Universal has announced a Barbara Stanwyck box set as part of their Blacklot Series. The six titles included are listed below, but the two that are most alluring are the two Stanwyck did with Douglas Sirk:
All I Desire and
There's Always Tomorrow. The set will be available on 27 April.
A couple of weeks ago, E1 Distribution
announced their plans for a 50th Anniversary DVD and Blu-ray edition for Fellini's
La dolce vita, set to be released sometime in 2010. In addition to that, they also acquired the rights to a quartet of Italian films: Vittorio De Sica's
Shoeshine [
Sciuscià] and Luchino Visconti's
La terra trema,
Bellissima and
Ossessione. Image released
Shoeshine,
La terra trema and
Ossessione previously.
And in distribution news, Strand acquired François Ozon's latest,
The Refuge [
Le refuge], which stars Isabelle Carré and Melvil Poupaud. Keep in mind that the date for
The White Ribbon is likely to change if it wins the Oscar. The DVDs below are in descending order of release.
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The Crucifier of Blood, 1991, d. Fraser Clarke Heston, Warner, 30 March, w. Charlton Heston
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Marina Abramovic: 7 Easy Pieces, 2007, d. Babette Mangolte, Microcinema, 30 March
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The Italian Straw Hat [
Un chapeau de paille d'Italie], 1928, d. René Clair, Flicker Alley, 6 April
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Lord, Save Us from Your Followers, 2008, d. Dan Merchant, Virgil Films, 20 April
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The Descent: Part 2, 2009, d. Jon Harris, Lionsgate, 27 April
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The End of Poverty?, 2008, d. Philippe Diaz, Cinema Libre, 27 April
- Euro-Fantastico Double Feature [
The Black Cobra (
Die schwarze Kobra) /
No Survivors Please (
Der Chef wünscht keine Zeugen)], 1963/1964, d. Rudolf Zehetgruber, Hans Albin, Peter Benies, VCI, 27 April
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Georgia O'Keeffe, 2009, d. Bob Balaban, Sony, 27 April
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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, 2009, d. Terry Gilliam, also on Blu-ray, Sony, 27 April
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Is Everybody Happy But Me?, 1981, d. Bob Emenegger, VCI, 27 April
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The White Ribbon [
Das weiße Band], 2009, d. Michael Haneke, Sony, 27 April
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California Dreamin' (Endless) [
California Dreamin' (Nesfârşit)], 2007, d. Cristian Nemescu, IFC Films, 4 May
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Eye for an Eye, 2008, d. Ahn Kwon-tae, Kwak Kyung-Taek, Cinema Epoch, 4 May
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Paper Covers Rock, 2008, d. Joe Maggio, IFC Films, 4 May
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Daria, The Complete Series, 1997-2001, Paramount, 11 May
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Jermal, 2008, d. Ravi L. Bharwani, Rayya Makarim, Orlow Seunke, IndiePix, 11 May
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American Bandits: Frank and Jesse James, 2010, d. Fred Olen Ray, E1 Distribution, 18 May, w. Peter Fonda
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Gamera: The Giant Monster, 1965, d. Noriaki Yuasa, Shout! Factory, 18 May
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The Girl on the Train [
La fille du RER], 2009, d. André Téchiné, Strand, 18 May
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Stigma, 1972, d. David E. Durston, Code Red, 18 May
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Bottomland, 1992, d. Ed Radtke, Facets, 25 May
- Dany Laferrière: Films from a Poet's Imagination [
On the Verge of a Fever (
La goût des jeunes filles) /
How to Conquer America in One Night (
Comment conquérir l'Amérique)], 2004, d. John L'Ecuyer, Dany Laferrière, Art Mattan/Facets, 25 May
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Kamikaze Hearts, 1986, d. Juliet Bashore, Facets, 25 May, w. Sharon Mitchell
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What's Underground About Marshmallows?, 1996, d. Jill Godmilow, Facets, 25 May
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Yesterday Girl [
Abschied von gestern - (Anita G.)], 1966, d. Alexander Kluge, Facets, 25 May
Barbara Stanwyck Collection, Universal, 27 April
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Internes Can't Take Money, 1937, d. Alfred Santell
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The Great Man's Lady, 1942, d. William A. Wellman
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The Bride Wore Boots, 1946, d. Irving Pichel
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The Lady Gambles, 1949, d. Michael Gordon
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All I Desire, 1953, d. Douglas Sirk
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There's Always Tomorrow, 1956, d. Douglas Sirk
Blu-ray
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Dune, 1984, d. David Lynch, Universal, 27 April
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The Jackal, 1997, d. Michael Caton-Jones, Universal, 27 April
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Out of Africa, 1985, d. Sydney Pollack, Universal, 27 April
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Traffic, 2000, d. Steven Soderbergh, Universal, 27 April
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Escape from L.A., 1996, d. John Carpenter, Paramount, 4 May
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K-19: The Widowmaker, 2002, d. Kathryn Bigelow, Paramount, 4 May
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The Getaway, 1972/1994, d. Sam Peckinpah, Roger Donaldson, Warner, 8 June
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Mutiny on the Bounty, 1935, d. Frank Lloyd, Warner, 16 November
Criterion announced their June titles yesterday, with a DVD and Blu-ray of Michelangelo Antonioni's first color feature Red Desert [Il deserto rosso], starring a brunette Monica Vitti, among the releases. Red Desert, easily one of my favorite films, will hit shelves on the 22nd. Luchino Visconti's lavish historical epic The Leopard [Il gattopardo], which stars Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale, Alain Delon and Pierre Clémenti among others, will hit Blu-ray on the same date. Jim Jarmusch's Mystery Train, one of the two "episodic" Jarmusch films I like, is bowing on DVD and Blu-ray on the 15th. Abbas Kiarostami's Close-Up is set for the 8th; the DVD only release includes Kiarostami's The Traveler from 1974. Strangely the release doesn't include Nanni Moretti's short doc Il giorno della prima di Close Up, which was featured on both the UK and French editions. It is however available on Cinema 16's European Shorts collection. The other two DVD releases are Jan Troell's Everlasting Moments [Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick] on the 15th and Carol Reed's 1940 thriller Night Train to Munich on the 22nd. Correction: (Thanks Blake) Everlasting Moments and Close-Up will also be Blu-ray releases (they weren't listed yesterday).
On the horizon from Criterion, I've been told two more Ozu films are coming. Also, they mentioned in the February newsletter that Andrea Arnold would soon be included in the Collection later this year, which must be in reference to Fish Tank through their partnership with IFC Films. It'd be great to see the two shorts Arnold made before her Oscar-winning Wasp (Dog and Milk) on their release.
