BFI (British Film Institute)

[L.A.]

10 great films set in the winter

[beamish14]

New features announced for Romeo is Bleeding. I wish Medak himself had recorded a commentary

Newly recorded audio commentary by author and film critic Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
Medak on Medak: An Interview with Peter Medak (2021, 43 mins): a newly filmed interview with director Peter Medak on his career and his work on Romeo is Bleeding
Original theatrical trailer
Isolated score (featuring some effects)
Image gallery
**FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Fully illustrated booklet with new essays by Rebecca Feasey, Lou Thomas and Josephine Botting and full film credits

[MichaelB]

Is Medak typically such an outstanding commentator that a 43-minute interview feels like you're being short-changed? There's every chance that he was offered the option and that the interview was his choice!

[beamish14]

Is Medak typically such an outstanding commentator that a 43-minute interview feels like you're being short-changed? There's every chance that he was offered the option and that the interview was his choice!

Oh, I know. He IS a very engaging and informative commentator, though. Still, I also would've liked to have heard from the film's writer/producer, Hilary Henkin, but maybe she was unavailable or
dissatisfied with it. She was the first female writer to earn a cool million for a screenplay, and the film was hyped up a lot before its release.

[L.A.]

Mädchen in Uniform extras updated:

• Audio commentary by film historian Jenni Olson (2020)
• The Kiss – The Women Who Made a Movie Masterpiece (selected episodes, 2020, 108 mins): writer and journalist Bibi Berki takes us through the making of Mädchen in Uniform and explores the exceptional women who came together to make it in this podcast by Tempest Productions
• A selection of treasures from the BFI National Archive to charm and delight: Tilly and the Fire Engines (c1910, 2 mins), Hints and Hobbies No.11 - 'Hints to the Ladies on Jiu-Jitsu' (1926, 4 mins), Day at St. Christopher's College and School (1920, 18 mins), 4 and 20 Fit Girls (1940, 11 mins)
• Other extras TBC
• **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Illustrated booklet with new writing by So Mayer, Chrystel Oloukoï, Bibi Berki, Henry K Miller and Sarah Wood

”Other extras TBC” but this already looks great now.

[yoloswegmaster]

Zavvi leaked these upcoming titles from BFI: 'Jungle Fever', 'Salaam Bombay', 'Radio On', 'Piccadilly', and 'I Start Counting'.

[reaky]

I can imagine Radio On and I Start Counting being Flipside releases.

[swo17]

Going by the covers, only the latter is



This is directed by the guy that did Godspell, by the way

[What A Disgrace]

Piccadilly! At long last! Hopefully A Cottage on Dartmoor will follow.

[rockysds]

County Lines (2019) and Play for Today: Volume Two (Stocker's Copper / The Elephant's Graveyard / Gotcha / The Spongers / Victims of Apartheid / Just a Boy's Game) also up at Zavvi.

[L.A.]

Daredevils from Filmoteka Narodowa, Eureka’s Straight Shooting & Hell Bent and now Piccadilly...

[patreig]

It's been a full year since Richard Strauss music fell in public domain. Why is BFI sitting on "Dance of the Seven Veils"?

[MichaelB]

It's been a full year since Richard Strauss music fell in public domain. Why is BFI sitting on "Dance of the Seven Veils"?

It’s the BBC’s property, not theirs, so I imagine they’re not in control of any timetable.

[L.A.]

Where to begin with John Ford

[colinr0380]

Very excited to hear about Radio On and Piccadilly getting the Blu-ray upgrade.

[rockysds]

Pat Murphy's Maeve is also coming in May.

[Ribs]

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing coming in June

[ellipsis7]

And Peter Wollen''s FRIENDSHIP'S DEATH on dual format also in June...

[therewillbeblus]

And Peter Wollen''s FRIENDSHIP'S DEATH on dual format also in June...

Nice, we knew this was coming but I believe it's been delayed several times within the last year - the only circulating copy I was able to see recently is godawful so this is most welcome

[beamish14]

And Peter Wollen''s FRIENDSHIP'S DEATH on dual format also in June...

One of my holy grail titles. I hope the BFI can eventually get Conceiving Ada with Swinton as well.

[Calvin]

Pat Murphy's Maeve is also coming in May.

This is the upcoming title that I'm most looking forward to - it's a fascinating work that uniquely (or, at least, I'm unaware of any other examples) provides us with a feminist perspective on The Troubles. Extras appear to still be TBC but it feels like the kind of release on which the BFI will serve up some goodies from the archive but we have to wait and see.

Pat Murphy's follow-up, Anne Devlin, recently placed at number 3 on The Irish Times' list of Top 50 Irish films - behind Barry Lyndon and Huston's The Dead, so it was the highest placed work by an Irish filmmaker. It was also recently restored, so hopefully will see a release from somebody.

[rapta]

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing coming in June

Not coming in June but later in 2021; was apparently incorrectly listed at HMV somehow. Still, much like Targets it'll be very appreciated!