These will officially include Akira Kurosawa’s Stray Dog (1949) (Spine #233 – 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray) on 5/5, Ira Sachs’ The Delta (1996) (Spine #1309 – Blu-ray) on 5/12, Shu Lea Cheang’s Fresh Kill (1994) (Spine #1310 – Blu-ray) and Lawrence Kasdan’s Body Heat (1981) (Spine #1308 – 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray and Blu-ray) on 5/19, and Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value (2025) (Spine #1311 – 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray, Blu-ray, and DVD) and Bob Fosse’s Lenny (1974) (Spine #1312 – 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray and Blu-ray) on 5/26.
Also coming on 5/21 is another Criterion Premieres Blu-ray and DVD release, Ira Sachs’ Peter Hujar’s Day (2025).
In other release news, Via Vision Entertainment has just revealed another pair of 4K Ultra HD Limited Editions they have coming in April (street date 4/29), including the Cabin Fever Collection (2002-2016) and Mikael Håfström’s 1408 (2007). Each comes in a 3D lenticular hardcase and is limited to 2K units. The company has also announced four more Imprint Asia titles for release on 4/29, including Wang Xiaoshuai’s Beijing Bicycle (2001) and Peter Pau’s The Touch (2002) on Blu-ray, as well as John Woo’s The Killer (1989) and Hard Boiled (1992) in 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray.
Red Shirt Pictures and Synapse Films have also announced the Blu-ray release of Adam Marcus’ Hearts of Darkness: The Making of the Final Friday (2025) documentary, chronicling the production of Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday. The street date for the 2-disc release is 4/14 and you can pre-order it on the Synapse website.
And Kino Lorber Studio Classics has just set Jess Franco’s Ilsa, the Wicked Warden (1977) and Danny DeVito’s Throw Momma from the Train (1987) for 4K Ultra HD release on 4/28.
Finally, there are lots of great sales going on this weekend on the various boutique label websites, including a 25% off “Friday the 13th” sale today only on select horror titles on Lionsgate Limited. So be sure to check that out!
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