‘Look Back in Anger’ Talking Pictures channel premiere
❉ Another chance to see 1959 drama ‘Look Back In Anger’, starring Richard Burton as angry young man Jimmy Porter.
Film
Moviedrome Redux: ‘The Long Goodbye’ (1973)
❉ We revive the spirit of BBC2’s ‘Moviedrome’. This week: Robert Altman drags Raymond Chandler into the 1970s with ‘The Long Goodbye’.
Mysticism in Film: ‘The Holy Mountain’ (1973)
❉ Welcome to the ultimate midnight movie experience…
Abel Gance’s ‘Napoleon’ (1927)
❉ “Cinema like this must be FELT as well as witnessed.” We report back from the BFI’s exclusive media preview of the restoration of Abel Gance’s silent epic, out this month.
Found Footage 101: ‘Man Bites Dog’ (Belgium, 1993)
❉ Found Footage 101 continues with ‘Man Bites Dog’, a hard-hitting satire about the role of the media and violence.
New episode of ‘Cops and Monsters’ due for release
❉ November sees the release of episode 5 of the award-winning indie supernatural web-series.
A life less ordinary: ‘Carole Lombard – Twentieth-Century Star’
❉ A lucid biography of 1930s film star Carole Lombard details her extraordinary life and tragic death.
Osamu Tezuka’s ‘Metropolis’ comes to Blu-ray
❉ Eureka Entertainment is to present Osamu Tezuka’s ‘Metropolis’ for the first time on Blu-ray in the UK.
Moviedrome Redux: ‘Beetlejuice’ (1988)
❉ We revive the spirit of BBC2’s ‘Moviedrome’ – this week: ‘Beetlejuice’ Day-oh!
‘The Man From Planet X’ on DVD
❉ Aliens from outer space strike terror into the hearts of mankind in this 1951 space invasion flick on DVD at last.