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Criterion's first line of Blu-ray DVDs announced (October 08'): The Third Man, Bottle Rocket, Chungking Express, The Man Who Fell to Earth, The Last Emperor, El Norte, The 400 Blows, Gimme Shelter, The Complete Monterey Pop, Contempt, Walkabout, For All Mankind and The Wages of Fear.

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One of the undisputed masters of Japan cinema, Shimizu Hiroshi (1903-1966) made well over 100 films in his career, ranging from children's films to lighthearted comedies to stories from the fringe. His outstanding cinematic achievements match that of contemporary great and lifelong friend Ozu Yasujiro, though the latter has eclipsed him in recognition. Shimizu's works have been near impossible to find outside of the festival circuit, but Shochiku is now finally releasing Shimizu's films on DVD with English subtitles.
Shimizu Hiroshi Collection - Part 1 Yamaai No Fukei - Arigatau-san (Mr. Thank You) (1936, B&W, 78min), Anma to Onna (The Masseurs and a Woman) (1938, B&W, 66min), Kanzashi (Ornamental Hairpin) (1941, B&W, 70min), Minato no Nihon Musume (Japanese Girls at the Harbor) (1933, B&W, 72min) - Released April 25, 2008 - Available from YesAsia, CDJapan and Amazon Japan. NOTE: Reviews will be posted when I have time. CDJapan is cheaper than YesAsia (and fast in my experience) and English friendly - Amazon Japan (not very English friendly) is least expensive (not taking into account shipping or Duty).

Coming out on June 27, 2008 is Shimizu Hiroshi Collection - Part 2 Kodomo No Shiki (Four Seasons of Children) - Kaze no Naka no Kodomo (Children in the Wind) (1937, B&W, 86min), Nobuko (1940, B&W, 90min), Mikaheri no Tou (1941, B&W, 111min), Kodomo no Shiki (Four Seasons of Children) (1939, B&W, 146min). Available from YesAsia, and Amazon Japan.

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David Niven - Screen Icons Collection (Bonnie Prince Charlie, The Love Lottery, Happy Ever After, Eternally Yours And Happy Go Lovely) R2 UK - Optimum, Errol Flynn Westerns Collection (Montana / Rocky Mountain / San Antonio / Virginia City) - Warner Home Video, Irina Palm (Sam Garbarski, 2007) Strand Releasing, Complete InuYasha Series (Naoya Aoki, Yasunao Aoki, 2000) - Amazon Exclusive VIZ Video, Glitterbox: Derek Jarman x 4 (Caravaggio, Wittgenstein, The Angelic Conversation and Blue) - Zeitgeist, Jim Jarmusch Collection Vol.1 (Permanent Vacation, Stranger than Paradise and Down by Law) R2 UK Optimum, Death of a Salesman (Volker Schlöndorff, 1985) R2 UK Metrodome, The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By (Harold French, 1952) R2 UK Metrodome, Grace Is Gone (James C. Strouse, 2007) Weinstein, Icons of Adventure Collection (The Pirates of Blood River / The Devil-Ship Pirates / The Stranglers of Bombay / The Terror of the Tongs) - Sony Pictures, The Spiderwick Chronicles (Two-Disc Special Edition) (Mark Waters, 2008) Paramount, The Spiderwick Chronicles [Blu-ray] (Mark Waters, 2008) Paramount, Sleepwalking [Blu-ray] (Bill Maher, 2008) Anchor Bay, Persepolis [Blu-ray] (Vincent Paronnaud + Marjane Satrapi, 2007) Sony Pictures, Mandingo (Richard Fleischer, 1975) Paramount Studios, Alice Faye Collection Vol. 2 (The Great American Broadcast, Four Jills In A Jeep, Rose Of Washington Square, Hollywood Cavalcade and Hello, Frisco, Hello) - 20th Century Fox, City of Men (Paulo Morelli, 2007) Miramax, The Proposition [Blu-ray] (John Hillcoat, 2005) First Look Pictures, In Bruges (Martin McDonagh, 2008) Universal Studios, Classic British Thrillers (The Phantom Light / Red Ensign / The Upturned Glass) MPI, Invisible Target (Benny Chan, 2007) Dragon Dynasty

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Picnic At Hanging Rock 3-disc Deluxe Edition (Peter Weir, 1975) R2 UK Second Sight, The Long Day Closes (Terence Davies, 1992) R2 UK BFI, The Terence Davies Trilogy - Children (1976), Madonna and Child (1980) and Death and Transfiguration (1983) - R2 UK BFI, Cassandra's Dream (Woody Allen, 2007) Weinstein Company, Jet Li's Fearless - Director's Cut (Ronny Yu, 2006) - Universal, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (Bharat Nalluri, 2008) - Universal, The Other Boleyn Girl (Justin Chadwick, 2008) - Sony Pictures, The Other Boleyn Girl [Blu-ray] (Justin Chadwick, 2008) - Sony Pictures, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World [Blu-ray] (Peter Weir, 2003) - Fox, Bella (Alejandro Gomez Monteverde, 2006) Lions Gate, How the West Was Won : Special Edition (John Ford, Henry Hathaway and George Marshall, 1962) Warner Home Video, How the West Was Won: Special Edition [Blu-ray] (John Ford, Henry Hathaway and George Marshall, 1962) Warner Home Video, Warner Home Video Western Classics Collection (Escape from Fort Bravo / Many Rivers to Cross / Cimarron 1960 / The Law and Jake Wade / Saddle the Wind / The Stalking Moon) - Warner, Dark City [Blu-ray] (Alex Proyas, 1998) - Warner, Vantage Point (Pete Travis, 2008) - Sony Pictures, Vantage Point [Blu-ray] (Pete Travis, 2008) - Sony Pictures, In the Line of Fire [Blu-ray] (Wolfgang Petersen, 1993) - Sony

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Broken Trail [Blu-ray] (Walter Hill, 2006) - Sony Pictures, Star Trek The Original Series - The Complete Second Season - Paramount

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High and Low (Kurosawa, 1963) Criterion, Mon oncle Antoine (Claude Jutra, 1971) Criterion, Trafic (Jacques Tati, 1971) Criterion, Vampyr (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1932) Criterion, Pearl Diver (Sidney King, 2004) Monterey, The Land Of Promise (vintage documentary collection) - R2 UK BFI, Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight (Teruo Ishii, 1973) - Discotek Media, La Roue (Abel Gance, 1923) Flicker Alley, Teeth (Mitchell Lichtenstein, 2007) Weinstein, Come Drink with Me (King Hu, 1966) Weinstein, Heroes of the East (Chia-Liang Liu, 1979) Weinstein, Only the Valiant (Gordon Douglas, 1951) Lions Gate, The Man With A Movie Camera (Dziga Vertov, 1929) - R2 UK BFI Video, Bill Douglas Trilogy (My Childhood (1972), My Ain Folk (1973), and My Way Home (1978) - R2 UK BFI Video, Honeydripper (John Sayles, 2007) - Universal Studios, The Godfather Trilogy: Remastered Collection - R2 UK Paramount Home Entertainment, The World War Collection (Angels One Five/The Captive Heart/King and Country/The Sound Barrier) - LionsGate, Caramel (Nadine Labaki, 2007) LionsGate, Men in Black [Blu-ray] (Barry Sonnenfeld, 1997) Sony Pictures, The Perfect Storm [Blu-ray] (Wolfgang Petersen, 2000) Warner

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Week of May 5th, 2008

 

Bella (Alejandro Gomez Monteverde, 2006) Lions Gate

The Car (Elliot Silverstein, 1977) Universal

The Films of Morris Engel (Little Fugitive: Special Edition / Lovers and Lollipops / Weddings and Babies) - Kino

I'm Not There (Todd Haynes, 2007) - Weinstein Company

Macon County Line (Richard Compton, 1974) Warner Home Video

La Roue (Abel Gance, 1923) Flicker Alley

Teeth (Mitchell Lichtenstein, 2007) Weinstein

Twister (Two-Disc Special Edition) (Jan de Bont, 1996) Warner

Twister [Blu-ray] (Jan de Bont, 1996) Warner

 

 

Week of May 12th

 

A Matter of Taste (Bernard Rapp, 2000) Synkronized

Batad (Benji Garcia, 2006) Cinequest

The Big Trail (Raoul Walsh, 1930) 20th Century Fox

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid [Blu-ray] (George Roy Hill,1969) 20th Century Fox

Carve Her Name with Pride (Lewis Gilbert, 1958) United Artists

La Chinoise (Jean-Luc Godard, 1967) KOCH Lorber Films

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe [Blu-ray] (Andrew Adamson, 2005)

The Classic Sci-Fi Ultimate Collection Vol 1 & 2 - The Mole People (1956), Tarantula (1955), The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957), The Monolith Monsters (1957), Monsters on Campus (1958), Cult of the Cobra (1955), Dr. Cyclops (1940), The Land Unknown (1957), The Deadly Mantis (1957), The Leech Woman (1960) - Universal

Day of the Outlaw