I've posted the first few entries in the all new! all singing! all dancing! UK Film Index, with a brief introduction and glossary, etc., prior to regular daily updates being applied from the beginning of March 2022.
Wednesday, 16 February 2022
Wednesday, 29 September 2021
Update: December 2021
It's gratifying to see that people are still using this blog, and that they still find it useful. What matters, chiefly, is that it provides a record of reviews in the Monthly Film Bulletin, from 1934 until it ceased publication in 1991. Everything else is gravy.
However, I'm aware that individual entries require updating, due to a number of mistakes and inaccuracies which made it into the finished product. This was always an inevitability, given the size and scope of the project.
Right now, I'm working on an alternate index of every feature film released in the UK since 1908. Yep - every single one of 'em! Part of it will incorporate the statutory register of features registered with the Board of Trade between January 1928 and May 1985, as complete a record of theatrical exhibition in this country as can be found anywhere. It included everything, from Lawrence of Arabia to The Wild Women of Wongo, and all points in between!
The rest of the index will be taken from a variety of sources, and will include everything from the oldest feature film ever released here - The Passion Play (1903, UK release: 1910) - right up to the present day (Venom: Let There Be Carnage, etc.). Month by month, as it happened.
UPDATE: I was hoping to get the Index off and running in January, but this is now impossible. Still pulling together all the necessary info regarding the silent era, which is proving much more arduous than originally anticipated. But the result will - I hope - be definitive, and provide the complete history of commercial film exhibition in this country, from start to finish.
I'll provide a link here as soon as the other site goes live (March 2022). At some point thereafter, this Index will be significantly reduced in size, eliminating all but the entries related to the Monthly Film Bulletin.
Tell yer friends!
Wednesday, 6 February 2019
Over and out
Sadly, this blog is now discontinued. However, all entries will remain online, including the list of every title reviewed in Monthly Film Bulletin, 1934-1991. I hope it continues to be useful.
Unless there are objections, I may remove all entries except for the MFB listings, which was always the primary focus of the blog since I started it in 2014.
Friday, 1 February 2019
2019: February 1 - 10
 |
| Burning |
1
- 7 Feb Jan 2019
Feature
films screened in UK cinemas for the first time:
Burning
버닝
S.Korea
- 2018 - 148m - col / scope
D:
Lee Chang-dong
Audio:
5.1
Can
You Ever Forgive Me?
USA
- 2018 - 106m - col / scope
D:
Marielle Heller
Audio:
5.1
Crucible
of the Vampire
UK
- 2017 - 96m - col / scope
D:
Iain Ross-McNamee
Audio:
5.1
Diablo
Pol
- 2019 - 110m - col / scope
D:
Michał Otłowski
Audio:
5.1
Ek
Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga
एक लड़की को देखा तोह ऐसा लगा
India
- 2019 - 120m - col / scope
D:
Shelly Chopra Dhar
Audio:
5.1
Escape
Room
USA/S.Africa
- 2018 - 100m - col / scope
D:
Adam Robitel
Audio:
5.1
Green
Book
USA
- 2018 - 130m - col
D:
Peter Farrelly
Audio:
5.1
How
to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
USA
- 2019 - 104m - col / scope / 3-D
D:
Dean DeBlois
D-Cinema
and IMAX-D/L release prints.
Dolby
Atmos / IMAX 12-track
Peppa
Celebrates Chinese New Year
小猪佩奇过大年
China/UK
- 2019 - 81m - col / scope
D:
Zhang Dapeng
Audio:
5.1
A
Private War
UK/USA
- 2018 - 110m - col / scope
D:
Matthew Heineman
Audio:
5.1
Uda
Aida
ਉਡਾ ਐਡਾ
India
- 2019 - 136m - col / scope
D:
Ksshitij Chaudhary
Audio:
5.1
Vandha
Rajavathaan Varuvan
வந்தா ராஜாவாதான் வருவேன்
India
- 2019 - 154m - col / scope
D:
Sundar C
Audio:
5.1
-----oOo-----
Home
Video (premiere)
4
- 10 Feb 2019
Feature
films and TV movies released on UK home video for the first time,
with no prior UK cinema release (excluding festival screenings):
24
Frames
۲۴ فریم
Iran
- 2017 - 114m - bw
D:
Abbas Kiarostami
Audio:
5.1
5th
Passenger
USA
- 2018 - 89m - col / scope
D:
Scotty Baker
Audio:
5.1
The
Cloverfield Paradox
USA
(OL) - 2018 - 102m - col / scope
D:
Julius Onah
Dolby
Atmos
Death
and Nightingales
UK
(TV) - 2018 - 176m - 3 eps - col
D:
Allan Cubitt
Audio:
Stereo
Infinite
Dreamers
USA/Fr
- 2015 - 82m - col
D:
Marc Hurtado
Box-set
premiere: Five Films by Marc Hurtado.
Audio:
Stereo
Mission
Overlord
Nazi
Overlord
USA
- 2018 - 91m - col
D:
Rob Pallatina
Audio:
5.1
Trapped
Sunlight
Jr.
USA
- 2013 - 97m - col / scope
D:
Laurie Collyer
Audio:
5.1
Undisputed:
Fight for Freedom
Boyka:
Undisputed
USA/Bulg
(V) - 2016 - 86m - col / scope
D:
Todor Chapkanov
Audio:
5.1
-----oOo-----
Home
Video (ex-cinema)
4
- 10 Feb 2019
Feature
films and TV movies released on UK home video for the first time,
having previously been screened in UK cinemas:
Bad
Times at the El Royale
USA
- 2018 - 141m - col / scope
D:
Drew Goddard
Audio:
5.1
Blindspotting
USA
- 2018 - 95m - col
D:
Carlos López Estrada
Audio:
5.1
Crucible
of the Vampire
UK
- 2017 - 96m - col / scope
D:
Iain Ross-McNamee
Audio:
5.1
Disobedience
USA/UK/Ire
- 2017 - 114m - col / scope
D:
Sebastian Lelio
Audio:
5.1
The
Fifth Cord
Giornata
nera per l'ariete
It
- 1971 - 100m - col
D:
Luigi Bazzoni
Originally
premiered in UK cinemas as Evil Fingers.
Audio:
Mono
The
Gospel According to André
USA
- 2017 - 94m - col
D:
Kate Novack
Audio:
5.1
The
Miseducation of Cameron Post
USA
- 2018 - 91m - col
D:
Desiree Akhavan
Audio:
5.1
Monsters
and Men
USA
- 2018 - 95m - col / scope
D:
Reinaldo Marcus Green
Audio:
5.1
Papillon
Czech
Rep/Sp/USA - 2017 - 133m - col / scope
D:
Michael Noer
Audio:
5.1
Sex,
Love and Marriage
Love
and Marriage
UK
- 1970 - 81m - col
D:
David Grant [as: Terry Gould]
Audio:
Mono
Venom
USA
- 2018 - 112m - col / scope / 3-D
D:
Ruben Fleischer
Dolby
Atmos / IMAX 12-track
-----oOo-----
Home
Video (reissues)
4
- 10 Feb 2019
Feature
films and TV movies:
Sweeney!
UK
- 1976 - 89m - col
D:
David Wickes
Audio:
Mono
Sweeney
2
UK
- 1978 - 108m - col
D:
Tom Clegg
Audio:
Mono
-----oOo-----
Note:
Be
aware that scope or 3-D movies may not always be replicated that way
on home video. Similarly, some video releases may offer a different
audio configuration to the one originally intended (5.1, Dolby Atmos,
etc.). In each case, the Index provides details of the primary
audio-visual specifications, and any video version which deviates
from these specs constitutes a revision of the original intentions,
potentially compromising the effectiveness of the presentation.
Also, the given running time assumes a projected frame-rate of 24 frames per second (except for TV material in countries where the broadcast frame-rate is 25fps). Most VHS and DVD releases in the UK are replicated at 25fps, causing a subliminal speed-up that 'reduces' the running time by around 4 per cent. Most Blu-ray releases (including 4K) are replicated at the original 24fps.
Also, the given running time assumes a projected frame-rate of 24 frames per second (except for TV material in countries where the broadcast frame-rate is 25fps). Most VHS and DVD releases in the UK are replicated at 25fps, causing a subliminal speed-up that 'reduces' the running time by around 4 per cent. Most Blu-ray releases (including 4K) are replicated at the original 24fps.
Friday, 25 January 2019
2019: January 25 - February 3
25
- 31 Jan 2019
Feature
films screened in UK cinemas for the first time:
Bergman:
A Year in a Life
Bergman:
Ett år, ett liv
Nor/Swd
- 2018 - 117m - col
D:
Jane Magnusson
Audio:
Stereo
BTS
World Tour: Love Yourself in Seoul
러브 유어셀프 인 서울
S.Korea
- 2018 - 114m - col
D:
[uncredited]
D-Cinema
and ScreenX release prints.
Audio:
5.1
Destroyer
USA
- 2018 - 121m - col / scope
D:
Karyn Kusama
Audio:
5.1
A
Dog's Way Home
USA
- 2019 - 96m - col / scope
D:
Charles Martin Smith
Audio:
5.1
Dragon
Ball Super: Broly
ドラゴンボール超 ブロリー
Jpn
- 2018 - 101m - col
D:
Tatsuya Nagamine
D-Cinema
and IMAX-D/L release prints.
IMAX
12-track / D-Cinema: 5.1
The
Gandhi Murder
UK
- 2018 - 118m - col / scope
D:
Pankaj Sehgal, Karim Traïdia
Audio:
5.1
Love
Sonia
लव सोनिया
India
- 2018 - 122m - col / scope
D:
Tabrez Noorani
Audio:
5.1
Manikarnika:
The Queen of Jhansi
मणिकर्णिका
India
- 2019 - 148m - col / scope
D:
Radha Krishna Jagarlamudi, Kangana Ranaut
Dolby Atmos
Dolby Atmos
The
Mule
USA
- 2018 - 116m - col / scope
D:
Clint Eastwood
Audio:
5.1
Nina
Pol/Fr
- 2018 - 130m - col
D:
Olga Chajdas
Audio:
5.1
One
Nation, One King
Un
peuple et son roi
Fr/Belg
- 2018 - 121m - col
D:
Pierre Schoeller
Audio:
5.1
On
Her Shoulders
USA
- 2018 - 94m - col / scope
D:
Alexandria Bombach
Audio:
5.1
Sp - 2018 - 110m - col
D: David Pujol
Audio: 5.1
Second
Act
USA
- 2018 - 104m - col / scope
D:
Peter Segal
Audio:
5.1
Vice
USA
- 2018 - 132m - col / scope
D:
Adam McKay
Audio:
5.1
VIP
Policeman
Полицейский с Рублёвки. Новогодний беспредел
Russia
- 2018 - 94m - col / scope
D:
Ilya Kulikov
Audio:
5.1
Reissues:
• Schindler's
List (USA - 1993)
Home Video (premiere)
-----oOo-----
Home Video (premiere)
28
Jan - 3 Feb 2019
Feature
films and TV movies released on UK home video for the first time,
with no prior UK cinema release (excluding festival screenings):
The
Basement
UK
(TV) - 1967 - 54m - bw
D:
Charles Jarrott
Originally
broadcast on UK TV as an episode of Theatre 625 (1964-68).
Box-set
premiere: Pinter at the BBC.
Audio:
Mono
The
Beatles: Made on Merseyside
UK
- 2018 - 87m - col
D:
Alan Byron
Audio:
5.1
The
Birthday Party
UK
(TV) - 1987 - 107m - col
D:
Kenneth Ives
Originally
broadcast on UK TV as an episode of Theatre Night (1985-90).
Box-set
premiere: Pinter at the BBC.
Audio:
Mono
Dave
Made a Maze
USA
- 2017 - 80m - col
D:
Bill Watterson
Audio:
5.1
Dhogs
Sp
- 2017 - 85m - col / scope
D:
Andrés Goteira
Audio:
5.1
The
Hothouse
UK
(TV) - 1982 - 111m - col
D:
Harold Pinter
Box-set
premiere: Pinter at the BBC.
Audio:
Mono
The
Little Drummer Girl
UK/USA
(TV) - 2018 - 342m - 6 eps - col
D:
Park Chan-wook
Audio:
Stereo
Les
Misérables
UK
(TV) - 1967 - 244m - 10 eps - col
D:
Alan Bridges
Audio:
Mono
A
Night Out
UK
(TV) - 1967 - 60m - bw
D:
Christopher Morahan
Originally
broadcast on UK TV as an episode of Theatre 625 (1964-68).
Box-set
premiere: Pinter at the BBC.
Audio:
Mono
The
Nursery
USA
- 2018 - 87m - col
D:
Christopher A. Micklos, Jay Sapiro
Audio:
5.1
Old
Times
UK
(TV) - 1975 - 75m - col
D:
Christopher Morahan
Box-set
premiere: Pinter at the BBC.
Audio:
Mono
The
Revelation of Lee 'Scratch' Perry
USA
- 2019 - 141m - col
D:
Steve Marshall
Audio:
5.1
Rogue
Male
UK
(TV) - 1976 - 103m - col
D:
Clive Donner
Audio:
Mono
A
Slight Ache
UK
(TV) - 1967 - 58m - bw
D:
Christopher Morahan
Originally
broadcast on UK TV as an episode of Theatre 625 (1964-68).
Box-set
premiere: Pinter at the BBC.
Audio:
Mono
Snake
Outta Compton
USA
- 2018 - 89m - col / scope
D:
Hank Braxtan
Audio:
5.1
Tea
Party
UK
(TV) - 1965 - 80m - bw
D:
Charles Jarrott
Box-set
premiere: Pinter at the BBC.
Audio:
Mono
Unbroken:
Path to Redemption
USA
- 2018 - 98m - col
D:
Harold Cronk
Audio:
5.1
West
of Hell
USA
- 2018 - 80m - col / scope
D:
Michael Steves
Audio:
5.1
-----oOo-----
Home
Video (ex-cinema)
28
Jan - 3 Feb 2019
Feature
films and TV movies released on UK home video for the first time,
having previously been screened in UK cinemas:
1985
USA
- 2018 - 86m - bw
D:
Yen Tan
Audio:
5.1
Bleeding
Steel
機器之血
China/HK
- 2017 - 110m - col / scope
D:
Leo Zhang Li-jia
Dolby
Atmos / IMAX 12-track / CFGS: 11.1
The
Domestics
USA
- 2018 - 95m - col / scope
D:
Mike P. Nelson
Audio:
5.1
The
House With a Clock in Its Walls
USA
- 2018 - 105m - col / scope / 3-D
D:
Eli Roth
D-Cinema:
5.1 / IMAX 12-track
Mile
22
USA
- 2018 - 94m - col / scope
D:
Peter Berg
Dolby
Atmos / IMAX 12-track
The
Predator
USA/Can
- 2018 - 101m - col / scope / 3-D
D:
Shane Black
Dolby
Atmos / IMAX 12-track
Reign
of the Supermen
USA
(V) - 2018 - 87m - col
D:
Sam Liu
Audio:
5.1
Wajib
واجب
Pal/Fr/Col/Ger/UAE/Qatar/Nor
- 2017 - 96m - col
D:
Annemarie Jacir
Audio:
5.1
The
Wife
UK/Swd/USA
- 2017 - 100m - col / scope
D:
Björn Runge
Audio:
5.1
-----oOo-----
Home
Video (reissues)
28
Jan - 3 Feb 2019
Feature
films and TV movies:
Attack
of the Adult Babies
UK
- 2017 - 84m - col / scope
D:
Dominic Brunt
Audio:
5.1
Beyond
Skyline
USA/Sing/Indonesia/Can/China/UK
- 2017 - 106m - col / scope
D:
Liam O'Donnell
Audio:
5.1
Body
Melt
Aus
- 1993 - 81m - col
D:
Philip Brophy
Dolby
Stereo
Double
Bunk
UK
- 1960 - 92m - bw
D:
C.M. Pennington-Richards
Audio:
Mono
Imperium
USA
- 2016 - 109m col / scope
D:
Daniel Ragussis
Audio:
5.1
Jungle
Aus/UK/Col
- 2017 - 115m - col / scope
D:
Greg McLean
Audio:
5.1
Man
About the House
UK
- 1974 - 90m - col
D:
John Robins
Audio:
Mono
No
Game No Life: Zero
ノーゲーム・ノーライフ ゼロ
Jpn
- 2017 - 108m - col
D:
Atsuko Ishizuka
Audio:
5.1
Orphée
Fr
- 1950 - 112m - bw
D:
Jean Cocteau
Audio:
Mono
Predator
USA
- 1987 - 106m - col
D:
John McTiernan
4.2-channel
Dolby Stereo
Predators
USA
- 2010 - 107m - col / scope
D:
Nimród Antal
Audio:
5.1
Predator
2
USA
- 1990 - 108m - col
D:
Stephen Hopkins
4.2-channel
Dolby Stereo SR
Predestination
Aus/USA
- 2013 - 98m - col / scope
D:
Michael Spierig & Peter Spierig [as: The Spierig Brothers]
Audio:
5.1
Till
Death Us Do Part
UK
- 1969 - 100m - col
D:
Norman Cohen
Audio:
Mono
The
Titan
UK/USA/Sp
- 2018 - 95m - col / scope
D:
Lennart Ruff
Audio:
5.1
Trouble
With Eve
UK
- 1959 - 64m - bw
D:
Francis Searle
Audio:
Mono
True
Stories
USA
- 1986 - 89m - col
D:
David Byrne
Dolby
Stereo
-----oOo-----
Note:
Be
aware that scope or 3-D movies may not always be replicated that way
on home video. Similarly, some video releases may offer a different
audio configuration to the one originally intended (5.1, Dolby Atmos,
etc.). In each case, the Index provides details of the primary
audio-visual specifications, and any video version which deviates
from these specs constitutes a revision of the original intentions,
potentially compromising the effectiveness of the presentation.
Also, the given running time assumes a projected frame-rate of 24 frames per second (except for TV material in countries where the broadcast frame-rate is 25fps). Most VHS and DVD releases in the UK are replicated at 25fps, causing a subliminal speed-up that 'reduces' the running time by around 4 per cent. Most Blu-ray releases (including 4K) are replicated at the original 24fps.
Also, the given running time assumes a projected frame-rate of 24 frames per second (except for TV material in countries where the broadcast frame-rate is 25fps). Most VHS and DVD releases in the UK are replicated at 25fps, causing a subliminal speed-up that 'reduces' the running time by around 4 per cent. Most Blu-ray releases (including 4K) are replicated at the original 24fps.
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