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Is the Cinematographe Thieves Like Us worth getting if I already have the Radiance release? It's 60% off today

swo17 wrote: Wed Sep 02, 2026 5:42 pm Is the Cinematographe Thieves Like Us worth getting if I already have the Radiance release? It's 60% off today

Comparisons https://slow.pics/c/EYUumj8F

60% off today:

Touch
Last of the Red Hot Lovers
Kamikaze 89
Therapy Dogs
Playground

And a handful of copies of Close Your Eyes have been added to the OOP section

I highly recommend Therapy Dogs, a really impressive debut that the director secretly shot while still in high school.

Also notably the first film distributed by forum favorite Matt Johnson’s movie company Zapruder Films that wasn’t directed by him and there does seem to be a bit of the style of The Dirties in it that definitely appeals to me

swo17 wrote: Fri Sep 04, 2026 2:48 am Kamikaze 89

Just when I thought it couldn't get any more quirky, TIL

John Cassavetes made comedic radio spots to advertise Kamikaze 89

I finally took a look at the Crimson Gold Blu-ray, and it looks like it's based off an old video transfer, i.e. whatever master that was created when they first issued it on DVD in the 2000s. This was a quick look on a smaller screen than I'm used to, but I think it's probably an early HD transfer. (At least, I hope it isn't an SD upscale.) Disappointing, and probably a good sign that a UHD release won't ever happen unless someone springs for a new 4K restoration. It's one of Kiarostami's masterpieces though, so at least it brings it back into print and you don't have to pay a premium for the old DVD, but hopefully some day we get a definitive edition.

I'm not sure if there's any evidence to this but someone on Reddit said Dog Day Afternoon is coming from Cinematographe by the end of the year.

I'm pretty sure Justin Laliberty said there are no Warner titles coming from Cinematographe in 2026.

James Stock wrote: Tue Sep 08, 2026 3:01 pm I'm not sure if there's any evidence to this but someone on Reddit said Dog Day Afternoon is coming from Cinematographe by the end of the year.

I think there’s no way Criterion doesn’t have a first look deal with WB for licensing. What WB title has even come from another label that sounds like a Criterion release?

CSM126 wrote: Tue Sep 01, 2026 5:35 pm “There’s a lot of Jaglom coming” is what I say when I’m on the toilet after eating the diarrhea lettuce.

New restoration of Sitting Ducks presented by Cinematographe

Who is asking for Jaglom films?!

domino harvey wrote: Mon Sep 14, 2026 3:37 pm Who is asking for Jaglom films?!

You'd be very surprised about some of the shit people on the other forum beg for.

There are a lot of Jaglom films that I really like and it would be nice to get new editions of those at least (e.g. New Year's Day, Someone to Love, Last Summer in the Hamptons, Deja Vu, etc.)

I suspect that Yellow Veil may announce Boorman and the Devil when VS opens back up tomorrow.

I rented it off Apple last night and thought that it was a great little examination of an artist reconciling with the notion that, for two years, he put his heart and soul into something he believed was new and original for the world (almost killing him in the process), and not only did the world reject it, they did so with a venomous spite like none had seen before, and how painful it all still is for him.

There are couple of missteps in the choices it makes to relay certain information and anecdotes, but mostly it’s a fascinating, deeply emotional look at art and expectations, and whether those expectations can ever be met by anyone.

And Boorman is just in a class all by himself. I miss the days when I would find out that he (or Peter Weir) had a new movie coming out.

domino harvey wrote: Mon Sep 14, 2026 3:37 pm Who is asking for Jaglom films?!

Today is your lucky day!

Vol. 1

Ominous!

I do have the French BD of Taste of Things but the IFC BD with English subbed extras and the booklet is tempting.

I know a few people here have championed Henry Fonda for President, which is one of this month's partner label releases. Also potentially of interest:

A set of 4 Ken Camp films from Muscle Distribution
Madness (Kaljo Kiisk, 1969)
The Vicious Breed (Arne Ragneborn, 1955)

Oh wow, Night Terrors must've slipped by me when I (thought I) was completing Tobe Hooper's filmography a few years ago!

I like all three in the Krimi set and grabbing it, not something I expected to see. Indian Scarf is quite funny, has a lot of the same kind of flair as one of the black and white Steed/Peel Avengers episodes.

Also Vinegar Syndrome are continuing the interesting tradition (probably more interesting than the films themselves!) of doing videos talking through the elements of the Faces of Death series, with the upcoming Faces of Death IV.

Volume 5 of the Satō series contains two of his most accomplished works - Birthday and Fuga Music for Alpha and Beta.

Highly recommended.

There wa a page with all the titles that are going to be part of the "Syntober" daily deals. VS has taken it down, but the sale titles are:
5 Dead on the Crimson Canvas (10/5)
Arnold (10/12)
Blood Beat
Blood Harvest (10/2)
Curfew
Deranged
Don't be Afraid of the Dark
Flesh for Frankenstein
Ghost Nursing (10/10)
Homegrown Horros Vol.2
Let's Scare Jessica to Death
Made in Hong Kong Vol.1 (10/1)
Murderock
Shanks (10/3)
Spookies
The Amityville Horror (10/9)
The Carpenter
The Cellar
The Curse of the Screaming Dead (10/11)
The Dark Half (10/4)
The Films of Larry Fessenden (Habit/No Telling)
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (10/13)
The Keep
The Nesting
The Possessions of Joel Delaney
The Prophecy Trilogy
The Rage:Carrie 2 (10/7)
The Ripper
Through the Fire (10/8)
Unmasked Part 25 (10/6)
Witch Story (10/14)