Known as Thamp̄, a title which translates into The Circus Tent, the acclaimed third film of Indian writer/director Govindan Aravindan was once thought to be lost. The Film Heritage Foundation spent nearly eight painstaking months restoring the film from a duplicate negative taken from a 35mm print and managed to […]
Second Run DVD
The War Trilogy: Three Films by Andrzej Wajda (1955/1958) War is Hell (Review)
Luminous Procuress (1971): if an alien made a film about human sexuality, it would look like this (Review)
It’s quite an achievement to live your life as a work of art. Steven Arnold, whose film Luminous Procuress has been restored and reissued on Blu-Ray by Second Run, seems to have achieved it. His star and childhood friend, the performance artist Pandora, recalls his bedroom being decorated “like Louis […]
Current (1964): a calm surface with a darker undertow (Review)
The new Hungarian Masters set is the second time Second Run have released a box set themed around Hungary’s cinema. The previous one was released in 2010 and showcased the work of Miklós Janscó, Károly Makk and Márta Mészáros, three of the most prominent Hungarian directors of the 1950s-1970s era. […]
Adoption (1975) A Personal Film from an Unsung Female Director (Review)
Released to Blu-ray by Second Run this week is Adoption, or Örökbefogadás to give it its native Hungarian title. A 1975 film from director Márta Mészáros, it tells the story of Kata (Katelin Berek), a forty-three-year-old factory worker embroiled in a longing-standing love affair with a married man, Jóska (László […]
The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On: A visceral indictment of war (Review)
Journey to the Beginning of Time: an astonishing arsenal of animator’s tricks (Review)
A Blonde in Love: atypically typical Czech brilliance (Review)
While watching Second Run’s latest, A Blonde in Love, the thought entered my head. The internet is littered with clickbait articles such as the best films ever made, “the best films you’ve never seen” and “the best directors ever”. It would be something if these lists furthered people’s understanding of […]
Silence and Cry (1968) a thought-provoking portrait of a unique director at a critical juncture in history (Review)
Taskafa, Stories of the Street/Estate, a Reverie: Two Films by Andrea Luka Zimmerman
This DVD from Second Run features two wonderfully satisfying and symbiotic documentary features from filmmaker and creative artist Andrea Luka Zimmerman, Taskafa, Stories of the Street from 2013, and Estate, a Reverie from 2015. On initial inspection you may think there is very little thematically in common between Taskafa, an […]