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50 years ago today, Messiah of Evil premiered in the US. We are restoring it from the best-surviving elements and bringing it to a new deluxe Blu-ray edition in 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇬🇧
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📣COMPETITION📣
Win this quartet of new releases out this Monday!
To be in with a chance of winning just l:
✅re-post
✅like
✅respond with your favourite cult film
Beware of scams and check any responses carefully.
A winner will be chosen at random on Monday!
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*HALLOWEEN COMPETITION*
Get in the spirit with this batch of classic horror. To be in with a chance to win just:
✅ follow us
✅ repost
✅ respond with a horror you’d like to see us release!
Winner chosen at random tomorrow!
Beware of scam accounts. Check replies carefully!
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World Noir Vol. 1 will be released by us later this year. This ongoing box set series will survey the noir influence around the globe with the first collection focusing on the 1950s. To stay up to date with the latest announcements and release info subscribe to our newsletter!
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*NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS*
We are thrilled to unveil a collection of ninja classics, a legendary sci-fi-horror hybrid and a modern masterpiece...
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So a certain website dropped our trailer a bit too early. If this gets 500 likes we'll just announce the new pre-orders tonight
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*NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS* Two Sirkian dramas, a new wave masterpiece and a polizio classic, coming this April!
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The End of Civilization: Three Films by Piotr Szulkin will be arriving on Blu-ray from us later this year. To stay up to date with the latest announcements and release info subscribe to our newsletter!
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*NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS*
We are delighted to announce four new titles for March 2024. A violent triptych of samurai spectacles, a polizio classic starring Alain Delon, a new wave masterpiece from Kiju Yoshida and Lou Ye's neo noir re-tooling of Vertigo
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Not often discussed, here's our top 10 failures!
@letterboxd
list of 10 films we just couldn't license this year
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*ANNOUNCEMENTS* We are delighted to present our June slate: A yakuza classic, masterpieces from rural Italy, the wild world of Jean-Pierre Mocky and more Dirty Arthouse🧵
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The Shape of Night (Noboru Nakamura, 1964) UK/US Blu-ray, coming soon
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📣COMPETITION📣
Win this swag bag of releases out this coming Monday! All you have to do:
✅follow us
✅re-post
✅comment your favourite film *title*
Beware of scam and copycat accounts!
Winner chosen at random tomorrow!
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COMPETITION!
Win all three of our releases due out on Monday, all you have to do is:
✅follow us
✅retweet
Winner chosen at random on Monday. Good luck!
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Amazing news today, secured a really exciting film for distribution. Seen by just a few people worldwide, it should make for a real discovery. Hopeful this one will get a nice bit of exposure later this year! Watch this space! 🔪💃
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With World Noir out tomorrow our 2023, and first year, is done. We look forward to bringing you more amazing films in 2024!
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When I started Radiance I made a list of all the titles and things I wanted to look into. Throughout that list were a few dream ideas. One of those was commissioned today for a pitch to the studio. If that pitch comes off this will be a monumental release. Wish me luck!
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Our shelves are getting bigger. Tune in for new announcements tomorrow!
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*COMPETITION* win this new release swag just 👇
✅ follow us
✅ retweet
Yakuza Graveyard is out today 🇬🇧 tomorrow 🇺🇸
She Dies Tomorrow and The Bride Wore Black are out today 🇬🇧
All three limited editions come loaded with extras and extensive booklets
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*ANNOUNCEMENTS* We are delighted to announce five new titles for July: two tough noirish tales of criminality, a Truffaut classic, Hal Ashby’s debut and horror from Raro Video. 🧵
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This morning I thought I might cry. This afternoon I feel I may dance. I've licensed one of my all-time favourite Italian films 🇮🇹💿
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Martin Scorsese made a list of great foreign films not so long ago. Described as a jump start to a film education, we are pleased to have released one - Il sorpasso - in our Commedia all'italiana box. We hope to release more from the list soon, which would you most like to see?
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Kinji Fukasaku's Sympathy for the Underdog, coming soon
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To celebrate our new releases out today we are doing a giveaway. All you have to do to win these three limited editions is:
✅ repost
✅ follow us
✅ respond with your favourite neglected masterpiece
Winner chosen at random tomorrow!
Be wary of scammers and copycat accounts!
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*NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS*
A trio of world noirs, a Japanese new wave inspiring satire, a Cinema Novo classic from
@Mawu_Films
and a late giallo from Raro Video, plus 4 Radiance re-releases.
Go team
@StephenCHorne
@FidelityUHD
@midnightmes
Fillipo, Cullen, Chris, Evrim,
@timetomorrow
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Thanks to the immeasurable support of our collaborators here at the
@TheAcademy
Film Archive,
@kat_diabolique
,
@proboothcast
, Bill Ackerman,
@AnnoDracula
, Stephen Thrower,
@StephenCHorne
, Sebastian del Castillo,
@timetomorrow
and many more to be announced!
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*NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS* 🧵
This May we have 3 releases, a Fukasaku yakuza classic, a French thriller and an eerie sci-fi, two bundle options, plus new std editions.
We couldn't do it without our amazing team inc
@midnightmes
@StephenCHorne
@evillights
@FidelityUHD
@timetomorrow
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Keep your eyes peeled for our email tomorrow which will not only feature our biggest slate - with our and hosted label releases included - but also the launch of our 2024 bundle packages which will tease some of our biggest releases for next year!
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COMPETITION!
Our brand new edition of Commedia all’italiana Three Films by Dino Risi is up for grabs.
To win a copy of these caustic comedies just:
✅ retweet
✅ follow us
✅ respond with your favourite Italian film
Winner chosen at random this Friday! Good luck!
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We have four box sets planned but today agreed the one that is likely to come out first, and it's a doozy!
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Thrilled to announce our first acquisition! It's
@kat_diabolique
who we've acquired to work with us producing releases, welcome aboard Kat!
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*NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS* This Halloween we have 3 titles including an Italian gothic, a Hong Kong horror comedy and an indie horror classic. Thanks as ever to amazing collaborators
@kat_diabolique
@suspirialex
@madefortvmayhem
@Characters_Pod
@Futurhythm
@StephenCHorne
@FidelityUHD
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Anticipated announcement sched:
Sep TBC: soft launch 10 titles with minimal details
Oct (and every first ish Wed of the month): Jan releases confirmed
Nov: Feb releases confirmed
Etc.
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*NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS*
Two Japanese genre classics and an Italian masterpiece are released this February
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L'amour fou, restored in 4K, coming to UK cinemas in 2024
Trailer:
Check out our new poster 👇
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Some news!
Breaking news: the newly-formed distribution company
@FilmsRadiance
, founded by 12-year
@ArrowFilmsVideo
veteran Francesco Simeoni, has just signed a North American distribution deal with
@mvdentgroup
! I'm eager to see what Radiance Films has in store for film fans.
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*NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS* This month we are delighted to welcome Giuliano Gemma in an award-winning crime epic and two Robert Altman classics as well as two new standard editions
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Send reassuring gifs, I just put a big offer in on a load of Italian titles that are totally uncommercial 😬
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Our announcements are tomorrow morning, tune in for five new treats from 🇯🇵🇫🇷🇺🇸🇫🇷🇬🇧
What are you hoping to see?
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*NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS* 🧵
We are pleased to unveil two Radiance releases and a title from Raro Video.
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Three new Radiance Blu-rays plus a book by
@midnightmes
+ new Raro. Head to the site to get all the details. Thanks as ever to our brilliant team for another great month
@FidelityUHD
@StephenCHorne
Filippo,
@timetomorrow
Chris, Federico, David and all the extras contributors
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Here's a little sneak peak of the case side of MESSIAH OF EVIL, the inside will present new artwork by
@timetomorrow
as a contrast to the cover with a different but matching image on the back of the case. More soon!
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Gothic Italian title we announced previously is revealed to be the start of our partnership with Raro. Presenting their catalogue in the UK with all new encodes, new and archival extras, reversible sleeves and booklets.
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If the launch slate goes the way I think it might, it could be a little heavy on the 1970s, but don't worry there are other decades in the catalogue!
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*NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS*
We are delighted to present two new releases, a Hong Kong heroic bloodshed classic and three comedies from the misunderstood commedia all’italiana. for full details
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To celebrate the release of Arrebato we and
@AltInnocence
have this prize pack to give away!
Just follow us and RT to be in with a chance of winning!
Winner chosen at random this Friday!
Arrebato details ➡️
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*NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS*
A tense Spanish thriller with black humour reminiscent of the Coen brothers. The Dead Mother [La madre muerta] is released in a new 4K restoration for its 30th anniversary. Loaded with extras including commentary, doc, Goya award-winning short CD OST +booklet
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Unless a contract unexpectedly comes in, it's looking like the launch slate years are:
1. 1968
2. 1968
3. 1970
4. 1971
5. 1975
6. 1976
7. 1976
8. 1990
9. 1995
10. 2020
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The most absurd thing about licensing films is that you can have a film in mind but it's not clear who owns it so you furiously Google and email various people who tell you it's with someone you already asked and they didn't realise. This has happened twice in the last week!
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Be seduced by the stunning pop aesthetic of Yasuharu Hasebe's delirious Black Tight Killers. On Bu-ray UK/US this month!Be seduced by the stunning pop aesthetic of Yasuharu Hasebe's delirious Black Tight Killers. On Bu-ray UK/US this month!
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Announced yesterday: Laura Citarella’s Trenque Lauquen, a mystery that has drawn comparisons to The Endless and Twin Peaks arrives on 2-disc Blu-ray this May.
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Send us good vibes 🤞
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Exciting deal
🕯 of titles never on 🕯
Blu or DVD to
🕯 go through 🕯
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Unexpectedly appear to have yet another done deal today, great way to end the week. Have a good one everyone! 💿💿💿
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World Noir Vol 1 coming soon, see the sleeve reverse artworks below!
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Based on very little evidence that they'll sell, have taken the plunge on some risky licenses. They're great films so pleased as punch. Bank manager not so much 😬
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ICYMI: We announced Jacques Rivette's 1969 masterpiece L'amour fou, the original elements were lost to a fire, now gloriously restored in 4K the film looks like it never has before. Check out our front and back artworks here. Coming on BD in April
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NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS! A thread...
We are delighted to announce our first label partner in
@FunCityEdition
UK, with two great new titles - Married to the Mob and Cutter's Way...
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Released today: Messiah of Evil is newly restored, features a new doc and visual essay by Kat Ellinger and Dima Ballin, featuring many brilliant voices inc
@suspirialex
@GuyAdamsAuthor
@maitlandm
commentary by
@AnnoDracula
& Stephen Thrower, booklet by
@Characters_Pod
+more
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Contacted a filmmaker who has never wanted to discuss their work. Screenings have happened but never a home ent deal. Such a gorgeous film, needs to be restored! Fingers crossed... 😬
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New contract in 🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵 hopefully all good masters (waiting on samples) and one new restoration to take place for this deal specifically.
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When looking at rare films for acquisition, the only viewing option is often a very old VHS transfer, sometimes even licensors don't have copies so we need to look far and wide to get one. This is not an uncommon occurrence:
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Released today, a coming-of-age classic: WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE featuring new interviews with amazing star
@HeatherMatarazz
director Todd Solondz, new commentary by
@ThisEndsAtProm
visual essay by
@thethirdhan
booklet by
@hamrahrama
@mollylambert
and much more! 🧵
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Trenque Lauquen is an epic of two feature-length films that topped Cahiers du Cinema's best of 2023 list and has earned rave reviews from critics the world over. Comparing it to Twin Peaks and The Endless in its enigmatic storytelling and playful approach to Genre
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Alain Delon stars as Tony Arzenta in No Way Out, reverse sleeve image for our release of this classic thriller, out this month
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A MOMENT OF ROMANCE stars Andy Lau as a triad who falls in love with his hostage after a heist goes wrong. From director Benny Chan and producer Johnnie To this HK classic comes from a new 4K restoration and features new and archival extras.
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Francois Truffaut understood the collector's mentality.
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Sleeve for our new edition of Mario Bava’s PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES! Coming soon….
Art by
@timetomorrow
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More release details for the launch slate
2 x 🇮🇹
1 x 🇯🇵
3 x 🇺🇸
2 x 🇫🇷
1 x 🇸🇪
1 x 🇩🇪
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We were fortunate to be given some time by this gentleman for an upcoming release.
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Visible Secret is a gorgeous horror comedy from master director Ann Hui that captures the post-handover moment. Featuring new extras with Hui herself and a visual essay by
@suspirialex
as well as an archival making of and booklet.
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I keep this pile of Blu-rays by my desk, I print off every sleeve, testing out how things look, cutting, drawing, marking until things are right. It’s all home made and crafty, tangible like the packages themselves.
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Alec Baldwin is an unhinged criminal in this singular crime comedy from George Armitage. First time to 🇬🇧 Blu-ray with extras/booklet from
@elijahdrenner
@daveyjenkins
@Glenn__Kenny
@Leila_Latif
@NickPinkerton
and more art by
@timetomorrow
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If anyone has read the review of Le combat dans l’ile and been troubled by their claim that an extra is missing, it’s not. The reviewer has neglected to click through to the correct menu.
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America! Shop our American indie, classic and underground cinema now. What American films would you like to see from us next?
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Done deal 🇫🇷 and some other things happening that are jaw on the floor stuff. It's going to be rolling around my head all weekend. Have a good one everyone!
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Next month we will look to have a kind of subscription package multi title offering (more soon) with basic info on 10 forthcoming releases. & the first 2 titles released in Jan (hopefully) avail for pre-order, with others just basic info listed until official announcements follow
Anticipated announcement sched:
Sep TBC: soft launch 10 titles with minimal details
Oct (and every first ish Wed of the month): Jan releases confirmed
Nov: Feb releases confirmed
Etc.
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January releases will be hitting our warehouse very soon!
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