BFI Flipside presents Peter Sellers’ lost classic Mr Topaze
❉ Blu-ray/DVD of Sellers’ directorial feature debut includes The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film, a variety of interviews and more!
BFI National Archive
Blood in the Soil: Exploring ‘Arcadia’
❉ Using a mixture of archive film and TV footage and with an original soundtrack by Adrian Utley and Will Gregory, ‘Arcadia’ explores our relationship with the British landscape.
‘It Happened Here’ (1964) – BFI Dual Format release on 23 July
❉ Kevin Brownlow and Andrew Mollo’s immensely powerful film depicts an alternative history in which England has been invaded and occupied by Nazi Germany.
‘Arcadia: A Film By Paul Wright’ (12A) reviewed
❉ An intriguing blend of folk horror and documentary, featuring an original score by Adrian Utley of Portishead and Goldfrapp’s Will Gregory.
‘Woodfall: A Revolution in British Cinema’
❉ Includes A Taste of Honey, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner and two cuts of Tom Jones.
‘Queerama: A Century of Gay Rights and Desires on Film’
❉ DVD release on 26 March 2018. Soundtrack by John Grant, Goldfrapp and Hercules & Love Affair.
BFI announces April DVD/Blu-ray releases
❉ Out on 24 April will be the first ever Blu-ray release of the celebrated, low-budget, British movie ‘Letter to Brezhnev’.
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.