Arrow Video is thrilled to announce the European Blu-ray debut of Hammer’s legendary gothic flick, The Hound of the Baskervilles, arriving on 1st June 2015. Starring genre stalwarts Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, this classic Sherlock Holmes adaptation stands as arguably the best re-telling of the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle tale to date.
This new edition comes loaded with a bumper crop of bonus content, including a new audio commentary with Hammer experts Marcus Hearn and Jonathan Rigby alongside a brand new documentary, Release the Hound!, which looks at the genesis and creation of the Hammer classic, featuring interviews with hound mask creator Margaret Robinson, film historian Kim Newman, and actor/documentarian and co-creator of BBC’s Sherlock Mark Gatiss.
Also included on the disc are featurettes such as André Morell: Best of British, which looks back at the career of the late great actor and the 1986 documentary The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes which examines the many incarnations of Conan Doyle’s celebrated character, narrated and presented by Christopher Lee.
Rounding off the Blu-ray is an archive interview with Christopher Lee, excerpts from The Hounds of the Baskervilles read by Lee, the original theatrical trailer and an extensive image gallery. The Blu-ray comes with a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Paul Shipper and a collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by former Hammer archivist Robert J.E. Simpson, illustrated with original archive stills and posters
Synopsis
Sherlock Holmes is the most filmed character of all time – but it is arguably this 1959 re-telling of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic tale The Hound of the Baskervilles, from legendary horror studio Hammer and starring genre stalwarts Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, which stands as the super sleuth’s finest cinematic hour.
Rising up out of the swirling mists of Dartmoor, Baskerville Hall stands tall and gloomy. Its occupant, Charles Baskerville, has been found dead in mysterious circumstances. Could Sir Charles have been the victim of the so-called “Baskerville Curse”, which tells of a deadly beast that stalks the surrounding countryside? Unperturbed by the legend, next-in-line Sir Henry Baskerville (a rare leading man performance from Lee) sets out to Dartmoor to assume inheritance of the family estate, under the auspices of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes and right-hand man Dr. Watson (Andre Morell).
Imbued with an atmosphere as thick as fog, The Hound of the Baskervilles is a superlative gothic yarn which benefits from game performances from Cushing, Lee and Morell, as well as the expert direction of Terence Fisher, known for helming many of Hammer’s most celebrated efforts including The Curse of Frankenstein, Dracula and The Devil Rides Out.
Special Features
· High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) feature presentation
· Original uncompressed Mono 1.0 Audio
· Isolated Music and Effects Soundtrack
· Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
· New audio commentary with Hammer experts Marcus Hearn and Jonathan Rigby
· Release the Hound! – a brand new documentary looking at the genesis and making of the Hammer classic, featuring interviews with hound mask creator Margaret Robinson, film historian Kim Newman, actor/documentarian and co-creator of BBC’s Sherlock Mark Gatiss, and others
· André Morell: Best of British – a featurette looking at the late great actor André Morell and his work with Hammer
· The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes – a 1986 documentary looking at the many incarnations of Conan Doyle’s celebrated character, narrated and presented by Christopher Lee
· Actor’s Notebook: Christopher Lee – an archive interview in which the actor looks back on his role as Sir Henry Baskerville
· The Hounds of the Baskervilles excerpts read by Christopher Lee
· Original Theatrical Trailer
· Extensive Image Gallery
· Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Paul Shipper
· Collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by former Hammer archivist Robert J.E. Simpson, illustrated with original archive stills and posters
PIL live show at the TRIX, Antwerp on 18 october
The postpunk band Public Image LTD, nowadays mostly run by the legendary singer John Lydon (or Johny Rotten of the Sex Pistols) , is working since 2009 on a second life. They sound fresher than ever (listen therefore to their latest album ‘This Is PIL’). Besides they will release after the summer a new album called ‘What The World Needs Now’. An ideal moment to go see them alive.
Pic credit: Dave Wainright/© Public Image Ltd
PIL komt op 18 okt naar TRIX, Antwerpen.
De post punk band Public Image LTD, heden ten dage voornamelijk geleid door de legendarische zanger John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten), is sedert 2009 aan een tweede leven bezig. Ze klinken live en op album terug frisser dan ooit (luister maar naar hun laatste album ‘This is Pil’). Bovendien brengen ze in het najaar een nieuw album uit dat de naam ‘What The World Needs Now’ meekreeg. Een ideaal moment dus om hun nieuw werk live te gaan bekijken.
Pic credit: Dave Wainright/© Public Image Ltd
Flicker Alley Announcing Masterworks of American Avant-garde Experimental Film 1920-1970
Flicker Alley and the Blackhawk Films® Collection, in collaboration with Filmmakers Showcase, are proud to present 30 films, restored to pristine high-definition, from some of the foremost experimental filmmakers of the 20th century.
Commencing in 1920 with Charles Sheeler and Paul Strand's creative collaboration on Manhatta, successive generations of experimental filmmakers and artists have worked in collaboration or alone to create a cinema capable of expressing dynamic unspoken concepts in totally abstract visual terms.
Included on this premiere collection of 30 films are the most acclaimed names of American avant-garde experimental filmmaking, including Charles Sheeler, Paul Strand, Fernand Léger, Dudley Murphy, Rrose Sélavy (Marcel Duchamp), Robert Florey, Slavko Vorkapich, Ralph Steiner, Jay Leyda, James Sibley Watson, Jr., Melville Webber, Emlen Etting, Joseph Cornell, Mary Ellen Bute, Ted Nemeth, Rudy Burckhardt, Francis Lee, Maya Deren, Alexander Hackenschmied, Oskar Fischinger, Helen Levitt, Janice Loeb, James Agee, Marie Menken, Francis Thompson, Bruce Conner, Jordan Belson, Bruce Baillie, Lawrence Jordan, Jonas Mekas, Tom Palazzolo, Lawrence Janiak, Amy Greenfield, Phil Solomon, and Stan Brakhage.
To watch these films is to see the world anew through cinematic interventions: fast cutting, expressive camerawork, abstract animation, surrealistic collage, distorted and superimposed imagery, and many more extraordinary techniques. Essentially the filmmakers ask us to open our eyes and see, to permit the reception of pure sensations uninhibited by any complex web of predetermined associations dominant in mainstream Hollywood cinema.
Collected from archives around the world, and beautifully restored in high definition, the majority of vintage silent films in Masterworks of American Avant-garde Experimental Film 1920-1970 feature new musical scores from innovative composers Donald Sosin, George Antheil, Eric Beheim, Rodney Sauer, Gustavo Matamoros, Henry Wolfe and Phil Carluzzo.
Bonus Materials Include:
* Seasons... (2002, dir. Phil Solomon, Stan Brakhage)
* Alternate version of Manhatta (1920-21, dir. Charles Sheeler, Paul Strand) with a 2013 music score by Henry Wolfe and Phil Carluzzo. Honored in 2010 with a "Film Heritage Award" by the National Society of Film Critics.
* Booklet featuring an essay and extensive notes on restorations by curator, filmmaker, and film historian Bruce Posner.
After having released their third long player "Hotel Suicide" in 2013, Rabia Sorda, with Hocico frontman Erk Aicrag leading the way, rushes in with another Electro-Punk EP called "Animales Salvajes", an 8-tracks EP in November 2014.
Track 1 is called "Obey Me!" and obviously the drawing card of this record. A thrilling combination of Punkrock and Erk's well-known shouting! In winter Rabia Sorda published an official video clip, "Obey Me!" starring Erk himself.
You can watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1KvUsGZyzw
After a tour with Hocico this spring in Europe and Mexico and a planned one in fall through the US again, Erk still finds time for his brainchild Rabia Sorda as well.
There are a couple of confirmed gigs so that fans can dance the hell out of their souls here:
Jul 04 Darkflower Live Night 2015 Leipzig, Germany
Jul 18 Castle Party Festival Bolkow, Poland
Jul 25 Amphi Festival Cologne, Germany
Oct 03 Benefiz for Kids festival 2015 Magdeburg, Germany
Oct 04 Firefly Festival, Reese Theater, Augsburg, Germany
Oct 23 A Petit Bain, Paris, France
More TBA!
For more just have look at Rabia Sorda's homepage: www.rabiasorda.com
From 5Th June on Lumière releases the prestigious series The Team on both DVD and Blu-ray starring Belgian star Veerle Baetens.
Trafficking, forced prostitution, and tax fraud. A European investigation team investigates organized crime across borders in Europe.
Stars:Lars Mikkelsen, Jasmin Gerat, Veerle Baetens
Releasedatum DVD en Blu-ray: TBD juni/juli
Later te zien op VTM
En vanaf 5 juni verkrijgbaar via Play More van Telenet
The Team is een internationale politieserie van vijf producenten en acht televisiezenders uit België, Denemarken, Duitsland, Frankrijk, Zweden, Oostenrijk en Zwitserland. Eén van de drie hoofdrollen van de reeks is weggelegd voor Veerle Baetens (The Broken Circle Breakdown), samen met de Deen Lars Mikkelsen (The Killing, Borgen) en de Duitse Jasmin Gerat. Andere Vlaamse acteurs met belangrijke rollen zijn Koen De Bouw, Hilde Van Mieghem, Filip Peeters, Marijke Pinoy en Line Pillet. Ook een groot deel van de crew is Vlaams, en ongeveer 30% van het totale budget komt uit Vlaanderen. Het Gentse productiehuis Lunanime is één van de vier hoofdproducenten. En Intergalactic Lovers leverde met 'Northern Rd.' de titelsong van de serie.
Het Europese succes van The Team is overweldigend: in Denemarken haalde de serie op DR gemiddeld meer dan 45% marktaandeel. Elke aflevering haalde er tussen de 1 en 1,5 miljoen kijkers. Een uitzonderlijk resultaat, vergelijkbaar met de stokpaardjes uit eigen stal van DR zoals The Killing en Borgen. In Zweden (SVT), Oostenrijk (ORF) en Zwitserland (SRF) haalde de serie gemiddeld telkens zo'n 15% marktaandeel, net als in Duitsland (ZDF, elke aflevering tussen de 3 en 4 miljoen kijkers), waar The Team daarnaast ook nog eens exceptionele cijfers scoorde met de 'net gemist'-dienst.
The Team haalt zijn inspiratie uit een recent Europees samenwerkingsverdrag dat politiekorpsen beter bewapent tegen internationaal georganiseerde misdaad zoals drugstrafiek, prostitutie en mensenhandel. Daarvoor kunnen nu zogenaamde ‘Joint Investigation Teams’ (JIT’s) opgezet worden tussen verschillende Europese landen, over de grenzen heen.
In The Team leren we de leden van zo’n JIT kennen: de Belgische Alicia, Harald uit Denemarken en Jackie uit Duitsland. Dit team van experts wordt in het leven geroepen nadat drie lichamen tegelijkertijd gevonden worden in Antwerpen, Berlijn en Kopenhagen. De moorden lijken het werk van eenzelfde dader. Er schuilt echter meer achter deze moorden dan eerst gedacht: ze zijn slechts het topje van de ijsberg. Het JIT moet het opnemen tegen de bikkelharde leider van een gewetenloze Europese criminele organisatie.
The Team is de eerste Europese ‘road movie cop show’ en zal profiteren van Europa’s enorme culturele diversiteit. De serie werd gedraaid in verschillende talen en in vijf landen: België, Denemarken, Duitsland, Oostenrijk en Zwitserland. Ze zal niet alleen inzicht bieden in de realiteit van de hedendaagse georganiseerde misdaad, maar ook in de levens achter de misdaden.
Verder bouwend op het succes van de Scandinavische crime series, zal The Team de ‘Nordic Noir’ naar een nieuw niveau tillen, en de kenmerkende stijl en kwaliteit over het hele continent verspreiden. De productie deed daarvoor beroep op heel wat Deens creatief toptalent dat eerder al zijn sporen verdiende in reeksen als The Killing, The Bridge, Borgen en Wallander.
