Lives of the Saints
Set in London’s criminal underworld, a group of racketeers are intent on building their reputations, but their lives are completely disrupted when they discover a mysterious boy, who has the power to make dreams come true.
Johanna
Johanna, a young drug addict, falls into a deep coma after an accident. Doctors miraculously manage to save her from death's doorstep but she now has the power to cure patients by offering them her body.
All above titles released on 12 March
Satan (aka Sheitan) (rrp £19.99)
Vincent Cassell (Irreversible/ La Haine) takes lead in this twisted French horror from director Kim Chapiron. A group of teenagers swap nightlife of Paris for an isolated rural community filled with brooding secrets and a housekeeper with a devilish secret.
Bigas Luna boxset (rrp £39.99)
A quartet of Spanish sex sun and sultry drama from Bigas Luna, who helped launch the careers of Penelope Cruz and Javier Barden. Ages of Lulu follows a woman’s descent into the increasingly dangerous world of the sexual underworld. The steamy classic Jamon Jamon finds headstrong Silvia (Peleope Cruz) torn between mummy’s boy Jose and Bardem’s animalistic Raul. In Golden Balls , Bardem is an ambitious architect’s plans to build a towering edifice whilst his wife and mistress conspire against his philandering, also starring Benicio del Toro and Maria De Medieros (Pulp Fiction). The Tit and the Moon is a surreal fairytale tale of a young’s boys obsession with the perfect breast.
All above titles released on 26 March
Asia Extreme: Red Shoes (rrp £19.99)
Based on the Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale, this is a chilling retelling Korean style. A pair of ballet shoes have the power to possess their wearer and dance them to their death.
Ghosts (rrp £19.99)
Desperate to improve their circumstances, immigrant workers from China are illegally smuggled into the country and forced into exploited poorly-paid labour. Ai Qin has left her young daughter behind and driven by desperation she joins a group of workers in their tragic attempts to harvest cockles.
Sword In The Moon (rrp £19.99)
Korean epic swordplay action from director Kim Ui-Seok in the tradition of Hero of House of Flying Daggers.
Swoon (rrp £19.99)
Tom Kalin’s evocative retelling of the infamous Leopold and Lowe murder trial of the 1920s, which inspired Hitchcock’s Rope.
All the above titles are released on 9 April
Interview With The Assassin (rrp £19.99)
Who really shot JF Kennedy? A terminally ill recluse comes forward and claims that he was the mysterious second assassin. A provocative Docu-drama starring Raymond J Barry (Little Children, TV’s The X-files and CSI) that resembles the Blair Witch Project of conspiracy theories. Directed by Neil Burger who’s recently completed the Ed Norton helmer, The Illusionist
Keep The River On The Right (rrp £19.99)
Subtitled ‘A Modern Cannibal’s Tale, this documentary follows the exploits of a retired anthropologist who’s taken back to the tribal communities which had traumatised him in his youth, disappearing for months in the Amazon jungles only to resurface with cannibal tendencies.
To Have and To Hold (rrp £19.99)
From the director of The Proposition. Two lovers are trapped in the jungles of New Guinea, obsessed with each other and their own pasts. John Hillcoat’s claustrophic drama also features the music of Nick Cave and Scott Walker.
Pasolini boxset Volume 2 (rrp £39.99)
Second volume of three classics from Italy’s controversial but groundbreaking master of cinema. Hawks and Sparrows is a surreal comedy about father and son on a Don Quixote-style journey. Oedipus Rex is a lavish reworking on the Greek tragedy Pigsty explores the darker side of human nature in two tales across the centuries.
