From Second Run, one of the key labels releasing world/ arthouse films, here is a two-blu ray disc set bringing together two films from Malaysian film-maker Tsai Ming-liang. His work often uses very long set shots, with little dialogue, and a use of ambient soundtracking. The two films here are 2020’s Days, which is a study of two men's lives, at either end of the social spectrum. And 2015’s Afternoon- which is a two-plus hour interview between the director and leadman/ main muse Kang-shen. The set is finished off with a few extras.

Delicate and thoroughly engaging, Will Samson's latest ambient LP, Songs of Beginning & Belonging, takes the listener's hand and softly leads them on a tale inward to their quiet spaces, memories, thoughts, and dreams. 

From the early 2000s, Despiser is an action-heavy horror fantasy that very much sits in the so-bad-it category. It blends late 90’s computer graphic backdrops, cheap CGI with lots of explosion/ fire effects, plain bad-to-hamming-it- up acting, corny action hero to plain cringe-inducing dialogue, and general bad film wackiness. Here from Visual Vengeance, those resurrectors of bad, bizarre, or just plain weird low-budget genre films is a Blu-Ray release of the film- taking in two commentary tracks, and a decent selection of other extras.

From the late 70’s Cop Killers is a mean-spirited, scuzzy ‘n’ dusty, at times bloodily brutal crime thriller road movie. It focuses on two buddies trying to get a stash of cocaine to a dealer to get paid for it- along the way gunning down, belittling, and brutalising cops/ anyone else who gets in their way. Here from the MVD classic series is a Ray release- taking in a commentary track and interview.

The Satanic Screen is an in-depth, detailed, and wholly fascinating look at the devil’s appearance and influences throughout the ages of cinema. It’s a wonderfully researched and highly readable study- taking the reader from the camera Obscura projections of the 1500s to the new dark age of the 2000s.

 Prophecy + Progress is a double CD compilation focusing on UK electronic music from between the years 1978 and 1990. Over the two-disc, there are twenty-eight tracks- with a good mix of tone and type of track- going from the grey ‘n’ grim, onto the experimental, through to more formal tuneful/pop-bound fare.