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Cinema 16: European Short Films

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Yojimbo (BFI)

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Land Of Promise: British Documentary Movement: 4DVD (BFI)

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Fugitive, The (1947)

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May Highlights

Undoubtedly the biggest world cinema release this month is 4 Months 3 Weeks 2 Days, the big winner at Cannes last year, and riveting viewing despite its uncomfortable subject matter.  Choice back catalogue releases include Franju's Eyes Without A Face, the Hindi biopic Bandit Queen and Wenders' 1974 road-classic Alice In The Cities.

A little closer to home, Anthony Asquith's pre-Hitchcock silent thriller A Cottage On Dartmoor is restored and released by the BFI.  Bill Forsyth's Local Hero finally gets a reissue and the much requested Lindsay Anderson/Malcolm McDowell 1973 classic O Lucky Man is let loose at last.

Bonnie And Clyde is a worthy double-disc re-issue, even if a year late for its 40th anniversary, and the first volume of the Jim Jarmusch collection is released this month, including previously unavailable Stranger Than Paradise.

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Recommended Imprints

Second Run is a new imprint specialising mainly in East European art house gems from the 1960s

The British Film Institute (BFI) restores and preserves iconic celluloid moments in cinema history, both fictional and factual

Artificial Eye represent the cutting edge of contemporary world cinema - hard to beat for quality and choice

The Masters Of Cinema (M.O.C.) collection offers us a specially curated range of world cinema classics - restored, remastered & collectable!

New Release & Coming Soon

 

GYPSY CARAVAN - Out Now

A fascinating musical documentary, shot by the legendary Albert Maysles, following travelling gypsy bands from Romania, Macedonia, India and Spain as they unite to tour North America for a month and a half.  We learn about the Romany culture and meet the characters in between performances.  As the sleeve notes quote, "...impossible to watch without toe-tapping and a smile on the face...". Buy your copy here

 

Now Available

Bleak Moments (1971 Mike Leigh drama)  -  British Transport Films Vol7  -  Chansons D'Amour (2007 French musical) -  Dont Touch The Axe (2006 French period drama, Jacques Rivette)  -  Gypsy Caravan: As The Road Bends (2006 Romany documentary)  -  Land Of Promise: British Documentary Movement  -  Mike Leigh 11DVD Collection  -  Lust, Caution (2007 Chinese romantic thriller, Ang Lee)  -  A Man Escaped (1956 French prison drama, Robert Bresson)  -  The Saragossa Manuscript (1964 Polish fantasy drama, Wojciech Has)  -  Ugetsu Monogatari / Oyu-Sama (1951/53 Mizoguchi double)

 

May Releases

4 Months 3 Weeks 2 Days (2007 Romanian drama)  -  Akasen Chitai/Yokihi (1955 Japanese drama, Kenji Mizoguchi)  -  Alice In The Cities (1974 German drama, Wim Wenders)  -  Angel (1982 crime drama, Stephen Rea)  -  Bandit Queen (1994 Indian biographical drama) -  Bonnie And Clyde (1967 crime drama, Beatty, Dunaway)  -  Camomile Lawn (1992 period drama, Peter Hall)  -  A Cottage On Dartmoor (1929 silent drama, Anthony Asquith)  -  Eyes Without A Face (1959 French horror, Georges Franju)  -  Jim Jarmusch Vol1  -  Ladybird Ladybird (1994 drama, Ken Loach)  -  Limey (1999 crime drama, Terence Stamp, Peter Fonda)  -  Local Hero (1983 comedy drama, Bill Forsyth)  -  O Lucky Man (1973 satirical drama, Malcolm McDowell)  -  Radio On (1979 experimental drama, Christopher Petit)  -  Straight Story (1999 biographical drama, David Lynch)

 

June Releases

Bill Douglas Trilogy  -  Godfather Trilogy Remastered  -  Hopscotch (1980 comedy, Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson)  -  The Kite Runner  -  Satyajit Ray Collection Vol1  -  Syndromes And A Century

 

Links

  1. cinedelica.com - Independent site for all things cult, kitsch and quirky from the world of cinema and DVD
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  4. ScreenOnline - The BFI's online guide to British film and television history
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