One of Poland's greatest and most surreal visions, THE HOURGLASS SANATORIUM is now available on 4K UHD. Our LE incl. reversible sleeves and booklet writing by Ela Bittencourt (+ archival). Plus new audio commentary by @marbleicehook.bsky.social and Wojciech Has' short film 'Accordion'.

Acclaimed Brazilian filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho's award-winning political crime-thriller THE SECRET AGENT is coming to UHD, Blu-ray and DVD from MUBI in September. tinyurl.com/5ymh4v5r

The latest, critically acclaimed film from BAIT and ENYS MEN director Mark Jenkins, ROSE OF NEVADA will be released on Blu-ray/DVD and digital platforms by the BFI on24 August tinyurl.com/35aunz97

One of the most vital films about the Cambodian genocide, Roland Joffé's 1984 THE KILLING FIELDS is coming to Limited Edition 4K UHD+Blu-ray and standard Edition UHD and Blu-ray from Second Sight on 28 September tinyurl.com/mtfym3re

Out today, a hypnagogic journey through a hallucinatory world and two infamous Spanish TV films! There were slightly supply-chain issue with THE HOURGLASS SANATORIUM (UHD + BD LE), but both titles are now shipping from our site as well as available at retailers.

In his latest review, Slarek tries to get his head round the new @filmsradiance.bsky.social UHD/Blu-ray release of Wojciech Has’s mind-bending and visually sumptuous 1973 THE HOURGLASS SANATORIUM [SANATORIUM POD KLEPSYDRĄ] tinyurl.com/mspv9kd4

Věra Chytilová’s riotous DAISIES turns 60! Possibly the most adventurous and anarchic movie of the 60s, @letterboxd.social reflects on its lasting appeal and influence on generations of filmmakers.(Available on Second Run Blu-ray: www.secondrundvd.com/release_dais... ) letterboxd.com/journal/dais...

Fresh as Daisies: embracing the anarchic energy of Věra Chytilová’s Czech New Wave classic at 60 • Journal • A Letterboxd Magazine

As Věra Chytilová’s Daisies turns 60, Brian Raftery reflects on the frenetic aesthetic and lasting influence of an underground Czechoslovak classic.

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The October releases from @arrowvideo.bsky.social have been announced as THE FRIGHTENERS, THE LAST BOY SCOUT, A CHINESE GHOST STORY TRILOGY, THE MONSTER SQUAD and FUTUREWORLD on 4K UHD & Blu-ray; CUJO on UHD only; and ENTER THE VIDEO STORE: VIDEO VENGEANCE on Blu-ray tinyurl.com/b2t6j5ap

Some title updates: Histoire(s) du cinema (LE) will now be released 24th August. World Noir vol. 5 (LE) will now be released 31st August. We are very sincerely sorry for this news, as we are particularly proud of these upcoming sets. We appreciate the patience around this.

Spirit Entertainment has announced the release of two new titles from @criterion.bsky.social to be released on the UK in October, Jerzy Skolimowski’s THE SHOUT on Blu-ray and Guillermo del Toro’s FRANKENSTEIN on UHD, Blu-ray and DVD tinyurl.com/thscx356

A three-disc, five film Blu-ray box set titled BENEATH THE TREES: FOLKTALES AT DEFA II will be released by Eureka on 19 October as part of the Masters of Cinema series. tinyurl.com/663yhe7x

Lock yourself inside with TWO BOXES: TELEVISED TERROR IN FRANCO'S SPAIN, the latest Transmission release that showcases two infamously dark Spanish TV films. Ft. O-card artwork, booklet writing, audio comms. by Steve Pemberton/Reece Shearsmith, new interviews and much more!

On 19 October, Eureka is releasing two horror Blu-ray titles, the 1958 THE SCREAMING SKULL, and the three-film Hong Kong/Taiwan collection from the late 1980s titled GHOULS GONE WILD, featuring SCARED STIFF, THE HAUNTED COP SHOP and MAGIC OF SPELL tinyurl.com/5cfs26u9

BLU-RAY REVIEW: The end of the world is nigh in ON THE BEACH, directed by Stanley Kramer from the novel by Nevil Shute, starring Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire and Anthony Perkins. Gary Couzens reviews the Blu-ray release from the BFI tinyurl.com/bdemkvzb

Written by Harold Pinter and directed by Joseph Losey, the 1967 classic drama ACCIDENT will be released on 4K UHD and Blu-ray by StudioCanal on 28 September tinyurl.com/293ara6y

A different kind of giallo from genre master Dario Argento, the 2003 The Card Player will be released on UHD, Blu-ray and Digital Platforms by Shameless Films on 10 August tinyurl.com/45a4arxd

Mike Leigh’s influential Play for Today from 1976, NUTS IN MAY, will be released on Blu-ray restored and packed with special featured by the BFI on 17 August tinyurl.com/2pkb3p6h

Jonathan Glazer's seminal British gangster gem SEXY BEAST is to be released as a Limited Edition 4K UHD & Blu-ray package and Standard Edition UHD and Blu-ray editions by @secondsightfilms.bsky.social on 28 September tinyurl.com/3fwm8926

Oh, how long I have waited for this absolute beaut of a crime thriller to arrive on UK Blu-ray. That's my evening sorted.

A double-bill of Sasaki Hirohisa J-horror cult classics - CRAZY LIPS and GORE FROM OUTER SPACE - is coming to Blu-ray from @thirdwindowfilms.com on 14 September tinyurl.com/mv8pp8h8

The 1975 crime thriller FLIC STORY, starring French superstar Alain Delon, makes its worldwide 4K UHD debut as part of StudioCanal's Cult Classics range alongside Blu-ray and Digital editions in October tinyurl.com/3kxxm5e7

FILM REVIEW: Long awaited, trailing some controversy over casting and leaving out some aspects of the source material, Christopher Nolan’s THE ODYSSEY opened last weekend. Against all expectations, Camus is staggered by its sheer, vast cinematic ambition and emotional clout... tinyurl.com/wf4wbp7z

Where do characters in horror movies buy their torches? I hope they kept the receipts because they always seem to flicker and break down just minutes after they start using them. And seriously, does shaking it and banging it with your other hand actually fix such faults?

I am once again begging Hollywood to stop using the Greek alphabet for an Ancient World movie, if they can't afford to even throw a couple of quid at anyone with an inkling of the language. Unless they really think audiences are dying to see THS THDPSSSSPS

In the first of three reviews of new @indicator.bsky.social Blu-ray releases of French films from three separate decades, Gary Couzens investigates the three-story 1954 FULL HOUSE [BRELAN D’AS] tinyurl.com/yc2h2byc

In October, @indicator.bsky.social is releasing two classics of 1970s Italian cinema on UHD and Blu-ray, Francesco Rosi's LUCKY LUCIANO and Sergio Grieco's THE SINFUL NUNS OF SAINT VALENTINE tinyurl.com/3bv3jpxt

The BFI is to release director Peter Brook and screenwriter Jean Claude Carrière's epic film adaptation of their nine-hour stage production THE MAHABHARATA on Blu-ray in a new 4K restoration on 10 August tinyurl.com/btmtexw2

In what remain difficult times for our editor and lead reviewer, Gort makes a return to tackle the recently released Blu-ray from Eureka of director Jim Clark's underseen 1974 MADHOUSE, which unites horror stars Vincent Price, Peter Cushing and Robert Quarry tinyurl.com/4hsfc59p

StudioCanal has announced the release of the eight-disc, eight film Blu-ray box set THE PETER SELLERS CENTENARY COLLECTION for 17 August tinyurl.com/2y6b8wcc

Hunt for the Wilderpeople, In the Mouth of Madness, even Jurassic Park and especially Żuławski’s Possession... oh, which one to watch to pay tribute to the great Sam Neill? Probably all four.