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  • Anthony Asquith’s Shooting Stars Makes Dazzling Début on BFI Blu-ray and DVD

    by Rebecca Harrison 19th May 2016

    Giveaway: Win BFI Blu-ray/DVD Sets of Anthony Asquith’s Shooting Stars! Following the British Film Institute’s acclaimed restorations of wunderkind British director Anthony Asquith’s Underground (1928) and A Cottage on Dartmoor (1929), it’s …

  • The Birth of a Nation: Controversial Classic Gets a Definitive New Restoration

    by Patrick Stanbury 17th February 2016

    Giveaway: Win Two Brilliant BFI Birth of a Nation Blu-ray Sets! Landmark film still generates headlines and fierce debate over a century after original release Photoplay’s Patrick Stanbury recounts the tale …

  • Beware of Pirates! How to Avoid Bootleg Blu-rays and DVDs

    by Brent Reid 21st August 2015

    Overview, the Public Domain and Spotting Fakes Avast, me hearties! There be pirates and bootleggers on the horizon Robbing honest traders for years but it’s time to make them walk …

  • Multiple-Language Version Film Collectors Guide

    by Brent Reid 21st July 2015

    1930 films Q: What do the following have in common? Laurel and Hardy, Greta Garbo, Buster Keaton, Marlene Dietrich, Alfred Hitchcock, John Wayne, Dracula and Fritz Lang. A: They all …

  • London’s Hollywood: The Gainsborough Film Studio’s Silent Years

    by Gary Chapman 9th April 2015

    New definitive study of seminal British film studio’s illustrious beginnings Film historian Gary Chapman delivers a fascinating glimpse of its history Originally called the Islington studio, its films featured a …

  • Charlie Chaplin Collectors Guide

    by Brent Reid 5th January 2015

    Charlie Chaplin is the most popular and enduring star of the silent era But his films on home video are a minefield for collectors everywhere Working out where to start …

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