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September 2025

a feast for film buffs: this month’s collector’s editions present rare cinematic treasures, beautifully restored and lavishly packaged.

the man in black

release: 8th september 2025
available on 4k uhd 

 

A huge radio hit through the wartime years and beyond, The Man in Black mesmerised millions of listeners with his macabre tales, making Valentine Dyall a household name for his star turn as the sepulchral storyteller. An early showing for the macabre side of Hammer’s output and a key entry in their run of successful radio adaptations for cinema, The Man in Black has been painstakingly restored by Hammer in 4K from the original film negatives. Willed the bulk of his wealthy estate when her father dies while attempting an unusual psychic experiment, Joan Clavering’s delicate sensibilities are soon seen as an easy target for gaslighting by her vindictive stepmother.

 

  • Booklet
  • Commentary: Lizbeth Myles and Paul Cornell (writers/creators of the Hammer House of Podcast); Will Fowler (writer/co-creator of the BFI’s Flipside series); Melanie Williams (film and media historian)
  • Documentaries: Men in Black, Panic Stations, This Is Your Storyteller
  • Image Gallery
  • Interviews: Francis Searle (writer/director)
  • Radio Shows: Suspense – three original wartime US radio shows featuring John Dickson Carr’s scripts, as introduced by The Man in Black; Yoga and You

battleship potemkin (pet shop boys score)

release: 5th september 2025
available on blu-ray

 

A fixture in the critical canon almost since its premiere, Sergei Eisenstein’s legendary film about a 1905 naval mutiny was revolutionary in both form and content. Battleship Potemkin is celebrated for its dynamic compositional strength and editing of such frame-perfect precision that it’s hard not to be swept along. Despite endless quotation and parody, the set-piece massacre on the Odessa Steps still packs a sledgehammer punch. First revealed at a special outdoor screening in front of an estimated 25,000 in Trafalgar Square in 2004, Pet Shop Boys’ score, performed with the Dresdner Sinfoniker and orchestrated by Torsten Rasch, blends electronic beats with orchestral grandeur to create a contemporary cinematic experience.

 

  • Language(s): Silent
  • Interactive Menu
  • Booklet
  • Bonus Footage
  • CD: Featuring the score by Pet Shop Boys and Dresdner Sinfoniker; Trafalgar Square Highlights (2004); Hochhaussinfonie (2017, 68 mins) – multimedia musical production by the Dresdner Sinfoniker orchestra and Pet Shop Boys
  • Trailers

object z

release: 29th september 2025
available on dual format blu-ray & dvd

 

A mysterious mass – known only as Object Z – is discovered by Professor Ramsay (Ralph Nossek) as it hurtles through space, threatening earth with destruction. As society erupts into a riotous state of panic and extremist political factions attempt to snatch control, the world’s nations must unite to find a solution – in the face of potential Armageddon. Scientists June Challis (Margaret Neale) and Robert Duncan (Denys Peek) alongside television producer Peter Barry (Trevor Bannister) become embroiled in the race to find answers – but time is running out.
 
Hard-hitting and contemporary, Rediffusion’s progressive programming challenged the traditional dominance of BBC television in the 1960s. The cataclysmic world-under-threat sci-fi of Object Z willappeal to everybody who thrilled to Nigel Kneale’s Quatermass.

 

  • Newly remastered in 2K and presented in High Definition and Standard Definition
  • Newly recorded audio commentaries on all six episodes: Episode 1 by Jon Dear, Episode 2 by Dick Fiddy, Episode 3 by William Fowler and Vic Pratt, Episode 4 by Elinor Groom, Episode 5 by Kevin Lyons, and Episode 6 by Celia Bannerman and Toby Hadoke
  • In Search of Sierra Nine (1963/2025, 7 mins): edited highlights from the sole remaining episode of the Rediffusion science fiction drama Sierra Nine accompany this investigation of a mostly missing television series
  • Image gallery: rarities and curiosities relating to Object Z and its missing sequel series, Object Z Returns
  • Illustrated booklet featuring new essays by Jon Dear, Dick Fiddy, Ellie Groom and William Fowler

lost in space

release: 1st september 2025
available on 4k uhd

 

The year is 2058. With Earth on the brink of collapse, the Robinson family is chosen to lead a critical mission to colonize a distant planet aboard the Jupiter 2 spacecraft. But the mission is sabotaged by the traitorous Dr. Zachary Smith, and the ship veers off course and plunges through a rift in space-time, leaving the Robinsons stranded in an unknown universe. Now lost in a hostile alien galaxy, the family must trek through treacherous environments, battle deadly creatures, and avoid Smith’s unpredictable schemes. As tensions rise and survival becomes uncertain, their greatest challenge may be holding together as a family.
Lost in Space is a thrilling tribute to the classic 1960s TV series with dazzling visual effects and an all-star cast including William Hurt, Mimi Rogers, Matt LeBlanc, Heather Graham, and Gary Oldman as the nefarious Dr. Smith. Dive into the epic adventure of the Space Family Robinson, available for the first time on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray in a stunning new restoration!
  • 4K restoration of the film from the original camera negative by Arrow Films approved by director Stephen Hopkins 
  • 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) 
  • Original DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround audio and lossless stereo audio
  • Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing 
  • Bloopers 
  • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Pye Parr 
  • Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing by critic Neil Sinyard, articles from American Cinematographer and an excerpt from the original production notes

world noir vol. 4

release: 15th september 2025
available on blu-ray

 

While the United States can indisputably lay claim to being the birthplace of film noir, arguably France and French cinema is almost as important to the development of the genre. The term ‘film noir’ – literally, ‘dark film’ – was first applied to the Hollywood crime movies of the 40s and 50s by French critic Nino Frank, who was believed to have been inspired by the French publishing imprint Serie Noire, which published translated editions of American hardboiled fiction to great commercial success. It was the French who would popularise the use of the term and in turn, create the genre framework that has become so important and influential to the history of cinema. 
Arguably, the story of noir is one of the cinema of France and the USA in conversation with one another, and presented in this set are three classic French noirs from the 50s and 60s that clearly take their  inspiration from the Golden Age of Hollywood noir: Henri Decoin’s Chnouf (1955), Édouard Molinaro’s Back Against The Wall (1958), and Marcel Bluwal’s Paris Pick-up (1962).

 

  • 2K restorations for each film by Gaumont
  • Original uncompressed mono PCM audio for all films
  • Newly improved optional English subtitles for all films
  • Newly designed artwork based on original posters
  • Limited edition 80-page perfect bound book featuring archival pieces and new writing by critics and experts including Imogen Sara Smith, Farran Nehme, Jake Cole and more
  • Limited Edition of 3,000 copies presented in a rigid box with full-height Scanavo cases for each film and removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings

saving face

release: 1st september 2025
available on blu-ray

 

A queer romantic comedy set in vibrant, multicultural New York City, Alice Wu’s irresistible feature debut breathed fresh life into the genre by combining snappy dialogue and a swooning love story with a poignant narrative about a mother and daughter coming to terms with each other. Just as Wil (Michelle Krusiec), a harried young surgical resident, begins a promising romance with the flirtatious dancer Vivian (Lynn Chen), her life is turned upside down when her more traditional Chinese mother (Joan Chen) – unwed and unexpectedly pregnant – moves in with her, forcing both women to confront the generational and cultural barriers that have long troubled their relationship. Both embracing and cleverly subverting rom-com conventions, Wu delivers a bighearted ode to the Chinese American diaspora, and the liberating joy of living one’s truth.

 

  • Bonus Footage
  • Commentary: Alice Wu
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Interviews: Alice Wu (director); Joan Chen (actor)
  • Essay: Phoebe Chen (critic)
  • Program: Featuring Alice Wu and members of the cast at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival
  • Trailers

hackers

release: 22nd september 2025
available on 4k uhd / blu-ray

 

A perfect time-capsule of its era, Hackers is a movie which manages to bring together a cast who were all on the verge of stardom and created a cult favourite. Dade (Jonny Lee Miller), Kate (Angelina Jolie) and Cereal (Matthew Lillard) are a cool, tech-savvy set of “Hackers” who stumble across a criminal plan which is designed to use a computer virus to capsize a fleet of oil tankers. Will this crack team of nerds stop the disaster? With a cool, cyber-smart script and a magnificent electronic score, this is a cool film which plays like a natural successor to the 1983 computer thriller War Games.

 

  • Language(s): English
  • Hard of Hearing Subtitles: English
  • Interactive Menu
  • Screen Ratio: 1 – 2.35:1
  • Audio: Dolby Atmos, 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio
  • Bonus Footage
  • Commentary: Iain Softley (director) and Mark Kermode (film critic)
  • Documentaries: The Keyboard Cowboys: A Look Back at Hackers
  • Trailers

the man called noon

release: 8th september 2025
available on blu-ray

 

So who is he? All he knows is that he lost his memory after an accident during a shoot-out – but why did those men want him dead? Turns out, he’s a man with a past, a master gunfighter with a history of violence. And while he might have forgotten who he is, his enemies certainly haven’t…
A classic Euro-western with an unusual pedigree, made not by Italians but by Brits: director Peter Collinson (The Italian Job) and producer Euan Lloyd, the man who made The Wild Geese fly. Starring Richard Crenna (First Blood; Rambo) as the forgetful hero, the varmints at 88 Films are proud to present this neglected genre classic, finally on Blu-ray™ in its home country.
 
  • Widescreen presentation in 1.85:1 aspect ratio
  • Original Mono 2.0 Audio
  • Optional English SDH
  • Audio commentary by Western expert Lee Broughton
  • Audio commentary by film historians Troy Howarth and Eugenio Ercolani
  • Image gallery

proof of the man

release: 8th september 2025
available on blu-ray

 

Movie mogul Haruki Kadokawa revolutionised Japanese cinema by introducing the blockbuster with Proof of the Man, a gripping crime drama featuring an all-star cast. When mixed-race Johnny Hayward (Joe Yamanaka) travels from Harlem to Tokyo, he is brutally stabbed in a hotel hosting a fashion show by designer Kyoko (Mariko Okada). That same night, Kyoko’s son with politician Yohei (Toshiro Mifune) is involved in a fatal hit-and-run and flees. Detective Munesue (Yusaku Matsuda) suspects a connection and travels to New York, partnering with local detective Ken Shuftan (George Kennedy), whose ties to Japan stir painful childhood memories. Adapted from Seiichi Morimura’s best-selling novel by director Junya Sato and screenwriter Zenzo Matsuyama, and shot on location in Japan and New York by cinematographer Shinsaku Himeda, Proof of the Man is a tense whodunnit exploring racial identity, postwar trauma, and the dark legacies of history through a globe-spanning investigation.

 

  • Booklet
  • Bonus Footage
  • Commentary: Rob Buscher (Asian American film scholar) and Skeme Richards (DJ)
  • Documentaries: Taking the Big Apple; A Japanese Blockbuster
  • Image Gallery
  • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella
  • Trailers

the woods

release: 15th september 2025
available on blu-ray

 

EVERY HIGH SCHOOL HAS ITS SECRETS. In 2006, director Lucky McKee (The Woman) followed up his critically acclaimed character study May with The Woods, a brooding folk horror spellbinder in the tradition of such classics as Carrie and Suspiria. New England, 1965: rebellious teenager Heather (Agnes Bruckner, Murder by Numbers) is sent by her parents to a repressive all-girls boarding school in the heart of a dark forest. Under the watchful eye of the mysterious headmistress, Ms Traverse (Patricia Clarkson, Shutter Island), Heather finds herself developing previously untapped supernatural abilities. Beset by increasingly disturbing visions and mysterious voices, Heather must harness her powers to uncover the terrifying truth of what whispers from the woods… Also starring Bruce Campbell (Army of Darkness) and Rachel Nichols (The Amityville Horror) and beautifully shot by John R. Leonetti (The Mask), The Woods is a haunting tale of female empowerment and the occult, drenched with atmosphere and suspense.

 

  • Behind the Scenes
  • Booklet
  • Bonus Footage
  • Commentary: Lucky McKee and Walter Chow (critic)
  • Documentaries: Storyboard Gallery, 10 Days On Set
  • Image Gallery
  • Interviews: Lucky McKee (director) and Vanessa McKee (storyboard artist); Agnes Bruckner (actor)
  • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Vanessa McKee

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