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• Yojimbo & Sanjuro (4K UHD) | Blu Ray | (17/03/2025) from £34.59   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Yojimbo Like Seven Samurai (1954), Yojimbo was Kurosawa's tribute to the widescreen action Westerns of John Ford and was itself remade as a Western by Sergio Leone as A Fistful of Dollars (1964). Played by the great Toshiro Mifune, the film's enigmatic samurai is a scruffy and itinerant warrior who wanders into a strange town and right into the middle of a war between two clans. Showing his skills with the sword within minutes of his arrival, he soon has the town's rival factions competing for his services. Kurosawa's genius for storytelling combines with thrilling swordplay, a healthy dose of black humour, a soundtrack every bit as atmospheric and amusing as Ennio Morricone's, and a towering performance from Mifune, to make Yojimbo an irresistible widescreen action adventure.Sanjuro In response to the huge critical and commercial success of Yojimbo, Kurosawa and Mifune re-teamed a year later to make Sanjuro, a hilarious comedy of manners altogether more light-hearted than its predecessor. The story has Sanjuro (Mifune) running lazy rings around nine naïve and clean-cut samurai and two genteel ladies, whilst also cleaning up a spot of corruption in local government. Whilst Kurosawa plays most of it for laughs, expertly parodying the conventions of Japanese period action films, he stages a startling switch of mood with an intense finale which may well be the briefest, and most breathtaking duel in all cinema.Extras¢ Limited edition 2-disc set, 2 x 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-rays presented in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)¢ Newly recorded interview with Jasper Sharp (2024)¢ Audio commentary on Yojimbo by film critic Philip Kemp¢ Introduction to Sanjuro by filmmaker Alex Cox (2003, 5 mins)¢ Interview with filmmaker Alex Cox (2003, 9 mins)¢ Original trailers for both films¢ **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Illustrated booklet featuring new and archival essays on both films, original reviews and full film credits¢ Other extras TBC

• WRACK AND RUIN: THE RUBBLE FILM AT DEFA (Masters of Cinema) Limited Edition Three-disc Blu-ray Boxed Set | Blu Ray | (15/09/2025) from £44.95   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Jean Vigo | A Curzon Collection - 4K UHD + Blu-ray Limited Edition | Blu Ray | (15/12/2025) from £39.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The complete works of French auteur Jean Vigo are now available on 4K UHD for the first time, on the 120th anniversary of his birth. This collection features Vigo's entire filmography - L'Atalante, Zéro de conduite, Taris, and À Propos de Nice - presented from a 4K restoration completed by Gaumont, La Cinematheque Francaise, and Martin Scorsese's The Film Foundation. This set also includes hours of special features, with alternate versions of the films, documentaries, short films, behind-the-scenes featurettes, and interviews. Vigo, the son of a notorious anarchist, spent most of his early life either on the run or in bad health. Despite these challenges, Vigo created spellbinding cinematic works of poetic realism, culminating in his only feature-length film, L'Atalante. Tragically, just weeks after the release of L'Atalante in 1934, Vigo died of tuberculosis, aged 29. His legacy has been firmly cemented in film history however; not just by the archivists and technicians who have preserved and restored his films, but also by the filmmakers who count Vigo as an inspiration: from the directors of the French New Wave and on to modern masters like Michel Gondry and Luca Guadagnino. Experience the magic for yourself today. Few artists in the history of cinema have won reputations so high by achievements so modest. If, that is, works of genius can be described as modest. - Lindsay Anderson The first time I saw L'Atalante, after one hour, I knelt in front of the screen and I remained in that position till the end. - Bernardo BertolucciLimited Edition 4K set includes:This four disc set includes one 4K UHD with the films, one Blu-ray with the films, and two Blu-rays with the special featuresPresented in a rigid slipcase containing the digipak, booklet and posters100-page booklet featuring a new essay by Ian Haydn Smith, archival writing by François Truffaut and James Agee, as well as essays, speeches, script extracts and unmade projects written by Jean Vigo3 collectible posters featuring 5 designs from throughout the release history of L'AtalanteNew cover artwork by Tony StellaSpecial Features:Young Devils in School: Zéro de Conduite - Rushes, Sound, and ImagesWinter Shooting: L'Atalante, Rushes and OuttakesZéro de conduite - second versionÀ propos de Nice - first version (featuring footage cut by Vigo)Musical scores for À propos de Nice by Marc Perrone (2001) and Stephen Horne & Frank Bockius (2017)Lines of the Hand (2015), a short film by Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson - an adaptation of an unrealized script by Jean Vigo (Les lignes de la main)Filmmakers of Our Times: Jean Vigo - a feature-length documentary from 1964 by Jacques RozierLuce, About Jean Vigo (2016) - documentary featuring Luce Vigo, Jean Vigo's daughterThe Voyages of L'Atalante - a look at the various versions of the film released over the yearsFrom L'Atalante to L'Atalante - short film made as an intro to the 1990 restored versionAn introduction to L'Atalante by Martin ScorseseFrançois Truffaut and Eric Rohmer discuss L'Atalante (1968)Four restoration featurettesSounds Regained - a revealing insight into the audio restoration of the filmsJean Taris: Gaumont newsreelsExcerpt from Abel Gance's Napoléon - pillow-fight sequenceInterviews with Lucile Hadzihalilovic, Jean-Paul Civeyrac, Jacques Rozier, and Otar IosselianiTheatrical re-release trailer

• István Szabó: Mephisto / Colonel Redl / Hanussen (3-disc Blu-ray Box Set) | Blu Ray | (08/12/2025) from £44.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  István Szabó is perhaps the best-known of all Hungarian filmmakers, having made hugely successful, Oscar-winning films in Hungary, Europe and in Hollywood. This Box Set uncovers the most creative and exuberant period of Szabó's Hungarian cinema, with a trio of exceptional films made in collaboration with actor Klaus Maria Brandauer, writer Péter Dobai and cinematographer Lajos Koltai. These films unravel the conflicts of history, society, and the individual in a rich and dazzlingly audacious, yet personal manner.These important and powerfully relevant films are presented from stunning 4K restorations, and released for the first time on Blu-ray in the UK.The set includes:Mephisto (1981)István Szabó's Oscar-winning adaptation of Klaus Mann's novel paints a portrait of Hendrik Höfgen (Klaus Maria Brandauer), a passionate but struggling actor who, despite his political ambivalence, remains in Germany as the Nazis come to power. When he accepts a Nazi official's offer to make him a star, Höfgen finally receives the success and adulation he has long sought but at what price?Colonel Redl (1985)Set in the years leading up to WW1, and inspired by John Osbourne's controversial 1965 play A Patriot for Me, Szabó's film charts the rise of the brilliant but unscrupulous Alfréd Redl in the Austro-Hungarian military. Compromised by his secret homosexuality, Redl is manipulated into a series of treasonous betrayals, becoming a prisoner of his own deceptions.Hanussen (1988)Wounded during WW1, an Austrian soldier claims he has gained the power to foresee the future. Adopting the name Erik Jan Hanussen, he sets himself up as a hypnotist, astrologer and clairvoyant in a Berlin theatre, ingratiating himself with those in power. Szabó's film vividly recreates the period as the film parallels the rise of Hanussen with Hitler and the Nazi regime.Limited Edition 3-disc Blu-ray Box Set.All three features presented from 4K restorations by the National Film Institute Hungary - Film Archive.Four of István Szabó's acclaimed but rarely seen short film works: Variations on a Theme (1961), You (1963), Concert (1963), and City Map (1977).István Szabó - The Director Answers: An interview with the award-winning filmmaker.Remembrance of József Romvári: Filmmaker Sophy Romvári's tribute to her grandfather, production designer József Romvári with narration by Szabó.Szabó's Central Europe: A look at Szabó's Hungarian films.Individual booklets each with new writing by Hungarian cinema experts John Cunningham, Peter Hames and Catherine Portuges.Trailers.New English subtitle translations.UK premieres on Blu-ray.Region Free (A/B/C) Blu-rays.

• Beatles: Get Back | Blu Ray | (17/10/2022) from £43.55   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Disc One: The band gathers at Twickenham Film Studios to rehearse for a concert. Disc Two: Rehearsals continue at Apple Studios and the mood lifts. Disc Three: The Beatles perform on the roof of the Apple Offices

• Black Lagoon: Season 1 & 2 (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (18/04/2022) from £33.38   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Rokuro was an ordinary Japanese business mana whipping boy for the big bosses and corporate high rollers. But when his job to deliver a mysterious disk goes south, a ruthless gang of mercenaries fronted by a gunslinging femme fatale take him into their custody. Abandoned and out of his element, the newly reinvented Rock joins up with his kidnappers as a smuggler of the East China Sea.Take a twisted trip to the city of your nightmares in this hard-boiled shootout from the studio behind One Punch Man and Death Note. Includes the complete first and second seasons.Includes Season 1 and 2 (episodes 1-12) Japanese and English with English subtitles.Product FeaturesThe Crew' Behind the Scenes of the English Version ProductionPromotional VideosJapanese OpeningsTextless SongsTrailers

• Werner Herzog Collection (7-disc Blu-ray Box Set) | Blu Ray | (25/08/2014) from £68.98   |  Saving you £13.00 (19.41%)   |  RRP £79.99

  The Werner Herzog Collection - an extensive DVD box set compiling 18 films from the legendary German director. Features digitally remastered presentations of classics such as Aguirre Wrath of God (1972); The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974); Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) and Fitzcarraldo (1982) plus many of Herzog's hugely acclaimed short films. Extras include Jack Bond's long-unseen South Bank Show on Herzog from 1982 and Les Blank's Burden of Dreams. Contents: The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz (1967) Last Words (1968) Precautions Against Fanatics (1969) Fata Morgana (1971) Handicapped Future (1971) Aguirre Wrath of God (1972) Land Of Silence and Darkness (1971) Stroszek (1977) The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974) The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner (1974) Heart of Glass (1976) How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck (1978) Woyzeck (1979) Nosferatu (1979) Fitzcarraldo (1982) Huie's Sermon (1983) God's Angry Man (1983) Cobre Verde (1987) Special Features: All Films Digitally Remastered to High Definition Alternative German and English version of Nosferatu the Vampyre Nosferatu - On set documentary (1979 13 mins) Burden of Dreams (1982 93 mins) South Bank Show: Werner Herzog (Jack Bond 1982 50 mins) Illustrated Booklet with Extensive Essay by Laurie Johnson; Full Film Credits

• Secret Army - Series 1-3 | DVD | (01/01/2010) from £31.63   |  Saving you £43.36 (137.09%)   |  RRP £74.99

  The complete classic BBC TV series about the struggles of the Low Countries population during their occupation by the Nazi's during World War II.

• My Hero Academia: Collection Box Seasons 1-3 | Blu Ray | (30/11/2020) from £33.17   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  From studio BONES, the creators of Fullmetal Alchemist and Soul Eater, comes My Hero Academia, a superhero origin story that soars to the top of the class. Izuku has dreamt of being a hero all his lifea lofty goal for anyone, but especially challenging for a kid with no superpowers. That's right, in a world where 80% of the population has some kind of superpowered quirk, Izuku was unlucky enough to be born completely normal. But that's not going to stop him from enrolling in one of the world's most prestigious hero academies. Now, the only thing standing between him and his first class is the academy's formidable entrance examnothing a little private tutoring from the world's mightiest hero can't solve.

• Takeshi Kitano Collection (1989-1993) (3 x Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (29/06/2020) from £34.85   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Violent Cop Detective Azuma (˜Beat Takeshi') is a renegade cop who frequently resorts to violence and unethical methods to get results. While investigating a series of drugrelated homicides, Azuma discovers that his friend and colleague is supplying drugs from within the police force. After his colleague is murdered and his sister is kidnapped, he breaks all the rules to dish out his particular form of justice. Boiling Point When the mild mannered Masaki (Yûrei Yanagi) falls foul of the Yakuza he decides to buy a gun to defend himself. He heads to Okinawa where he forms an unlikely partnership with Uehara (˜Beat' Takeshi) who has his own reasons for wanting revenge. Sonatine Murakawa (˜Beat Takeshi'), an established and ruthless gangster, is sent to intervene in a gang war on the island of Okinawa. When the situation takes a turn for the worse, Murakawa and his men are forced to retreat into hiding, but it's not long before their enemies track them down. A final and breathtaking showdown becomes inevitable.

• Dragon Ball Z Movie Complete Collection: Movies 1-13 + TV Specials | DVD | (29/10/2018) from £36.85   |  Saving you £23.14 (62.80%)   |  RRP £59.99

  DVD Boxset containing the digitally remastered definitive DBZ Movie Complete Collection: Movies 1-13 + TV Specials 1&2. 1. Dead Zone 2. The World's Strongest 3. The Tree of Might 4. Lord Slug 5. Cooler's Revenge 6. The Return of Cooler 7. Super Android 13 8. Bojack Unbound 9. Broly the Legendary Super Saiyan 10. Broly: Second Coming 11. Bio-Broly 12. Fusion Reborn 13. Wrath of the Dragon TV 1: Bardock: the Father of Gokue TV 2: The History of Trunks

• Cowboy Bebop - Complete BD Collection | Blu Ray | (06/10/2014) from £34.59   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The crew of the Bebop is once again ready to clean up space by bringing bad guys to justice and trying to make some cash while doing it! Back at last in high-definition this second print run contains a reversible cover as well as containing bonus content never available outside of Japan before including the “Ein’s Summer Holiday” short. Bonus Features Audio commentaries on episodes 1 5 10 17 and 24 Japanese commercials for Cowboy Bebop Music video for Tank! the theme tune Tank! Remix by DJ Food video Ein’s Summer Holiday short Clean end credit sequence

• The Rainer Werner Fassbinder Vol 1 | Blu Ray | (09/01/2023) from £41.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Rainer Werner Fassbinder, the enfant terrible of the New German Cinema, wrote, directed, produced and starred in over 40 films in his short but prolific life, before passing away of a drug overdose in 1982 aged just 37. Rainer Werner Fassbinder vol. 1 brings together a collection of his finest works from the early years of his career in High Definition digital restorations prepared by the Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation. His debut feature Love Is Colder Than Death (1969) is a playful but cynical crime picture, inspired by the nouvelle vague. Katzelmacher (1969) depicts the dynamics of a group of young layabout friends, which are radically altered by the arrival of an immigrant worker in their community. Beware of a Holy Whore (1971) pulls the curtain on the backstage dramas of the cast and crew of a film shoot as they wait in a Spanish seaside hotel for the arrival of funds to continue their production. The Merchant of Four Seasons (1971) portrays the downfall of a beleaguered fruit seller in 1950s Munich as he struggles to keep his family, body and soul together. Originally written and produced as a stage play, The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972) focuses on the loves, losses and lamentations of the titular Petra, a successful fashion designer with two marriages behind her and an estranged daughter. The Ulli Lommel directed Tenderness of the Wolves (1973) sees Fassbinder adopting the role of producer in a bleak tale based on the German serial killer Fritz Haarmann, memorably played by Fassbinder regular Kurt Raab, who also wrote the screenplay. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS High definition digital transfers of all films prepared by the Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentations of all films Original uncompressed PCM mono 1.0 sound for all films Optional English subtitles for all films Reversible sleeves for all films featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sister Hyde DISC ONE - LOVE IS COLDER THAN DEATH & KATZELMACHER Two early short films by Rainer Werner Fassbinder from 1966, The Little Chaos and The City Tramp Interview with actor Ulli Lommel on Love is Colder Than Death End of the Commune?, Joachim von Mengershausen's 1970 documentary portrait of Fassbinder and his troupe including rare footage of his actors rehearsing and Love Is Colder Than Death's premiere at the 1969 Berlin Film Festival Original theatrical trailer for Katzelmacher DISC TWO - THE MERCHANT OF FOUR SEASONS & BEWARE OF A HOLY WHORE Audio commentary on The Merchant of Four Seasons by critics Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Christian McCrea Audio commentary on Beware of a Holy Whore by Adrian Martin Interview with actor Lou Castel on Beware of a Holy Whore Beware of a Holy Whore theatrical trailer DISC THREE - THE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT Commentary by filmmaker and lecturer Diane Charleson Life Stories: A Conversation with R.W. Fassbinder, a 50-minute interview with the director conducted for German television in 1978 Role-Play: Women on Fassbinder, a 1992 documentary containing interviews with four of the director's regular female performers, Margit Carstensen, Irm Hermann, Hanna Schygulla and Rosel Zech DISC FOUR - TENDERNESS OF THE WOLVES Audio commentary by director Ulli Lommel, moderated by Uwe Huber Introduction by Ulli Lommel The Tender Wolf, an interview with Lommel Photographing Fritz, an interview with director of photography Jürgen Jürges Haarmann's Victim Talks, an interview with actor Rainer Will An appreciation by Stephen Thrower, author of Nightmare USA and Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema of Jesús Franco Still gallery Theatrical trailer

• Kurosawa: Crime Collection | DVD | (24/10/2011) from £34.59   |  Saving you £5.40 (15.61%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Akira Kurosawa, one of the cinema s greatest auteurs, has wowed audiences and inspired filmmakers as diverse as George Lucas and Sergio Leone. This highly collectable 4-disc box set highlights his mastery of the crime genre bringing together four of his finest thrillers. Included here is the yakuza gangster drama Drunken Angel (1948); the atmospheric police thriller Stray Dog (1949); the tale of corporate greed and corruption, The Bad Sleep Well (1947); and the gripping Ed Mcbain adaptation High and Low (1963).

• The War Trilogy: Three films by Andrzej Wajda | Blu Ray | (12/12/2022) from £46.65   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Chantal Akerman Collection Vol 2 (1982-2015) | Blu Ray | (16/06/2025) from £46.66   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Covering the later years of Chantal Akerman's career, this 5-disc set completes the two-volume Akerman collection.Born in Brussels in 1950 to parents who had survived the Holocaust, Chantal Akerman directed more than 40 films (short, medium and feature-length) over almost 50 years, spanning fiction, documentary, musical comedy and literary adaptation. Today, she is regarded as one of the most important and influential directors of her generation. Akerman's personal, non-conformist body of work has resonated with cinephiles globally and become increasingly relevant since her death in 2015, with filmmakers including Joanna Hogg (The Eternal Daughter), Céline Sciamma (Petite Maman), Alice Diop (Saint Omer) and Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez), among others, citing her radical and experimental approach to cinema as a direct inspiration. Covering the later years of Akerman's career, this set explores her experimentations with form and genre and includes musical comedy Golden Eighties (1986) and her final film, No Home Movie (2015).The FilmsToute Une Nuit (1982), Les Annees 80 (1983), Golden Eighties (1986), La Paresse (1986), Histoires d'Amerique: Food, Family and Philosophy (1988), D'Est (1993), Sud (1999), La Captive (2000), De l'Autre Côté (2002), La Folie Almayer (2011), No Home Movie (2015)ExtrasFive Blu-ray set featuring 11 landmark films by Chantal Akerman72-page perfect-bound book with new essays by Erin Nunoda, Daniella Shreir, Rachel Pronger, Catherine Wheatley, and Alisa LebowOther extras tbc

• Dragon Ball Super: Complete Series | DVD | (25/07/2022) from £49.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  After defeating Majin Buu, life is peaceful once again. Goku has taken a completely new role as a radish farmer?! With Earth at peace, our heroes have settled into normal lives. But they can't get too comfortable. Far away, a powerful god awakens to a prophecy revealing his demise at the hands of a formidable being. Can Goku and his friends take on their strongest foe yet? Dragon Ball Super is back with the complete series in an exclusive premium edition! Including in this boxset: 20x DVD discs of the uncut series on a rigid slipcase with 2x covers Good vs Evil 3x digipacks with all Dragon Ball Super sagas - Battle of Gods, Resurrection F, Champa, Future Trunks and Universe Survival.

• Kurosawa Samurai Collection | Blu Ray | (01/09/2014) from £48.50   |  Saving you £11.49 (23.69%)   |  RRP £59.99

  The films of Akira Kurosawa one of the cinema's greatest auteurs have had a profound effect on audiences around the world and his acclaimed samurai epics - featuring international star Toshirô Mifune - have inspired filmmakers a diverse as George Lucas and Sergio Leone. This collection marks the first time all these seminal films have been available on High Definition blu-ray in the UK. Seven Samurai (1954)When the residents of a small Japanese village seek protection they hire seven unemployed ronin' (masterless samurai). Paid only in handfuls of rice the samurai remain distant from the villagers knowing that their assignment may prove to be fatal. Unanimously hailed as one of cinema's greatest masterpieces Seven Samurai has inspired countless films including The Magnificent Seven. Japan | 1954 | 190 minutes | Original aspect ratio 1.33:1 Throne of Blood (1957)In this brilliant re-imagining of Shakespeare's Macbeth Toshirô Mifune plays a samurai fated to betray his friend and master in exchange for the prestige of nobility. Kurosawa's bloody tale is a triumph of economic style and the climactic battle scene is full of remarkable and brutal imagery. Japan | 1957 | 104 minutes | Original aspect ratio 1.33:1 The Hidden Fortress (1958)In this classic collaboration between Kurosawa and star Mifune a warrior and a princess try against all odds to return to their homeland with their fortune. Acknowledged by George Lucas as the inspiration for Star Wars The Hidden Fortress combines an epic tale of struggle and honour with modern comic sensibilities to masterful effect. Japan | 1958 | 138 minutes | Original aspect ratio 2.35:1 (16x9 enhanced) Yojimbo (1961)A drifting samurai for hire plays both ends against the middle with two warring factions surviving on his wits and his ability to outrun his own bad luck. Eventually the samurai seeks to eliminate both sides for his own gain and to define his own sense of honour. Yojimbo provided inspiration for A Fistful of Dollars. Japan | 1961 | 106 minutes | Widecreen 4:3 format Sanjuro (1962)After the success of Yojimbo Kurosawa teamed up once again with Mifune one year later to make this comedy of manners. The film which follows a man fighting corruption in local government offers a twist on the classic Samurai tale by gently but perfectly parodying the conventions of the Japanese period action movie tradition. Japan | 1962 | 95 minutes | Original aspect ratio 2.35:1 (16x9 enhanced)

• Tomo-chan Is a Girl! - The Complete Season | Blu Ray | (16/09/2024) from £47.48   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Tomo is crushing hard on her childhood friend Junichiro, but he only sees her as a bro. Hoping to fix the romantic failure, she turns to her classmates for help. Will their schemes get through to him? Or is she destined to be in the friend zone forever?76-page Art Book, 8 Art Cards of Tomo and Her Friends, Character Reaction Sticker Sheets

• In Search Of The Trojan War | DVD | (10/05/2004) from £31.75   |  Saving you £-11.76 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Originally broadcast in 1985, In Search of the Trojan War followed the successful formula established by his first historical detective series, In Search of the Dark Ages, and firmly established Michael Wood as the most personable of TV historians. Wood is not only a born TV presenter, he's got both academic gravitas and narrative skill to craft a compelling mystery from the archaeological, literary and mythological sources. Over six hour-long programmes, Wood marshals the disparate strands of evidence to present as fully rounded a portrait as possible of both historical and the legendary city of Troy, its central place in Western culture, and the Mycenaean Age itself. From Schliemann's initial cavalier bulldozing of the mound at Hisarlik, to Homer's epics, the Hittite Empire and the role of slave-women, Wood journeys back and forth across the Aegean and elsewhere, from a pre-unification Berlin to Liverpool, to illuminate the dawn of Western literature, myth and history. Did the Trojan War ever happen? Or was the city destroyed by natural causes? Wood doesn't claim to find a definitive answer, of course, but for the viewer it's rewarding enough simply to accompany him on this fascinating journey. On the DVD: In Search of the Trojan War is presented on two discs in unremarkable 4:3 TV format. There's a new 25-minute interview with Wood, who looks back affectionately on the making of the series. --Mark Walker