From May 26 on DVD: AMOUR FOU

Official Selection Un Certain Regard - Cannes Film Festival 2014

AMOUR FOU is a tragicomic film by Jessica Hausner (Lourdes) , inspired by the life and death of the poet Heinrich von Kleist ( Christian Friedel ) and Henriette Vogel ( Birte Schnoeink ). More than a biopic , the film is a story about the contradiction of love.

Berlin , 1811. The romantic poet Heinrich wants to overcome the inevitable death with love. If he can not convince his niece Marie to commit suicide together, he approaches Henriette , a young married woman who is terminally ill...

Technical specifications DVD

Austria , 2014 | Duration: 96 min | Language:. German | Subtitles: French , Dutch | Format: 16: 9 | Audio : Dolby Digital 5.1.

From May 5 in all stores : THE RIOT CLUB

With THE RIOT CLUB Scherfig (An Education , One Day) proves that they like no other he knows the fathom of the British class society. The young British cast includes Sam Claflin ( Hunger Games ), Max Irons (The Host) , Douglas Booth ( Noah) and Natalie Dormer (Game Of Thrones ) who give the best of themselves.

The University of Oxford has been providing generations of the future summit on the country. But behind closed doors there is a public hidden secret called The Riot Club. The Riot Club is well known for his perverse and decadent behavior. Miles and Alistair belong to that elite , but during one of their decadent binge parties things run out of control.

Technical specifications DVD

UK, 2014 | Duration: 107 min |. Language: English | Subtitles: French , Dutch | Format: 16: 9 | Audio : Dolby Digital 5.1.

This is the RE-PRINT version of the vinyl.

Greek electro pop duo Marsheaux (Marianthi and Sophie) has paid a wonderful tribute to one of their favourite albums of all time and one of the most underrated synth pop albums of the 80's. They have covered track by track, the full Depeche Mode's "A Broken Frame", their 1982 album that signaled the start of Martin Gore's lead songwriting dues for their rest of their career. Marsheaux put their gentle female touch to all time classic masterpieces ("Leave In Silence", "My Secret Garden", "See You") as well as such less known gems as "The Sun And The Rainfall", "Monument" and "Shouldn't Have Done That". "A Broken Frame" lands in 2015 with total grace and a haunting atmosphere that refreshes its long lasting myth.

Vinyl is 180 gram deluxe on transparent vinyl. Printed inner sleeves. MP3 code. Heavy weight matte art-paper. GORGEOUS!

Available from May 7, 2015

*** " Extremely sympathetic homage to the man who started all movie humor "- De Standaard

" Poelvoorde stars"- De Morgen

For this quirky tragicomedy Xavier Beauvois ( Of Gods and Men ) tells the true story about the robbery of Charlie Chaplin's coffin. With Benoît Poelvoorde ( C'est arrivé près de chez vous ) and Roschdy Zem ( Indigènes ) in the lead.

When Eddy Ricaart is released from prison his comrade Osman Bricha gives him shelter. They devise a desperate plan : stealing Chaplin's coffin for ransom.

Technical specifications DVD

France, Switzerland, Belgium , 2014 | Duration: 109 min |. Language: French | Subtitles: Dutch | Format: 16: 9 | Audio : Dolby Digital 5.1.

Arrow Video is excited to announce the Blu-ray world premiere release of Yasuharu Hasebe’s Retaliation starring Jo Shishido (Branded to Kill). This gritty and cynical Japanese thriller will be released in both the UK and US from 11^th/12^th May 2015.

Hasebe and Shishido are here on the upswing from their earlier collaboration on the cool monochrome Massacre Gun as Nikkatsu makes Retaliation an ‘A’ movie, shot in colour, with a starrier cast, this time adding genre icon and the studio’s biggest star (hence the A production values), Akira Kobayashi (Battles Without Honour and Humanity), and in an early role, the soon-to-be superstar Meiko Kaji (Lady Snowblood, Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion).

Featuring exclusive new interviews, with star Jô Shishido and an extensive study of both Hasebe and Shishido’s careers by renowned critic and historian Tony Rayns. The package also features a trailer, gallery and a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Ian MacEwan. The enclosed booklet features new writing on the film by Japanese cinema expert Jasper Sharp and is illustrated throughout by MacEwan.

Synopsis

In 1969 future sexploitation specialist Yasuharu Hasebe (Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter) teamed up with the inimitable Jô Shishido (Branded to Kill, Youth of the Beast) for a follow up to their yakuza hit Massacre Gun.

A tale of gang warfare that features a raft of the period’s most iconic stars, Akira Kobayashi (Battles Without Honor and Humanity, The Flowers and The Angry Waves) is a yakuza lieutenant who emerges from jail to find his gang dispersed and his aging boss in his sickbed. Shishido is the rival waiting to kill him and a young Meiko Kaji (Lady Snowblood) is the girl caught in the crossfire.

Gritty and cynical, Retaliation is a hardboiled precursor to Kinji Fukasaku’s revisionist yakuza pictures of the 1970s.

Special Features

· Limited Edition Blu-ray (3000 copies only)

· Restored High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentation, on Blu-ray for the first time in the world!

· Original uncompressed mono PCM audio

· Newly translated English subtitles

· Brand new interview with star Jô Shishido

· Interview with renowned critic and historian Tony Rayns

· Original theatrical trailer

· Gallery featuring rare promotional images

· Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Ian MacEwan

· Booklet featuring new writing on the film by Japanese cinema expert Jasper Sharp, newly illustrated by Ian MacEwan and featuring original archive stills