Ice Cold in Alex [UK Release] Blu-ray Review

Posted June 7th, 2011 by Brandon A. DuHamel

This 1958 British World War II classic arrives with a solid 1080p restoration from Optimum releasing.

Kes [Criterion Collection] Blu-ray Review

Posted May 4th, 2011 by Brandon A. DuHamel

Ken Loach’s heartwarming, neorealist look at the hopelessness of a young working-class British boy and his bond with a kestrel hawk comes to Blu-ray in a sterling new restoration from Criterion Collection.

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Joanna [UK Release] Blu-ray Review

Posted April 24th, 2011 by Brandon A. DuHamel

What’s it all about…Joanna? It’s the swinging sixties in this little, non-sequential look at the Mod life from Michael Sarne.

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Lunch Hour [UK Release] Blu-ray Review

Posted April 24th, 2011 by Brandon A. DuHamel

Have a look at early feminist cinema in this late British New Wave film from director James Hill, newly restored by the BFI and released on their Flipside label.

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A Day in the Life: Four Portraits of Post-War Britain [UK] Blu-ray Review

Posted March 24th, 2011 by Brandon A. DuHamel

Have a look at Post-War Britain in these four poignant documentary shorts from director John Krish restored from the BFI archives — and the Blu-ray is Region-Free.

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Brighton Rock (1947) [UK Release] Blu-ray Review

Posted February 28th, 2011 by Brandon A. DuHamel

The original 1947 Brighton Rock with Richard Attenborough is a British Noir classic that everyone should see.

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Fish Tank [Criterion Collection] Blu-ray Review

Posted February 18th, 2011 by Brandon A. DuHamel

Quietly grim, sexy, and brutal, Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank is a shockingly realistic look at the world of an isolated working class teen girl and it finally arrives on Blu-ray in the US from Criterion Collection.

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