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yoloswegmaster wrote: Mon Jan 10, 2022 6:21 pm Film Movement have the rights to Ang Lee's 'Pushing Hands'

Wow. Nice to finally get this on Blu-Ray. It was on Kanopy for a time. It never even gets 35mm screenings. A bit rough around the edges, especially when compared to Wedding Banquet and Eat, Drink, but miles ahead of the schlock he makes now.

Tsai Ming-liang's Vive l'amour is coming out on Blu-ray.

What A Disgrace wrote: Tue May 03, 2022 4:46 pm Tsai Ming-liang's Vive l'amour is coming out on Blu-ray.

Details for the Blu-ray.

You can finally pre-order Vive L'Amour.

Has anyone besides me not recieved emails from them? No response when I asked about when the pre-order link would be posted, no email confirmation for my order, and no reply to email asking for confirmation. I've checked my spam folder, of course.

Wonder when they might release their three Hideo Gosha titles.

You mean Film Movement has the rights to FMC. Either way, excellent news as the film is in dire need of a proper home video presentation. I wonder if the BFI will upgrade their release or if the UK license has changed hands again. Let's hope the eventual US disc is not a disappointment like Center Stage was.

Vegeta84 wrote: Tue May 31, 2022 10:21 pm Wonder when they might release their three Hideo Gosha titles.

Violent Streets and Samurai Wolf 1&2 coming May 16.

they're charging $39.95 for..

Tattooed Director: Hideo Gosha featurette with Tomoe Gosha
A Street That Can’t Be Beat video essay by TokyoScope author Patrick Macias
16-page booklet with a new essay by Japanese film expert Mark Schilling

And the two Samurai Wolf movies put together barely make the runtime of a modern movie....

Film Movement now have the rights to 3 Lee Chang Dong films: Peppermint Candy, Oasis, and Poetry, and have new 4K restorations.

Excellent news! I know Oasis tends to be the popular favorite, but I’ve always found Peppermint Candy his most effective work, taking what would normally be a winky gimmick and treating it as an important vehicle for uncovering humanistic mystery

Amazing! Those will each be must-haves, for sure.

therewillbeblus wrote: Tue Apr 11, 2023 2:08 am Excellent news! I know Oasis tends to be the popular favorite, but I’ve always found Peppermint Candy his most effective work, taking what would normally be a winky gimmick and treating it as an important vehicle for uncovering humanistic mystery

Well put! I've always thought much the same.

criterionsnob wrote: Tue Apr 11, 2023 6:38 pm May 23: Shohei Imamura's Warm Water Under a Red Bridge [Blu-ray]

Finally. This got delayed a few months ago. I adore this film

beamish14 wrote: Tue Apr 11, 2023 7:16 pm

criterionsnob wrote: Tue Apr 11, 2023 6:38 pm May 23: Shohei Imamura's Warm Water Under a Red Bridge [Blu-ray]

Finally. This got delayed a few months ago. I adore this film

Love this film! The Blu-ray edition has completely snuck up on me. The best deal for this film seems to be currently at Deepdiscount with their 10% off coupon "SHARKIE". Can't wait for my copy to arrive!

Farewell My Concubine restoration trailer

is the All About Lily Chou-Chou blu out of print? it's unavailable everywhere

FM have added five new Japanese titles to their website: Wolves, Pigs and Men & Violent Panic: The Big Crash (both Kinji Fukasaku), and Red Peony Gambler (aka Hibotan Bakuto) (1968), Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation (1968), and Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Match (1969).

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Wolves is really great.

Does Film Movement have a good track record when it comes to encoding? I know upthread it was mentioned that their Hana-bi beats Third Window’s.

I’m debating whether to see Farewell My Concubine at my local rep theater, where projection and sound quality is just meh: Worse than a competently-encoded 1080p Blu-ray at home but definitely better than the macroblocking on either Curzon or Criterion’s Three Colors (UHD).

Film Movement announced that they are going to release Tai Katô's I, The Executioner and By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him in North America.

Film Movement's now lists Hideo Gosha's Cash Calls Hell as a future release.