From 5th November on Lumère releases The Wind Rises on both DVD and Blu-ray.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Writers: Hayao Miyazaki (comic), Hayao Miyazaki (screenplay)

Stars: Hideaki Anno, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Miori Takimoto 

Jiro dreams of flying and designing beautiful airplanes, inspired by the famous Italian aeronautical designer Caproni. Nearsighted from a young age and unable to be a pilot, Jiro joins a major Japanese engineering company in 1927 and becomes one of the world's most innovative and accomplished airplane designers. The film chronicles much of his life, depicting key historical events, including the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, the Great Depression, the tuberculosis epidemic and Japan's plunge into war. Jiro meets and falls in love with Nahoko, and grows and cherishes his friendship with his colleague Honjo.

From 21st October on Imagine

Director: Roberto Andò

Stars: Toni Servillo, Valerio Mastandrea, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

In this chilling story about world politics, Toni Servillo defies expectations playing two roles, imbuing each character with brilliant nuance and astonishing attention to detail. In the first, he personifies political failure in the role of the disgraced ideologue and party leader, Enrico Oliveri. In the second, he embodies the shrewd genius of a madman as Oliveris unhinged twin brother who seizes control of the nation amidst the void of his brothers disappearance.

As the national election approaches, Enrico Oliveri has plummeted in the polls and his supporters and adversaries alike begin to acknowledge his impending downfall. Unwilling to face the failure of his party and his nation, Oliveri vanishes into the night. The party leadership tries to hedge for time by concealing Oliveris disappearance with a series of acrobatic sidesteps. In a desperate move, right hand man Andrea Bottini seeks out Oliveris look-alike twin brother, Giovanni Ernani, a prolific author and philosopher who is freshly released from an insane asylum. Slowly and steadily, Giovanni insinuates himself into his brothers public persona, impersonating Oliveris every tick and mannerism exquisitely yet slightly imperfectly. Giovanni quickly surpasses his brothers political prowess with an eerie talent for rallying the masses through fearless and heroic speeches. As Andò shifts between the failure of the sincere intellectual and the heroics of a madman, he probes the driving forces behind our contemporary global political reality leaving behind a rich web of questions in this unpredictable and provocative thriller.

Arrow Films, the distributors of The Hunt, A Hijacking and Love Is All You Need, are pleased to announce the release of the German celebrated classic war movie, Stalingrad, available on demand & digital and on Blu-ray & DVD from 3rd November 2014. This release will mark the first time that Stalingrad has been made available on Blu-ray in the UK.

In the spring of 1942 German troops advance deep into the Soviet Union, en route to Stalingrad. Hitler, seriously misjudging the tenacity of the Red Army, is convinced that the city can be conquered before winter. Inadequately clothed and without sufficient food, the Nazi troops literally freeze and starve to death, largely abandoned by their leaders. For the soldiers Fritz, Hans, Rollo and GeGe the struggle for life has just begun. Gunfire and bombs are only one part of this hell; most of the soldiers will lose the battle against hunger and cold.

The film presents this turning point in World War II as a vast tableau of horror in which the average German soldier was as much a victim of Nazi evil as were the Soviet people.

"Stalingrad" has some of the most virtuosic battle scenes to be found in a modern war film

(The New York Times)

Jazz Life, the label founded by Brighton duo Blood Red Shoes, will release its first single on 1st December. Available on 7” only, Tigercub’s single ‘Centrefold’ will be the first release through Jazz Life outside of Blood Red Shoes’ album earlier this year. Also hailing from Brighton, Tigercub recently toured with Royal Blood and were billed as Radio 1’s ‘Next Hype’ act by Zane Lowe

“We've always talked about the idea of having our own label, and after 10 years we now have the time and the resources to do it properly,” reflects Blood Red Shoes’ Steven. “For us it's not just about releasing our own records but also supporting new and emerging artists that we like, regardless of genre, hopefully bringing them to the public's attention and fostering a much-needed sense of community amongst artists in what can be a very competitive universe. We'll be releasing 7" singles to start with but we're not only focused on records, which is why we've called it Jazz Life and not Jazz Life "records. The first band we've signed is Tigercub from Brighton, but after that we're just gonna make it up as we go along and improvise. Jazz Life forever.”

Produced and recorded by the band in Berlin, and mixed by American indie god John Agnello, Blood Red Shoes’ latest eponymously-titled album came out in March and is the follow up to 2012’s album ‘In Time To Voices’.

soundcloud.com/tigercub/centrefold

About two years ago 'binary park' did debut with their well received album 'worlds collide'. followed by the 'e.p.' 'the deviated' the band managed to establish themselves as a fine electronic artist within the independent scene. concerts such as 'wave gotik treffen', 'nordstern festival', 'summer darkness', 'planet myer day', 'nocturnal cultre night or 'electronic dance art festival' as well as various remixes for artists like haujobb, torul, suicide commando or pankow did follow and kept the band busy.

In early 2014 the recording for the new long player 'singulary' did start. the final result is a 14 track electronic masterpiece.t he 'charming' voice of singer 'huw jones' finds it’s way directly into your ears! quite spherical songs like 'empty frame' or 'mute' shuffle with club tracks such as 'mental interference' or 'she’s insane' followed by 'mid-tempo' songs in the vein of 'unforgiven' and 'stormchaser'. a thrilling collaboration with daniel myer (of haujobb fame) results with the song 'humans' which truly is another highlight of the album! a great new electronic album worth waiting for!