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I was going to chime in as well. Saw this in 35 earlier this year and the blue tint was not there, but it was definitely a little more muted than the Criterions. I still think the BFI basically looks pretty accurate.

Coin de Mire Cinema in France has announced their November slate:
https://coindemirecinema.com/nos-films/ ... couderc-54 (scroll down for clickable links)
Selections include La Veuve Couderc and Le Chat, two Simenon adaptations starring Simone Signoret; La Chartreuse de Parme (1948); Le Mouton a 5 pattes, starring Fernandel in five or six disguises.

Some other upcoming titles, announced earlier in the year in Les Années Lasers (French publication) and in booklets:
Les égout du paradis
- Le jardinier d'Argenteuil
- Le soleil des voyous
- Chiens perdus sans collier
- Les granges brulées
- Le rapace
- Dernier domicile connu
- Le grand chef
- Brelan d'as (episode film with Michel Simon as Inspector Maigret in one episode)
- Folies-bergère
- Charmants garçons
- Adorables créatures
- Souvenirs perdus
- Chère Louise
- La poudre d'escampette
- Tu ne tuera point
- Classe tous risque
- Ho
- Une robe noire pour un tueur
- Les feux de la Chandeleur
- Pétrus
- L'age ingrat
- La loi c'est la loi
- Dans l'eau qui fait des bulles
- Une souris chez les hommes
Le jardinier d'Argenteuil
Le soleil des voyous
Le ciel est à vous (Grémillon)
La table aux crevés (Verneuil)
Retour de manivelle (De la Patellière)
Les liaisons dangereuses (Vadim)
Le meurtrier (Autant-Lara)
Rue des cascades (Delbez)

Do Coin de Mire usually include English subtitles? Le ciel est à vous on Blu-Ray is a very attractive prospect

They usually don't. I don't think they ever have, though I might have missed the odd one.

My favourite recent purchase is this Abel Ferrara collection, that came out last year. It includes Ms .45, Fear City and China Girl, none of which I had seen before. It's always a gamble whether or not the subs can be removed on French releases, but here they are removable on the films themselves, though not on the special features, which includes the unrated version of Fear City. All three discs have input from Brad Stevens, and there is also a good Ferrara interview on Ms .45. Recommended!

Did Blaqout Films, France, cease operations?

This is what I found on the net: https://boutique.blaqout.com/password - internet boutique has folded, redirecting to the boutique of distributor ESC Films.

They just closed their online store, the label itself is still around. They put out a few DVD-only releases this month, including Undine and Cuties.

The Fanciful Norwegian wrote: Fri Jan 29, 2021 7:25 pm They just closed their online store, the label itself is still around. They put out a few DVD-only releases this month, including Undine and Cuties.

Thanks for the update, good to know!

Which reminds me, did they ever get around to their promised english-friendly reissue of the first Wakamatsu box set? Last time I checked (a few years ago I guess), the answer seemed to be no.

Review, in French, of Raining in the Mountain and All The King´s Men; one film per disc. Includes a 288-page book in French.
http://retro-hd.com/tests/blu-ray/3116- ... s-men.html

Mods: moved to Pathé thread.

Peplum classic Romulus and Remus (Sergio Corbucci, 1961) has been released on Blu-ray by Explosive Media in Germany including both the English and Italian soundtracks with optional EN subtitles apparently.

Spanish horror classic El Bosque del Lobo / The Ancines Woods (Pedro Olea, 1970) has gotten quite an impressive Blu-ray. According to the site the film and even some of the extras have English subtitles.

Bigas Lunas’ Bilbao (1978) and Poodle (1979) both Edición Limitadas to 500 copies apparently. English subtitles listed.

L.A. wrote: Tue Apr 19, 2022 10:19 pm Bigas Lunas’ Bilbao (1978) and Poodle (1979) both Edición Limitadas to 500 copies apparently. English subtitles listed.

I’m curious about these, but it doesn’t seem like they can be shipped outside of Espana.

Are they really good? I love Lunas’ The Tit and the Moon, Golden Balls, and Jamon, Jamon, but I’m unfamiliar with his other work.

Post deleted, moved to Carlotta thread.

Two Fantaterror titles Count Dracula's Great Love (1973) and Hunchback of the Morgue (1973) from El Setanta-Nou coming next month. English subtitles.

Qivitoq - The Mountain Hiker (Erik Balling, 1956), the first Danish film to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and shot on location in Greenland.

No Blu-ray available but a DVD only. Don’t know where else to ask but does it have English subtitles?

L.A. wrote: Fri Aug 05, 2022 1:10 pm Qivitoq - The Mountain Hiker (Erik Balling, 1956), the first Danish film to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and shot on location in Greenland.

No Blu-ray available but a DVD only. Don’t know where else to ask but does it have English subtitles?

I'm a native Dane, and I can confirm that the DVD indeed has English subtitles. It comes from a fine HD remaster, so it's really a shame that Nordisk only released it on DVD. They do this with many of their titles as the blu-ray market in Denmark is pretty much non-existing. Instead, one can stream their films in 1080p on their platforms, but then, of course, it's often compressed to death and grain looks like a smudge of death. Still better than DVD, though, I think. I can check out some of the streaming services as to whether English subs are provided, if you're interested?

jegharfangetmigenmyg wrote: Fri Aug 05, 2022 4:53 pmI'm a native Dane, and I can confirm that the DVD indeed has English subtitles. It comes from a fine HD remaster, so it's really a shame that Nordisk only released it on DVD.

Thank you for confirming, ordered the DVD from CDON which was cheap fortunately. Also took the Swedish bonkers sci-fi classic Rymdinvasion I Lappland (1959) with a very hairy monster from outer space.

jegharfangetmigenmyg wrote: Fri Aug 05, 2022 4:53 pmI can check out some of the streaming services as to whether English subs are provided, if you're interested?

Sure, that would great. Thanks.

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) six-disc edition coming in Germany from Capelight Pictures in November.

Seems like a new boutique label is about to pop up: Treasured Films in the UK.

Their first release is planned for March 2023 and is Antonio Margheriti's The Last Hunter(1980).

They're hitting all the right notes :
- a new restoration (from the original camera negative)
- high quality encoding/authoring (Fidelity in Motion)
- an audio commentary (in this case, by Nathaniel Thompson, Eugenio Ercolani and Troy Howarth)
- new exclusive interviews
- a feature length documentary
- a booklet (60 pages)
- exclusive artwork by Graham Humphries
- a rigid slipcase
- a reversible cover with the original Italian name and poster

There isn't much info out there yet. All I could find is:
- this episode of the Cult Cinema Cast podcast in which Graeme Lloyd, the label's founder (and, if I understand right, also the owner of https://www.filmtreasures.co.uk), discusses this first release and the following one (Jeff Lieberman's Satan's Little Helper, 2004)
- the release description on BR.com: https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=31789

French blu for Sleuth coming out in September. No word on what the source of the transfer is.

yoloswegmaster wrote: Fri Jun 02, 2023 11:25 pm French blu for Sleuth coming out in September. No word on what the source of the transfer is.

Woah, how?!

Nobody knows so far. I'd wait until it physically materialises.