Arrow Video is thrilled to announce the World premiere Blu-ray release of Jack Hill’s Blaxploitation classic Coffy, the film, starring the iconic Pam Grier, would pave the way for other genre classics such as Foxy Brown and later Quentin Tarantino’s homage to the actress, Jackie Brown, with the director describing Coffy as “one of the most entertaining films ever made”.

With Coffy Pam Grier irrevocably changed cinema history, it was her wonderful screen presence and acting chops along with the unflinching faith of her director that would allow a woman in the lead role, a role traditionally filled by a man, giving prominence to female actors in action roles for the first time. It might be fair to say without Coffy we wouldn’t have Sheba Shayne, Ellen Ripley, Sarah Conner, Trinity, Beatrix Kiddo or Hit Girl.

Nurse by day, vigilante by night, on a mission to single-handedly take down the dope, prostitution, and political corruption ring that was plaguing Los Angeles and responsible for turning her 11-year-old sister onto drugs. Equal parts strong, street smart, sexy, and sophisticated, Coffy arrives on Blu-ray in the UK from 20h April 2015.

The latest in a series of director-approved releases from Jack Hill (following Spider Baby, Pit Stop and Foxy Brown) will feature a restored high definition transfer available for the first time on Blu-ray anywhere in the world alongside an audio commentary by writer-director Jack Hill. Various new interviews are featured on this disc including, A Taste of Coffy a brand new interview with Jack Hill, The Baddest Chick in Town!, a brand new interview with Pam Grier in which she discusses both Coffy and its follow up, Foxy Brown.

Mikel J. Koven, author of Blaxploitation Film (Kamera), guides us through Blaxploitation!, a video essay on the genre, its antecedents, development, demise and legacy. Rounding off the Blu-ray is the original theatrical trailer and a gallery, presented in new artwork packaging by Gilles Vranckx, and a collector’s booklet with new writing on the film by critic Cullen Gallagher and a profile of Pam Grier by Yvonne D. Sims, author of Women in Blaxploitation, illustrated with archive stills and posters.

Synopsis

Regarded as one of the best of the Blaxploitation genre along with Shaft and Superfly, Coffy has been described as “one of the most entertaining films ever made” by Quentin Tarantino.

With Coffy Pam Grier was catapulted to stardom and iconic status following solid roles in earlier ‘chicks in chains’ films. Here she plays nurse ‘Coffy’ Coffin seeking vigilante justice when her little sister is hospitalised by a smack pusher. Coffy uses her body, bullets and blades to get justice, working her way to the top of the criminal ring. But as she nears the top she finds the level of corruption is closer to home than she thinks.

When American International Pictures lost the chance to make Cleopatra Jones the studio looked for another project and turned to up and coming B-movie auteur Jack Hill (Spider Baby, Pit Stop). Coffy was such a success that the studio fast tracked Grier’s next movie (Foxy Brown) with Hill straight away.

Special Features

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

· Original uncompressed mono PCM audio

· Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

· Audio commentary by writer-director Jack Hill

· A Taste of Coffy – A brand new interview with Jack Hill

· The Baddest Chick in Town! – A brand new interview with Pam Grier on Coffy and its follow up, Foxy Brown

· Blaxploitation! – A video essay by author Mikel J. Koven (Blaxploitation Film) on the history and development of the genre

· Original theatrical trailer

· Image Gallery

· Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Gilles Vranckx

· Booklet featuring new writing on the film by critic Cullen Gallagher and a profile of Pam Grier by Yvonne D. Sims, author of Women in Blaxploitation, illustrated with archive stills and posters

April 10 – 13: Preview Erik’s new album for free at Projekt’s Bandcamp page. Try-before-you buy, check out the entire album!
I think you'll enjoy this great new work. Give it a listen for free.

As a bridge leading to a new uncharted continent, Erik Wøllo's Blue Radiance transports the listener along innovative, shimmering and sonorous musical pathways. The nineteenth solo album from this renowned Norwegian ambient/electronic artist continues to develop and refine his masterfully crafted soundworld into an intensely detailed fusion of elegant compositions and deep atmospherics.

Built around catchy and accessible melodies and rhythms, Blue Radiance's eleven new compositions feature sophisticated and engaging waves of Wøllo's trademark processed electric guitar, occasional acoustic guitars, synthesizers and percussion. Striking, varied, and deeply emotional, the tracks open up when the guitar surfaces out of the swirls, revealing soul-stirring themes rich with melancholy and hope. It's that interplay - the contrast of the lead lines with the washes of sound and minimal piano - which make for an intensely powerful listening experience.

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This album is the brainchild of a liaison between two exceptional artists: sal-ocin who made a name for himself as a collaborator and band member as well as with his solo project empusae, and marc titolo aka marc t. who is partially known for his earlier breakbeat / electronica / idm project dither, but mostly as a composer, guitarist and vocalist of the sludge post-rock band dirge. After their first collaboration on empusae's 'sphere from the woods' release in 2013, marc and sal-ocin decided to work on a whole album based on marc's guitar compositions and completed with sal-ocin's electronic and electro-acoustic rhythms, melodies and soundscapes. The result of this decision is 'deugden van angst en het kwaad', a perfect balance between two different musical viewpoints fusing into one. Slow repetitive beats and atmospheric electronics build a solid foundation for massive guitar soundwalls passing the edge of hypnotic post-psychedelia and grieving doom metal. A deep and dark and dangerous maelstrom for the listener get roped into without resistance - be invited, you won't regret taking this auditory journey!

Available from the 27nd May on Warner: the second season from Longmire

Walt Longmire is the charismatic, dedicated and unflappable sheriff of Absaroka County. Widowed only a year, Longmire is a man in psychic repair that buries his pain behind a brave face and dry wit. Struggling since his wife's death and at the urging of his daughter, Cady, Longmire knows that the time has come to turn his life around. With the help of Vic, a female deputy new to the department, he becomes reinvigorated about his job and committed to running for re-election. When Branch, an ambitious, young deputy decides to run against him for sheriff, Longmire feels betrayed but remains steadfast in his dedication to the community. Longmire often turns to close friend and confidant Henry Standing Bear for support as he sets out to rebuild both his personal and professional life, one step at a time

Hamburg based stoner metal / sludge newcomer in High Fighter, who are currently featured as "Heroes of Tomorrow" in the new issue of Germany's Metal Hammer Magazine, in such short but promising band history the band has just recently announced their very first tour ever! Alongside with doom band sunnata - hailing from Warsaw, Poland, this heavy-weight band package will hit the road through Germany, Belgium, France and the UK, starting this April 2015.

Catch High Fighter + sunnata live on the following dates - presented by Metal.de, The Sludgelord and Doomed & Stoned:

09.04.2015 – Dresden, GER – Sabotage

10.04.2015 – Potsdam, GER – Hanns-Eisler-Klub (*Free entry!)

11.04.2015 – Wiesloch, GER – Rock & Pop

12.04.2015 – Köln, GER – Underground

13.04.2015 – Hastings, UK – The Carlisle

14.04.2015 – London, UK – The Unicorn (*Free entry!)

15.04.2015 – Oxford, UK - Wheatsheaf

16.04.2015 – Antwerp, BE –The Rocking Bull

17.04.2015 – Thionville, FR - Shamrock (*Free entry!)

18.04.2015 – Wolfsburg, GER – s.V. Jugenhaus Ost (*High Fighter only!)

18.04.2015 – Paris, FR – Glazart / Doomed Gatherings (*Sunnata only!)