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September 2026
Uncut original camera negatives, restored grain, and physical extras – explore this month’s premium collector’s editions.
the zaragossa manuscript
the zaragossa manuscriptrelease: 14 september 2026
available on 4k uhd
At the height of the Napoleonic wars, a Polish soldier seeks refuge in a deserted house in the Spanish town of Saragossa, and discovers a mysterious manuscript written in a language he doesn’t speak. When enemy Spanish officers arrive to arrest him, one of the soldiers realises that the book appears to tell the story of his grandfather, Alfonse Van Worden (Zbigniew Cybulski, Ashes and Diamonds), and his surreal, mystical adventures in the region several decades before. He starts to translate the text for the Polish soldier, and so begins a time-shifting, genre-hopping, ouroboros-like epic narrative, one that blends the gothic, quixotic and erotic, and in the process interrogates the very nature of storytelling itself. Championed by Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola, The Saragossa Manuscript has grown in status since its initial release from a cult oddity to a film widely regarded as one of greatest ever produced in Poland, and a work that cemented Wojciech Has as one of European cinema’s most visionary and idiosyncratic directors.
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Video & Presentation: New 4K restoration from the original camera negative presented in Dolby Vision HDR, world premiere 4K UHD and Blu-ray presentation of the feature, uncompressed mono PCM audio, newly improved English subtitle translation
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Archival & Extras: New visual essay on the cinema of Wojciech Has and The Saragossa Manuscript by Polish film expert Michael Brooke, Saragossa archival making-of documentary made for Polish television featuring Wojciech Has, cinematographer Mieczysław Jahoda, production designer Jerzy Skarżyński, and assistant director Barbara Sass-Zdort (1998, 29 mins)
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Packaging & Collectibles: Limited edition of 5000 copies presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings, limited edition booklet featuring new writing by author David Hering and archival writing by Annette Insdorf, reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow
the piano teacher
the piano teacherrelease: 21 september 2026
available on blu-ray
A captivating blend of Schubert and sexual repression, Michael Haneke’s provocative psychodrama stars Isabelle Huppert as Erika Kohut – a withdrawn piano teacher living with her domineering mother. Her carefully controlled life starts to unravel when she meets a young man who starts romantically pursuing her. Adapted from Elfriede Jelinek’s novel of the same name, this iconic work of European arthouse cinema won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival when it premiered in 2001, as well as Best Actress and Best Actor awards for Huppert and Benoît Magimel.
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Video & Presentation: Optional English subtitles
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Archival & Extras: Audio commentary by film scholar Catherine Wheatley, scene commentaries featuring actor Isabelle Huppert, post-synchronisation session featurette, archival interview with writer/director Michael Haneke, archival interview with author Elfriede Jelinek, theatrical trailers
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Packaging & Collectibles: Limited edition packaging
plan 9 from outer space
release: 21 september 2026
available on blu-ray
Aliens threaten the world order as zombies stumble through graveyards in Ed Wood’s notorious sci-fi, honourably badged one of the worst films ever made. Now newly restored by the BFI National Archive, this infamous sci-fi film continues to fascinate, long after legions of terrible B movies have been forgotten, for its stark refusal to conform to cinematic language or convention. The unique brainchild of one of cinema’s true outsiders.
Composed of wildly disparate plot elements, absurd performances, pathetic special effects, a complete lack of continuity and endless posthumously recycled shots of its ‘star’ Bela Lugosi (filmed for another movie), Plan 9 From Outer Space is a one-of-a-kind experience that acts as a blissfully unaware self-satire of 50s sci-fi cinema and a tribute to Wood’s admirable devotion to filmmaking, despite his questionable talents.
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Restored by the BFI and presented in High Definition
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Bride of the Monster (1955, 70 mins): arguably Ed Wood’s most ambitious film sees a classic ‘mad scientist’ tale unfold in classic Wood style!
tequila sunrise
release: 15 september 2026
available on 4k uhd / blu-ray
In 1974 Robert Towne wrote Chinatown, the film that redefined film noir for a new generation with its peerless portrayal of corruption in pre-war Los Angeles. Fourteen years later, he returned to the genre as writer and director with Tequila Sunrise, bringing a distinctly 80s flair to this Casablanca-inspired neo-noir.
Dale McKussic (Mel Gibson) and Nick Frescia (Kurt Russell) are two close friends separated by a legal divide. While Dale is a former drug dealer trying to shake the shackles of his past, Nick is a detective investigating a Mexican kingpin smuggling cocaine. Their contrasting loyalties are brought to a head through a shared romantic interest in restaurateur JoAnn (Michelle Pfeiffer) – an attraction that unknowingly drives their friendship toward insurmountable strain.
See Kurt Russell, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Mel Gibson light up the screen at the peak of their powers, all set against the pristine warmth of the Californian sun and masterfully shot by Conrad Hall (American Beauty).
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Video & Presentation: Brand new 4K restoration from the original 35mm negative by Arrow Films, High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation, original and newly restored lossless stereo and 4.0 audio, optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
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Archival & Extras: Audio commentary by producer Thom Mount, California Dreaming (a brand new interview with producer Thom Mount), From Chinatown to Manhattan Beach (a brand new appreciation of Robert Towne by Lucy Bolton), Sunrise to Sunset (a brand new interview with 2nd AD Robert Roda), Sin City (a brand new interview with actor Lala Sloatman), image gallery, theatrical trailer
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Packaging & Collectibles: Collectors’ booklet featuring new writing on the film by Sean Hogan and Josh Nelson and excerpts from American Cinematographer, reversible sleeve
Amélie – 25th anniversary edition
release: 15 september 2026
available on blu-ray
Despite being caught in her whimsical imaginative world, quiet Paris waitress Amélie Poulain secretly decides to step into the lives of those around her to help them find happiness. Through clever, anonymous acts of kindness, her quest to spread joy transforms the lives of her eccentric neighbors and lonely customers. Along the way, her journey leads her to a fellow dreamer, forcing her to step out of her isolation and risk everything for true love.
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Video & Presentation: English SDH subtitles, audio description
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Archival & Extras: Audio commentary with director Jean-Pierre Jeunet, An Intimate Chat with Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Q&A with director and cast, Jean-Pierre Jeunet on the 25th anniversary of Amelie (2026), Home Movies – Inside the Making of Amelie, The Look of Amelie, Fantasies of Audrey Tautou blooper reel, storyboard comparisons, screen tests, teasers, TV spots, theatrical trailers
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Packaging & Collectibles: Rigid book box featuring the Bergamottes de Nancy design inspired by the prop from the film, O-ring featuring new artwork by Javi Aznarez, 100-page booklet featuring essays, storyboards, maps, and other archival materials, ‘The Hunt for Bredoteau’ board game inspired by the film (includes dice and pawns), double-sided poster featuring original and 25th anniversary re-release designs, 8 gnome polaroids, stickers, concertina postcard
bluebeard
release: 28 september 2026
available on 4k uhd / blu-ray
Kurt Von Sepper (Richard Burton) is an Austrian aristocrat noted for his blue-toned beard and his appetite for beautiful women. When his latest spouse, Anne, enters the one room that Von Sepper forbid her from, she discovers a vault filled with the frozen bodies of his previous wives…
Uncovering his horrific secret, Anne realizes her lavish new home is a gilded trap and her husband a lethal killer. To avoid becoming his next frozen trophy, she must outsmart the sinister aristocrat before he seals her fate in his morbid gallery.
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Archival & Extras: Audio commentary by film historians Howard S. Berger and Nathaniel Thompson, interview with Anna Bogutskaya, ‘Making a Difference’: Jean Porter-Dmytryk on Edward Dmytryk
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Packaging & Collectibles: Collector’s booklet
a better tomorrow trilogy
release: 28 september 2026
available on 4k uhd / blu-ray
In 1986, a chance encounter between producer Tsui Hark and director John Woo led both men to collaborate on the revolutionary A Better Tomorrow, an unexpected smash hit that spawned sequels, remakes and legions of imitators, gave birth to a new genre – the “heroic bloodshed” film – and firmly established Woo as a master of action cinema. Woo and Tsui’s magnificent crime trilogy is finally here in glorious new restorations and fully loaded with new and archival extras, reminding everyone that in the action movie game, Hong Kong cinema reigns supreme!
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Video & Presentation: 4K Ultra HD (2160p) Blu-ray presentations in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) for A Better Tomorrow, A Better Tomorrow II (theatrical cut), A Better Tomorrow III: Love & Death in Saigon (Hong Kong theatrical cut), and A Better Tomorrow III (extended Taiwanese preview cut), High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation of the recently unearthed A Better Tomorrow II extended Workprint Cut (viewable in raw unrestored form or with restored theatrical inserts via seamless branching
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Archival & Extras: Brand new audio commentaries by Frank Djeng & FJ DeSanto, James Mudge, and David West, brand new interviews with director John Woo, producer Terence Chang, writers Chan Hing-Ka, Gordon Chan, Jason Lam Kee-To, and Lau Tai-Muk, filmmaker Gareth Evans, author Grady Hendrix, Frank Djeng, and historian Aurélie Basha i Novosejt, archival interviews with John Woo, Tsui Hark, Kenneth Tsang, Waise Lee, and Ti Lung, archival UK featurette, John Woo introduction filmed at Beyond Fest (2025), Fantasia Festival 2022 Artist Talk and Q&A with John Woo
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Packaging & Collectibles: Reversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork for each film by Tony Stella, double-sided foldout poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella, collectors’ perfect-bound booklet featuring new writing on the films, archival writing by Julien Dupuy, and an excerpt from a John Woo interview conducted by Stéphane Moïssakis
sexy beast
sexy beastrelease: 28 september 2026
available on 4k uhd / blu-ray