masters of cinema

Ted Kotcheff's remarkable movie Wake In Fright is a brutal prowl across a battered wasteland. Or you might even say two wastelands: the Australian outback and a man's broken soul.

F. W. Murnau's classic will be back in UK cinemas just in time for Halloween.

We're big fans of the Masters of Cinema series at Bleeding Cool I've been writing a column about Masters of Cinema here for some time and although it's been on a bit of a hiatus recently I will be bringing it back as soon as I can.I was recently invited to appear on the Masters[...]

Today the UK label Masters of Cinema announced their October and November Releases via their Twitter feeds and they are, unsurprisingly, a great selection of titles They also announced that they are the UK partners for Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Foundation and that this involves two new box-sets every year Great news indeed.There are three[...]

The UK label Masters of Cinema today announced that they will be releasing the Australian cult classic Wake in Fright (aka Outback)on Blu-ray and DVD in early 2014.The film is set to play the Discovery Screen at FrightFest on the 23rd of August and I shall certainly be trying to get in to that screening to[...]

Even though the Masters of Cinema August and September releases have yet to be announced they can be found listed in an advertisement on page two of this month's Sight and Sound.I've listed all the titles below and added in the directors and years in case you are unfamiliar with the films.AugustTarnished Angels (Douglas Sirk,[...]

We're between instalments of Craig Skinner's superb Masters of Cinema Monthly column right now but that doesn't mean the Masters or their Eureka Entertainment overlords are just sitting on their hands.Nope, they've just dropped one of their least expected announcements to date, slotting in Andrew Bujalski's Computer Chess for a cinema release in the UK[...]

Welcome to the Masters of Cinema Monthly.Today, Masters of Cinema announced their June-July line up and gave cinephiles five good reasons their wallets may feel a little lighter this summer.The press release is as follows, From landmark silent cinema and a thrilling rediscovery from a French legend to an early sound cinema classic and the finest[...]

Welcome to Masters of Cinema Monthly.I'm quite a fan of film podcasts They have a lot of potential to be excellent platforms for interesting film criticism and much like blogging, podcasts allow for unlimited freedom to discuss whatever you choose to, without the constraints that print or radio journalists seem to have to work within.One[...]

Welcome to Masters of Cinema Monthly.Due to some unforeseen circumstances this column has been on a brief hiatus but is now back and just in time for the latest new release announcements from Masters of Cinema Read on for the complete list of new releases (artwork will be added as soon as it is available).Here's[...]

Welcome to Masters of Cinema Monthly.It's announcements day in the world of Masters of Cinema but before I get to the news I have a rather exciting competition to announce.Masters of Cinema have recently begun selling a small selection of the Quad posters that they create for their releases The three posters currently available are for[...]

Welcome to Masters of Cinema Monthly.First off let me apologise for the lateness of this month's column, which was originally intended to be up a couple of weeks ago Although delayed, by my moving house, the column still has plenty of fresh news and three reviews of new Masters of Cinema releases.My new home has a lot more wall[...]

Welcome to Masters of Cinema Monthly.Last month I brought you news of all the latest announcements from MoC, click back here to find them all Due to the timing of my column going up though there was one announcement that came just that little bit too late to make it in In case you didn't[...]

Welcome to the first Masters of Cinema Monthly of 2012 This month's column is a rather large one with lots of news, reviews and an interview with Monte Hellman To provide you with a bit of a guide, I begin with info on the forthcoming releases then move into more general news and some quotes from the[...]

Welcome to Masters of Cinema Monthly and Seasons Greetings!Masters of Cinema have recently posted their own Seasons Greetings message here with the image above of Hitchcock peeking out from behind a turkey Most likely an image chosen simply because it's a good one but it does actually tie into something I've been speculating about since Masters of Cinema[...]

Which is, how are we going to survive and where are we going to go when we use this place up? Those issues are part of the underpinnings of some of the movies I'm working on. Check back here to read the whole interview in next month's Masters of Cinema Monthly, which will include Douglas Trumbull's[...]

Welcome to Masters of Cinema Monthly.As this month's column comes shortly after the previous one there's not too much MoC news I'm therefore going to just focus on the two latest releases, the first fruits of MoC's deal with Universal - Silent Running and Touch of Evil These are really extraordinary releases though, and there's[...]

Craig Skinner writes for Bleeding Cool. Welcome to Masters of Cinema Monthly, a regular column here at Bleeding Cool dedicated to The Masters of Cinema Series Every month I shall be writing about the latest Masters of Cinema news and taking a look at their latest titles.Below you can find news on forthcoming releases and reviews of the[...]

We do like the Masters of Cinema DVD and Blu-ray label here at Bleeding Cool - you may have noticed as we started a regular column on their lavish special edition releases They're often called "Britain's Criterion", and I suppose that is easy enough to accept, if a touch condescending.One of their upcoming discs is[...]

We love the Masters of Cinema range of DVD and Blu-ray releases, and have often been caught recommending their titles They're a UK imprint of Eureka films, and for Little Bleeders in the US, getting a hold of their titles is simply a case of shopping online and having the discs shipped to you.And most[...]