The following titles are going to be UK only releases.
Today Arrow Video has announced their UK-only titles scheduled to be released in February. Hopefully there is a something of interest to everyone. It's a pretty exciting list. Tomorrow the UK/US February releases should be announced. So check back tomorrow sometime in the afternoon for that.
Five Dolls for An August Moon (Arrow Video) Dual Format
Another classic giallo by the master of the macabre, Mario Bava.
You can pre-order from Arrow or via the Amazon link below.
Release Date: February 1, 2016
Region: B/2
A weekend retreat on a private island should be a recipe for rest and relaxation – unless you’re appearing in a giallo by the master of the macabre, Mario Bava (Black Sunday, Blood and Black Lace)...
Wealthy industrialist George Stark (Teodora Corrà, Django the Bastard) has gathered a group of friends - played by a who's who of Italian genre cinema including William Berger (Faccia a faccia), Ira von Fürstenberg (The Fifth Cord), Edwige Fenech (Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key) and Howard Ross (The New York Ripper) - to his island retreat. He hopes to entice them into investing in a new project, but soon the sunbathing and cocktails parties give way to murder, as the corpses begin to pile up one by one.
Paying homage to Agatha Christie’s Ten Little Indians, Five Dolls for an August Moon turns the style up to ten. Surrounded by beautiful women, stunning locations and flamboyant fashions – and abetted by Piero Umiliani’s equally exotic score – Bava creates one of his most eye-catching movies, a visual tour de force.
SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations
- Optional English and Italian soundtracks presented in original uncompressed mono PCM audio
- Optional isolated Music and Effects track
- Optional English subtitles for the Italian audio and English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English audio
- Audio commentary by Mario Bava’s biographer Tim Lucas
- Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre - a documentary profile of the director, hosted by Mark Kermode and featuring interviews with Joe Dante, John Carpenter and Tim Burton
- Theatrical trailer
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys
- Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Glenn Kenny and a new essay by Adrian Smith on the Fancey family and their efforts to bring international exploitation titles, including Five Dolls for an August Moon, to a UK audience during the 60s, 70s and 80s
Reform School Girls (Arrow Video) DVD
A riotous Women-in-Prison romp starring Punk Goddess Wendy O. Williams.
You can pre-order from Arrow or via the Amazon link below.
Release Date: February 15, 2016
Region: 2
SO YOUNG... SO BAD... SO WHAT?
Punk Goddess Wendy O. Williams of The Plasmatics, stars (and lends vocals to the killer theme song) in Reform School Girls, a riotous Women-in-Prison romp from Tom DeSimone (Hell Night).
After a heist gone wrong, first time offer Jenny finds herself sentenced to Pridemore Juvenile Facility, an all-girls reform school presided over by Warden Sutter (Sybil Danning, Chained Heat), a megalomaniacal dictator with the shoulder pads of a 49er and sadistic Head Matron Edna (Pat Ast, Andy Warhol’s Heat). Terrorised by resident bad girl Charlie (Williams) Jenny looks to the guards for help, finding them more interested in shower time Jenny and timid runaway Lisa rally girls, guns – and buses – to battle the lust-crazed lesbians.
A knowing spoof of bad girls gone berserk, Reform Schools Girls mixed plenty of violence and nudity with songs from Williams and Etta James to ensure its cult status.
Koyaanisqatsi (Arrow Academy) Blu-ray
A dizzying, hypnotic example of cinema set to an extraordinary score by Philip Glass.
Pre-order here: http://bit.ly/1MBT0OF
Release Date: February 15, 2016
Region: B
KO – YAA – NIS – QATSI
ko●yaa●nis●qatsi (from the Hopi language)
n., 1. crazy life 2. life in turmoil 3. life out of balance 4. life disintegrating 5. a state of life that calls for another way of living
Told without dialogue, narration, cast or characters, Koyaanisqatsi is a dizzying, hypnotic example of cinema set to an extraordinary score by Philip Glass. It contrasts natural beauty with a population ever more dependent on modern technology
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Shot on a low budget in New York City and the American South West, the film found support from Francis Ford Coppola where it found a larger audience and has gone on to become a cult classic.
SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
- Restored digital transfer, approved by director Godfrey Reggio, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio
- Introduction by filmmaker and composer Gary Tarn (Black Sun, The Prophet)
- Essence of Life - Interviews with Reggio and composer Philip Glass
- Theatrical trailer
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork
Powaqqatsi (Arrow Academy) Blu-ray
Godfrey Reggio’s remarkable sequel to Koyaanisqatsi.
Pre-order here: http://bit.ly/1MBToNf
Release Date: February 15, 2016
Region: B
PO – WAQ – QA – TSI
po●waq●qa●tsi (from the Hopi language, powaq sorcerer + qatsi life)
n., an entity, a way of life, that consumes the life forces of other beings in order to further its own life
Told without dialogue, narration, cast or characters, Powaqqatsi is a dizzying, hypnotic example of cinema set to an extraordinary score by Philip Glass.
Godfrey Reggio’s remarkable sequel to Koyaanisqatsi, his previous collaboration with Glass, focuses on the Southern hemisphere and witnesses ancient cultures and traditions slowly eroding away as the modern world takes over.
SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
- Restored digital transfer, approved by director Godfrey Reggio, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio
- Anima Mundi - Reggio’s 1992 short film, a 28-minute montage of over seventy animal species, scored by Philip Glass
- Impact of Progress - Interviews with Reggio and Glass
- Theatrical trailer
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork
Audition (Arrow Video) Dual Format SteelBook + Blu-ray
Takashi Miike’s notorious classic remastered in 2K.
Pre-order the Dual Format Steelbook from Arrow or via the Amazon link below.
Pre-order the Blu-ray from Arrow or via the Amazon link below.
Release Date: February 29, 2016
Region: B/2 (SteelBook) B (Blu-ray)
One of the most notorious J-horror films ever made, Takashi Miike’s Audition exploded onto the festival circuit at the turn of the century to a chorus of awards and praise. The film would catapult Miike to the international scene and pave the way for such other genre delights as Ichii the Killer and The Happiness of the Katakuris.
Recent widower Shigharu Aoyama is advised by his son to find a new wife, agreeing Shigeharu seeks the advice of a colleague having been out of the dating scene for many years. Taking advantage of their position as a film company they stage an audition. Interviewing a series of women, Shigeharu becomes enchanted by Asami, a quiet, 24-year-old woman, who is immediately responsive to his charms. But soon things take a very dark and twisted turn as we find that Asami isn’t what she seems to be...
Pulling the audience into a story that will lead to one of the most harrowing climaxes in cinema history, Miike twists and turns us through delirious editing and shocking visuals for one of the most depraved nightmares of all time!
Steelbook (2 discs)
LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS:
- Limited Edition Steelbook
- Brand new 2K restoration of original vault elements presented in High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD
- Original 5.1 audio (DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray)
- Optional English subtitles
- Audio commentary with director Takashi Miike and screenwriter Daisuke Tengan
- Brand new commentary by Miike biographer Tom Mes examining the film and its source novel
- Introduction by Miike
- Ties that Bind – A brand new interview with Takashi Miike
- Interviews with stars Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Renji Ishibashi and Ren Osugi
- Trailers
- Gallery including behind-the-scenes images
- Booklet featuring new writing on the film
- More to be announced!
Blu-ray (1 disc)
SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:
- Brand new 2K restoration of original vault elements
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
- Original 5.1 audio (DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray)
- Optional English subtitles
- Audio commentary with director Takashi Miike and screenwriter Daisuke Tengan
- Brand new commentary by Miike biographer Tom Mes examining the film and its source novel
- Introduction by Miike
- Ties that Bind – A brand new interview with Takashi Miike
- Interviews with stars Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Renji Ishibashi and Ren Osugi
- Trailers
- Gallery including behind-the-scenes images
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sean Phillips
- More to be announced!