Some notes on Second Run's DVD release of The White Dove + Josef Kilián

Second Run's latest DVD release includes two impressive early '60s films from Czechoslovakia...

Ikarie XB-1: a response to the Cold War

The latest DVD release from Second Run, out today, restores a Czech sci-fi classic...

A film of images, but not of ideas: Here, Then

'Here, Then' won the Best International Film award at last year's Edinburgh International Film Festival and is released on DVD on Monday, 24 June.

Allegories perceived and actual: Night Train, Cria Cuervos and Theorem

Three films released on Monday, 27 May play to varying degrees with allegory: 'Night Train' (1959) is the latest DVD from Second Run, while 'Cría cuervos' (1976) and 'Theorem' (1968) are the BFI's latest Dual Format editions.

Polish Cinema Classics Volume II: The Promised Land, Illumination and Escape from the Liberty Cinema

Second Run's latest DVD release, available from Monday 25 March, unearths three Polish classics, varied in theme and tone but connected by intellectual questioning and political defiance.

The red and the grey: The Confrontation

Available on DVD from Monday 28 January, 'The Confrontation' is Second Run's latest release of Hungarian master Miklós Jancsó's work.

Czechoslovak New Wave; Southern Comfort

On Monday 26 November, Second Run releases a specially-priced, limited edition 3-disc DVD set that includes ‘Diamonds of the Night’, ‘Intimate Lighting’ and ‘The Cremator’, while Second Sight releases ‘Southern Comfort’ on Blu-ray and DVD.