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Hey everyone, I just published a profile of Shout! Factory and how it is succeeding in the digital era. I wrote it for Indiewire as a way to remind the rest of the film world that, common assumptions aside, physical media is not dead and a number of companies are not only keeping it alive but...

"The Hitchcock 9" is the nine surviving silent films directed by Alfred Hitchcock and recently restored by the BFI, currently being shown around the U.S. in special programs. The project is a collaboration between BFI and Studiocanal and so far does not seem to have an American partner. The...

[The headline should read: State of the business of home video rentals: disc vs. digital I hit post before I realized it was incomplete.] I just wrote a piece on a study by the NPD Group on the state of home video rentals for Videodrone at MSN. The results surprised me a bit...

Two more Olive Releases from the Republic catalog announced for release in August: Nicholas Ray's Johnny Guitar and John Ford's Rio Grande. Press releases and cover art below. FROM THE DIRECTOR OF IN A LONELY PLACE & ON DANGEROUS GROUND REMASTERED IN HD FROM AN ARCHIVAL 35MM...

Olive announces two more films from the Republic library. "Body and Soul" and "Force of Evil" are coming to DVD and Blu-ray on July 31. Official press releases reproduced below, along with cover art. FROM THE DIRECTOR OF THE HUSTLER & ALL THE KING’S MEN REMASTERED IN HD FROM...

Olive announced today the upcoming releases of High Noon and the original 1956 The Invasion of the Body Snatchers on DVD and Blu-ray on July 17, 2012. The latter will be released in the 2:00:1 Superscope ratio. Press releases and art below: ONE OF THE GREATEST FILMS OF ALL TIME...

Sony continues continues to license its catalog for Blu-ray release. Mill Creek has signed an agreement to release 250 titles on DVD and Blu-ray. See press release below. MILL CREEK ENTERTAINMENT SIGNS HOME VIDEO DISTRIBUTION DEAL WITH SONY PICTURES HOME...