SKATEBOARD: THE MOVIE BY GEORGE GAGE AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER ON BLU-RAY

Saturday 2nd December 2023 - posted by Eric_Cotenas

Skateboard was the first feature film to depict the height of the 70s skateboard craze. Many refer to it as the Bad News Bears of the sport. It’s star studded cast includes Alan Garfield, 70s teen idol Leif Garrett, skateboarding legend Tony Alva, and iconic female freestyler and member of the Skateboarding Hall of Fame Ellen O’Neal.

Blu-ray Edition Features:
- 2023 restoration of the film
- Interview with director George Gage
- 2010 Audio Commentary by skateboard legend Tony Alva and director George Gage
- Theatrical Trailer
- 24-page booklet with "Tony Alva's 1978 Skateboard Glossary" written in 1978 and essays by director George Gage and Jenny Gage (director of "All This Panic")

PRE-ORDER HERE!

ARROW VIDEO US - DECEMBER 2023 RELEASE SCHEDULE

Thursday 30th November 2023 - posted by Eric_Cotenas

Celebrate the Festive Season with Six Classic Films From Legendary Directors

On December 12th, Arrow Video invites THE WARRIORS to come out and play in a new 4K UHD Blu-ray release and Limited Edition Blu-ray set. The action-thriller sets feature exclusive new 4K remasters of both the theatrical cut and the 2005 alternate version of the film sourced from the original camera negative, approved by director Walter Hill. After the assassination of respected gang leader Cyrus, the Warriors are framed for the murder and must traverse the boroughs of New York on foot to get back home to Coney Island. Hill’s thrilling and visually stunning adaptation of Sol Yurick’s novel (itself a retelling of the Greek story of Anabasis) features performances by Michael Beck, James Remar, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, and David Patrick Kelly.

The two-disc 4K UHD Blu-ray / Blu-ray Limited Edition set’s bonus content includes a 100-page collector’s book containing new writing by film critic Dennis Cozzalio plus select archival material; limited edition packaging with a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Laurie Greasley; a double-sided fold-out poster with original and newly commissioned artwork by Laurie Greasley; 6 postcard-sized artcards; and gang logo stickers.

On December 5th, Arrow Video delivers director John Schlesinger’s classic drama, THE DAY OF THE LOCUST, on Blu-ray for the first time, newly remastered in 2K from the original negative. This adaptation from screenwriter Waldo Salt, based on the 1939 novel of the same name by Nathanael West, offers a nightmarish depiction of Hollywood. An aspiring starlet (Karen Black, nominated for a Golden Globe for this performance) makes a slow descent into the darkest recesses of Hollywood’s broken dreams. The film features stunning performances from an all-star cast, including Donald Sutherland, Burgess Meredith, William Atherton, Geraldine Page, Jackie Earle Haley, Bo Hopkins, Richard Dysart, and Pepe Serna.

The special features include a brand new oral history audio commentary conducted by writer and film historian Lee Gambin, featuring assistant directors Leslie Asplund and Charles Ziarko, production associate Michael Childers, and actors Grainger Hines and Pepe Serna among others; Welcome to West Hollywood – a brand new appreciation of the film by critic Glenn Kenny; Days of the Golden Age – costume historian and film historian Elissa Rose discusses the film’s costumes in this brand new visual essay; Jeepers Creepers, Where’d You Get Those Peepers? – a brand new visual essay on the film and its themes by writer and film historian Lee Gambin; image galleries, including exclusive behind-the-scenes photographs from the archives of production associate Michael Childers and assistant camera operator Ron Vidor; a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Colin Murdoch; and an illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Pamela Hutchinson.

On December 12th, Arrow Video proudly presents the newest addition to their Italian Western box set series, SAVAGE GUNS: FOUR CLASSIC WESTERNS VOLUME 3 (Limited Edition). Featuring four late-era Italian Westerns where vengeance, politics, money, greed, and cynicism all collide with the disillusionment of the late 60’s and early 70’s to explosive effect. The box set includes director Paolo Bianchini’s brutal I Want Him Dead, a story of a soldier (Craig Hill) seeking vengeance for his murdered sister that could cause the Civil War peace talks to end in another full-out war; director Edoardo Mulargia’s El Puro, about a gunfighter’s (Robert Woods) dreams of love and a second chance at life that are destroyed by bounty hunters on his trail; Terence Hill stars in director Mario Camus’s Wrath of the Wind as a hitman with a conscience who’s hired to kill the heads of a newly formed and growing labor union by a ruthless land baron; and Italian icons Fabio Testi and Tomas Milian face off in director Lucio Fulci’s horror-tinged tale of survival in Four of the Apocalypse.

The 4-disc Limited Edition Blu-ray set includes 2K restorations of all four films from the original 35mm camera negatives, with El Puro newly restored for this release; Italian and English front and end titles on all four films; restored original lossless mono Italian and English soundtracks on all four films; brand new introductions to each film by journalist and critic Fabio Melelli; an illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the films by author and critic Howard Hughes; a fold-out double-sided poster featuring newly commissioned artwork by Gilles Vranckx; limited edition packaging with reversible sleeves featuring original artwork and a slipcover featuring newly commissioned artwork by Gilles Vranckx.

OPPENHEIMER - DIGITAL CODE GIVEAWAY COMPETITION WINNERS

Monday 27th November 2023 - posted by Eric_Cotenas

Congratulations to tkezcmer and blacklodge18! Your codes will be sent by email!

OPPENHEIMER - DIGITAL CODE GIVEAWAY (CLOSED)

Wednesday 22nd November 2023 - posted by Eric_Cotenas

Win a 4K digital code for Oppenheimer

Thanks to Universal we have 2 codes to give away. Valid US and Canada only.

Just email to our contest email address competition@dvdcompare.net with subject: "Oppie 4K" to go into a draw.

The contest closes on Sunday November 26th, and the winners will be selected on Monday the 27th.

The film is available on Digital Tuesday, Nov. 21 (as are the Blu-ray and UHD 4K releases).

NIGHT FLIGHT AND MVD REWIND COLLECTION UNVEIL THE HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED COLLECTOR'S EDITION BLU-RAY + CD/DVD WITH EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS + SOUNDTRACK ON VINYL

Monday 20th November 2023 - posted by Eric_Cotenas

"Home to Outcasts, Misfits, Losers, Perverts, Lunatics, Gangsters, Pranksters, Outlaws, Neurotics, Psychotics, Maniacs, Brainiacs, Hippies, Yippes, Yuppies, Junkies, Flunkies, Monkeys, All trying to claw their way to the top of trash heap, all screaming me, me, I want my fame my fortune, my lousy 15 minutes, my what the fuck whatever it is – You want it, We Got it! It’s Mondo New York." - Lydia Lunch, Mondo New York (Opening 1988)

Night Flight and MVD Rewind Collection are thrilled to announce the release of the Mondo New York Collector's Edition Blu-ray DVD, a must-have addition to any film enthusiast's collection. This special edition, produced from the original negative with remastered sound, is the first time the film has ever been released on DVD. It offers an immersive experience, taking fans deep into the iconic underground scene of 1980s New York City.

Mondo New York, created and produced by Stuart S. Shapiro and directed by Harvey Keith and Nelson Sullivan, is a captivating documentary that explores the eccentric and avant-garde culture of the city that never sleeps. From the eccentric nightlife to the quirky artists who defined an era, this film has become a cult classic, and now, fans can experience it like never before.

The Mondo New York Collector's Edition Blu-ray DVD includes a treasure trove of exclusive bonus features, including in-depth interviews with key figures who were instrumental in shaping the New York underground scene. These interviews shed new light on the film's creation and the vibrant personalities involved:
- Stuart Shapiro, Producer and Creator: Get behind-the-scenes insights from Stuart Shapiro, the mastermind behind Mondo New York. Discover the creative process, challenges, and inspirations that brought this groundbreaking documentary to life. - Joey Arias: Join the incomparable Joey Arias, a legendary performer known for their unique style and contributions to the NYC underground scene. Explore the evolution of Arias's career and their role in Mondo New York. - Joe Coleman: Delve into the mind of the enigmatic artist Joe Coleman, whose dark and captivating works are featured in the film. Learn about his artistic journey and how he became a central figure in the documentary. - Shannah Laumeister: Gain insight into the making of Mondo New York from Shannah Laumeister, an accomplished filmmaker in her own right. Discover her perspective on capturing the city's eccentricities and creative spirit.

The Mondo New York Collector's Edition Blu-ray DVD is a time capsule that promises an unforgettable journey through the performances of New York’s Underground Stars such as Joey Arias, Karen Finley, Ann Magnuson, John Sex, Joe Coleman, and Dean Johnson and many others. With pristine remastered visuals and exclusive interviews, this edition is a must-have for fans and collectors alike.

Also available is the Mondo New York: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack on vinyl featuring songs from John Sex, Manitoba's Wild Kingdom, Dean and the Weenies, Phoebe Legere, Luis Perico Ortiz and Johnny Pachecho and more.

Distributed by MVD Rewind Collection, Mondo New York will also be released in theaters by Night Flight Pictures and America Genre Film Archive.

Pre-order Collector's Edition Blu-ray + CD

KINO LORBER ANNOUNCES DECEMBER 2023 HOME VIDEO RELEASES

Friday 17th November 2023 - posted by Eric_Cotenas

TOKYO POP (Fran Rubel Kuzui, 1988)

Available on Blu-ray December 5

Now available digitally on all major VOD platforms

Available to stream with subscription to the Kino Film Collection on Amazon Prime Video Channels

Bleach-blonde wannabe rocker Wendy (Carrie Hamilton) is disillusioned with her life in New York City. After receiving a postcard from Japan saying “wish you were here,” she spontaneously hops on a plane to Tokyo with dreams of making it big as a singer. Quickly finding herself broke and a fish out of water, she moves into a youth hostel for gaijin (foreigners) and takes up work as a hostess at a karaoke bar. Just when she’s at her breaking point, she meets Hiro (Diamond Yukai), a rock ‘n’ roller whose band is looking for their big break. They form a romantic and musical connection and Hiro convinces Wendy to become their lead singer. Through a combination of hustle and luck, they stumble into their 15 minutes of fame, but Wendy soon comes to realize that being a gaijin rocker may be nothing more than a passing fad. An underseen gem of ‘80s American independent cinema by Fran Rubel Kuzui (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Tokyo Pop takes us on a breezy tour through bubble era Tokyo, replete with knowing nods to the city’s vibrant pop culture.

Bonus Features:
- Re-Release Trailer

RADICAL WOLFE (Richard Dewey, 2023)

Available on DVD December 12

Now available digitally on all major VOD platforms

From a beat reporter at the Washington Post to an overnight sensation as the leader of the New Journalism movement, Tom Wolfe was at the forefront of reshaping how American stories are told. Recognizing the importance of overlooked subcultures and communities, Wolfe documented everything from rural stock car drivers to hippies in Haight Ashbury to the Apollo Astronauts, and his ability to bridge cultural and class divides while tackling stories central to American Life was unique in fiction and non-fiction. With a distinctive and oft-imitated style all his own, Wolfe’s body of work includes some of the most memorable and culturally impactful stories of the 20th century like The Right Stuff, The Bonfire of the Vanities, and A Man in Full. Radical Wolfe is a deeply personal and illuminating look at the man inside the famous white suit, featuring conversations and interviews with those who knew him best, including Michael Lewis, Gay Talese, Lynn Nesbit, Terry McDonell, Tom Junod, Christopher Buckley, Niall Ferguson, and Alexandra Wolfe.

Bonus Features:
- Deleted Scenes
- Theatrical Trailer

STORY AVE (Aristotle Torres, 2023)

Available on Blu-ray and DVD December 12

Available digitally to buy and rent early on Kino Now November 10

Available digitally on all major VOD platforms November 28

South Bronx teen Kadir (Asante Blackk) is a gifted visual artist who loses his way following the death of his younger brother. Overcome with grief and struggling with the pressures of school and family, he escapes into the thrilling yet dangerous world of graffiti gangs, seeking an outlet for the creative force threatening to explode out of him. To prove himself and join his neighborhood’s ruling gang, Kadir tries to rob no-nonsense MTA conductor Luis (Luis Guzmán) on the Story Ave subway platform. He is caught off guard when Luis agrees to give Kadir the cash if he’ll sit down to a meal with him. Following their conversation and the delicate, transformative friendship that grows out of it, Kadir sees for the first time how his artistic talent could lead to a better life. Winner of the Best Cinematography prize at SXSW, this moving and authentic portrait of the South Bronx announces an exciting new cinematic voice in Aristotle Torres and offers a welcome showcase for beloved character actor Guzman and rising star Blackk (This Is Us), alongside a supporting cast of up-and-comers including Alex R. Hibbert (Moonlight), Cassandra Freeman (Bel-Air), Coral Peña (For All Mankind), and Melvin Gregg (The Blackening).

THE EXILES (Kent Mackenzie, 1961)

Available on Blu-ray and DVD December 5

Available digitally on all major VOD platforms January 9, 2024

THE EXILES chronicles a night in the life of young Native Americans who fled reservation life to roam the Bunker Hill district of Los Angeles. Outside filmmaker Kent Mackenzie crafted this narrative depiction of a real L.A. community by involving his cast in the writing and filming process, a bold choice that resulted in a gritty and poetic piece of cinema, but lost Mackenzie his chances of U.S. distribution. Now, THE EXILES: THE DELUXE EDITION returns with a wide range of bonus features and exclusive insight into the making of this unique classic.

Bonus Features:
- Short films by Kent Mackenzie:
-- "A Skill for Molina" (1964, Courtesy of NARA)
-- "Bunker Hill 1956" (1956, Courtesy of USC Moving Image Archive)
-- "Ivan and His Father" (1970, Courtesy of Gary Goldsmith)
-- "Story of a Rodeo Cowboy" (Courtesy of the Mackenzie Family)
- Audio Commentary by Sherman Alexie and Sean Axmaker
- Audio of The Exiles' Los Angeles Opening Night at UCLA (Courtesy of UCLA Film & Television Archive)
- "Bunker Hill: A Tale of Urban Renewal" (2009)
- Kent Mackenzie Short Films:
-- "Last Day of Angels Flight" (1969, Courtesy of the Academy Film Archive and the Kirste Family)
-- "The Leonard Lopate Show with Sherman Alexie and Charles Burnett" (Courtesy of WNYC)
- Re-Release Trailer
- Sherman Alexie and Sean Axmaker: Second Interview
- "White Fawn’s Devotion" (1910, Courtesy of the Library of Congress)

FAR FROM THE APPLE TREE (Grant McPhee, 2019)

Available on DVD and digitally on Kino Now December 5

Judith (Sorcha Groundsell - Netflixʼs The Innocents, BBCʼs Clique) is a struggling art student who lands a dream job of working for a renowned and somewhat sinister visual artist (Victoria Liddelle - Outlaw King, River City). Judithʼs work involves cataloguing the artistʼs video footage and in doing so she discovers film sequences of a young woman, the artistʼs dead daughter, who looks exactly like herself...

Bonus Features:
- Original Trailer
- Interview with Roberta
- "Bitter Sweet" (music video)
- "Maddy, Maddy the Painterʼs Daughter"
- Deleted Scenes
- "Aberration" (short film)
- "Appearance/Disappearance" (short film)
- Stills Gallery
- Salvation Trailers

GOODBYE, DRAGON INN (Tsai Ming-liang, 2003)

Available on Blu-ray and digitally on all major VOD platforms December 12

Like the Royal Theater in The Last Picture Show and the title movie house in Cinema Paradiso, the Fu-Ho is shutting down for good. The Fu-Ho’s valedictory screening is King Hu’s 1967 wuxia epic Dragon Inn, playing to a motley smattering of spectators. The standard grievances persist: patrons snack noisily and remove their shoes, treating this temple of cinema like their living room. The sense that moviegoing as a communal experience is slipping away takes on a powerful and painful resonance. Yet Tsai Ming-liang’s Goodbye, Dragon Inn is too multifaceted to collapse into a simple valentine to the age of pre-VOD cinephilia. A minimalist where King Hu was a maximalist, preferring long, static shots and sparse use of dialogue, Tsai rises to the narrative challenges he sets for himself and offers the slyest, most delicate of character arcs (the manager, a woman with an iron brace on her leg, embarks on a torturous odyssey to deliver food to the projectionist, played by Lee Kang-sheng). By the time the possibility arises that the theater is haunted, we’ve already identified it as a space outside of time—indeed, two stars of Hu’s original opus, Miao Tien and Shih Chun, watch their younger selves with tears in their eyes, past and present commingling harmoniously and poignantly. 4K Restoration by CINEMATEK, the Royal Film Archive of Belgium.

Bonus Features:
- Audio Commentary by film critic Phoebe Chen
- Introduction by film critic Nick Pinkerton
- "Light" (2019, a short film by Tsai Ming-liang)
- Re-Release Trailer

MADE IN HONG KONG (Fruit Chan, 1997)

Available on Blu-ray and digitally on Kino Now and Amazon December 19

The first independent film released in post-Handover Hong Kong, director Fruit Chan’s atmospheric shoestring-budget character study is a rough-and-ready piece of work shot on grainy leftover 35mm short ends in the city’s overcrowded subsidized housing projects. The result is a tough, pessimistic film, a portrait of a city on the brink that follows the drifting of high school dropout and wannabe Triad tough Autumn Moon (Sam Lee, in a star-making role, opposite a largely nonprofessional cast), who sees little hope for his future or that of his home as a newly created Special Administrative Region within China. A raw, groundbreaking drama and portrait of nihilistic youth in the same vein as Rebel Without a Cause (Nicholas Ray, 1955), My Own Private Idaho (Gus Van Sant, 1991), and The Doom Generation (Gregg Araki, 1995), the film poses questions that remain burningly relevant as tumult engulfs Hong Kong. The 4K restoration was carried out in the Hong Kong and Bologna headquarters of L’Immagine Ritrovata, made from the original camera negative with the supervision of director Fruit Chan and cinematographer O Sing-Pui.

Bonus Features:
- Audio Commentary by film critis Sean Gilman and Ryan Swen
- Interviews with director Fruit Chan, producer Doris Yang, and producer Daniel Yu
- Re-release Trailer

A TOWERING TASK: THE STORY OF THE PEACE CORPS (Alana DeJoseph, 2023)

Available on DVD and digitally on Kino Now December 5

In 1961, President John F. Kennedy gave Americans a new way to serve their country: the Peace Corps. In its 60-year history, 200,000+ volunteers have traveled to more than 140 countries to carry out the organization's mission of world peace and friendship – a towering task, indeed. Through interviews with Corps volunteers, Heads-of-State, scholars, journalists, and host country nationals, the film explores how this uniquely American government agency has attempted to answer Kennedy’s call: "My fellow citizens of the world, ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man."

Bonus Features:
- Audio Description

SUBJECT (Jennifer Tiexiera, Camilla Hall, 2023)

Available on DVD and digitally on Kino Now December 5

In the golden age of documentaries, who benefits? SUBJECT reveals the unintended consequences – good, bad, and complicated – of having your life shared on screen. Featuring the protagonists of acclaimed documentaries The Staircase, Hoop Dreams, The Wolfpack, Capturing the Friedmans, and The Square, as well as the filmmakers of An Inconvenient Truth, Cameraperson, MLK/FBI, and more.

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