Film

Fritz Lang’s three Dr. Mabuse films

Published on: 11th May, 2010

Out now on DVD, assembled together for the first time by a single label, and in one boxset — Fritz Lang’s legendary trilogy of films on the machinations of arch-criminal Dr. Mabuse. These landmark works — presented here in their fully restored forms — trace not only the death-cycle of Mabuse’s conspiratorial network, but also [...]

The end of a cycle

Published on: 11th May, 2010

A cycle of Maurice Pialat releases comes to a close with the twin releases of landmark works by one of the true giants of the motion-picture artform.
Pialat’s 1983 <a href=“http://www.eurekavideo.co.uk/moc/catalogue/a-nos-amours/“>A nos amours.</a> [To Our Romance. / Here’s to Love.] pits the filmmaker himself in a tender, ruthless performance against Sandrine Bonnaire at the moment of [...]

Murnau, Lang, and Sirk

Published on: 11th May, 2010

Now available: sterling editions of classic works by three directors whose careers enjoyed enormous success in the German film industry and the Hollywood studio system alike.
F. W. Murnau’s 1930 <a href=“http://www.eurekavideo.co.uk/moc/catalogue/city-girl/“>City Girl</a>, the buoyant and lyrical follow-up to <a href=“http://www.eurekavideo.co.uk/moc/catalogue/sunrise2/“>Sunrise_</a> that for too long dwelt in the earlier film’s expressionist shadow, appears from MoC in [...]

Six from Lubitsch

Published on: 11th May, 2010

Out now: a DVD collection of the early German silents that established the incredible Ernst Lubitsch’s reputation not only as master/creator of the hyper-risqué hundred-karat rom-com (the “Lubitsch Touch” film), but as an innovator of set design, an able director of extras, and a capable pacer of melodramatic arcs.
These traits — calling cards for Lubitsch’s [...]

Humbled and re-energised

Published on: 11th May, 2010

We’re extremely humbled by the support that The Masters of Cinema Series has received in some of the big year-end best-of-2009 polls that have hit various media within the last few weeks.
<a href=“http://hcc.techradar.com/news/“>Home Cinema Choice</a> magazine in the UK voted MoC “DVD Label of the Year” in their January issue, and singled out our recent [...]

Zaire ‘74 documentary on Blu-ray

Published on: 11th May, 2010

Out now on <a href=“http://www.eurekavideo.co.uk/moc/catalogue/soul-power/“>DVD</a> and <a href=“http://www.eurekavideo.co.uk/moc/catalogue/soul-power2/“>Blu-ray</a> is Soul Power_, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte’s fascinating 2008 documentary about the Zaire ‘74 3-day music festival starring James Brown, BB King, Miriam Makeba, Bill Withers, Celia Cruz and the Fania Allstars, and many more.
A vérité documentary — compiled entirely from footage shot in 1974 — it was held [...]

The world’s first silent feature on Blu-ray

Published on: 11th May, 2010

Out now — on both Blu-ray and DVD, one of F. W. Murnau’s final and greatest achievements, <a href=“http://www.eurekavideo.co.uk/moc/catalogue/sunrise/“>Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans</a> [1927] along with Georges Franju’s feature debut, <a href=“http://www.eurekavideo.co.uk/moc/catalogue/la-tete-contre-les-murs/“>La Tête contre les murs</a> [Head Against the Wall, 1959].
F. W. Murnau’s <a href=“http://www.eurekavideo.co.uk/moc/catalogue/sunrise/“>Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans</a> is considered by many [...]

Georges Franju and F. W. Murnau

Published on: 11th May, 2010

Out now — Georges Franju’s feature debut, <a href=“http://www.eurekavideo.co.uk/moc/catalogue/la-tete-contre-les-murs/“>La Tête contre les murs</a> [Head Against the Wall, 1959] and, on both Blu-ray and DVD, one of F. W. Murnau’s final and greatest achievements, <a href=“http://www.eurekavideo.co.uk/moc/catalogue/sunrise/“>Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans</a> [1927].
Pierre Brasseur, Anouk Aimée, Charles Azanavour, Paul Meurisse, and future director Jean-Pierre Mocky (who also [...]

Two more mighty Maurice Pialat films

Published on: 11th May, 2010

Out now – <a href=“http://www.eurekavideo.co.uk/moc/catalogue/nous-ne-vieillirons-pas-ensemble/“>Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble</a> (1972) and <a href=“http://www.eurekavideo.co.uk/moc/catalogue/passe-ton-bac-dabord//“>Passe ton Bac d’abord</a> (1979) — two films by the late, great French director Maurice Pialat (releases #4 and #5 out of a planned series of 7).

Out now on 2 x DVD and Blu-ray

Published on: 11th May, 2010

Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s latest film <a href=“http://eurekavideo.co.uk/moc/catalogue/tokyo-sonata/“>Tokyo Sonata</a> (2008) which opened theatrically across the UK in January is now available to own on 2 x DVD and Blu-ray. Please visit our dedicated <a href=“http://tokyosonata.co.uk/“>Tokyo Sonata microsite</a> for full details of the film. It’s had great reviews in the press, there’s a detailed technical breakdown of [...]