Episode 378: Backtrack to the Small Axe

Peter Sobczynski is back to talk the latest and greatest in physical media. They range from the highs of Steve McQueen’s Small Axe series to the lows (in Peter’s estimation) of Ruben Ostlund’s latest. Indies you may have missed like Holy Spider and Return to Seoul. Both him and Erik Childress reflect on the world of one of television’s greatest sitcoms as well as a new Jackie Chan collection and a 4K of sci-fi David Bowie. They also take an extended look at some oddball offerings from Kino including a 1980s film remembered (by Erik at least) for its use of blackjack and credit cards as well as a most unusual Dennis Hopper film starring Jodie Foster with plenty of behind-the-scenes drama and a lot of on-screen weirdness.

0:00 - Intro

1:21 - Criterion (Small Axe, Triangle of Sadness)

9:27 - Arrow Films (The Assassination Bureau, Lover's Lane)

18:07 - Warner Archive (Storm Warning)

21:16 - Sandpiper (Stanley and Iris, Kid Galahad)

27:20 - Mubi (Holy Spider)

29:33 - Sony (Return to Seoul)

31:15 - Paramount (Cheers: The Complete Series)

34:23 - Lions Gate (The  Man Who Fell to Earth (4K))

39:09 - Kino (The New Godfathers, Terminal Invasion, WHAAM! BLAM! Roy Lichtenstein and the Art of Appropriation, Woodcutters of the Deep South / Working Together, Backtrack, The Big Bus, Heat (1986))

1:13:11 - Shout! Factory (Jackie Chan Collection, The: Vol. 2 (1983-1993))

1:18:47 – New Blu-ray Announcements

1:21:09 - Outro