With our JIŘÍ TRNKA set just around the corner, time to revisit the works of another legendary Czech animator - the great Karel Zeman, as Imaginator mag reviews JOURNEY TO THE BEGINNING OF TIME, INVENTION FOR DESTRUCTION and THE FABULOUS BARON MUNCHAUSEN https://t.co/fRmI8AQ2s7
Ahead of the release of our much anticipated JIŘÍ TRNKA: PUPPET MASTER Blu-ray set, here's a look at Michael Brooke's 2024 'Beginner's Guide' through the magical realms of Czechoslovak animation @BFI online
https://t.co/QOnAgoiKvF
"One of the best of the director’s Mexican films. A blacky comic gem ... an absolute must-have for fans and students of this distinctive filmmaker’s work."
Slarek is thrilled by Buñuel's THE CRIMINAL LIFE OF ARCHIBALDO DE LA CRUZ at CineOutsider
https://t.co/29skujVaM4
"Perverse dark comedy from Luis Buñuel retains its power to shock and amuse ... presented with such a skillful mix of pointed humour and knowing subtext"
Paul Gaita reviews Buñuel's THE CRIMINAL LIFE OF ARCHIBALDO DE LA CRUZ at The LA Beat
https://t.co/5f0yKm9u2O
SYNTHETIC SINCERITY, the new film by our friend and documentarian Marc Isaacs is in select UK cinemas from this Friday.
Marc discusses the film in the latest @SightSoundmag
https://t.co/BpSvBCEfAm
and they review it here:
https://t.co/e79trlshiU
"Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974 is a painfully personal and uncomfortable watch [...] but actually provides insight and opens up Kazuo Hara's intimate approach in this film and his other works"
DVD Compare on Hara's EXTREME PRIVATE EROS
https://t.co/MCDUmkrGBl
"Pitch black comedy from key cinematic surrealist Luis Buñuel... blends skewed, mocking drama with moments of woozy macabreness, uneasy surrealism, and almost giddy derangement" @musiquemachine1 go crazy for THE CRIMINAL LIFE OF ARCHIBALDO DE LA CRUZ https://t.co/DFKJRR658X
JIŘÍ TRNKA: PUPPET MASTER Blu-ray LE Slipcase Edition is now also available to pre-order at the usual outlets - @AmazonUK https://t.co/IoK2NlWYl3
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JIŘÍ TRNKA: PUPPET MASTER Blu-ray LE Slipcase Edition is now also available to pre-order at the usual outlets - @AmazonUK https://t.co/IoK2NlWYl3
@RarewavesCom https://t.co/yuH7UJJWzn
@hmvtweets https://t.co/Ucdgci0Ivs
@Zavvi@diabolikdvd https://t.co/9J20NurR1w
@orbitdvd
Zoltán Huszárik: The Outsider of Hungarian Cinema is a new video essay by @whats_ina_scene exploring Szindbád (1971) and Csontváry (1980), and the links to his short films and the period of Hungarian history in which he lived. Watch here:
https://t.co/tk28MManqF
"A characteristically sly, witty blend of comedy, crime story, psychological study, social satire, melodrama and absurdist parody"
Geoff Andrew on Buñuel's delicious CRIMINAL LIFE OF ARCHIBALDO DE LA CRUZ
https://t.co/UO5KA1TEOF
For your Sunday Afternoon, we have to Graham fronted pieces for your reading and listening pleasure. Up first, we head to Spain for the latest from @SecondRunDVD, we head deep into the filmography of Spanish legend, Luis Bunuel.
Read More Here: https://t.co/zaqSnkfFGN
"It’s stunning: both funny (because frustration is always comedy gold) and deeply disturbing... The sort of film that lives in your head for days" James Oliver gets to grip with Buñuel and THE CRIMINAL LIFE OF ARCHIBALDO DE LA CRUZ at his Substack blog
https://t.co/ISDWCcaL7X
"The film has seen several comparisons to Hitchcock’s work, due to its mixing of violence and desire [...] A wonderful package from Second Run. The film looks incredible" Buñuel's THE CRIMINAL LIFE OF ARCHIBALDO DE LA CRUZ at 'What's In a Scene' newsletter
https://t.co/0k0fGnBcru
"As brutally bleak a satire as anything in his back catalogue" Graham @TGS_TheGeekShow revels in the subversive delights of Buñuel's THE CRIMINAL LIFE OF ARCHIBALDO DE LA CRUZ - out on Monday! https://t.co/jrp334hOUV
NEW RELEASE: JIŘÍ TRNKA: PUPPET MASTER
OLD CZECH LEGENDS / THE CZECH YEAR - Limited Slipcase Edition 2-disc Blu-ray Set on 27 July.
Available exclusively to pre-order at our webstore NOW
https://t.co/zVf5qlF3SY