan Foreman]

'Chantal Akerman Collection. Vol 1' - 5 Disc Blu-Ray Box Set pre-order available from The BFI Shop direct - UK$54.99

Release date: February 24

"Born in Brussels in 1950 to parents who had survived the Holocaust, Chantal Akerman directed more than 40 films (short, medium and feature-length) over almost 50 years, spanning fiction, documentary, musical comedy and literary adaptation. Today, she is regarded as one of the most important and influential directors of her generation. Akerman's personal, non-conformist body of work has resonated with cinephiles globally and become increasingly relevant since her death in 2015, with filmmakers including Joanna Hogg (The Eternal Daughter), Celine Sciamma (Petite Maman), Alice Diop (Saint Omer) and Jacques Audiard (Emilia Perez), among others, citing her radical and experimental approach to cinema as a direct inspiration.

Although best known for her landmark second narrative feature, Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975), which topped the Sight and Sound Greatest Films of All Time Poll in 2022 (becoming the first female-directed film to take the number one spot since the poll's inception in 1952), Akerman never stopped rebelling, continuously experimenting throughout her career to challenge the formal and narrative boundaries of film."

The Films:

• NSAS entrance exam films: Bruxelles 1&2, Knokke 1&2 (1967)
• Saute ma ville (1968)
• L'Enfant aime ou Je joue a etre une femme mariee (1971)
• La Chambre (1972)
• Hotel Monterey (1972)
• Hanging Out Yonkers (1973)
• Le 15/8 (1973)
• Je tu il elle (1974)
• Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
• News From Home (1976)
• Les Rendez-vous d'Anna (1978)

Special Features:

• Five Blu-ray set featuring 14 landmark films by Chantal Akerman
• Audio commentaries on Saute ma ville and Je tu il elle by So Mayer and Selina Robertson of the queer feminist film curatorial collective Club des Femmes
• Audio commentary on Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles by Kate Rennebohm and Simon Howell of the Akerman Year podcast
• Audio commentary on Les Rendez-vous d'Anna by Kate Rennebohm
• Chantal Akerman 1976: An Interview (1976, 59 mins): the filmmaker discusses her early films with B Ruby Rich
• Autour de Jeanne Dielman (1975, 69 mins): insightful documentary by Sami Frey showing the working relationship between Akerman and Delphine Seyrig
• Entretien avec ma mere, Natalia Akerman (2007, 30 mins): Chantal Akerman talks to her mother, Natalia
• Interviews with Babette Mangolte and Aurore Clement (2007, 53 mins total)
• Leaving Home - New World Vision (2024, 14 mins): artist Sarah Wood meditates on News From Home in a newly commissioned video essay
• 72-page perfect bound book featuring new essays by Lillian Crawford, Catherine Bray, Diana Cipriano, Justine Smith, Daniella Shreir, Pamela Hutchinson, Jerry White, Sarah Wood and Hannah Strong plus archive articles by Janet Bergstrom and Laura Mulvey
• Limited edition of 2,000 copies

[Susan Foreman]

'Chantal Akerman Collection. Vol 2' - 5 Disc Blu-Ray Box Set pre-order available from The BFI Shop direct - UK$54.99

Release date: June 16

"Covering the later years of Akerman's career, this set explores her experimentations with form and genre and includes musical comedy Golden Eighties (1986) and her final film, No Home Movie (2015)"

The Films:

• Toute Une Nuit (1982)
• Les Annees 80 (1983)
• Golden Eighties (1986)
• La Paresse (1986)
• Histoires d'Amerique: Food, Family and Philosophy (1988)
• D'Est (1993), Sud (1999)
• La Captive (2000)
• De l'Autre Cote (2002)
• La Folie Almayer (2011)
• No Home Movie (2015)

Special Features:

• 72-page perfect-bound book with new essays by Erin Nunoda, Daniella Shreir, Rachel Pronger, Catherine Wheatley, and Alisa Lebow
• Other extras tbc

[Susan Foreman]

'Throne Of Blood' (1957) - Pre-order available from the BFI Shop direct for 4K UHD - UK$22.99 or Blu-Ray - UK$16.99

Release date: May 19

"A new restoration of Akira Kurosawa's astonishing film that's considered to be one of the great adaptations of Shakespeare's Macbeth.

A truly remarkable film, Throne of Blood manages to combine beauty and terror to produce a mood of truly haunting power. Starring the irrepressible Toshiro Mifune as the doomed warlord Washizu and a wonderfully creepy turn by Isuzu Yamada as the Lady Macbeth-inspired Asaji, the film shows Kurosawa's familiar mastery of atmosphere and action combined with the savagery of war. "

Special Features:

• Restored 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) / Newly restored in 4K and presented in High Definition
• Audio commentary by Japanese film expert Michael Jeck
• Other extras tbc