Imprint Films have somewhat of a track record of weeding out classic titles that have slipped into relative obscurity since their well-publicized theatrical run, with Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle being one of the most recent examples, which was released on Blu-ray back in August. Robert Altman protégée, Alan Rudolph, directs this very sociable […]
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For many years, Christopher Nolan’s Memento held a firm position among the Top 10 of IMDb’s Top 250 Movies but has since been pushed down the ranks in favour of the director’s later works like The Dark Kight, Inception, Interstellar, and most recently, Oppenheimer. That’s not to say the passing of time has influenced the
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When we think of 80s America, images of California often spring to mind. The west-coast American state seemed to exist in an almost hyperreality, especially when viewed through the lens of cinema. Los Angeles, in particular, served as a pop culture epicentre during the rad decade. One of my earliest brushes with the Golden State
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I remember the trailer for Searching for Bobby Fischer being very dominant among my VHS rentals of 1993 and 1994, but as I was far more interested in Demolition Man, Jurassic Park and Speed, a drama about chess didn’t even move the needle. Thirty years later, I’m still none the wiser when it comes to
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As an Australian who has never ventured into the Outback, cinema has on many occasions provided the experience, whether it’s been the hyper-reality of Mad Max 2 or a sombre trek through cultural extremes like Wake in Fright. However, it was Greg McLean’s Wolf Creek in 2005 that advised us to manage our expectations as
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I think it’s fair to say at say that Imprint Films have not only shored up Australia’s disc-based market but are greatly educating collectors and film aficionados alike with their strong emphasis on cinema history, which has taken on epic physical form with Directed by… Sidney J Furie – a five-film collection each with prominent
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Generation X is defined as people born between the years 1965 and 1980; the offspring of baby boomers, who were given their own cinematic portrait with The Big Chill. By the 1990s the up-and-coming youth were portrayed in several teen and 20-something related films, perhaps most memorably in Reality Bites. Available now on Blu-ray from
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I have an old public domain DVD of Invaders from Mars, which is presented in such poor quality only its jewel case was useful to me. Thankfully, the ‘Cine-Color’ classic has now been “developed to its ultimate intelligence” to quote that rather chilling line from the film. Ignite Films is responsible for a stunning 4K
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We all start somewhere and for director, Christopher Nolan, it was twenty-five years go on the busy streets of London with the crafty little mystery/thriller, Following, available September 11th 2023 on Blu-ray from 101 Films in the UK – Black Label Edition No. 30 with a NEW collection of interviews with the cast and crew,
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I doubt many horror fans were expecting a new release of Rob Zombie’s Halloween movies, given their divisive reputation, but Via Vision Entertainment clearly see some value in the aggressive October onslaught by releasing both the theatrical and extended cuts in one Ultimate Edition set, available now on Blu-ray complete with the mammoth making-of documentary,
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