Episode 554: Instincts, Informants & Iwo Jima

It’s been a little light out there for titles in physical media world but this week has no shortage of interesting ones and Peter Sobczynski joins Erik Childress to talk you through them. They include one of Wong-Kar Wai’s most remembered films and John Sayles’ foray into studio filmmaking in the ‘80s. John Wayne goes to war and then later goofs off with John Ford. There are new 4K editions of two of Steven Soderbergh’s films plus one of Abel Ferrara’s more treasured crime dramas. Then the pair wade into the controversies and legacy of Paul Verhoeven’s Basic Instinct.

1:49 - Criterion (Chungking Express 4K)

7:57 - Kino (Sands of Iwo Jima 4K, Donovan’s Reef 4K)

18:33 - Fun City (Baby, It’s You)

27:21 – Lions Gate (King of New York 4K, Basic Instinct 4K)

56:04 – Warner Bros. (The Good German 4K, The Informant 4K)

1:14:19 – New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray (Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Heart Eyes)

1:16:53 - New Blu-ray Announcements

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