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Radiance Films

@filmsradiance

Independent distribution company releasing classic films on Blu-ray in US/CA/UK/IE | https://www.radiancefilms.co.uk/

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Critic and author @bealoayza.bsky.social breaks down the tenuous authority of Joan of Arc in this special feature newly made for our release of JEANNE LA PUCELLE, Jacques Rivette's moving and grounded two-part adaptation of the classic French martyr.

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György Pálfi crafts a disturbing corporeal portrait of multi-generational trauma in 20th century Hungary in his shocking, body-horror black comedy.

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"Inside there is Evil" Lock yourself into our new trailer for TWO BOXES, a double-bill Transmission release of two infamous Spanish TV movies during the dying years of Franco's regime. Out on 20th July, Pre-Orders are open now.

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Sandrine Bonnaire prays to God for salvation and deliverance in the second part of Jacques Rivette's epic JEANNE LA PUCELLE - THE PRISONS.

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When a street vendor is picked to cause trouble and ignite a yakuza gang war, he learns the difference between waving a gun and pulling the trigger. See our new trailer for the world Blu-ray premiere of Sadao Nakajima's lost gem of 1970s Japanese cinema, AESTHETICS OF A BULLET.

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Outside his French New Wave roles, Jean-Paul Belmondo made several French action films, with George Lautner's 1981 actioner being a high-point. Belmondo's brawny charm is fully showcased as a betrayed Secret Agent out for revenge.

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Filmmaker Robert Schwentke provides an insightful analysis of director Sadao Nakajima on our release of AESTHETICS OF A BULLET.

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An early De Niro plays a stunted amateur adult filmmaker in Brian De Palma's provocative counter-cultural NYC satire, HI, MOM!

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Three years before Taxi Driver, Tsunehiko Watase practised his tough-guy act in a mirror in this spiralling yakuza wannabe character study.

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Sandrine Bonnaire is a magnetic Joan of Arc is Jacques Rivette's grounded adaptation of the mythical figure.

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A theatre director makes catastrophic changes to his hit play in Jacques Rozier's final feature, the backstage comedy FIFI MARTINGALE. All of Rozier's films are available as part of our box set TIME TO PLAY, available now and shipping from our site.

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Strangers bond across language barriers - and samba music - in Jacques Rozier's remarkable MAINE-OCEAN EXPRESS. Available as part of our Jacques Rozier box set TIME TO PLAY, shipping from our site now.

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Our release of HI, MOM! will now feature over 70 mins of candid BTS footage, including De Palma directing the film and De Niro signing autographs, courtesy of Villon Archives. See a clip from this rare footage below.

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Antonio Banderas plays a young torero confessing to crimes he didn't commit in Pedro Almodóvar's heady mix of baroque romance, grisly horror, and pitch black comedy MATADOR, presented for the first time in dual-format UHD.

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A 'Robinson Crusoe' experience turns into a satirical tourist nightmare in Jacques Rozier's doomed hangout feature.

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Our brand new trailer for CONFESSIONS OF A POLICE CAPTAIN shows the face-off between Martin Balsam and Franco Nero as opposing visions of justice and the law collide. Out now in both UK and US/CA.

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Three girlfriends enjoy a late, languorous summer holiday in a beachside town within Jacques Rozier's second feature film, embracing the spontaneity and chance encounters that come their way.

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"How much injustice would you perpetuate in the name of the law?" Martin Balsam and Franco Nero face off with different views of justice and the law in Damiano Damiani's investigative thriller.

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In Jacques Rozier's feature debut, two girls and a young man spend an idyllic few days in Corsica, his upcoming military service in Algeria looming on the horizon.

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Take a trip through the mountains with Louis Koo and Sammi Cheng in ROMANCING IN THIN AIR, Johnnie To's swooning and multi-layered romantic melodrama.

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Bask in the new trailer for our Jacques Rozier box set, TIME TO PLAY. Celebrating the beauty and heartbreak of improvised days and chance encounters, TIME TO PLAY presents all five of Rozier’s features (along with several shorts) for the first time on UK Blu-ray.

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Ride the wild HIGHWAY TO HELL this April, a witty mash-up of Route '66, pop-culture Satanism and the Odyssey with stacked supporting characters and fantastically creative VFX work.

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Our newly-made trailer for ROMANCING IN THIN AIR is here. Considered by MUBI Notebook as "unsung, under-seen... one of the great films of 2012", Johnnie To's romantic melodrama is an earnest testament to human connection and the power of cinema. Releasing on 20th April in UK and US/CA.

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John Heard is phenomenal as an alcoholic, belligerent Vietnam veteran who pulls his reluctant drifter friend Bone (Jeff Bridges) into a murder conspiracy, forcing both men down a bleak, cynical path.

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A densely layered gangland drama sees Takashi Miike crafting an epic confrontation between two Yakuza factions (including a 200-min version, previously only available on Japanese VHS).

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A peasant's son's ruthless ambition makes him rise through post-war Polish society in Grzegorz Królikiewicz's inventive, highly stylised satire.

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You won't believe what these yakuza pull out against their rivals. Classic Takashi Miike.

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"I'm taking reality, making it look like make-believe" Our third TX release SPECIAL EFFECTS comes from the king of low-budget NY genre cinema, Larry Cohen. See our new trailer for this stylish psycho-sexual thriller, available now at both retailers and our site.

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Three of Takashi Miike's Yakuza fables get the box set treatment 🔥 Here's our brand new trailer for UNDERWORLD CHRONICLES, out next week

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Fudoh (Shosuke Tanihara) makes a grand entrance in one of Takashi Miike's outrageous Yakuza fables.

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An actress’s audition goes haywire, leading to a twisted, perverse, self-reflexive movie from the king of low-budget underground NYC filmmaking, Larry Cohen.

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Meet Michał Toporny, the man of the moment Here's our brand new trailer for Grzegorz Królikiewicz's THE DANCING HAWK, out later this month

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Loyalties are tested as factions close in on the potential Japanese Don.

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Clytemnestra (Irene Papas) despairs upon learning of the planned sacrifice of her daughter in order to set sail for the Trojan War in this adaptation of Euripides' classic tragedy.

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"The world lacks heroes, Rich" "I don't want to be one" An essential neo-noir of the cynical post-Vietnam era, CUTTER'S WAY arrives on UHD for the first time ever. Out soon in the UK and US/CA, secure your copy now.

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Legacy and rivalries escalate in the second part of THE JAPANESE GODFATHER TRILOGY: AMBITION.

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Huge thanks to @seanfennessey.bsky.social for the shout-out in their 1976 Physical Media video. “One of the very best boutique Blu-ray labels in the world.” We’re blushing. See their fantastic full video on Ringer Movie's YouTube channel.

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At the dawn of the 1970s, Japanese Crime syndicates disagree whether to leave the old ways behind for the sake of money and respectability.

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Christian (Giancarlo Giannini) is swept up in Gothic psychosexual fever in this iconic proto-giallo.

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