Arrow's latest Blu-ray titles have been detailed.
Pre-orders are now available for several upcoming Blu-ray releases from Arrow Films, including titles from directors like Alain Resnais, Carol Reed, and Herschell Gordon Lewis.
Here's a rundown of Arrow Films' Spring 2019 collection of Blu-rays set to arrive throughout April, May, and June under the company's various labels:
April 9
Alain Resnais' Mélo starring Sabine Azéma, Fanny Ardant, and Pierre Arditi. The disc will feature a brand new 2K restoration of the film, and supplements will include:
- Newly-filmed introduction by critic Jonathan Romney
- Archive interview with director Alain Resnais
- Archive interview with producer Marin Karmitz
- Archive interviews with actors Pierre Arditi and André Dussolier
- Archive interview with script supervisor Sylvette Baudrot
- Archive interview with set designer Jacques Saulnier
- Theatrical Trailer
- Reversible sleeve featuring original artwork
- FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Bilge Ebiri
Riccardo Freda's The Iguana With The Tongue Of Fire starring Luigi Pistilli and Dagmar Lassander. The disc will feature a new 2K restoration from the original 35mm camera negative, and supplements will include:
- New audio commentary by giallo connoisseurs Adrian J. Smith and David Flint
- Of Chameleons and Iguanas, a newly filmed video appreciation by the cultural critic and academic Richard Dyer
- Considering Cipriani, a new appreciation of the composer Stelvio Cipriani and his score to The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire by DJ and soundtrack collector Lovely Jon
- The Cutting Game, a new interview with Iguana s assistant editor Bruno Micheli
- The Red Queen of Hearts, a career-spanning interview with the actress Dagmar Lassander
- Original Italian and international theatrical trailers
- Image gallery
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys
- Collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Andreas Ehrenreich
April 16
Enzo G. Castellari's Keoma starring Franco Nero and William Berger. The disc will feature a new 2K restoration from the original 35mm camera negative, and supplements will include:
- New audio commentary by spaghetti western experts C. Courtney Joyner and Henry C. Parke
- The Ballad of Keoma, a new interview with the legendary star Franco Nero
- Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust, a new interview with director Enzo G. Castellari
- Writing Keoma, a new interview with actor and writer Luigi Montefiori AKA George Eastman
- Parallel Actions, a new interview with editor Gianfranco Amicucci
- The Flying Thug, a new interview with actor Massimo Vanni
- Play as an Actor, a new interview with actor Volfango Soldati
- Keoma and the Twilight of the Spaghetti Western, a newly filmed video appreciation by the academic Austin Fisher
- An Introduction to Keoma by Alex Cox, an archival featurette with the acclaimed director
- Original Italian and international theatrical trailers
- Gallery of original promotional images from the Mike Siegel Archive
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sean Phillips
- Collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Simon Abrams and Howard Hughes
April 23
Richard Friedman's Scared Stiff starring Andrew Stevens and Mary Page Keller. The disc will feature a brand new 2K restoration from original film elements, and supplements will include:
- Brand new audio commentary with director Richard Friedman, producer Dan Bacaner and film historian Robert Ehlinger
- Mansion of the Doomed: The Making of Scared Stiff brand new documentary featuring interviews with Richard Friedman, Dan Bacaner, Robert Ehlinger, actors Andrew Stevens and Joshua Segal, special effects supervisor Tyler Smith and special effects assistants Jerry Macaluso and Barry Anderson
- Brand new interview with composer Billy Barber
- Image Gallery
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Reversible sleeve featuring two original artwork options
- FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Fully illustrated collector s booklet with new writing on the film by James Oliver
April 30
Aleksei German's Khrustalyov, My Car! starring Yuriy Tsurilo and Nina Ruslanova. The disc will feature a new 2K restoration from the original camera negative by Arrow Films, and supplements will include:
- Audio commentary by producer Daniel Bird
- Between Realism and Nightmare, a new video essay on Khrustalyov, My Car! and the films of Aleksei German by historian and film critic Eugénie Zvonkine
- Diagnosis Murder: Jonathan Brent on The Doctors' Plot, the academic talks about Stalin's anti-Semitic campaign which provides the backdrop for Khrustalyov, My Car!
- Aleksei German, the veteran film historian and critic Ron Holloway interviews the Russian director
- German... At Last, an interview with Aleksei German by producer Guy Séligmann
- Re-release trailer
- Double-sided fold-out poster
- Limited edition 60-page booklet featuring new writing by Gianna D'Emilio, an archival essay by Joël Chaperon and original reviews
May 7
Giancarlo Santi's The Grand Duel starring Lee Van Cleef and Alberto Dentice. The disc will feature a new 2K restoration from the original 35mm camera negative, and supplements will include:
- New audio commentary by film critic, historian and theorist Stephen Prince
- An Unconventional Western, a newly filmed interview with director Giancarlo Santi
- The Last of the Great Westerns, a newly filmed interview with screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi
- Cowboy by Chance, an interview with the actor Alberto Dentice AKA Peter O'Brien
- Out of the Box, a newly filmed interview with producer Ettore Rosboch
- The Day of the Big Showdown, a newly filmed interview with assistant director Harald Buggenig
- Saxon City Showdown, a newly filmed video appreciation by the academic Austin Fisher
- Two Different Duels, a comparison between the original cut and the longer German cut of The Grand Duel
- Game Over, an obscure sci-fi short film from 1984 directed by Bernard Villiot and starring The Grand Duel s Marc Mazza
- Marc Mazza: Who was the Rider on the Rain?, a video essay about the elusive actor Marc Mazza by tough-guy film expert Mike Malloy
- Original Italian and international theatrical trailers
- Extensive image gallery featuring stills, posters, lobby cards and home video sleeves, drawn from the Mike Siegel Archive and other collections
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Matt Griffin
- FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Kevin Grant and original reviews
May 14
Teruo Ishii's Yakuza Law starring Bunta Sugawara. Supplements will include:
- New audio commentary by author and critic Jasper Sharp
- Erotic-Grotesque and Genre Hopping: Teruo Ishii Speaks, a rare vintage interview with the elusive director on his varied career, newly edited for this release
- Image gallery
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Jacob Phillips
- FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Tom Mes
John Farrow's The Big Clock staring Ray Milland, Charles Laughton, and Rita Johnson. Supplements will include:
- New audio commentary by film scholar Adrian Martin
- Turning Back the Clock, a newly filmed analysis of the film by the critic and chief executive of Film London, Adrian Wootton
- A Difficult Actor, a newly filmed appreciation of Charles Laughton and his performance in The Big Clock by the actor, writer, and theatre director Simon Callow
- Rare hour-long 1948 radio dramatization of The Big Clock by the Lux Radio Theatre, starring Ray Milland
- Original theatrical trailer
- Gallery of original stills and promotional materials
- Reversible sleeve featuring two original artwork options
- FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Christina Newland
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May 21
Leszek Burzynski's Trapped Alive starring Jay Leggett. The disc will feature a brand new 2K restoration from the original camera negative, and supplements will include:
- Brand new audio commentary with director Leszek Burzynski
- Brand new audio commentary with special effects artist Hank Carlson and horror writer Josh Hadley
- Brand new audio commentary with The Hysteria Continues
- There s EVIL Underground... - brand new making-of documentary featuring interviews with director Leszek Burzynski, cinematographer Nancy Schreiber, production manager Alexandra Reed and actors Alex Kubik and Sullivan Hester
- Upper Michigan Tonight - 1988 television documentary on Windsor Lake Studios, featuring footage from behind the scenes of Trapped Alive and contemporary interviews with director Leszek Burzynski, producer Christopher Webster and production designer Brian Savegar
- Leszek Burzynski: The Early Years - the Trapped Alive director discusses his early forays into genre movie-making
- Reversible sleeve featuring newly commissioned artwork by Justin Osbourn
- FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Collector's booklet featuring new writing by Zach Carlson
Herschell Gordon Lewis' She-Devils on Wheels starring Betty Connell, Nancy Lee Noble, and Christie Wagner. Supplements will include:
- Bonus Feature! 1968 s Just for the Hell of It!
- Introductions to both films by Herschell Gordon Lewis
- She-Devils on Wheels feature-length audio commentary with H.G. Lewis and Something Weird s Mike Vraney
- The Shocking Truth! filmmaker and Grindhouse Releasing head honcho Bob Murawski on his discovery of the films of H.G. Lewis
- Garage Punk Gore filmmaker and musician Chris Alexander discusses the films and music of H.G. Lewis
- H.G Lewis on his 1968 film The Ally Tramp
- H.G. Lewis Promo Gallery
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by The Twins of Evil
June 18
Carol Reed's The Running Man starring Laurence Harvey and Lee Remick. The disc will feature a 2K restoration of the film by Sony Pictures, and supplements will include:
- Isolated music and effects track
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Audio commentary by Peter William Evans, author of British Film-Makers: Carol Reed
- On The Trail Of The Running Man, all-new featurette with crew members such as script supervisor Angela Allen and assistant director Kits Browning
- Lee Remick at the National Film Theatre, an audio-only recording of the actor's appearance at the NFT in 1970
- Image gallery
- Reversible sleeve featuring original artwork
- FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Barry Forshaw
You can find the latest specs for all of the titles listed above linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule where they are indexed throughout April, May, and June.