Arrow Films’ Arrow Academy label is proud to announce the release of Jules Dassin’s classic film noir The Naked City, making its worldwide Blu-ray debut on 27th October. The Naked City is the latest Dassin title to join the Arrow Academy collection following Rififi and Brute Force.

The Naked City, shot partially in documentary style, was filmed on location on the streets of New York City and features landmarks such as the Williamsburg Bridge and the Whitehall Building. Winning two Academy Awards, one for cinematography and another for film editing, the film has more recently gone one to be selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

Its visual style was inspired by New York photographer Weegee, who published a book of photographs of New York life entitled Naked City (1945). Weegee was hired as a visual consultant on the film, and is credited with helping to craft its imagery.

Both Screenwriter Albert Maltz and Dassin were to subsequently fall foul of the notorious House Un-American Activities and Dassin, himself, was forced to leave the US. It’s ironic that having so clearly proved himself capable of telling us of the eight million stories of his American home, he was forced to leave that very place having only told one.

This deluxe edition will include an all-new high definition transfer of the film, alongside a wealth of extras including New York and The Naked City a newly-filmed look at New York's relationship with the moving image by Amy Taubin, a 40-minute interview with Jules Dassin at LACMA with Bruce Goldstein in which the director discusses his career and The Hollywood Ten and also the 1950 documentary short on the ten filmmakers blacklisted from Hollywood for their refusal to name names before the House of Un-American Activities, including The Naked City’s screenwriter, Albert Maltz.

The disc will also feature the striking artwork by Vladimir Zimakov and an extensive booklet, including essays on the main feature by Alastair Phillips (co-author of the BFI Screen Guide, 100 Film Noirs), on Oscar-winning cinematographer by Barry Salt of the London Film School, and on the spin-off TV series by Sergio Angelini.

Synopsis

Jules Dassin followed up his explosive prison picture Brute Force with another slice of hard-boiled crime fiction. Within a decade he’d make Thieves’ Highway, Night and the City and Rififi, thus confirming Dassin’s position as one of the all-time-great film noir directors.

New York, the middle of summer. A blonde ex-model is murdered in her bathtub and detectives Muldoon (Barry Fitzgerald) and Halloran (Don Taylor) are assigned to the case. Their investigation will lead them through the entire city, from Park Avenue to the Lower East Side, culminating in a thrilling climax atop the Williamsburg Bridge.

Inspired by the work of the infamous tabloid photographer Weegee, The Naked City was the first major Hollywood production to be shot entirely on the streets of New York, making use of more than a hundred authentic locations. Both its editing and its cinematographer would earn Academy Awards, while the film itself would be recognised by the Library of Congress as one of American cinema’s most significant motion pictures.

This deluxe package will be full of special features and bonus material including:

· New high definition digital transfer of the film

· High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentation

· Original mono 1.0 audio (uncompressed PCM on the Blu-ray)

· Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired

· Audio commentary by screenwriter Malvin Wald

· Jules Dassin at LACMA – a 40-minute interview with Bruce Goldstein in which the director discusses his career

· The Hollywood Ten – a 1950 documentary short on the ten filmmakers blacklisted from Hollywood for their refusal to name names before the House of Un-American Activities, including The Naked City’s screenwriter, Albert Maltz

· New York and The Naked City: A personalised history of NY on the big screen by critic Amy Taubin

· Gallery of production stills by infamous photojournalist Weegee

· Theatrical trailer

· Reversible sleeve featuring the original poster and newly commissioned artwork by Vladimir Zimakov

· Collector’s booklet containing new writing on the film by Alastair Phillips, Barry Salt and Sergio Angelini, illustrated with original production stills

Good news for the fans of The Big Bang Theory as from 12th November on the first six seasons are gathered in a box plus there’s the release of the 7th too.

THE BIG BANG THEORY S7 & S1 - S6

Leonard and Sheldon are brilliant physicists - wizards in the laboratory, but socially challenged outside of it. Enter beautiful, street-smart neighbor, Penny, who aims to teach them a thing or two about life. Despite their on-again, off-again relationship in the past, Leonard believes he's found true love with Penny. Even Sheldon has found a female companion - entering into a "Relationship Agreement" with neurobiologist Amy Farrah Fowler. In their free time, Leonard and Sheldon continue to enjoy frequent trips to the comic book store and fantasy role-playing games with their ever-expanding universe of friends, including fellow scientists Raj and Howard, and Howard's adorable microbiologist wife, Bernadette.

Also out on Warner is the 11^th season from TWO AND A HALF MAN

Another year of bachelorhood brought many new adventures for roommates Walden Schmidt and Alan Harper. After his girlfriend turned down his marriage proposal, Walden was thrown back into the dating world in a serious way. He got invited to a threesome with Alan and his girlfriend, Lindsey, and then created a false identity in order to find a girl who wasn't after his money.

When Walden's old friend Missy came to visit, Jake fell so head-over-heels for her he went AWOL from the Army. The guys may have thought things were going to slow down once Jake got transferred to Japan, but they're about to be proven wrong when a niece of Alan's, who shares more than a few characteristics with her father, shows up at the beach house.

Good news for the fans of The Big Bang Theory as from 12th November on the first six seasons are gathered in a box plus there’s the release of the 7th too.

THE BIG BANG THEORY S7 & S1 - S6

Leonard and Sheldon are brilliant physicists - wizards in the laboratory, but socially challenged outside of it. Enter beautiful, street-smart neighbor, Penny, who aims to teach them a thing or two about life. Despite their on-again, off-again relationship in the past, Leonard believes he's found true love with Penny. Even Sheldon has found a female companion - entering into a "Relationship Agreement" with neurobiologist Amy Farrah Fowler. In their free time, Leonard and Sheldon continue to enjoy frequent trips to the comic book store and fantasy role-playing games with their ever-expanding universe of friends, including fellow scientists Raj and Howard, and Howard's adorable microbiologist wife, Bernadette.

Also out on Warner is the 11^th season from Two And A Half Men.

Another year of bachelorhood brought many new adventures for roommates Walden Schmidt and Alan Harper. After his girlfriend turned down his marriage proposal, Walden was thrown back into the dating world in a serious way. He got invited to a threesome with Alan and his girlfriend, Lindsey, and then created a false identity in order to find a girl who wasn't after his money.

When Walden's old friend Missy came to visit, Jake fell so head-over-heels for her he went AWOL from the Army. The guys may have thought things were going to slow down once Jake got transferred to Japan, but they're about to be proven wrong when a niece of Alan's, who shares more than a few characteristics with her father, shows up at the beach house.

Stockholm-based act Agent Side Grinder and Progress Productions join forces to release the bands new upcoming EP and forthcoming album. The new 12" vinyl is called "This Is Us" and is a dark melodic industrial pop track. Besides the original version there are remixes from Daniel Myer (Haujobb, Architect, Destroid and more) and Red Idiot (I’m From Barcelona) included. And as a bonus we find the track "Beloved Fool", an exclusive collaboration with another Progress Productions act: Kite.

Release date is set to November 26th.

BIOGRAPHY: Their first two albums, "Agent Side Grinder" (2008) and "Irish Recording Tape" (2009) were rooted in post-punk, industrial and dark electro. The band quickly gained an underground following throughout Europe. Their third album "Hardware" (2012) showed a bigger and more textured sound and was met with universal acclaim. It was named "album of the month" in Vice Magazine, topped several annual "best of-lists" including Dagens Nyheter, Metro and Time Out Paris and won the Manifest-award (Swedish indie-grammy) for best synth album in 2012. ASG has done five European tours and played festivals such as Wave-Gotik Treffen, The Great Escape, Eurosonic, Paaspop, Les Transmusicales de Rennes, Drop Dead Festival and Arvikafestivalen. They have opened for bands such as Suicide and Cold Cave and collaborated with artists like Dirk Ivens, Kite and Henric de la Cour. 2013 saw the North American release of "Hardware" and also an extensive remix album called "SFTWR". Expect a new ASG album in 2015.

Pixies are set to re-release their classic album 'Doolittle' later this year for its 25th anniversary.

The record - Pixies' second studio effort - was originally released back in April 1989. It will be reissued in December 1 via 4AD.

The collection is a three-disc edition, featuring B-sides, unreleased rarities and John Peel live session tracks.

The band this year released 'Indie Cindy', their first studio album since '1991' and first since the departure of long-time bassist Kim Deal.

The tracklist for the 'Doolittle 25' reissue is as follows:

Disc One - 'Doolittle'

'Debaser'

'Tame'

'Wave of Mutilation'

'I Bleed'

'Here Comes Your Man'

'Dead'

'Monkey Gone to Heaven'

'Mr. Grieves'

'Crackity Jones'

'La La Love You'

'No. 13 Baby'

'There Goes My Gun'

'Hey'

'Silver'

'Gouge Away'

Disc Two - 'Doolittle - B-Sides & Peel Sessions'

'Dead'

'Tame' *

'There Goes My Gun'

'Manta Ray'

'Into The White' *

'Wave of Mutilation'

'Down To The Well'

'Manta Ray'

'Weird At My School'

'Dancing The Manta Ray'

'Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf)'

'Into The White'

'Bailey's Walk'

Disc Three - 'Doolittle - Demos'

'Debaser'

'Tame' *

'Wave of Mutilation (First Demo)' *

'I Bleed' *

'Here Comes Your Man (1986 Demo)'

'Dead' *

'Monkey Gone To Heaven' *

'Mr. Grieves' *

'Crackity Jones' *

'La La Love You' *

'No. 13 Baby' *

'There Goes My Gun' *

'Hey' *

'Silver' *

'Gouge Away' *

'My Manta Ray Is All Right' *

'Santo' *

'Weird At My School' *

'Wave Of Mutilation' *

'No. 13 Baby '

'Debaser' *

'Gouge Away' *

* = unreleased