New and Classic Films on DVD and Blu-ray

Podcast: Sundays and Cybele - Elements of Beauty

In this edition of the podcast, Graeme Hobbs looks at the 1964 Best Foreign Film Oscar winner, Sundays and Cybele, a profoundly moving and beautiful film.

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Our March Film Catalogue is out now!

Adorning our front cover is a striking image from The White Ribbon, it's our film of the month and real must-see. Inside, we've an excellent Oscars sale and a great line-up of reviews including An Education, Fritz Lang's M and An Inspector Calls.

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Blog: Transgressions of Cinema

After a hiatus of blog updates,we're back with a sparkling new look and a great new entry from James Oliver, inspired by our current Controversial Film Sale.

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Cinema review: Clint Eastwood's Invictus

Milo Wakelin is impressed by this engaging biopic of Nelson Mandela, here played by Morgan Freeman, which takes the 1995 Rugby World Cup as its backdrop.

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The films of Googie Withers - DVDs from £5.99

Explore the excellent back-catalogue of this very fine actress who is long overdue wider recognition.

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Two World Cinema DVDs for £12 - for one week only!

Any fan of world cinema will not want to miss this outstanding sale - the range and quality of the films on sale is mouth-watering!

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BBC Sale - Save up to 75% on over 100 DVDs!

Inspired by last Friday's release of the Mel Gibson remake, we present a massive BBC sale starring the original Edge of Darkness and many other great series.

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COI Collection: Volume 1 - Police and Thieves

Arriving on the back of their superlative collections showcasing British Transport Films, the GPO Film Unit, and latterly the National Coal Board Film Unit, the BFI here turns its attention to films produced by the Central Office of Information, established in 1946 as a successor to the wartime Ministry of Information. This first volume of COI documentaries looks at aspects of crime, from policing and punishment to prevention and rehabilitation.

The first film, Jack Lee’s beautifully photographed Children on Trial, looks at two Liverpool slum children’s experiences at ‘approved schools’. For them, things eventually turn out well, but in other films here, such as Probation Officer – made for the Home Office to encourage people to take up the profession – there is a level-headedness about the amount of dogged hard work, insight an...