BFI (British Film Institute)

[andyli]

Literally minutes away from placing the order when I saw this. Thank goodness.

[beamish14]

Really hope A Couch in New York and Almayer’s Folly are included in this deal

[furbicide]

It is pretty amazing news, but waiting until 2025 is going to be hard (particularly if the upcoming Capricci set is English-friendly and similarly comprehensive)!

By the way is anyone reading this as “twenty features and also some short films” (in which case this would have to be close to every major work in her filmography) or that the short films are among those twenty titles?

[nicolas]

Oh my goodness, this is the best news in a while. Thanks for sharing, Finch. I was about to buy the French BD of Jeanne Dielman.
The cap comparisons between the inevitable BFI set and the Criterion should be epic.

[therewillbeblus]

Already bought the Criterion but this is stellar news. If there's more stuff like Portrait of a Young Girl at the End of the 60s in Brussels in her canon, I may become a more secure convert

[The Fanciful Norwegian]

Really hope A Couch in New York and Almayer’s Folly are included in this deal

I don't know about Almayer's Folly, but A Couch in New York is with Canal.

I suspect the films involved are those that have been restored by Cinematek:

-The shorts for INSAS
-Saute ma ville
-L'enfant aimé
-La chambre
-Hotel Monterey
-Hanging Out Yonkers
-Le 15/8
-Je tu il elle
-Jeanne Dielman
-News from Home
-Les rendez-vous d'Anna
-Toute une nuit
-J'ai faim, j'ai froid
-La paresse
-Golden Eighties
-Histoires d'Amérique
-D'est
-Sud
-La captive
-Demain on déménage
-No Home Movie

[Finch]

Coming in the summer:
The Music Lovers (1970) (June 17)
Heavenly Pursuits (1986) (June 17)
Die Monster Die (1965) (July 22)
Remembrance (1982) (July 15)

[TechnicolorAcid]

Coming in the summer:
The Music Lovers (1970) (June 17)

Yes! This was easily my second most wanted Russell Blu-Ray, just based off it’s cinematography alone (especially in the 1812 Overture sequence) and I’m especially excited given how well the BFI have treated Russell’s other films that they’ve released.

[crimlaw]

More Russell films would be great. Maybe there’s a blu ray of The Devils coming soon?

[beamish14]

Coming in the summer:
The Music Lovers (1970) (June 17)

Yes! This was easily my second most wanted Russell Blu-Ray, just based off it’s cinematography alone (especially in the 1812 Overture sequence) and I’m especially excited given how well the BFI have treated Russell’s other films that they’ve released.

I saw it theatrically some years back, and it truly has one of the best sound designs ever. Right up there with Fire Walk with Me

[Peacock]

Count me in as another ecstatic customer with the Music Lovers announcement! Bravo.

[furbicide]

Really hope A Couch in New York and Almayer’s Folly are included in this deal

I don't know about Almayer's Folly, but A Couch in New York is with Canal.

I suspect the films involved are those that have been restored by Cinematek:

-The shorts for INSAS
-Saute ma ville
-L'enfant aimé
-La chambre
-Hotel Monterey
-Hanging Out Yonkers
-Le 15/8
-Je tu il elle
-Jeanne Dielman
-News from Home
-Les rendez-vous d'Anna
-Toute une nuit
-J'ai faim, j'ai froid
-La paresse
-Golden Eighties
-Histoires d'Amérique
-D'est
-Sud
-La captive
-Demain on déménage
-No Home Movie

That seems to check out numbers-wise at least, thanks!

Mixed feelings if these are the titles – would be very happy to finally get Toute une nuit and Golden Eighties on disc, as well as some of the others I don’t have like D’est and Histoires d’Amérique, but it’d be disappointing to miss out on Portrait, The Eighties, Nuit et jour, Letters Home, A Couch in New York and some of the great shorts like Le déménagement, L’homme à la valise and Family Business if they’re not included.

Also, literally half of those films are on the Criterion set already – so for those like me who already have it, it might make more sense to wait for a Chantal Akerman Masterpieces Part 2 (if there’s any indication that such a set is in the works).

[Michael Kerpan]

Query -- What is the best place for US residents to order BFI Blu Rays from these days?

[beamish14]

Query -- What is the best place for US residents to order BFI Blu Rays from these days?

I tend to get them from Rarewaves via eBay

[Jean-Luc Garbo]

I went thru Orbit in NC this year as the pre-order prices were favorable. My copy of Chocolat shipped yesterday!

[Matt]

Definitely Orbit for me. Diabolik is sometimes $1 less, but they seem not to carry BFI releases consistently.

[ryannichols7]

Orbit also ships basically immediately if they're open. Diabolik can take days to get out in stock items