[NEW] Forthcoming DVDs of Foreign/Art/Independent Films (1 Viewer)

[Brian PB]

June 16th Updates have been posted.

29 new entries
5 Revised release dates.

Grey Gardens 2-disc SE, which I listed last week as an August 22nd release (based on info at Movies Unlimited), has been changed back to TBA since that date now seems unlikely and hasn't been confirmed by Criterion.

Have a nice weekend.

Brian

 

[Gary Tooze]

Apologies if these are duplicated - but they have been added to the Beaver Calendar HERE

Perry Mason - Season 1, Vol. 1 (Raymond Burr, 1957)
Brazil (Terry Gilliam, 1985) Criterion Collection
Amarcord (Federico Fellini, 1973) Criterion Collection
The Films of Toshiaki Toyoda (Toshiaki Toyoda ) Arts Magic
The Libertine (Laurence Dunmore, 2006) Weinstein Company
The Boat Is Full (Markus Imhoof ,1981) Home Vision
Dr. Mabuse, The Gambler REISSUE (Fritz Lang, 1921) Kino Video
Manderlay (Lars von Trier, 2005) IFC Films
Pretty Poison (Noel Black, 1968) 20th Century Fox
Jigoku (Nobuo Nakagawa, 1960) Criterion Collection
The Return of Frank James (Fritz Lang , 1940) 20th Century Fox
Playtime (Jacques Tati, 1967) Criterion Collection
Spirit of the Beehive (Victor Erice, 1973) Criterion Collection
Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa, 1954) Criterion Collection
James Stewart - The Signature Collection (The Cheyenne Social Club / Firecreek / The FBI Story / The Naked Spur / The Spirit of St. Louis / The Stratton Story) Warner Home Video
Syriana (Widescreen Edition) (Stephen Gaghan, 2005) Warner Home Video
The Cheyenne Social Club/Fire Creek (Gene Kelly, 1970) Warner Home Video
The Naked Spur (Anthony Mann , 1953) Warner Home Video
The Spirit of St. Louis (Billy Wilder, 1957) Warner Home Video
The Stratton Story (Sam Wood , 1949) Warner Home Video

Regards,
Gary

P.S. Ooopps - I see most have been - I'm having a little trouble getting used to the new listing format - sorry.

 

[Gary Tooze]

September 18th, Second Sight (R2 UK) are coming out with The Max Ophuls Collection (4 DVD set) including The Reckless Moment, Le Plaisir, Madame De... and Letter From An Unknown Woman.

Best,

 

[Brian PB]

June 23 updates are now complete:

36 new listings
4 updated release dates

Some interesting additions to check out:

4 great films by Max Ophüls in the UK
Antonioni's The Red Desert in Australia
The Béla Tarr holy grail, Sátántangó from Facets (also expected from Artificial Eye in the UK later this year)
Plus, some Aldrich, Malle, Carol Reed, and many others.

Brian
filmfansea

Gary: No problem. I'm open to suggestions for change if I can make it more user-friendly. (that goes to anyone else with suggestions, too)

 

[Brian PB]

Lists have been updated as of July 1st.

30 new listings.

Not much of note this week in Region 1 but, over in the UK, three new Buñuel releases are in the works:

The Great Madcap / El Gran Calavera (1949) [? / R2 PAL UK] 23-Oct-2006
Ascent To Heaven (Mexican Bus Ride) / Subida al cielo (1952) [? / R2 PAL UK] 23-Oct-2006
Nazarin / Nazarín (1959) [? / R2 PAL UK] 25-Sep-2006

I'm not sure who the distributor will be, but I'll assume it's Arrow, since they're also releasing Viridiana and The Exterminating Angel.

In other R2 news, Universal will be releasing a monster 18-disc Marlene Dietrich Collection (£150 suggested retail) on August 14th. Titles to be announced, but expected to include: Angel, Blonde Venus, Desire, Destry Rides Again, The Devil Is A Woman, Dishonored, The Flame Of New Orleans, Follow The Boys, A Foreign Affair, Golden Earrings, Morocco, Pittsburgh, The Scarlet Empress, Seven Sinners, Shanghai Express, The Song Of Songs, The Spoilers, and Touch Of Evil.

Keep those cards and letters coming...

Brian
filmfansea
Seattle

 

[Brian PB]

Greetings. July 7th updates are posted.

26 new listings
3 revised release dates

Again, very little on the R1 front (except maybe a third Svankmajer shorts collection and the Aussie western, The Proposition).

There is some more good upcoming stuff Down Under: Branagh's Henry V remastered; some recent Rivette; and a new La Règle du jeu.

From the UK comes a new release of Kusturica's Underground and Rian Johnson's indie Brick, plus Tartan is re-releasing Wong Kar-Wai's As Tears Go By and Days of Being Wild with the original Cantonese soundtracks (if you recall, they released these back in June with Mandarin tracks only).

Brian
filmfansea
Seattle

 

[Brian PB]

Update 14 July:

Since this was another light week for new DVD announcements (at least the ones I care about), I will only update the main list this week.
Here are the 19 new releases added this week:

02-Aug-06TwentyNine Palms (Bruno Dumont/1999/MRA/R4 PAL Australia)

08-Aug-06Brick (Rian Johnson/2005/Universal/R1 NTSC USA)

12-Sep-06Jirí Barta: Labyrinth of Darkness (Jirí Barta/NA/Kimstim/Kino/R1 NTSC USA)

12-Sep-06SPL: Sha po lang / Saat po long (Wilson Yip/2005/Wellspring/R1 NTSC USA)

18-Sep-06The Long Good Friday: 25th Anniversary Edition (John Mackenzie/1980/Anchor Bay/R2 PAL UK)

19-Sep-06The Devil and Daniel Johnston (Jeff Feuerzeig/2005/Sony/R1 NTSC USA)

25-Sep-06Paris nous appartient (Paris Belongs to Us) (Jacques Rivette/1961/bfi/R2 PAL UK)

25-Sep-06Celine & Julie Go Boating / Céline et Julie vont en bateau (Jacques Rivette/1974/bfi/R2 PAL UK)

25-Sep-06Bullet in the Head / Die xue jie tou (one disc) (John Woo/1990/?/R2 PAL UK)

26-Sep-06Dracula: 75th Anniversary Edition (Tod Browning/1931/Universal/R1 NTSC USA)

26-Sep-06The Thursday Club (George Paul Csicsery/2005/Facets/R1 NTSC USA)

26-Sep-06The Interview / Die Bewerbung (Harun Farocki/1983/Facets/R1 NTSC USA)

26-Sep-06North Korea: A Day in the Life (Pieter Fleury/2004/Facets/R1 NTSC USA)

26-Sep-06The Wait / La Espera (Aldo Garay/2002/Facets/R1 NTSC USA)

26-Sep-06Three Times / Zui hao de shi guang (Hou Hsiao-hsien/2005/IFC Films/R1 NTSC USA)

26-Sep-06Russian Dolls / Les Poupées russes (Cédric Klapisch/2005/IFC/R1 NTSC USA)

26-Sep-06Frankenstein: 75th Anniversary Edition (James Whale/1931/Universal/R1 NTSC USA)

02-Oct-06Withnail & I: 20th Anniversary Edition (Bruce Robinson/1987/Anchor Bay/R2 PAL UK)

23-Oct-06Heading South / Vers le sud (Laurent Cantet/2005/Soda Pictures/R2 PAL UK)


A Happy Bastille Day to all.

Brian
filmfansea

 

[John Alderson]

Any more info on that Criterion Double Life of Veronique title? It's the last catalog film I'm truly salivating over.

 

[Brian PB]

Criterion has only hinted that it's coming this fall. Since the September releases are set, we're looking at either October or November for Véronique. Expect Criterion to announce their October lineup within the next couple of weeks

 

[Mark_TS]

Wow! a first-class job youve done, Brian.

If it hasnt been mentioned-A FISH CALLED WANDA was cancelled a week ago by SONY-read it on both DVD Active and DVD Times.

 

[Brian PB]

Thanks, I missed that announcement. Probably a (temporary) victim of MGM's shift from Sony to Fox as its distributor.

 

[Brian PB]

July 20th update is complete.

50 (count 'em) new listings:

19-Jul-06
Otelo / Othello(Welles, Orson/1952/Manga Films/R2 PAL Spain)
07-Aug-06
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire (Clarke, Alan/1985/Network/R2 PAL UK)
26-Aug-06
Dickens Before Sound (Various/NA/bfi/R2 PAL UK)
29-Aug-06
El Dorado (Saura, Carlos/1988/Warner/R2 PAL Spain)
¡Ay, Carmela! (Saura, Carlos/1990/Warner/R2 PAL Spain)
04-Sep-06
Les Valseuses (Going Places) (Blier, Bertrand/1974/Second Run/R2 PAL UK)
05-Sep-06
The Fortunate Pilgrim (Cooper, Stuart/1988/Studio Latino/R1 NTSC/USA)
Japan's Longest Day / Nihon no ichiban nagai hi (Okamoto Kihachi/1967/AnimEigo/R1 NTSC USA)
11-Sep-06
Monsieur N. (de Caunes, Antoine/2003/?/R2 PAL UK)
12-Sep-06
Little Jerusalem (La Petite Jérusalem) (Albou, Karin/2005/Kino/R1 NTSC USA)
Film Noir: The Dark Side of Hollywood: Sudden Fear/The Long Night/Hangmen Also Die/Railroaded/Behind Locked Doors (boxset/all previously released) (Various/NA/Kino/R1 NTSC/USA)
Laurel and Hardy Collection, Volume 2 (Various/NA/Fox/R1 NTSC USA)
I Am a Sex Addict (Zahedi, Caveh/2005/Genius Entertainment/R1 NTSC USA)
18-Sep-06
36 (Quai des Orfèvres) (Marchal, Olivier/2004/Tartan/R2 PAL UK)
Offside (Panahi, Jafar/2006/Artificial Eye/R2 PAL UK)
Harry Langdon Box Set: Long Pants/ The Strong Man/Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (Various/NA/Stonevision/R2 PAL UK)
21-Sep-06
¿Qué? / What? (Polanski, Roman/1972/Filmax/R2 PAL Spain)
Escurrir el Bulto / Tire-au-flanc [no English subs or intertitles] (Renoir, Jean/1928/Filmax/R2 PAL Spain)
Una Vida sin Alegría / Une vie sans joie (Catherine) [no English subs/intertitles] (Renoir, Jean & Albert Dieudonné/1924/Filmax/R2 PAL Spain)
25-Sep-06
Lost Embrace / Abrazo partido (Burman, Daniel/2004/Axiom/R2 PAL UK)
The Cave of the Yellow Dog / Die Höhle des gelben Hundes (Davaa, Byambasuren/2005/Tartan/R2 PAL UK)
Rize (LaChapelle, David/2005/Redbus/R2 PAL UK)
Princess Raccoon / Operetta tanuki goten (Suzuki Seijun/2005/Yume Pictures/R2 PAL UK)
Les Quatre cents coups (Truffaut, François/1959/Cinema Club/R2 PAL UK)
Tirez sur le pianiste (Shoot The Piano Player) (Truffaut, François/1960/Cinema Club/R2 PAL UK)
Jules et Jim (Truffaut, François/1962/Cinema Club/R2 PAL UK)
Anne and Muriel / Les Deux anglaises et le continent (Truffaut, François/1971/Cinema Club/R2 PAL UK)
The Woman Next Door / La Femme d'à côté (Truffaut, François/1981/Cinema Club/R2 PAL UK)
Finally, Sunday (Confidentially Yours) / Vivement dimanche! (Truffaut, François/1983/Cinema Club/R2 PAL UK)
26-Sep-06
Vabank II / Vabank II, czyli riposta (Machulski, Juliusz/1985/Facets/R1 NTSC USA)
Another Way / Egymásra nézve (Makk, Károly/1982/Bunyik/Facets/R1 NTSC USA)
The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting / L'Hypothèse du tableau volé (Ruiz, Raoul/1979/World Artists/R1 NTSC USA)
27-Sep-06
La Petite Jérusalem (Albou, Karin/2005/Fox/R4 PAL Australia)
03-Oct-06
Thank You for Smoking (Reitman, Jason/2006/Fox/R1 NTSC USA)
04-Oct-06
Videodrome (Cronenberg, David/1983/Universal/R4 PAL Australia)
The Apostle (Duvall, Robert/1997/Universal/R4 PAL Australia)
17-Oct-06
Sólo con tu pareja (Love in the Time of Hysteria) (Cuarón, Alfonso/1991/Criterion/R1 NTSC USA)
Clean, Shaven (Kerrigan, Lodge/1994/Criterion/R1 NTSC USA)
When the Sea Rises / Quand la mer monte... (Moreau, Yolande/2004/New Yorker/R1 NTSC USA)
23-Oct-06
Pistol Opera / Pisutoru opera (Suzuki Seijun/2001/Yume Pictures/R2 PAL UK)
24-Oct-06
Sweetie (Campion, Jane/1989/Criterion/R1 NTSC USA)
Hands Over the City / Le Mani sulla città (Rosi, Francesco/1963/Criterion/R1 NTSC USA)
08-Nov-06
La collection George Méliès [4 discs; English subs?] (Méliès, George/NA/Warner/R2 PAL France)

Thanks to those who've supplied me with info.

Brian

 

[Brian PB]

July 28th Update has been posted.

29 new listings
4 revised release dates

Also, based upon suggestions from several readers, I have reformatted List A so it more closely resembles the list as Donald Brown used to maintain it (e.g., Region 1 releases are no longer listed separately from other regions; releases are grouped by week of release rather than day of release). If there's a strong preference for the previous format, I can go back to it easily; otherwise, it will likely stay as is).

As always, comments and suggestions are welcomed (as is DVD release news I may have missed).

Thanks.

Brian
filmfansea
Seattle (soon to be Portland, OR)

 

[Brian PB]

Auguist 4th update has been posted:

32 new listings
2 revised release dates.

Brian

 

[Brian PB]

Sorry that there was no update last week--I'm in the process of moving from Seattle to Portland, OR, so I hope to update things by August 25th--sooner if possible.

Here are some dates to tide you over:

Revised Release Dates

22-Aug-06Watkins, Peter1965The War Game / CullodenProject X/New YorkerR1 NTSC US
11-Sep-06Munk, Andrzej 1963Passenger / PasazerkaSecond RunR2 PAL UK
03-Oct-06Godard, Jean-Luc1985Hail Mary / Je vous salue, MarieNew YorkerR1 NTSC US
09-Oct-06Ford, Aleksander1960Knights of the Teutonic Order / KrzyzacySecond RunR2 PAL UK
23-Oct-06Kusturica, Emir1995UndergroundArtificial EyeR2 PAL UK


Newly Announced Releases

19-Sep-06Guédiguian, Robert1997Marius and JeannetteNew YorkerR1 NTSC US
26-Sep-06Thomas, Milford2001ClaireStrandR1 NTSC US
09-Oct-06Haneke, MichaelNAMichael Haneke Collection: Hidden / Time Of The Wolf / The Piano Teacher / Code UnknownArtificial EyeR2 PAL UK
09-Oct-06Peckinpah, Sam1983The Osterman WeekendAnchor BayR2 PAL UK
09-Oct-06Rohmer, Eric1990A Tale of Springtime / Conte de printemps [exclusive to boxset]Artificial EyeR2 PAL UK
09-Oct-06Rohmer, Eric1992A Winter's Tale / Conte d'hiver [exclusive to boxset]Artificial EyeR2 PAL UK
09-Oct-06Rohmer, Eric1996A Summer's Tale / Conte d'été [exclusive to boxset]Artificial EyeR2 PAL UK
09-Oct-06Rohmer, Eric1998Autumn Tale / Conte d'automne [exclusive to boxset]Artificial EyeR2 PAL UK
09-Oct-06Rohmer, EricNAEric Rohmer: Tales of the Four SeasonsArtificial EyeR2 PAL UK
09-Oct-06VariousNAJapanese Masters Collection: Floating Weeds / End of Summer / Lady of Musashino / The Life Of OharuArtificial EyeR2 PAL UK
10-Oct-06Wenders, Wim2004Land of PlentyIFC FilmsR1 NTSC US
12-Oct-06Svankmajer, Jan1988Alice / Neco z AlenkyGryphonR4 PAL Australia
23-Oct-06Bondarchuk, Sergei1968War and Peace / Voyna i mirArtificial EyeR2 PAL UK
23-Oct-06Roeg, Nicolas1973Don't Look NowOptimumR2 PAL UK
24-Oct-06Watkins, Peter2000La Commune (Paris, 1871) [with The Universal Clock: The Resistance of Peter Watkins]Project X/New YorkerR1 NTSC US
24-Oct-06Winterbottom, Michael2006The Road to GuantanamoSonyR1 NTSC US
30-Oct-06Paul, R.W.NAR.W. Paul - The Complete Surviving Films 1895-1908bfiR2 PAL UK
30-Oct-06Quay, The BrothersNAQuay Brothers - The Short Films 1979-2003bfiR2 PAL UK
31-Oct-06Broughton, JamesNAThe [Complete] Films Of James Broughton (3 discs) [InfoFacetsR1 NTSC US
31-Oct-06Fekete, Ibolya1996Bolshe vita Bunyik/FacetsR1 NTSC US
07-Nov-06Reed, Carol1948The Fallen IdolCriterionR1 NTSC US
07-Nov-06Sautet, Claude1992Un coeur en hiver (A Heart in Winter)Koch LorberR1 NTSC US
13-Nov-06Hou Hsiao-hsien2005Three Times / Zui hao de shi guang Artificial EyeR2 PAL UK
13-Nov-06Tarr, Béla1994SátántangóArtificial EyeR2 PAL UK
21-Nov-06Kieslowski, Krzysztof1991The Double Life of Veronique / La Double vie de VéroniqueCriterionR1 NTSC US
21-Nov-06Pabst, G.W.1928Pandora's Box / Die Büchse der PandoraCriterionR1 NTSC US
21-Nov-06Sturges, Preston1940Christmas in July [exclusive to boxset]UniversalR1 NTSC US
21-Nov-06Sturges, Preston1940The Great McGinty [exclusive to boxset]UniversalR1 NTSC US
21-Nov-06Sturges, Preston1941Sullivan's Travels [boxset]UniversalR1 NTSC US
21-Nov-06Sturges, Preston1941The Lady Eve [boxset]UniversalR1 NTSC US
21-Nov-06Sturges, Preston1942The Palm Beach Story [boxset]UniversalR1 NTSC US
21-Nov-06Sturges, Preston1944Hail the Conquering Hero [exclusive to boxset]UniversalR1 NTSC US
21-Nov-06Sturges, Preston1944The Great Moment [exclusive to boxset]UniversalR1 NTSC US
21-Nov-06Sturges, PrestonNAPreston Sturges: The Filmmaker Collection [7 discs]UniversalR1 NTSC US


Brian
filmfansea
Seattle / soon-to-be Portland

 

[John Hodson]

Culled from the Criterion Forum, coming January in the MoC range:

SHOAH
(Claude Lanzmann, 1985)
France • 550 minutes • 1.33:1 OAR
MoC #38 — January 2007

Shoah is Claude Lanzmann’s landmark documentary meditation on the Holocaust. Assembled from footage shot by the filmmaker across the 1970s and ‘80s, Lanzmann’s film investigates the genocide at the level of experience: the geographical layout of the camps and the ghettos; the daily routines of imprisonment; the inexorable trauma of humiliation, punishment, extermination. Shoah builds gradually across its nine-and-a-half hours into a monumental portrait of shame and of grief, locating within the present a direct line to the horrors of the past. It is one of the most powerful films ever made.

Absent from the film is any photographic chronicle, any film footage, taken at the time the Holocaust occurred. There is only Lanzmann and his crew, shooting in private spaces and now-dormant zones of eradication to extract testimony from a series of survivors, witnesses, and oppressors alike. Through his relentless manner of questioning (aided on occasion by hidden camera), Lanzmann is able to coax out material of unparalleled emotional truth that at one moment constitutes precious oral history, and at another, withering indictment.

Shoah (the title is a common designation for the Holocaust, and a Hebrew word that can be translated as “Catastrophe” or “Annihilation”) arrived as the first of Lanzmann’s films which analyse the death camps’ effects on single lives and the world at large. Taken together or apart, they represent an aesthetic achievement in line with Alain Resnais’s Night and Fog and Jean-Luc Godard’s Histoire(s) du cinéma — an admixture of inquiry, rage, and mourning expressed with impeccable dignity and intelligence. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present, for the first time on DVD in the UK, Claude Lanzmann’s 550-minute masterpiece in a four-disc set.

SPECIAL FEATURES – TBA!

Plus...

Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror - Expect a 2 x DVD in 2007, according to MoC's recent catalogue.

Look out too for, among others, TABU: A STORY OF THE SOUTH SEAS (F. W. Murnau, 1931), & THE BLUE ANGEL (Josef von Sternberg, 1930)

BTW, that catalogue, in PDF form, is here

 

[Ali B]

Just a quick post to say that the UK is getting treated to some newly remastered Seijun Suzuki films in 2007 from a company called Yume Pictures. As well as freshly remasted editions of Tokyo Drifter and Branded to Kill, there will also be releases of Fighting Elergy, Flowers & the Angry Waves, and Fighting Delinquents. The same company has some more Yasuzo Masamura titles coming too.

They are also doing a wave of Bunuel's mexican work: Nazarin gets a fresh transfer (although whether it is better than the Mexican disc remains to be seen), Great Madcap gets a DVD release and Ascent to Heaven is the same source as the Mexican disc. Given the lack of Bunuel releases lately, September is starting to look great - these plus Exterminating Angel!

Other exciting UK stuff:

Julio Medem's Tierra gets a UK release, hopefully bettering the appalling US release and equalling the pretty good (but now sadly OOP) Spanish release. It comes as part of a Medem boxset from Tartan, although they haven't licensed any of the material from the 3 DVD Spanish Basque Ball set. Maybe they might even remaster Lovers of the Arctic Circle, but maybe I am hoping for too much!

Tartan are also doing a huge Bergman boxset, which is everything they have released of his up to now plus 2 other films (which may or may not be released seperately). It's pricey - £300 at least at RRP.

The release window is getting really short over here - art house movies are hitting DVDs in 3 months or so, some even quicker.

 

[Ali B]

Brian - the Eric Rohmer seasons discs have been available seperately for a while I think....

 

[Shane Gralaw]

Fantoma is finally releasing Vol. 1 of the Kenneth Anger films! They announced this 4 or 5 years ago, and I had pretty much given up hope that it would actually happen.

 

[Rob T]

Artie Lange's Beer League will be out on January 2nd!