RELEASE DATE: July 16, 2019 On July 16th, 2019, Cohen Media Group will release the Blu-ray & DVD for Ash is Purest White (read our review), a gangster epic from Jia Zhangke, the cricitally acclaimed director of festival favorites Still Life and A Touch of Sin. Ash is Purest White is the story of violent love within a time frame spanning from 2001 to 2017. Qiao (Zhao Tao, Still Life) is in love with her boyfriend … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: June 18, 2019 On June 18, 2019, Well Go USA will be releasing the Blu-ray for Swing Kids, a swinging musical drama set during the Korean War from director Kang Hyung-Chul (Tazza: The Hidden Card). In Swing Kids, the soldiers at a POW camp plan a tap show to distract both themselves and the prisoners from the hardships of war. Led by a former Broadway dancer and a rebellious North … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: May 7, 2019 On May 7th, 2019, U.S. independent label, Film Movement, will be releasing the Blu-ray for All About Lily Chou-Chou (read our review), a 2001 festival favorite from director Shunji Iwai (Vampire). For kids around the world, music is often the only salvation when the pain and anxiety of teenage life becomes too much to bear. Yuichi (Hayato Ichihara, Blade of the Immortal) is in the 8th grade and … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: June 4, 2019 On June 4th, 2019, Kino Lorber will be releasing the Blu-ray for Thirst, a 2009 thriller from visionary director Park Chan-wook (Oldboy, The Handmaiden). A blood transfusion saves the life of a priest (Kang-ho Song, Memories of Murder, The Host, Snowpiercer), but also transforms him into a vampire. He struggles to control his insatiable thirst for blood until a love affair unleashes his darkest desires in deadly … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: May 28, 2019 On May 28th 2019, Unearthed Films is releasing the Blu-ray & DVD for a “found footage” film titled A Record of Sweet Murder (read our review), a Korean-Japanese co-production from Japanese filmmaker Koji Shiraishi (Grotesque, Sadako vs Kayako) Soyeon (Kim Kkobbi, Sunshine Boys) is an active journalist on a mission for social justice. One day, she receives a call from a serial killer. Revealing himself as Soyeon’s childhood friend Sangjoon (Yeon … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: May 14, 2019 On May 14th, 2019, Arrow Video will be releasing the Blu-ray for 1969’s Yakuza Law (aka Yakuza’s Law: Lynching), a super-violent gangster classic from director Teruo Ishii (Blind Woman’s Curse) and star Bunta Sugawara (Cops vs. Thugs). Read the official details below: Director Teruo Ishii (Horrors of Malformed Men), the Godfather of J-sploitation, presents Yakuza Law – a gruelling anthology of torture, spanning three district periods of Japanese history and bringing … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: April 9, 2019 On April 9th, 2019, Well Go USA will be releasing the Blu-ray for Golden Job (read our review), a heist-action film directed by and co-starring Chin Kar Lok (Kung Fu Jungle). The cast of Young and Dangerous – Ekin Cheng, Jordan Chan, Michael Tse and Jerry Lamb – reunite for Golden Job, which tells story of five brothers who take part of a top secret robbery that’s not what it seems. Once the brothers realize they’ve … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: April 2, 2019 On April 2nd, 2019, Arrow Video is releasing the Blu-ray for Terra Formars (read our review), a 2016 sci-fi actioner from cult Japanese director Takashi Miike (As the Gods Will, Blade of the Immortal). Read of the official release details below: In the mid-21st century, humankind has been forced to look to colonising other planets as a means of combating overcrowding on Earth – their … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: February 12, 2019 On February 12th, 2019, Magnolia Pictures is giving Shoplifters a DVD and VOD release (currently no mention of a Blu-ray edition). This Palme d’Or Award-winning film is directed by Hirokazu Koreeda (Third Murder). A family of small-time crooks take in a child they find on the street. Although the family is poor, barely making enough money to survive through petty crime, they seem to live happily together until an unforeseen incident … Continue reading →