Beyond the mainstream file:///Volumes/Scorpio/web/DVD%20Outsider/index.html http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:43:26 +0000 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:40:29 +0000 FeedForAll Mac v2.1 (2.1.0.1); http://www.FeedForAll.com/ DVD Outsider is now Cine Outsider and has moved to www.cineoutsider.com. The DVD Outsider site will remain live for the next few weeks, but all new news stories and reviews will be posted only at Cine Outsider from this point on. http://www.cineoutsider.com C6B5129D-DBC5-45B5-8345-5B676591DC7F-3577-00001DB26D99258D-FFA Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:43:25 +0000 Melissa Leo takes the lead in The Sea is All I Know and The Palace takes on Hollywood action films at their own game. Here are two short films that announce their directors as major talents. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/films/reviews/s/sea_is_all_i_know-palace.html AF4ABE2E-7C4E-4058-A5A0-27401460EA79-1802-0000065881047D29-FFA Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:17:30 +0000 Argentinean filmmaker Lisandro Alonso's acclaimed fourth feature Liverpool comes to UK DVD later this month from Second Run. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/news/12/01/01.html 6FCD937A-D281-46FE-B518-930DAE4F296E-1802-000006521A2AE3DE-FFA Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:16:59 +0000 DVD Outsider is to change its name and location. The new site is already up, and our editor explains why the change is been made. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/articles/articles/d/dvd_outsider_becomes_cine_outsider.html D1280E75-698D-4BB7-905F-D36D87C5AB69-2578-0000212A5D0A4E56-FFA Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:42:03 +0000 In the first of our looks back at the films and discs that caught our collective eyes in 2011, L.K. Weston picks her personal favourites and laments the move from celluloid to digital. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/articles/articles/r/review_of_year_2011_lkweston.html 1D77243A-F130-4C0B-9297-AC48A75802EB-1975-00000E618AD38853-FFA Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:31:10 +0000 The intriguing world of the 60s Parision garçonnes is explored in Laure Charpentier's intriguing if underdeveloped adaptation of her own novel, recently released on UK DVD by Peccadillo. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/dvd/reviews/g/gigola.html E3D8CB4C-A7E4-436A-9DF2-B073C972F156-2414-00000BF2980B00E9-FFA Mon, 26 Dec 2011 00:09:53 +0000 Dario Argento's celebrated but rarely seen 1971 thriller has been rescued from obscurity and restored for its first ever Blu-ray release in January by Shameless. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/news/11/12/12.html A2BC584E-7916-4B47-8D45-7C7D79827994-1131-00000A7EA75BAF93-FFA Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:01:53 +0000 A tough, compelling crime drama from Argentina from director Eduardo Pinto makes its UK DVD debut in February from Isis and Eureka. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/news/11/12/11.html 7EF7C45C-BEA2-4934-8A24-EA3F4AE157AD-1239-000011C456F0E298-FFA Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:34:37 +0000 Artificial Eye have re-released Kurosawa's marvellous, Oscar-winning humanitarian drama, but are they just re-packaging old and imperfect goods, or is this the upgrade the film needed? http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/dvd/reviews/d/dersu_uzala_2011.html E21B48D2-5445-438C-A2FA-D3E8B1E55727-6485-0000A042DFC778B7-FFA Sun, 18 Dec 2011 14:34:10 +0000 A tale of love, murder and betrayal, the acclaimed and award-winning directorial debut from Bulgarian filmmaker Javor Gardev, comes to UK DVD in February from Isis. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/news/11/12/10.html D1AF7E46-6472-4403-90B9-49FB4BF3E1B4-1309-000008779AA8452A-FFA Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:22:42 +0000 Network have announced the UK DVD release of Pablo Larrain's Post Mortem, with or without his acclaimed debut Tony Manero. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/news/11/12/09.html FCFFCD73-73BB-45C3-A72E-C2BFD1F1EF1E-4078-000015B81DE679E6-FFA Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:12:29 +0000 A teacher/pupil romance with a difference is how Dennis Todorovic's tender and comic coming-out movie is being described, and it arrives on UK DVD in the new year from Peccadillo. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/news/11/12/08.html 9984CACA-A7DC-4561-91CE-D0BCD4C90D64-1824-00000720198D3124-FFA Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:47:21 +0000 A hopefully fresh take on an overcrowded market blends slacker movie with romantic comedy and gives them both a zombie makeover, coming to UK DVD and BD from G2. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/news/11/12/07.html E634938B-123E-42E0-9376-A15C34CAD1AD-1824-000007135DF0EDF8-FFA Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:46:49 +0000 The latest entry in the ongoing Tomie horror series from Robegeisha's Noboru Iguchi is coming to UK DVD and Blu-ray from Bounty. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/news/11/12/06.html EE8E012E-EDB5-452C-8BA9-546BA66C2D02-3476-00001159E6234D89-FFA Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:52:07 +0000 A woefully late review of the Blu-ray from Masters of Cinema's October dual format release of Imamura Shôhei's captivating, if unflinching story of life in a 19th century mountain village. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/bluray/reviews/b/ballad_of_narayama.html 3F15C6BB-B61C-4527-A3DC-DEFEEAE055E7-4117-00001525433C8C9F-FFA Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:40:55 +0000 Jerry Whyte considers political movements and moments, past and present, with the aid of the odd book and several films screened at the London Film Festival, focusing on Bernadette: Notes on a Political Journey and The Black Power Mixtape. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/articles/articles/f/free_radicals_1.html CC294047-6DE7-4E36-AF07-391E93405F40-2431-00003C8609421346-FFA Sun, 11 Dec 2011 10:09:14 +0000 One of the finest revenge thrillers of the 1970s, John Flynn's long unavailable cult favourite is coming to UK Blu-ray/DVD in the new year from Studiocanal. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/news/11/12/05.html E0A184F9-34A6-471E-8357-58C08147C576-2474-00000E92AB00E47A-FFA Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:58:04 +0000 John Hurt has had a banner year at the cinema, but his most affecting performance of 2011 is yet to be seen by the general public. Elfar Adalsteins' award-winning short is a wonderful showcase for the actor. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/films/reviews/s/sailcloth.html B3BAC46A-C1C9-40EC-9101-46E171A10637-649-000001DF03CB75ED-FFA Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:01:13 +0000 One of the all-time great cult movies and almost impossible to generically pigeonhole, Alex Cox's debut feature gets a superb-impressive looking Masters of Cinema makeover. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/news/11/12/04.html C21232E9-480C-4C8A-B9F8-A68EA0D5B0BA-2863-00000D4410DBAA0E-FFA Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:58:50 +0000 Jack Hazan's celebrated 1974 film portrait of artist David Hockney is coming to UK dual format (DVD and Blu-ray) in January from the BFI. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/news/11/12/03.html 2B2C1DB5-CF67-4368-B547-BFCF95744E1C-1674-000007C370BA23B7-FFA Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:18:15 +0000 Shôhei Imamura's extraordinary 1963 study of working class female life is coupled with his 1958 Nishi-Ginza Station on MoC dual format. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/news/11/12/02.html 907A393B-B365-45AF-BBE5-7596935FEC3C-1204-00000641A35CA41C-FFA Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:47:42 +0000 Gerardo Naranjo's Oscar-nominated follow-up to his 2008 I'm Going to Explode, a tense socio-political thriller with a strong central performance, comes to UK DVD in February from Metrodome. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/news/11/12/01.html 06A8E8A2-8275-4CDE-9D97-32AF9B7E7E14-1204-00000629931A303F-FFA Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:47:21 +0000 L.K. Weston takes a detailed look at Second Run's recently released box set of three keys films by Hungarian filmmaker Miklós Jancsó, one that makes an excellent introduction to his work. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/dvd/reviews/m/miklos_jansco_collection.html 8586AD68-E701-44B2-9695-6FE28B673C65-1455-000004F43336FC14-FFA Mon, 05 Dec 2011 10:14:12 +0000 Kirt Gunn's inventive, uplifting and visually arresting story of a writer, her family and the characters she creates comes to UK DVD this month from Eureka. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/news/11/11/15.html D8D9A89D-8F1B-4F09-B1AD-3038B69E5AD5-445-000001C20F0C8D0D-FFA Sat, 03 Dec 2011 14:07:25 +0000 The third compilation of Grindhouse trailers from Nucleus Films once again proves an entertaining and eye-opening nostaligia trip through 70s exploitation cinema. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/dvd/reviews/g/grindhouse_trailer_classics_3.html 41E0851A-A719-4E5B-A0F0-058CCA567567-5715-00001D2ADA23F922-FFA Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:28:28 +0000 Jamaa Fanaka's genre-busting socio-political blaxploitation classic gets a welcome and impressive-looking UK DVD release from ArrowDrome. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/news/11/11/14.html 362B6046-5C6D-4791-A934-B5B6883D5547-677-0000039420DCC04B-FFA Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:27:25 +0000 The Masters of Cinema dual format announcements continue with the upcoming DVD/Blu-ray combo release of Jean-Pierre Melville's remarkable debut feature. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/news/11/11/13.html 6B660446-E34B-438D-9AF9-679D5F79EB9D-677-0000038E05E5E507-FFA Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:27:03 +0000 James Taylor, Dennis Wilson and Warren Oates star in Monte Hellman's 1971 cult road movie classic, coming to a special looking Blu-ray from Master of Cinema. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/news/11/11/12.html D7C3EC7D-FF37-4C68-8772-36BD5629C2FE-1612-000011C5F4B90F2A-FFA Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:19:00 +0000 Peter Watkins' searingly brilliant exploration of extreme governmental response to the politics of protest gets upgraded to dual format by MoC. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/news/11/11/11.html 916F2E0C-D037-4A3C-99FB-4CA82ABC5E82-1612-000011C2224643A7-FFA Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:18:33 +0000 Part 2 of Tom Six's proposed trilogy of increasingly disturbing horrors arrives on UK Blu-ray with BBFC cuts and a health warning. But is it any good? http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/bluray/reviews/h/human_centipede_full_sequence.html 644DDD38-BE87-4C7E-B869-F5B8EA889A12-1837-00001646BC65AB71-FFA Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:26:20 +0000 Writer/director Jeff Nichols makes a quantum leap with his follow-up to Shotgun Stories. His last collaboration with actor Michael Shannon was one of the top ten films of 2008. With Take Shelter they’ve reunited to make the single best film of 2011. Includes an interview with leading man Michael Shannon. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/films/reviews/t/take_shelter.html 4EC9348B-C7D1-45EB-8F98-CDB424BA6F4A-929-000017E0F05748FF-FFA Fri, 25 Nov 2011 07:36:24 +0000 An atmospheric, beautifully shot Freudian noir update of the Bluebeard tale from Fritz Lang's mid American period gets a fine looking UK DVD release from Exposure Cinema. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/dvd/reviews/s/secret_beyond_the_door.html A36FB85E-3AA6-4577-A2E5-8B627670E7B5-1862-00000EEA8C111D6F-FFA Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:28:06 +0000 A multi-award winning prison movie from Spain, one already targeted for a US remake, comes to UK DVD and Blu-ray in January from Studiocanal. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/news/11/11/10.html 851EB358-355D-4FB4-9928-E2CAED5A55D2-961-000008778980FE7D-FFA Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:27:07 +0000 Hell hath no fury like a scorned film fan duped by the hype machine. Lucky McKee’s ‘return to form’ is not only one of the most talked about films of the year, but also one of the most crushingly disappointing. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/bluray/reviews/w/woman_br.html 3ED78E9F-178A-40C4-B052-6E1C99FAAF39-1169-000005ED6B98342A-FFA Fri, 18 Nov 2011 20:51:12 +0000 One of the most controversial and brilliant examples of 70s British cinema is to get a long awaited UK DVD release, from of the BFI. Disc details to follow. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/news/11/11/09.html 63818CAB-16D9-4D23-90F2-A1A5AA52DCE1-1425-000007EC153F67D4-FFA Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:31:10 +0000 Novelist turned filmmaker Lee Chang-dong's moving and beautifully observed drama comes to UK DVD and Blu-ray later this month from Arrow. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/news/11/11/08.html DA1A462A-F034-4CD6-8BD6-CEE37400D243-2067-00000BFE29C3C821-FFA Mon, 14 Nov 2011 23:06:18 +0000 Series 2 of one of the finest crime series to grace UK television in years comes to DVD next month from Entertainment One / Arrow. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/news/11/11/07.html 4C17C34D-4626-4DB8-964F-FDB186B21D4D-2067-00000BF6C600A3B1-FFA Mon, 14 Nov 2011 23:05:55 +0000 One of the very greatest films from one of the creative giants of cinema, Orson Welles' marvellous noir crime movie gets a glorious 2-disc Blu-ray release tomorrow from Masters of Cinema. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/bluray/reviews/t/touch_of_evil_br.html 02085130-F1C0-4AC9-9AE5-820BCB556D4C-2554-000027E74F07F2F1-FFA Sun, 13 Nov 2011 12:49:40 +0000 Opera legend Maria Callas stars in Pasolini's rarely seen 1969 film adaptation of Euripides, which comes to UK DVD and Blu-ray in December from the BFI. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/news/11/11/06.html FF082F69-A06B-4509-8887-40055E58C634-713-0000038D9A83E03B-FFA Thu, 10 Nov 2011 22:41:11 +0000 Viewed at the LFF and released in selected cinemas this past Friday, Timothy E. RAW looks at the love story between a film and its critics and discovers a romance that’s not all it’s cracked up to be. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/films/reviews/w/weekend.html 9EAC187D-9EEE-463E-B9E8-45ABA2F8FAE1-811-000006242954673F-FFA Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:45:29 +0000 Jerry Whyte reflects of another London Film Festival highlight, a compelling trilogy of films about the recent revolution in Egypt. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/articles/festivals/2011/lff_55_jwh8.html 8022495A-D6C8-4AA2-875A-28E1F44F50E4-305-000000BE31EF04B9-FFA Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:38:34 +0000 The BFI's third collection of documentaries by Molly Dineen look at the House of Lords, Geri Halliwell and the harsher side of countryside living. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/news/11/11/05.html 14EC53A6-A7E4-4C8C-A156-A8D5FD4A3D2A-305-000000B2E47BAC85-FFA Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:37:47 +0000 The BFI expands its Adelphi Collection with two saucy early works starring Britain's own blonde bombshell, coming to a single UK DVD next month. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/news/11/11/04.html E15433EB-C3DB-45C9-A963-55719B6DA279-305-000000AB083BD00A-FFA Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:37:16 +0000 We talk to the Dardenne brothers, Junkhearts actress Romola Garai and the cast and crew of Martha Marcy May Marlene. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/articles/festivals/2011/red_carpet_roundup.html 1DF8EEA4-2292-4FF7-BD0E-60B73F19CEA3-2420-000018E70E977CD7-FFA Sun, 06 Nov 2011 15:31:32 +0000 L.K. Weston explores the tough world of Nirpal Bhogal's debut feature Sket, and finds a film that is sometimes hard to watch, but is also compelling, stylish and a launchpad for social debate. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/films/reviews/s/sket.html 532BDC66-9C64-49D8-BBD0-38C491959C7E-1396-0000051F12FBAD39-FFA Fri, 04 Nov 2011 20:07:40 +0000 Tom Six's already notorious, censor-baiting sequel comes to UK DVD and Blu-ray this month from Bounty. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/news/11/11/03.html 84ADBF5D-8B7C-439A-9BB3-32B3474A9CAF-1174-00000801C6FC5C61-FFA Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:53:51 +0000 Volker Schlöndorff’s Palme D'Or winning adaptation of Günter Grass's celebrated novel gets a DVD/Blu-ray release in January from Arrow. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/news/11/11/02.html 128C7FE3-D3BD-4683-90AF-B10C2C076FF5-228-00000087770E7DBC-FFA Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:43:56 +0000 Basket Case director Frank Henenlotter's cult comic exploitation horror from 1990 gets a feature-busy DVD/Blu-ray release in the new year from Arrow. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/news/11/11/01.html 937BCF1E-D531-4008-93CA-EA96B371E9D4-228-0000007F6E675A37-FFA Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:43:14 +0000 Bruce Dern takes desperate measures to protect the last remnants of Earth's vegitation in Douglas Trumbull's 1972 sf cult favourite, coming soon on a great looking Blu-ray from Masters of Cinema. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/bluray/reviews/s/silent_running.html 4F9344D9-85EF-46A2-911A-5C9527CB2518-923-0000043FEF9C1481-FFA Tue, 01 Nov 2011 22:00:34 +0000 An all too plausible and ultimately terrifying story of a world in the grip of a deadly pandemic from director Steven Soderberg. L.K. Weston dons a surgical mask and investigates. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/films/reviews/c/contagion.html D94C2CDF-7A84-4FF9-B9D3-83C08AC96961-1199-000006E086105C0B-FFA Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:24:16 +0000 Jerry Whyte celebrates the bold and compelling three-film project from Germany, another highlight from this year's London Film Festival. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/articles/festivals/2011/lff_55_jwh7.html 057A1B1A-47F2-49F8-A6DD-519E8EE0368E-1810-000009EAAA5CBE14-FFA Sun, 30 Oct 2011 22:44:06 +0000 Jerry Whyte looks back of two of the highlights of this year's London Film Festival from directors Pablo Giorgelli and Jonathan Cenzual Burley. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/articles/festivals/2011/lff_55_jwh6.html B620C974-0275-45E8-912A-0CE3688A2F96-1070-0000065E37C485C0-FFA Sat, 29 Oct 2011 17:52:25 +0100 French superstar Vincent Cassel stars as a Monk getting hot under the collar in the new gothic thriller from Dominik Moll (Lemming) Timothy E. RAW reviews and talks to the director. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/films/reviews/m/monk.html 0ECFB728-3E05-41F8-A6A9-3A2294162B64-1774-0000126412F241D1-FFA Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:39:15 +0100 Jerry Whyte reports from one of the London Film Festival's quiet pleasures, director Peter Gerdehag's documentary portrait of a Swiss farming family. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/articles/festivals/2011/lff_55_jwh5.html 67722B25-2EE5-4BD9-AAB2-EF49E8908274-218-00000075639F1FB0-FFA Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:15:17 +0100 Oshima Nagisa's superb 1983 exploration of cultural conflict in a Japanese POW camp gets a dual format upgrade from StudioCanal. We take a look at the Blu-ray. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/bluray/reviews/m/merry_christmas_mr_lawrence_br.html E99A3DE7-4E2A-4B3D-879C-2D7D6FDD3D29-1223-000007EBC96A612F-FFA Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:21:43 +0100 The 1972 film widely regarded as Hungarian director Miklós Jancsó's finest work gets typically loving DVD treatment from the good people at Second Run. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/dvd/reviews/r/red_psalm.html 838CAAA9-5EC3-4A47-8D9C-A96CF5249F41-705-00000320D7BC3778-FFA Tue, 25 Oct 2011 22:06:29 +0100 Krzysztof Kieslowski's extraordinary, multi-award winning trilogy makes its UK Blu-ray debut as a 3-disc box set in November from Artificial Eye. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/news/11/10/09.html 9E02A903-4BF2-42B0-9EA0-C4F85AD2B6AA-4999-00000FD716F762AB-FFA Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:13:46 +0100 Hoop Dreams director Steve James spent a year with three of Chicago's self-styled "violence interruptors" for this fascinating documentary, coming to UK DVD from Dogwoof. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/news/11/10/08.html 04807717-B4EE-494C-9D29-AD0D45932F18-4999-00000FCE7F429DC9-FFA Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:13:21 +0100 One of the best monster movies in years has already found itself the subject of an enthusiastic cult following, and arrives on UK DVD and Blu-ray from Metrodome. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/news/11/10/07.html FB4E1EF6-1D28-481B-9D8E-8C4E213E9FC1-994-0000072D975109DE-FFA Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:50:11 +0100 Todd Solondz, indie cinema’s resident misanthrope is back with a lethal dose of American hatred. Timothy E. RAW reviews. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/films/reviews/d/dark_horse.html D44FAA9E-7F3F-4316-B988-4E7342C0F957-8151-00000BAC81E3F9D5-FFA Sun, 23 Oct 2011 22:48:53 +0100 In a companion piece to his Voice Over review, Camus recalls his first encounter with Chris Monger's earlier avante garde feature, Repeater, and finds himself still unable to unravel what he saw. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/articles/articles/n/new_waves_old_friends.html F2906806-1100-4AAC-A91B-FE79359B60CE-4542-000021F03CE94B0D-FFA Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:41:39 +0100 Camus revisits the once controversial breakthrough feature of his film industry mentor Christopher Monger, which is released tomorrow as BFI Flipside dual format package. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/dvd/reviews/v/voice_over.html A6284370-CFD5-4F39-9557-5190000870BC-4542-000021E5E6835E7A-FFA Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:41:07 +0100 Jerry Whyte reports on two of last weekend's screenings at this year's London Film Festival, Twenty Cigarettes and The Machine That Kills People. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/articles/festivals/2011/lff_55_jwh4.html 55E0D4E6-FC66-4309-BFC1-98513D3812BF-1248-000007FFE4987760-FFA Sat, 22 Oct 2011 14:39:28 +0100 One of the most honest and explicit explorations of sexual obsession gets its first ever uncut UK release on a well featured and impressively restored Blu-ray release from StudioCanal. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/bluray/reviews/i/in_the_realm_of_the_senses.html C054D2C1-C199-4342-90CF-D770B8681185-659-00000494F52CC186-FFA Sat, 22 Oct 2011 13:13:12 +0100 After three period pieces, George Clooney goes four-for-four with his surprisingly cynical take on modern politics. It plays the 55th BFI London Film Festival and opens nation wide October 28th. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/films/reviews/i/ides_of_march.html AB2EB025-E864-403F-974D-DC15C1BF1E14-1466-000007E52B9AD7C2-FFA Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:53:42 +0100 Jerry Whyte files his third report from this year's London Film Festival and celebrates Swiss director Nick Brandestini's documentary Darwin. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/articles/festivals/2011/lff_55_jwh3.html BD0D8DCF-7735-49B6-BEAF-A622A63FA2F2-559-0000047494ABB627-FFA Wed, 19 Oct 2011 21:49:21 +0100 Catherine Deneuve and a rather large Gérard Depardieu co-star in François Ozon's playful tale of female empowerment, recently released on UK Blu-ray by StudioCanal. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/bluray/reviews/p/potiche.html 64A7011E-D6C5-4BD7-AA42-04F25461D40A-1122-000006C9502FBCF3-FFA Tue, 18 Oct 2011 22:17:53 +0100 A chance encounter at this year's London Film Festival prompts Jerry Whyte to reflect on celebrity and the need for a wider range of film journalism. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/articles/festivals/2011/lff_55_jwh2.html 0A7D2190-1B75-4AB5-8927-0054BE45CE31-3208-00000244BBB0535E-FFA Mon, 17 Oct 2011 21:19:20 +0100 Star wattage is spread thin across this laudable but lukewarm opener for the 55th BFI London Film Festival. Timothy E. RAW reviews. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/films/reviews/t/360.html E9C06125-3793-432C-BBD6-31BFC5E43648-1299-000010C6A8982569-FFA Sat, 15 Oct 2011 13:03:18 +0100 In the first of his reports from the 55th London Film Festival, Jerry Whyte looks at Alberto Morais' second feature, Las Olas/The Waves. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/articles/festivals/2011/lff_55_jwh1.html 22489043-BC8C-4F0D-818C-84E92F6C383B-332-000000ED5F39C0AF-FFA Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:45:04 +0100 Raindance dispatch #2: An auspicious debut, Jeremiah Jones’ paranoid thriller has a mind of its own. Timothy E. RAW reviews and interviews director Jones and leading lady Marianna Palka. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/films/reviews/r/restive.html 35BD74DA-FFA8-4FA6-8828-F03D8599AE3E-2102-00000290C5BD53F7-FFA Thu, 13 Oct 2011 21:43:33 +0100 The nasty truth about the legend of Santa Claus is uncovered in this dark engaging Finnish film, coming to UK DVD and Blu-ray next month from Icon. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/news/11/10/06.html E2E39600-3F5F-43D4-A9B6-0C4C11B8352B-1516-00000858E775DB4A-FFA Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:08:58 +0100 A documentary portrait of the 300 people who inhabit the small Bakhtia, written and presented by Werner Herzog, comes to UK DVD in November from Second Sight. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/news/11/10/05.html 7F725C90-C9D5-4930-B024-D672D3D78ED5-1516-00000850842F605B-FFA Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:08:32 +0100 Jerry Whyte reports from two BFI organised events focussing on the work of Ken Loach, and looks at the politics and films of one of Britain's most enduring and committed filmmakers. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/articles/articles/k/ken_loach_politics_and_cinema.html DF9BB2C8-A010-423D-ACDE-E93589F64129-602-000002A435D88905-FFA Tue, 11 Oct 2011 20:32:23 +0100 Raindance Dispatch #1: Raindance may have ended this past weekend but we'll be recapping all we caught up with at the festival. Includes an exclusive video interview with director Brian McGuire and actor Joey Capone. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/films/reviews/b/black_belle.html A0029756-0E70-4589-AA2A-39172D0A6269-360-000000B97F0FDA9F-FFA Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:22:42 +0100 One of the finest and most intelligent science fiction/horror crossovers ever made gets a handsome transfer and some excellent extras in a must-have dual-play release from Studio Canal. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/bluray/reviews/q/quatermass_and_the_pit.html 8E687508-0F73-4077-9D80-F30DB881B979-1101-000006F28449911B-FFA Mon, 10 Oct 2011 09:58:30 +0100 Paddy Considine’s feature debut, starring Peter Mullan, Olivia Colman and Eddie Marsan, is brutal, uncompromising and one of the year’s best. Timothy E. RAW reviews. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/films/reviews/t/tyrannosaur.html 04BFD7CE-48B1-4ED1-8FBF-435184095750-822-0000056A9165F7CE-FFA Sun, 09 Oct 2011 14:15:50 +0100 One of the most acclaimed but controversial horror films of the year, courtesy of director Lucky McKee, comes to UK DVD and Blu-ray this month from Revolver Entertainment. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/news/11/10/04.html EF93F6BD-3CF0-4B6F-BB12-403F9110865D-31296-00001651C73D8C72-FFA Fri, 07 Oct 2011 20:18:51 +0100 Cannibal Holocaust director Ruggero Deodato's notorious and once banned cult sleaze thriller from 1980 finally gets a UK DVD release later this month from Shameless. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/news/11/10/03.html A489B248-3D6D-461A-B5DB-15B9715E9614-31266-0000163E23C2284E-FFA Fri, 07 Oct 2011 20:18:20 +0100 Kobayashi Masaki's beautifully made 1962 questioning of traditional samurai codes of honour was recently released on a terrific looking DVD/Blu-ray combo set by Masters of Cinema. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/bluray/reviews/h/harakiri.html 61AD9D40-DA68-4DFD-A071-0820CD832385-2163-00000BAA5D17ABAC-FFA Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:06:10 +0100 Another stonking line-up for Eureka that includes cult favourites, acknowledged classics, and some Far Eastern cult movies in the making. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/news/11/10/02.html 9973341D-F87E-4BF1-A240-B53095AACD38-1193-000009A7282BB277-FFA Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:01:53 +0100 The latest in the BFI's excellent collection of short film from the Central Office of Information includes a hammer smashing a peach and an imposing Dave Prowse. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/news/11/10/01.html 18C3FDD0-E00B-4C37-A3E2-22D7B6DD30D7-1193-000009A2F17F8255-FFA Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:02:02 +0100 Jerry Whyte takes a very detailed look at the BFI's first volume of films by one of the greatest of all British documentary film-makers. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/bluray/reviews/c/complete_humphrey_jennings_v1a.html 1916B6DF-12CF-4346-AE5C-62F3966389FF-4259-0000463AC5BF9CFD-FFA Sun, 02 Oct 2011 16:58:23 +0100 Robert Ginty stars in and James Glickenhaus directs a cult revenge movie from 1980, come to a feature busy Blu-ray in November from Arrow. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/news/11/09/38.html 78172899-8CAB-454C-A6B1-0DD94325FFD6-2366-00000F105505222A-FFA Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:03:06 +0100 An under-appreciated early Wes Craven tale of murder and dark deeds in and around an American Hittite community comes to UK DVD in November from Arrow. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/news/11/09/37.html 6DB21139-9C4F-43B3-B225-AE9C467B4B7B-2366-00000EEB64E25B58-FFA Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:00:32 +0100 Arrow are to re-release Ryu Murakami's very adult drama exploring the darkest recesses of prostitution in Japan as part fo their new ArrowDrome label. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/news/11/09/36.html 84FB551F-2DF3-4DE0-8823-6B16F4C123D4-2366-00000ED23862471E-FFA Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:58:43 +0100 To bring them into line with the rest of the collection, the BFI are to re-issue their first nine Flipside titles as dual format releases in October. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/news/11/09/35.html D37DCAE2-0BBA-44B8-9AF8-A12A59D3C35A-2366-00000EBAFDAEF16F-FFA Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:57:12 +0100 19 films from the master of big breasted camp humour have been brought together in a 13 disc set with plenty of extra features for an October release from Arrow. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/news/11/09/34.html AC6789D0-0110-4549-A321-20D30863905B-2366-00000E9B6BCD0472-FFA Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:54:52 +0100 A fascinating documentary portrait of Steinway & Son's chief technician and Master Piano Tuner Stefan Knüpfer comes to UK DVD from Crabtree Films. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/news/11/09/33.html 6B542E54-2F2F-41F0-B81D-32D4806CDA68-748-000003C92276E674-FFA Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:24:05 +0100 A prize won on a social networking site traps a group of young people on a flight as part of a deadly game, and it's plummeting to UK DVD and Blu-ray from Cine-Britannia. http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/news/11/09/32.html 3AB664BA-5D84-4C2E-80F4-30ED4A4B5BCF-748-000003C283485757-FFA Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:23:38 +0100