"In all my travels throughout the universe I have battled against evil, against power-mad conspirators. I should have stayed here! The oldest civilisation: decadent, degenerate, and rotten to the core."
A CGI tour through the sets used in the making of Doctor Who's The Trial of a Time Lord, in BBC Television Centre's TC1 from 1986. Designer Michael Trevor repurposed sets designed by John Anderson, Malcolm Thornton and Mike Kelt, and added his own extensions to them!
A teenage girl suffering from anxiety due to a tragic event from her past finds herself hunted through the woods by a sociopath on a murderous rampage.
Handsome and stylish Victor is reunited by chance with David, his first love, fifteen years after the last time they saw each other. This reunion revives the clandestine love they had when they were younger..
"I told them to be happy, but they wouldn't listen. I gave them every chance. Oh, I know they laughed sometimes, but they still cried, they still wept."
Take a tour of Andrew Orton's renders of the sets used in The Happiness Patrol, originally recorded in BBC Television Centre's TC3 in 1988.
Let Boys on Film move, inspire and uplift you with this stunning collection of eleven new gay short films, marking the final physical edition of the series.
Showcasing the best filmmaking talent from around the world and starring Enzo Vogrincic (Society of the Snow), Jeremy McClain (Pose), and Sam Retford (Coronation Street), Boys On Film 24: Happy Endings presents over two hours of unashamedly positive stories of love, sex and romance.
Trying to survive in the ruins of post-war Japan, Kawada (By a Man’s Face Shall You Know Him) and Tsukada (Sympathy for the Underdog) run afoul of the military police after stealing valuable copper wire. Kawada is arrested and sent to prison, but Tsukada uses their gains to start a yakuza gang. Facing violent inmates and a cruel warden (Big Time Gambling Boss), Kawada vows to escape and stop his former partner.
Tai Kato directs this epic prison story with characteristic visual flair, while gangster-turned-actor Ando delivers a stunning performance charged with real-life gravitas. As an examination of the deep scars of wartime, this genre classic is also a clear precursor to Kinji Fukasaku’s epoch-making Battles Without Honour and Humanity series.
Eighteen Years in Prison, a film by Tai Katô, released by Radiance 29 July 2024.
Bensoussan (Richard Anconina) is a small-time drug pusher in the 18th Arrondissement of Paris. Being trailed by suspicious patrol cops he takes refuge in a petrol station and strikes up a conversation with night manager Lambert (Coluche). As Bensoussan continues to drop in on Lambert they develop a friendship. But it isn't long before problems arise for Bensoussan and Lambert feels a responsibility to the the young tearaway.
Slick and stunningly shot by Bruno Nuytten (Possession), this rain-soaked neo-noir was a multiple winner at the French César Academy Awards taking home acting prizes for both leads, the film anchored by their tender performances. A tale of friendship and revenge set within the fatalistic noir framework, Claude Berri's Tchao Pantin was a box office smash in France.
For the first time outside of France, Tchao Pantinis coming on blu-ray from a 4K restoration supervised by Nyutten.
The title is risible but Roger Corman's landlocked monster movie boasts more than a few genuinely eerie moments, particularly when the titular creatures begin to communicate using the voices of the people they've murdered. Corman favorite Mel Welles is one of the unfortunates who gets up close and personal with the irradiated crustaceans, meanwhile the rest of the cast is trying to get up close and personal with Pamela Duncan, one of Roger's most fetching scream queens - it's Trailer From Hell!