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July 20th

The Good Die Young (DVD + Blu-ray)
Directed by Lewis Gilbert

The film opens with four men sitting in a car as they prepare to commit a serious crime. Each man's reason for being involved is then explored...

Mike (Stanley Baker), an injured and ageing boxer unable to find work, Joe (Richard Basehart) is an out-of-work clerk who needs to get to the United States with his young wife (Joan Collins) to escape her unstable mother (Freda Jackson), Eddie (John Ireland) is an AWOL American airman with an unfaithful wife (Gloria Grahame), and Miles 'Rave' Ravenscroft (Laurence Harvey), a 'gentleman' scoundrel with gambling debts and the man who lures the other three. From director Lewis Gilbert (The Spy Who Loved Me, Alfie) comes this 1954 crime thriller that promises 'Deadly weapons, burning lips, and hot lead!'

Special features
Newly remastered in 2K by the BFI and presented in High Definition and Standard Definition
Includes the original theatrical version and the never-before-released export cut
***FIRST PRESSING ONLY*** Fully illustrated booklet with new writing on the film and full film credits
Other extras TBC

Posted: **Tue May 05, 2020 8:05 pm**

I see the BFI is releasing Peter Wollen's Friendship's Death next month. Finally! It's hard to believe it took a label this long to dig up Tilda Swinton's first star turn, as a Bowiesque 'woman' who fell to Earth. It's an elegant, witty science fiction chamber piece with Bill Paterson (who's also, predictably, great) as her sparring partner.

Posted: **Thu Jul 16, 2020 2:10 pm**

Discussion of the new Sight & Sound magazine line moved here

Posted: **Thu Jul 16, 2020 9:26 pm**

Bluray.com have changed the name of the BFI

bluray.com wrote:The British Film Intuitive will release on Blu-ray Mathieu Kassovitz's film La Haine (1995), starring Vincent Cassel, Hubert Koundé, Saïd Taghmaoui, Abdel Ahmed Ghili, and Benoît Magimel. The two-disc set will be available for purchase on November 16.

Posted: **Mon Jul 20, 2020 5:31 pm**

Where to begin with Atom Egoyan. The director also turned 60 yesterday.

Posted: **Fri Jul 24, 2020 1:38 pm**

BFI is issuing John Parker's fantastic Dementia this autumn, as shown here. I have the old Kino DVD and strongly recommend the film which is a real joy.

Posted: **Fri Jul 24, 2020 3:11 pm**

Wow, I’ve been pining for a BD upgrade for years! Presumably they’ll include both versions, though a featurette on the elusive John Parker would be most welcome as well.

Posted: **Fri Jul 24, 2020 5:16 pm**

Oct 12th :
Le 12 octobre :

Oct 19th :

Posted: **Fri Jul 24, 2020 5:22 pm**

I had to stare at that Tales from the Hood cover for several seconds to confirm that I wasn't somehow misreading it.

Posted: **Fri Jul 24, 2020 6:33 pm**

Holy hell, I was just Googling Dementia the other day wondering when it's going to come out on Blu-ray! This is tremendously exciting.

Posted: **Sat Aug 29, 2020 5:42 pm**

Richard Attenborough: 10 essential performances

Posted: **Tue Sep 01, 2020 6:23 pm**

Discussion of Sean Connery split off here

Posted: **Thu Sep 03, 2020 4:06 pm**

BFI are releasing Villeneuve's Polytechnique in December, and in November, a Flipside collection dedicated to short horror films, entitled Short Sharp Shocks.

Posted: **Thu Sep 03, 2020 4:38 pm**

What A Disgrace wrote: Thu Sep 03, 2020 4:06 pm BFI are releasing Villeneuve's Polytechnique in December, and in November, a Flipside collection dedicated to short horror films, entitled Short Sharp Shocks.

Nice. I hope Villeneuve's August 32nd on Earth finally gets a release.

Posted: **Thu Sep 03, 2020 4:44 pm**

What A Disgrace wrote: Thu Sep 03, 2020 4:06 pm BFI are releasing Villeneuve's Polytechnique in December

Very interested in what special features may be included (and if they'll include both versions of the film). I consider this one of the best Canadian films ever made, and it's definitely something I'd double-dip on if there was good bonus material.

Posted: **Thu Sep 03, 2020 5:30 pm**

The Canadian blu-Ray already has both versions if they don’t, though I can’t imagine they would leave one off

Posted: **Thu Sep 03, 2020 5:56 pm**

Yeah I have the Canadian blu-ray ... it's more an aspect of, "Can I sell it?" if this disc is better.

Posted: **Thu Sep 03, 2020 6:07 pm**

Great news! I procrastinated too long on getting the Canadian Blu-Ray and I don't think there's any other English-friendly release in print. This is obviously to coincide with the release of Dune, so I hope that someone somewhere does the same with August 32nd on Earth and Maelstrom.

Posted: **Fri Sep 04, 2020 11:16 pm**

BFI posted the basic specs, though special features are TBC. For languages, it just says French, but it's possible the English version will be included as a supplement.

On a related note, I noticed that the DVDBeaver review of he Canadian disc lists the English version as a Dub, despite all evidence that it's not; it's a separate video file on the disc, whereas a dub would just be a separate audio track. And of course, if you pay any attention at all (which's Gary's review indicates he didn't), you can clearly see the actors are speaking their English dialogue.

Posted: **Sat Sep 05, 2020 4:46 am**

Short Sharp Shocks contains the following films...

Lock Your Door (Anthony Gilkison, 1949)
The Reformation of St Jules (Anthony Gilkison, 1949)
The Tell-Tale Heart (J B Williams, 1953)
Death Was a Passenger (Theodore Zichy, 1958)
Portrait of a Matador (Theodore Zichy, 1958)
Twenty Nine (Brian Cummins, 1969)
The Sex Victims (Derek Robbins, 1973)
The Lake (Lindsey C Vickers, 1978)
The Errand (Nigel Finch, 1980)

And these extras, so far.

Interview with Peter Shillingford (2020): newly recorded interview with the producer of Twenty Nine
Interview with David McGillivray (2020): newly recorded interview the writer of The Errand
Interview with Kate Lees (2020): the chair of Adelphi Films discusses the 2017 discovery of the long thought lost 1953 short The Tell-Tale Heart starring Stanley Baker
Interview with Renee Glynn (2020): newly recorded interview with the script-supervisor on Twenty Nine
Image galleries for The Tell-Tale Heart, The Lake and The Errand
Script galleries for The Lake and The Errand
The original short story of The Errand, presented as a viewable gallery
Other extras TBC
***FIRST PRESSING ONLY*** Fully illustrated booklet with new writing on the films by Vic Pratt, Dr Josephine Botting, William Fowler, Jonathan Rigby, Peter Shillingford, Lindsey C Vickers and David McGillivray

Posted: **Fri Sep 11, 2020 8:35 pm**

I don't know what is the right place to post this. Please move it if this is not the right place.
This is the year of the Decennial Sight and Sound poll of best films, directors, etc.
If it was going to happen, it should have happened by now.
Are they going to skip it?

Posted: **Fri Sep 11, 2020 9:12 pm**

The polls are held decennially, but the first was held in 1952 and the last in 2012. The next one isn't due for another two years.

Posted: **Mon Sep 14, 2020 2:34 pm**

Mademoiselle (Dual Format Edition) coming September 21st.

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