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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Taste of Fear

Another minor gem from Hammer, and further proof that that studio's non-horror output is ageing somewhat better than a lot of its Gothic movies.

Not that Taste is short on shocks, of course. A taut and intriguing psychological thriller, it sees a young, disabled woman, Penny (Susan Strasberg), going to live with her rich, estranged father on the French Riviera, ten years after she last saw him. The old man is absent when she arrives; his new, slightly unctuous wife (Ann Todd) explains he is away on business. But before long the already mentally fragile Penny bumps into his corpse in the summer house. Or did she just imagine it?

Tightly scripted by Hammer stalwart Jimmy Sangster and smartly directed by Seth Holt, it’s not going too far to rank Taste of Fear alongside some of the Hitchcock and Georges Clouzot movies tha...