"Director: Paul Wright"

• Arcadia (DVD) | DVD | (20/08/2018) from £18.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Directed by Paul Wright, Music by Adrian Utley (Portishead) and Will Gregory (Goldfrapp) Scouring 100 years of archive footage, mainly from the BFI National Archive, BAFTA winner Paul Wright constructs an exhilarating study of the British people's shifting - and contradictory - relationship to the land. The film goes on a sensory, visceral journey through the contrasting seasons, taking in folk carnivals and fetes, masked parades, water divining and harvesting. Set to a grand, expressive new score from Adrian Utey (Portishead) and Will Gregory (Goldfrapp) alongside folk music from the likes of Anne Briggs, Wright's captivating film essay captures the beauty and brutality, and the magic and madness of rural Britain. Special features: Interview with director Paul Wright (2018) Peter & Ruby (Colin Gregg, 1973, 35 mins): an intimate portrait of farmer Peter Hannaford as he shows how Dartmoor and its people have shaped his life Topical Budget Films: Championship Ploughing Match (1912), The Kibbo Kift (1923), and Oppin makes you Earty! (1925) A Day in the Hayfields (1904, 4 mins): Cecil Hepworth's film of an English midsummer and the hay harvest Tame Animals at Work (1909, 6 mins) Ancient Cornish Custom (1921, 1 min): local girls dance to the Furry Dance as part of a St. Ives procession Old Norse Viking Festival (1927, 4 mins): extraordinary film of Shetland's famous fire festival Up Helly Aa Once We Were Four (1942, 9 mins) Fully illustrated booklet with new essay by writer Paul Kingsnorth, and full film credits

• Land of Promise | DVD | (04/03/2013) from £19.69   |  Saving you £10.30 (52.31%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Featuring 40 films by such luminaries as Humphrey Jennings Paul Rotha and Ruby Grierson this collection is a major retrospective of the British documentary film movement during its period of greatest influence. The diverse and compelling films contained here - many of which are made available for the first time since their original release - bear witness to the social and industrial transformations of a rapidly changing world. This unique collection captures the spirit and strength concerns and resolve of Britain and its people before during and immediately after the Second World War. A companion collection Shadows of Progress: Documentary film in post-war Britain 1951-1977 is also available on BFI DVD. Special Features: Includes fully illustrated 96 page perfect bound book with contextualising essays on all of the films Includes interviews with some of the directors featured on the discs Includes a 15 minute film of John Grierson (the 'father' of documentary) at the National Film Theatre in 1959

• Murder - Complete | DVD | (21/03/2016) from £12.29   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Collection of dramas centered around complex murder cases. 'The Third Voice', directed by Birger Larsen, follows the killing of a Scottish doctor. After his body is found on the river bank with a stab wound to the heart, the prime suspect in Rafe Carey (Frank Gilhooley)'s murder is his brother-in-law Leo Durridge (Peter McDonald), whom he was with at the time of his death. Leo, however, claims he is innocent and that he witnessed Rafe drowning in the water. In 'The Lost Weekend', directed by Paul Wright, wealthy philanthropist Arla Beckman is reported missing. When it is discovered that Arla was having an affair with English aristocrat Dominic Cotterall (Sebastian Armesto), the man-about-town's reputation proceeds him and he becomes the lead suspect in her disappearance. 'The Big Bang', directed by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, looks at the cold-blooded murder of an off-duty policeman.

• For Those In Peril | DVD | (03/03/2014) from £29.93   |  Saving you £-11.94 (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Aaron a young misfit in a remote Scottish community is the lone survivor of a strange fishing accident that claimed the lives of five men including his older brother.  Spurred on by sea-going folklore and local superstition the village blames him for this tragedy making him an outcast amongst his own people.  Steadfastly refusing to believe his brother is dead and possessed by grief madness and magic Aaron sets out to recover him.