Kinji Fukasaku’s Yakuza epic

Bunta Sugawara as Shozo Hirono, the violent spirit of Japanese post-war economic recovery in Kinji Fukasaku's Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Arrow releases yet another impressive limited edition box-set with their dual-format edition of Kinji Fukasaku’s Battles Without Honor and Humanity, a key work in the transition of Japanese cinema from the “classical” post-war period to a more transgressive critique of the nation’s history and culture.

Video Nasties Revisted

Video Nasties: Draconian Days, Jake West’s second documentary about Britain’s panic over the evils of home video is a fascinating examination of the political intentions of censorship and the resulting chaotic social impact of the state’s attempts to control personal taste.

Late Summer Viewing, part 2

I’ve mentioned the boutique label Twilight Time before; they continue to release an interestingly eclectic series of limited edition Blu-rays (3000 copies of each title), with their specialty being a focus on the films’ soundtracks (each title includes a separate music track), not so surprising since they’re available exclusively from Screen Archives Entertainment, a site […]

Blasts from the past

George A. Romero’s The Amusement Park (1975)

The Pathology of Power:
Elio Petri’s Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion

Serendipity at the mall: disk discoveries from England and Australia

Clearing the docket: Arrow Video

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