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MOTHER JOAN OF THE ANGELS is on @letterboxd 's 'Shelf Life' top recommendations for physical media releases to keep an eye out for in November.
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The great Raymond Durgnat reviewed MOTHER JOAN OF THE ANGELS (under it's original, more salacious UK release title THE DEVIL AND THE NUN) in the May 1962 edition of 'Films & Filming' magazine.
New Blu-ray edition - 23 Nov!
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An extra 10% off Second Run Blu-rays '2 for £16' offer @RarewavesCom this weekend! - use code RWOCT10.
'2 for £16' offer ends 3rd November!
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Nice timing by @SecondRunDVD releasing Mother Joan Of The Angels next month on the heels of @clockwork_wb 's The Devils restoration and re-release.
Imagine a Devils's sequel but made a decade earlier in Poland.
"MOTHER JOAN OF THE ANGELS is a film against dogma...The devils that possess these characters are the external manifestations of their repressed love. The devils are like sins, opposite to their human nature" Director Jerzy Kawalerowicz interviewed 2001 kinoeye.org/01/07/privett07.…
"The 'father of Czech animation' Jiří Trnka gets a showcase of two of his most accomplished works in JIŘÍ TRNKA: PUPPET MASTER that whets the appetites of viewers with a broader look at his filmography in the extras as well" @dvdcomparedvdcompare.net/review.php?ri…
Jiří Trnka was crowned 'Walt Disney of the East!' by a UK journalist after a screening of his adaptation of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival.
Screenwriter, animation historian and professor Edgar Dutka looks at Trnka's legacy
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"It's something I think everyone who loves animation, who loves stop-motion, who loves the history of film itself should watch"
Gary Talks on our JIŘÍ TRNKA: PUPPET MASTER set #GaryTalksPhysicalMediayoutube.com/watch?v=aNO13fQU…
The offer just got better! @RarewavesCom have an extra 10% off everything until 9am on 29th Sept - use code RWSEP10
More reason to buy selected Second Run Blu-rays in their '2 for £16' offer NOW for a limited time!
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The renowned Indian actor Meena Mohan discusses Girish Kasaravalli’s THE RITUAL (Ghatashraddha) at a NY Asia Society screening of the film in July 2025
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EMERGENCY EXIT the new film by Lluis Minarro (director of the wonderful STELLA CADENTE) screens Tuesday 22 Sept at the London Spanish Film Festival - followed by a q&a with the filmmaker.
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