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• The Night of the Hunted 4K UHD

• Asteroid City BD

• Borsalino BD

• The First Time BD

• Black Circle BD

• The Rape of the Vampire 4K UHD

• The Spanish Dancer BD

• Angel Face BD

• Crimes of the Future BD

• Drylongso BD

• Taxi Hunter BD

• Gorgo 4K UHD

• Unman, Wittering and Zigo BD

• The Skyhawk BD

• Three Into Two Won't Go BD

• Bo Widerberg’s New Swedish Cinema BD

• Ravishing Dany / The Girl Can't Stop BD

• Is Paris Burning? BD

• The Fear (O fovos) BD

• The Day and the Hour BD

• The English Surgeon BD

• Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart BD

• Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams 4K UHD

• Murder Me Monster BD

• Outrage BD

• Tom Mix: Sky High / The Big Diamond Robbery BD

• Earwig BD

• The Man From Hong Kong 4K UHD

• Andrzej Żulawski: Three Films BD

• Force of Evil BD

• Robot Monster BD

• A Moment of Romance BD

• One False Move BD 4K UHD

• Villages of the Damned: Three Horrors From Spain BD

• Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round BD

• Jet Pilot BD

• Thunderbolt BD

• The Song of Songs BD

• Soundies: The Ultimate Collection BD

• The Flesh Eaters BD

• Night Has a Thousand Eyes BD

• Magic Cop BD

• "The Tall T" (The Ranown Westerns: Five Films Directed by Budd Boetticher) 4K UHD

• Blood Money: Four Western Classics Vol. 2 BD

• Persian Lessons BD

• Golgo 13 BD

• The Hot Spot BD

• Thieves Like Us BD

• The Watermelon Woman BD

• Human Desire BD

• Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XV BD

• The Three Stooges - Stooge-O-Rama: The Men Behind The Mayhem And Even More Mayhem! BD

• Cold Eyes of Fear 4K UHD

• Clash By Night BD

• Border Incident BD

• The Great Gatsby BD

• Raymond Griffith: The Silk Hat Comedian BD

• "Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece" / "Tintin and the Blue Oranges" BD

• Star Pilot (2+5: Missione Hydra) BD

• Will Penny BD

• Fighting Back BD

• Val Lewton Double Feature BD

• Mad Heidi BD

• The Rules of the Game 4K UHD

• The Driver's Seat BD

• The Manchurian Candidate 4K UHD

ild Reeds BD

 

Comparisons

 

• The Force of Evil BD

• Jet Pilot BD

• The Song of Songs BD

• Night Has a Thousand Eyes BD

• The Hot Spot BD

• Thieves Like Us BD

• Human Desire BD

• Millennium Mambo BD

• The Servant BD

• After Hours BD 4K UHD

• The Shiver of the Vampires BD 4K UHD

• The Seventh Seal (Criterion added!) 4K UHD

• The Bullet Train BD

• They Might Be Giants BD

• Black Sunday BD

• Bluebeard's Eighth Wife BD

Days of Heaven [4K UHD Blu-ray] (Terrence Malick, 1978) Criterion

The Exorcist [4K UHD Blu-ray] (William Friedkin, 1973) Warner

The Last Picture Show [4K UHD Blu-ray] (Peter Bogdanovich, 1971) Criterion (ALT-BEAVER REVIEW)

The Train [4K UHD Blu-ray] (John Frankenheimer, Arthur Penn, 1964) Kino (BEAVER Blu-ray COMPARISON)

Mean Streets [4K UHD Blu-ray] (Martin Scorsese, 1973) Criterio

Breaking the Waves [4K UHD Blu-ray] (Lars von Trier, 1996) Curzon Film UK

Witness [4K UHD Blu-ray] (Peter Weir, 1985) Arrow US

It Came from Outer Space [4K UHD Blu-ray] (Jack Arnold, 1953) Universal Pictures (BEAVER Blu-ray COMPARISON)

It Came from Outer Space [4K UHD Blu-ray] - Universal Essentials (Jack Arnold, 1953) Universal Pictures

After Hours [4K UHD Blu-ray] (Martin Scorsese, 1985) Criterion UK (BEAVER REVIEW)

After Hours [Blu-ray] (Martin Scorsese, 1985) Criterion UK (BEAVER REVIEW)

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari [4K UHD Blu-ray] (Robert Wiene, 1920) Masters of Cinema UK (BEAVER REVIEW)

The Criminal Acts of Tod Slaughter: Eight Blood-and-Thunder Entertainments, 1935-1940 [Blu-ray] (US Limited Edition Blu-ray Box Set) - Maria Marten, or Murder in the Red Barn (Milton Rosmer, 1935), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (George King, 1936), The Crimes of Stephen Hawke (George King, 1936), It's Never Too Late to Mend (David MacDonald, 1937), The Ticket of Leave Man (George King, 1937), Sexton Blake and The Hooded Terror(George King, 1938), The Face at the Window (George King, 1939) and Crimes at the Dark House (George King, 1940) Indicator US

The Criminal Acts of Tod Slaughter: Eight Blood-and-Thunder Entertainments, 1935-1940 [Blu-ray] (UK Limited Edition Blu-ray Box Set) - Maria Marten, or Murder in the Red Barn (Milton Rosmer, 1935), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (George King, 1936), The Crimes of Stephen Hawke (George King, 1936), It's Never Too Late to Mend (David MacDonald, 1937), The Ticket of Leave Man (George King, 1937), Sexton Blake and The Hooded Terror(George King, 1938), The Face at the Window (George King, 1939) and Crimes at the Dark House (George King, 1940) Indicator UK

Jackie Chan: Emergence of a Superstar [Blu-ray] [Half a Loaf of Kung Fu/Spiritual Kung Fu/The Fearless Hyena/Fearless Hyena II/The Young Master/My Lucky Stars] - Criterion

Delicatessen [4K UHD Blu-ray] (Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 1991) Studiocanal UK

The Misfits [4K UHD Blu-ray] (John Huston, 1961) Altitude Film Distribution UK

The Way We Were [4K UHD Blu-ray] (Sydney Pollack, 1973) Sony

Bride of Frankenstein [4K UHD Blu-ray] (James Whale, 1935) Universal (BEAVER REVIEW)

Creature from the Black Lagoon [4K UHD Blu-ray] (Jack Arnold, 1954) Universal (BEAVER REVIEW)

The Mummy [4K UHD Blu-ray] (Karl Freund, 1932) Universal (BEAVER REVIEW)

The Pianist [4K UHD Blu-ray] (Roman Polanski, 2002) Studiocanal UK (BEAVER Blu-ray COMPARISON)

La cérémonie [Blu-ray] (Claude Chabrol, 1995) Criterion (ALT-BEAVER REVIEW)

Witness [Blu-ray] (Peter Weir, 1985) Arrow US (ALT-BEAVER REVIEW)

Bluebeard's Castle [Blu-ray] (Michael Powell, 1963) RB UK BFI

Tori and Lokita [Blu-ray] (Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, 2022) Janus Contemporaries

Godzilla [4K UHD Blu-ray] (Roland Emmerich, 1998) Sony

The Edge of the World [Blu-ray] (Michael Powell, 1937) Milestone

Ghost Stories For Christmas Volume 2 [Blu-ray] (The Treasure of Abbot Thomas, The Ash Tree, The Signalman, Stigma and The Ice House) RB BFI UK

The Last Picture Show [Blu-ray] (Peter Bogdanovich, 1971) Criterion

Days of Heaven [Blu-ray] (Terrence Malick, 1978) Criterion (BEAVER Blu-ray REVIEW)

Mean Streets [Blu-ray] (Martin Scorsese, 1973) Criterion (ALT-BEAVER REVIEW)

Asteroid City [Blu-ray] (Wes Anderson, 2023) Universal UK

Targets [Blu-ray] (Peter Bogdanovich, 1968) RB UK BFI (ALT-BEAVER REVIEW)

Lars von Trier | A Curzon Collection - 14 Blu-Rays [Blu-ray] (Element of Crime (restored), Epidemic (restored), Europa (restored), Breaking the Waves (restored), The Idiots (restored), Dogville (restored), The Five Obstructions, Manderlay, The Boss of it All (restored), Antichrist, Melancholia, Nymphomaniac: The Director’s Cut - Volumes I & II and The House that Jack Built) RB UK Curzon

The End of Civilization: Three Films by Piotr Szulkin [Blu-ray]- Radiance Films UK

Trading Places [4K UHD Blu-ray] (John Landis, 1983) Paramount

Palmetto [Blu-ray] (Volker Schlöndorff, 1998) Warner Archive

Le combat dans l'île [Blu-ray] (Alain Cavalier, 1962) Radiance US

Le combat dans l'île [Blu-ray] (Alain Cavalier, 1962) Radiance UK

Red Dragon [4K UHD Blu-ray] (Brett Ratner, 2002) Kino

The House by the Cemetery [4K UHD Blu-ray] (Lucio Fulci, 1981) Arrow UK (ALT-BEAVER REVIEW)

The Mist [4K UHD Blu-ray] (Frank Darabont, 2007) Lionsgate (BEAVER Blu-ray COMPARISON)

The Sting [4K UHD Blu-ray] (George Roy Hill, 1973) Universal (BEAVER Blu-ray COMPARISON)

Barbarella [Blu-ray] (Roger Vadim, 1968) Arrow Video US (ALT-BEAVER REVIEW)

Nil by Mouth [Blu-ray] (Gary Oldman, 1997) Sony

Our Man in Havana [Blu-ray] (Carol Reed, 1959) RB UK Mediumrare (ALT-BEAVER REVIEW)

Freaks / The Unknown / The Mystic: Tod Browning’s Sideshow Shockers [Blu-ray] Criterion UK

Short Sharp Shocks Vol.3 [Blu-ray] (Return to Glennascaul, Strange Stories, Strange Experiences: Grandpa, Strange Experiences: Old Silas, Maze, Skinflicker, Broken Bottle, Don’t Fool Around With Fireworks, The Terminal Game and Wings of Death) RB UK BFI

Interrogation [Blu-ray] (Ryszard Bugajski, 1989) Second Run UK

Black Sabbath AIP-version [4K UHD Blu-ray] (Mario Bava, 1963) Kino (BEAVER REVIEW)

It! The Terror from Beyond Space [Blu-ray] (Edward L. Cahn, 1958) Kino (ALT-BEAVER REVIEW)

The Walking Dead Complete Series [Blu-ray] - Lionsgate

Shark! [Blu-ray] (Samuel Fuller, 1969) RB UK Signal One Entertainment

Santo vs. Evil Brain [Blu-ray] (Joselito Rodríguez, 1961) Indicator US

Santo vs. Infernal Men [Blu-ray] (Joselito Rodríguez, Enrique Zambrano, 1961) Indicator US

The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires [Blu-ray] (Roy Ward Baker, Cheh Chang, 1974) RB UK Signal One Entertainment (ALT-BEAVER REVIEW)

Death Race 2000 [Blu-ray] (Paul Bartel, 1975) RB UK Signal One Entertainment (ALT-BEAVER REVIEW)

Lorna the Exorcist [Blu-ray] (Jesús Franco, 1974) Kino Cult #1

The Dark Power [Blu-ray] (Phil Smoot, 1985) Kino Cult #3

Alien Outlaw [Blu-ray] (Phil Smoot, 1985) Kino Cult #2

The Antichrist [Blu-ray] (Alberto De Martino, 1974) RB UK Studiocanal UK (Cult Classics)

Blazing Magnum [Blu-ray] (Alberto De Martino, 1976) RB UK Studiocanal UK (Cult Classics)

The Blue Jean Monster [Blu-ray] (Kai-Ming Lai, 1991) 88 Films UK

Blue Rita [Blu-ray] (Jesús Franco, 1977) Full Moon Features

The Exorcist [4K UHD Blu-ray] (William Friedkin, 1973) Warner UK

Pandora's Box [Blu-ray] (Georg Wilhelm Pabst, 1929) RB UK Masters of Cinema

Don't Look Now [4K UHD Blu-ray] (Nicolas Roeg, 1973) Criterion (ALT-BEAVER REVIEW)

Rosemary's Baby [4K UHD Blu-ray] (Roman Polanski, 1968) Paramount (BEAVER Blu-ray COMPARISON)

The Others [4K UHD Blu-ray] (Alejandro Amenábar, 2001) Criterion (BEAVER Blu-ray COMPARISON)

The Others [4K UHD Blu-ray] (Alejandro Amenábar, 2001) Studiocanal UK (BEAVER Blu-ray COMPARISON)

American Graffiti [4K UHD Blu-ray] (George Lucas, 1973) Universal (BEAVER Blu-ray REVIEW)

Videodrome [4K UHD Blu-ray] (David Cronenberg, 1983) Criterion (ALT-BEAVER REVIEW)

Early Short Films of the French New Wave [Blu-ray] (Alain Resnais, Jacques Rivette, François Reichenbach, Jean-Luc Godard, Agnès Varda, François Truffaut, Maurice Pialat, Jean Rouch etc.) Icarus Films

Nanny [Blu-ray] (Nikyatu Jusu, 2022) Criterion

Fascination [4K UHD Blu-ray] (Jean Rollin, 1979) Indicator UK

Fascination [Blu-ray] (Jean Rollin, 1979) Indicator UK

Fascination [4K UHD Blu-ray] (Jean Rollin, 1979) Indicator US

Fascination [Blu-ray] (Jean Rollin, 1979) Indicator US

Lips of Blood [4K UHD Blu-ray] (Jean Rollin, 1975) Indicator UK

Lips of Blood [Blu-ray] (Jean Rollin, 1975) Indicator UK (ALT-BEAVER REVIEW)

Lips of Blood [4K UHD Blu-ray] (Jean Rollin, 1975) Indicator US

Lips of Blood [Blu-ray] (Jean Rollin, 1975) Indicator US (ALT-BEAVER REVIEW)

EO [Blu-ray] (Jerzy Skolimowski, 2022) Criterion (Janus Contemporaries)

August 28th, 2023

 

 

 

 

Andrzej Żulawski : Three Films [Blu-ray] The Third Part of the Nigh, The Devil and On the Silver Globe RB UK Masters of Cinema (BEAVER REVIEW)

Battlestar Galactica [4K UHD Blu-ray] (Richard A. Colla / Alan J. Levi, 1978) Universal

Black Magic Rites [Blu-ray] (Renato Polselli, 1972) Indicator US
Black Magic Rites [4K UHD Blu-ray] (Renato Polselli, 1972) Indicator US

Crime and Punishment [Blu-ray] (Menahem Golan, 2002) Allied Vaughn

Crimewave [Blu-ray] (Sam Raimi, 1985) RB UK Indicator (BEAVER REVIEW)

Dazed and Confused [Blu-ray] (Richard Linklater, 1993) Criterion (BEAVER REVIEW)

Drylongso [Blu-ray] (Cauleen Smith, 1998) Criterion (BEAVER REVIEW)

Elizabeth [4K UHD Blu-ray] (Shekhar Kapur, 1998) Allied Vaughn

Father's Little Dividend [Blu-ray] (Vincente Minnelli, 1951) Warner Archive

Gay Purr-ee [Blu-ray] (Abe Levitow, 1962) Warner Archive

Gorgo [4K UHD Blu-ray] (Eugène Lourié', 1961) Vinegar Syndrome (BEAVER REVIEW)

Gray Lady Down [Blu-ray] (David Greene, 1978) RB UK Indicator (BEAVER REVIEW)

Jagged Edge [Blu-ray] (Richard Marquand, 1985) RB UK Indicator (BEAVER REVIEW)

The Life of Emile Zola [Blu-ray] (William Dieterle, 1937) Warner Archive

Little Women [Blu-ray] (George Cukor, 1933) Warner Archive

The Night of the Hunted [4K UHD Blu-ray] (Jean Rollin, 1980) Indicator US (BEAVER REVIEW)
The Night of the Hunted [Blu-ray] (Jean Rollin, 1980) Indicator US (BEAVER REVIEW)

Nobody's Fool [Blu-ray] (Evelyn Purcell, 1986) Allied Vaughn

Play Dirty [Blu-ray] (André De Toth, 1969) Allied Vaughn

The Postman Fights Back [Blu-ray] (Ronny Yu, 1982) 88 Films UK

The Rape of the Vampire [4K UHD Blu-ray] (Jean Rollin, 1968) Indicator US (BEAVER REVIEW)
The Rape of the Vampire [Blu-ray] (Jean Rollin, 1968) Indicator US (BEAVER REVIEW)

Scum [Blu-ray] (Alan Clarke, 1979) Region FREE UK Indicator (BEAVER REVIEW)

The Sensual World of Black Emanualle Collector's Set [Blu-ray] (15 Discs, 24 Feature Films, 2 Soundtrack Compilation CDs, 40+ Hours of Special Features, 356-Page Book) Severin Films

Sex, Power, and Money: Films by Beth B [Blu-ray] - Kino
The Spanish Dancer [Blu-ray] (Herbert Brenon, 1923) Kino (BEAVER REVIEW)

Spinout [Blu-ray] (Norman Taurog, 1966) Warner Archive

Taxi Hunter [Blu-ray] (Herman Yau, 1993) 88 Films US (BEAVER REVIEW)
Taxi Hunter [Blu-ray] (Herman Yau, 1993) 88 Films UK (BEAVER REVIEW)

They Made Me a Fugitive [Blu-ray] (Alberto Cavalcanti, 1947) RB UK Indicator (BEAVER REVIEW)

Three Days of the Condor [Blu-ray] (Sydney Pollack,1975) Kino (ALT-BEAVER REVIEW)
Time Bandits [4K UHD Blu-ray] (Terry Gilliam, 1981) Arrow UK

September 4th, 2023

 

 

Black Circle [Blu-ray] (Adrian Garcia Bogliano, 2018) Synapse Films (BEAVER REVIEW)
Borsalino [Blu-ray] (Jacques Deray, 1970) Arrow US (BEAVER REVIEW)

The First Time [Blu-ray] (James Neilson, 1969) Kino (BEAVER REVIEW)

God Is a Bullet [Blu-ray] (Nick Cassavetes, 2023) Decal Partners

Laurel & Hardy: Year One [Blu-ray] The Newly Restored 1927 Silents - Flicker Alley

Night of the Comet [4K UHD Blu-ray] (Thom Eberhardt, 1984) Shout! Factory

The Princess Bride [4K UHD Blu-ray] (Rob Reiner, 1987) Criterion

Walkabout [4K UHD Blu-ray] (Nicolas Roeg, 1971) Criterion (BEAVER Blu-ray COMPARISON)

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