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Time travel movies can often be quite wacky & wild affairs; here from the early 80’s is a Japanese picture that (largely) takes a sweeter, more laid-back, and languid take on the form.The Girl Who Leapt Through Time is, at its heart, a coming-of-age/ low key Romantic drama- it regards sixteen-year-old Kazuko, played by 80’s J-pop star Tomoyo Harada, who has an accident while tidying up the school lab, after which she can seemingly time travel. Here from Cult Epics is a Region A Blu-ray release of the film, taking in a new 4k scan, a commentary track, and a mix of new/ old extras.
2 Sept 2026
Formed in 2012, Orchestra Of The Upper Atmosphere were an eight-piece Sheffield collective, whose work blurred ‘n’ blendend elements of prog-bound jazz-rock, jam band music, textured improv, and dreamy-to-spacy world to folk music tropes
11 Aug 2026
Reflecting on past memories from his childhood, Stephen Holliger's Fives and Sixes slowly works together pieces of unreleased work to build this contemplative look back. Our memories change over time, imperfect snapshots of our lives, but this is even more apparent in those with dementia, and that is the core focus of Stephen's latest album. This blurring of time, space, and memory fuels Fixes and Sixes, its hazy somnambulism the aural depiction of one's shifting childhood memories
The seventh in Powerhouse/ Indicators series of Hammer boxsets looks at the lesser-known side of the legendary studio. The focus of the four-film set is comedy, with the box getting an amusing punny subtitle of Ships & Giggles. We move from a mix of bumbling comedy, sci-fi, and crime caper. Onto a WWII set on island service comedy, through to a lost in France comedy with Bob Monkhouse and Leslie Phillips. Finishing off with a naval comedy drama regarding a marriage. Each film gets an HD or 4k scan, with a good selection of extras- mixing of new & old things.
Aidan Baker's Adverse Camber is a cinematic soundscape with tension and brooding melancholy, where instruments are present but heavily processed. Underwater piano and guitar with a heavy, enveloping fuzz, and resonant, at times violently distorted E-bow drones in the climactic moments. It feels influenced by the style of psychedelic minimalist riffers like Seefeel or Earth (in their earlier distorted period), taken to its fully ambient next logical step.
Last Tango In Paris was one of the provocative, controversial, and talked-about films of the 1970’s. With its mix of troubling sexual content & off-kilter, at times meta drama commenting on death & formal relationships. All wrapped up in arty/ at times uneven plotting, taking in powerful/ unpredictable performances from its two leads. Its plot regards the sexual liaisons between two strangers, forty-five-year-old American hotelier Paul (Marlon Brando) and twenty-something French woman Jeanne (Maria Schneider). Here from 88 Films is a dual UHD/ Blu Ray release of the film. It features a 4k scan, a new commentary track, and a mix of new/ archive extras.
Nuts in May — Nuts in May( Blu Ray)
27 Aug 2026Cradle Of Fear — Cradle Of Fear ( Blu Ray)
27 Aug 2026Nothingness — Godslaughter
27 Aug 2026Tokoro Wohnen — Bing Industries
26 Aug 2026Bathtub Shark Attack — Bathtub Shark Attack( Blu Ray)
26 Aug 2026Portion Control — Hit The Pulse To Purge…
26 Aug 2026Elisabeth Luthyens — The Golden Age Of Horror Vol 1
26 Aug 2026Wieloryb — Ritual
25 Aug 2026
Vacant Align Interview
Active since October 2025, Wisconsin’s Vacant Align is one of the more atmospheric and texturally inventive wall noise projects to appear in some time. It’s a project that takes its time in releasing work, and you can certainly hear it, as each of their releases so far is a perfectly crafted blend of expressive and engaging textures. Behind the project is John Engman, who very kindly agreed to give us an email interview
Jasper Sharp interview
In the year 1971, Nikkatsu, the oldest/ at one point, the biggest film production company in Japan. Did something quite daring/ some would say crazy- they completely switched over their production to softcore adult films, which would become known as Roman Porno. Between 1971 and 1988, the company produced around 850 of these titles. The thing that made these films stand out from general softcore films is the often creative & inventive choices made- yes, the films primal focus is sleaze, but great examples of the genre are so much more than that. In the last year or so, there has been a spate of reissues of films in the genre from labels such as 88 Films, Third Window Films, and Klubb Super 8. One of the key figures/contributors behind these releases is Jasper Sharp- one of the world's experts on the genre, and the wider Pink genre it’s connected to. Jasper kindly agreed to give us an email interview discussing his history with the genre, his contributions to releases, and the new/updated edition of his book Behind The Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema on Fab Press.
King Futile Interview
King Futile is the new project from Scotland-based Lea Cummings( Kylie Minoise, Official Music Team, etc), and it’s a big departure from his normal noise or retro sample & electronica sound. It's lo-fi acoustic music, with an outsider feel, and often quite tongue-in-cheek/ sharply sarcastic tone to the lyrics. So far, the project has put out three albums- Casual Misery, How To Have Fun, and Zen As Fuck. I tracked down Lea for an email interview.
Cliff Twemlow On Severin
One of last year’s real big surprises in the world of Blu-ray box sets was Bloody Legend: The Complete Twemlow Collection, as it was a wholly entertaining, fascinating, and at times heart-warming set. The Severin released boxset brought together the work of one of the UK’s unlikeliest movie moguls- Cliff Twemlow, a Mancunian bouncer/ body builder, who went on to write/star in/produce a series of low-budget/ largely SOV films in the early 80s to early 90s- these moved between action, thriller, sci-fi, and horror. His most notable/notorious film was 1983’s G.B.H., which landed on the video nasty list, though he was connected to other ten feature films, many of which got their first real full/proper release on the boxset. Opening up the set was the excellent 2023 documentary Mancunian Man: The Legendary Life of Cliff Twemlow, which really pulls you into the set. I caught up with Severn’s David Gregory and Jake West, director of Mancunian Man, to discuss the boxset and all things cliff.