THIS SATURDAY in TORONTO! Sat. Aug 1, 3:00pm at Revue Cinema - Robert Downey Sr.'s 1969 advertising satire PUTNEY SWOPE - Toronto launch for our book TRUTH & SOUL: A ROBERT DOWNEY SR. READER Editors @kierlajanisse.bsky.social & Clint Enns in person w/ contributors @stephenbroomer.bsky.social & more

A YEAR IN A FIELD uses the lens of one standing stone to open into a conversation that spans from a single insect on a leaf all the way through what we know about our solar system and the very engines that run our planet. The film is available on Blu-ray now.

FRIDAY at @lalumierecollective in MTL! Robert Downey Sr's CHAFED ELBOWS introduced by Clint Enns and @kierlajanisse.bsky.social editors of the new book TRUTH & SOUL: A ROBERT DOWNEY SR. READER - Books available at the screening for $30 CAD (cash/card) Info: lalumierecollective.org/2026/robert-...

MONTREAL! Three nights of Robert Downey Sr. coming your way this month with TRUTH & SOUL: A ROBERT DOWNEY SR. READER co-editors @kierlajanisse.bsky.social and Clint Enns in person to intro each screening w/ books on hand - see details on our website spectacularoptical.com

TORONTO! See you Sat. Aug 1 at the @vinsyn.bsky.social store w/ blu ray launch for A YEAR IN A FIELD, then across the street at The Revue for PUTNEY SWOPE w/ our book TRUTH & SOUL: A ROBERT DOWNEY SR. READER details on spectacularoptical.com

MONTREAL! This week we'll be at la metropolitaine (Weds) w/ HUGO POOL, La Lumiere Collective (Fri) w/ CHAFED ELBOWS, Cinema au Cinoche (next Sunday) w/ AMERICA! Some rarities to celebrate our book TRUTH & SOUL: A ROBERT DOWNEY SR. READER (also available at spectacularoptical.com)

Despite their historical importance many of the thousands of megaliths scattered across the UK are inaccessible to the public, something organizations like @stoneclub.bsky.social are working to change. For more on the pictured standing stone see A YEAR IN A FIELD, available on Blu-ray now.

MONTREAL! Three nights of Robert Downey Sr. coming your way this month with TRUTH & SOUL: A ROBERT DOWNEY SR. READER co-editors @kierlajanisse.bsky.social and Clint Enns in person to intro each screening w/ books on hand - see details on our website spectacularoptical.com

My beautiful first blu ray has arrived! THANK YOU to everyone who has bought a blu ray - if you'll be at @fantasiafestival.com come by the @severinfilms.bsky.social table to get a copy in person! Or you can get it online from severinfilms.com (North America) or spectacularoptical.com (Canada only)

Three excerpts from poems which evoke ancient standing stones and stone circles, including one written in a Wiltshire dialect! These poems are a part of a history of megalithic structures in art which director Christopher Morris continues in his film A YEAR IN A FIELD. Available on Blu-ray now.

Director Christopher Morris interviewed by Will Sheff for the US premiere of A YEAR IN A FIELD as included in the limited edition Blu-ray extras. Available now at spectacularoptical.com (Canada) and severinfilms.com (US).

Director Christopher Morris and producer Denzil Monk discuss their film A YEAR IN A FIELD as part of the limited edition Blu-ray extras. Available now at spectacularoptical.com (Canada) and severinfilms.com (US).

Happy Birthday Robert Downey, Sr.! One of the most hilarious and confounding directors of the American underground, born on this day in 1936. Read more about him in our book TRUTH & SOUL: A ROBERT DOWNEY SR. READER, available at spectacularoptical.com

June 21st is the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, the longest day of the year. The day also serves as the midpoint for the journey of A YEAR IN A FIELD which spans from winter solstice to winter solstice. The film is available now on Blu-ray and digital.

Just arrived to our shipper @screamandwrithe.bsky.social in Montreal! First-ever blu rays of A YEAR IN A FIELD. Canadian orders made direct from the Spectacular Optical website spectacularoptical.com start shipping today, all other orders ship via @severinfilms.bsky.social

New on the website: @kierlajanisse.bsky.social interviews legendary stuntman Gary Kent about the long-unseen film he directed, THE PYRAMID (1976). New restoration by AGFA plays LA this Thurs June 18th at Philosophical Research Society. spectacularoptical.com/articles/the...

THE FIRE INSIDE: GARY KENT ON HIS 1976 FILM “THE PYRAMID”

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A YEAR IN A FIELD showcases a year's worth of skies and seasons around Boscawen Ros, the ancient standing stone at its centre. This stunning, meditative film is available to order on Blu-ray now through severinfilms.com in the US and spectacularoptical.com in Canada.

Title treatment by Andy Votel for Devon Deimler's chapter on GREASER'S PALACE in TRUTH & SOUL: A ROBERT DOWNEY SR. READER. See the film tomorrow night (Weds June 3) at @viffest.bsky.social in Vancouver, w/ an intro by the book's co-editor @kierlajanisse.bsky.social Tix at viff.org/whats-on/gre...

NOW LIVE: The new episode of @stephenbroomer.bsky.social's video essay series NORTHERN LIGHT exploring Canadian classics, hits + misfits: this time focused on Crawley Films' fungal farce AMANITA PESTILENS (1963) spectacularoptical.com/video-essays...

THE DON JUAN OF THE LAWN: OBSESSION AND ESTRANGEMENT IN AMANITA PESTI…

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Whether ancient Druids used these stone monuments in their practice is debated, but stone circles and standing stones have remained a part of the spirituality of Neo-Druidry since its revival in the 18th century. See two of Cornwall's stone monuments in A YEAR IN A FIELD, blu ray pre-orders open now

DON JUAN OF THE LAWN: Obsession and Estrangement in AMANITA PESTILENS - the latest in @stephenbroomer.bsky.social 's video essay series NORTHERN LIGHT focused on Canadian cinema classics, hits and misfits. See it June 1st at spectacularoptical.com

Robert Downey, Sr.'s GREASER'S PALACE screens at @viffest.bsky.social in Vancouver Weds June 3rd with an introduction by co-editor @kierlajanisse.bsky.social who will be on hand with books for sale! Tix and details at: viff.org/whats-on/gre...

Spectacular Optical founder @kierlajanisse.bsky.social will be at @viffest.bsky.social in Vancouver on Weds June 3 to present a screening of Robert Downey, Sr.'s messianic acid western GREASER'S PALACE with copies of our book for sale! Details here: spectacularoptical.com/events/greas...

GREASER’S PALACE + TRUTH & SOUL Book Launch

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According to a 2025 study by the University of Portsmouth, rural areas in the UK are disproportionately affected by litter pollution. These clips show some of a year’s litter in a field in West Cornwall as depicted in the documentary A YEAR IN A FIELD. Blu ray pre-orders are open. Streaming now.

Le Guin’s words are taken from the foreword to her poetry collection LATE IN THE DAY, they also serve as the opening words to Christopher Morris’ A YEAR IN A FIELD. Using the landscapes of West Cornwall the meditative film explores our relationship with the natural world. Blu ray pre-orders open now

Me & Bill Ackerman (Supporting Characters podcast) hunt for the rural Georgia locations from Southern sleaze classic POOR PRETTY EDDIE (1975), joined by Klon Waldrip of the Late List podcast - full story and pics at: spectacularoptical.com/articles/poo...

ON LOCATION: POOR PRETTY EDDIE (1975)

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Come hang out with an ancient standing stone in A YEAR IN A FIELD - now on TVOD in the US and available for pre-order on collectible blu ray in US from severinfilms.com (with exclusive perks) or in Canada (blu ray only) from spectacularoptical.com

Buttercups and storm clouds earlier on Glastonbury Tor.

A YEAR IN A FIELD The first release from @spectacularoptical.bsky.social is BAFTA-winning documentarian Christopher Morris’ 2023 film A Year in a Field, a “thoughtful, meditative documentary”(The Guardian) and “a quietly devastating piece of work”(Cine Europa). [TRAILER LINK] youtu.be/LFHRp9OQyOI

SPECTACULAR OPTICAL: A YEAR IN A FIELD (2026) TRAILER

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Congratulations to BOSENA bosena.co.uk , the producers of A YEAR IN A FIELD, on their certification as a B Corporation (TM) which means that they have joined the growing hive of businesses who are leading a global movement for an inclusive, equitable and regenerative economy. Read more at bcorp.com