When COVID-19 was closing everything in 2020, Imprint Films, a premium sub-label of Via Vision Entertainment, emerged and physical media in Australia has since been all the better for it.
Akira Kurosawa is considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, and four years after his passing in 1998 his final original screenplay, The Sea is Watching, made it to the big screen – and just recently made its worldwide Blu-ray debut under the new dedicated sub-label “Imprint Asia.” I’ve come to watch and […]
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March was a genre-heavy month for Imprint Films, which offered something for everyone, and was capped with the label’s milestone 300th Limited Edition release, Ravagers – a post-apocalyptic journey set 12 years in the future from the film’s theatrical release, and available now on Blu-ray for the first time ever. Richard Harris stars as an
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Imprint hasn’t released many comedies over the past three years, and their December release of Bob Fosse’s sophisticated biography/drama, Lenny is far from a barrel of laughs. Nonetheless, the film is a powerful, thought-provoking classic that charts the rise and fall of stand-up comedian, Lenny Bruce. Through his cutting style of humour and commentary, he
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When most people think of Eric Roberts, the infamous Stalked by My Doctor movies spring to mind in addition to several direct-to-video titles, but from the late 70s through to the mid-80s, Roberts was at the peak of his profession. The actor’s debut feature, King of the Gypsies, arguably his best work, came to Blu-ray
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Imprint Films have somewhat of a track record of weeding out classic titles that have slipped into relative obscurity since their well-publicized theatrical run, with Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle being one of the most recent examples, which was released on Blu-ray back in August. Robert Altman protégée, Alan Rudolph, directs this very sociable
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I remember the trailer for Searching for Bobby Fischer being very dominant among my VHS rentals of 1993 and 1994, but as I was far more interested in Demolition Man, Jurassic Park and Speed, a drama about chess didn’t even move the needle. Thirty years later, I’m still none the wiser when it comes to
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I think it’s fair to say at say that Imprint Films have not only shored up Australia’s disc-based market but are greatly educating collectors and film aficionados alike with their strong emphasis on cinema history, which has taken on epic physical form with Directed by… Sidney J Furie – a five-film collection each with prominent
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If you were a teenage moviegoer in the early 2000s you’ll no doubt remember Monica Bellucci trying to make out with everyone in the Matrix sequels, as the A.I. programmed, Persephone, who was conveniently trying to experience human emotion. Prior to her appearance in the science-fiction mediocrity, the Italian star starred in the erotic drama
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It’s the dead of winter, but Imprint Films have chosen to warm our hearts and minds with the slice-of-life drama My Summer of Love; released last week on Blu-ray at the end of Pride Month. Spine number 229 for those keeping count. Yearning to escape her working classic life, Mona (Natalie Press), finds a kindred
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Twenty years before Spike Lee gave us his unique and colourful take on racial politics in Do the Right Thing, the social drama, Uptight, paved the way for how the plight of minorities can be represented through provocative cinema. Available now on Blu-ray for the first time in over ten years, Imprint Films in Australia
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