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The Railroad Man (1956) A Year in the Life of a Working Class Family
Themroc (1973) The Urban Caveman and the Red Triangle
Strange New Worlds: Science Fiction at DEFA (1960 to 1976) Socialism Among the Stars
Sinners (2025) A Must See Theatre Experience
Oil Lamps (1971) Juraj Herz’s dazzling and decadent psycho-sexual period piece
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Night Moves (1975) Gene Hackman’s Memorable 70’s Thriller Comes to 4K
Tokyo Pop (1988) The Lost Gen-X Cult Classic Gets Its Moment
Freaky Tales (2024): High on Style, Inconsistent on Substance
The Magnificent Trio (1966) & Magnificent Wanderers (1977) Unearthing the Bookends of Chang Cheh’s Wuxia Reign
A Woman of Paris (1923) Chaplin’s First Drama Film Falls Short 
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The Railroad Man (1956) A Year in the Life of a Working Class Family

Mark Cunliffe 20/05/2025
The Railroad Man (1956) A Year in the Life of a Working Class Family

The second Radiance release this week is Pietro Germi’s 1956 film The Railroad Man, or Il ferroviere in its native Italian. As well as directing and having a hand in the screenplay, Germi also stars in the lead role of Andrea Marcocci, the train operator of the title and patriarch of a working-class […]

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Themroc (1973) The Urban Caveman and the Red Triangle

Mark Cunliffe 19/05/2025
Themroc (1973) The Urban Caveman and the Red Triangle

Released to Radiance this week is Claude Faraldo’s notorious 1973 French satire, Themroc, a film that gained its notoriety here in the UK on account of it being the first film broadcast in Channel 4’s Red Triangle season on 19th September 1986. The Red Triangle season was the informal title […]

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Strange New Worlds: Science Fiction at DEFA (1960 to 1976) Socialism Among the Stars

Ethan Lyon 18/05/2025
Strange New Worlds: Science Fiction at DEFA (1960 to 1976) Socialism Among the Stars

Eureka have scored another tremendous success with their “Strange New Worlds: Science Fiction at DEFA” boxset that brings four fascinating glimpses at a Socialist approach to the genre beyond the traditional USSR output of On the Silver Globe, Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel or Stalker. The first entry, Silent Star, was one […]

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Sinners (2025) A Must See Theatre Experience

Ben Chambers 18/05/2025
Sinners (2025) A Must See Theatre Experience

I was surprised before seeing Ryan Coogler’s Sinners how well it was being received both critically and commercially, by audience members. Of course, after seeing it, I’m not surprised at all. It’s quite an original project, something that is unfortunately a rarity in Hollywood these days. But I do not […]

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Oil Lamps (1971) Juraj Herz’s dazzling and decadent psycho-sexual period piece

Jimmy Dean 16/05/2025
Oil Lamps (1971) Juraj Herz’s dazzling and decadent psycho-sexual period piece

I’m a little late to the latest Second Run party because I’ve been caught up moving house. As a welcome escape from packing stress, I found myself lost in the Blu Ray World Premiere of Juraj Herz’s Oil Lamps (1971). Second Run have been a long-time champion of Herz’s work, […]

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Night Moves (1975) Gene Hackman’s Memorable 70’s Thriller Comes to 4K

Ben Chambers 05/05/2025
Night Moves (1975) Gene Hackman’s Memorable 70’s Thriller Comes to 4K

I ended up seeing Night Moves (1975) about a month before this Criterion edition came out, due to the passing of its star, Gene Hackman. I will admit, I thought the film was fine, though many people consider it to be a much better film than I did. Hackman’s performance […]

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Tokyo Pop (1988) The Lost Gen-X Cult Classic Gets Its Moment

Nora Rawn 05/05/2025
Tokyo Pop (1988) The Lost Gen-X Cult Classic Gets Its Moment

If you’ve heard an extra joyful noise in the air this spring, it may be coming from devotees of Tokyo Pop. Victim of a failed distribution company that kept it from taking its rightful status as a cult classic, the time for Fran Rubel Kuzui’s debut to have its moment […]

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Freaky Tales (2024): High on Style, Inconsistent on Substance

Alex Paine 01/05/2025
Freaky Tales (2024): High on Style, Inconsistent on Substance

The amount of 80s nostalgia there has been over the last ten years or so has meant that it’s harder and harder for films set in the decade stand out: regardless of quality, there’s nothing that stops them being seen as cynical bursts of nostalgia for a time gone by, […]

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The Magnificent Trio (1966) & Magnificent Wanderers (1977) Unearthing the Bookends of Chang Cheh’s Wuxia Reign

Ben Jones 01/05/2025
The Magnificent Trio (1966) & Magnificent Wanderers (1977) Unearthing the Bookends of Chang Cheh’s Wuxia Reign

In the years that followed the move from Shanghai to Hong Kong as the heart of the Chinese film industry, following the “Cultural Revolution” in 1949, Shaw Brothers wanted to modernise their studio by bringing in new and fresh directors and stars, tying them to contracts and giving them regular […]

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A Woman of Paris (1923) Chaplin’s First Drama Film Falls Short 

Ben Chambers 27/04/2025
A Woman of Paris (1923) Chaplin’s First Drama Film Falls Short 

A Woman of Paris (also known with the subtitle: A Drama of Fate) was Charlie Chaplin’s second directed feature. He made the odd choice, given how his fame was based on comedy, of wanting to direct a completely dramatic work and avoid comedy entirely. The film begins with the main […]

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