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NEW RELEASE NEWS! Blu-ray SE coming 26 Jan 2026 -
Aleksander Ford's KNIGHTS OF THE TEUTONIC ORDER (KRZYŻACY). Chosen by Martin Scorsese as one of the 21 best films in the history of Polish cinema. Order at our webstore: tinyurl.com/fns9sscb
Amazon UK: tinyurl.com/3469xcad + all the usual suspects
November 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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I just received this Istvan Szabo box set in the post.
How fantastic. What great work you so, Second Run
The wait is over! Our ISTVÁN SZABÓ Box Sets have arrived!!
Wonderful to see them in the real world. Website discount price of £37.99 until release date - 8 Dec!
www.secondrundvd.com/release_szab...
Also at Amazon UK tinyurl.com/4bckyaa2
@diabolikdvd.bsky.social tinyurl.com/bzhjmvcx
and usual outlets
November 25, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The wait is over! Our ISTVÁN SZABÓ Box Sets have arrived!!
Wonderful to see them in the real world. Website discount price of £37.99 until release date - 8 Dec!
www.secondrundvd.com/release_szab...
Also at Amazon UK tinyurl.com/4bckyaa2
@diabolikdvd.bsky.social tinyurl.com/bzhjmvcx
and usual outlets
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
"One of the most extraordinary achievements in Indian cinema - not only as a work of art, but as a collective act of faith."

Dave Lancaster offers an excellent 5-star review of Shyam Benegal's masterpice MANTHAN at Cinemas Online
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November 21, 2025 at 11:43 AM
"One of the greatest Blu-ray labels ever..."

Elliot Coen at Boutique Blu-rays dedicates a whole episode to Second Run in celebration of our 20th anniversary - we're suitably chuffed and delighted!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3-k...
Underrated Boutique Blu-ray Label Every Collector Should Know
YouTube video by Boutique Blu-rays with Elliot Coen
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November 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Shyam Benegal's Manthan is an important piece of Independent Indian Cinema, but for reasons that go deeper than its socially significant story. Out now on @secondrun.bsky.social Run Blu-Ray.

Read Graham's #review here: thegeekshow.co.uk/manthan-1976...
Manthan (1976) Out now on Second Run Blu-Ray
Shyam Benegal's Manthan is an important piece of Independent Indian Cinema, but for reasons that go deeper than its socially significant story.
thegeekshow.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
SPECIAL SCREENING
Juraj Herz's OIL LAMPS + Iva Janžurová at Regent St. Cinema, Sat 22 Nov. From the director of The Cremator and Morgiana, Janžurová delivers a fearless performance in this sumptuous, unsettling tale of love, desire, and decay. www.regentstreetcinema.com/movie/made-i...
Made in Prague: Oil Lamps + Introduction by actress Iva Janžurová & Mehelli Modi
From master filmmaker Juraj Herz (The Cremator, Morgiana), comes Oil Lamps, a sumptuous, unsettling tale of love, desire, and decay. At its centre blazes Iva Janžurová, delivering one of the greatest ...
www.regentstreetcinema.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
"MANTHAN is a gorgeously rich fable of social development, far from propaganda or triumphalism. […] It’s also very beautiful"
Nick Bradshaw reviews Shyam Benegal's incredible MANTHAN in the latest @sightsoundmag.bsky.social
www.secondrundvd.com/images/pdf/m...
November 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"The performances here are wonderful... This restoration by the Film Heritage Foundation, looks incredible as well.
The release is of the typical high standards we’ve come to expect from Second Run... this was also a joy to review"
Whats In A Scene: MANTHAN
whatsinascene.substack.com/p/non-canoni...
NON-CANONICAL: MANTHAN (THE CHURNING)
A crowd-funded marvel
whatsinascene.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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'Wendy and Lucy' is a small masterpiece, beautifully acted. It also has an excellent dog in one of the lead roles. www.theartsdesk.com/film/blu-ray...
#kellyreichardt #michellewilliams #dogs @secondrun.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 6:00 AM
OUT TODAY!! Shyam Benegal's MANTHAN
A new 4K restoration of this potent, political landmark in Indian independent filmmaking, a powerful exploration of gender, class, and caste inequalities. A testament to the enduring power of cinema to inspire social change. www.secondrundvd.com/release_mant...
October 27, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Film Heritage Foundation's Shivendra Singh Dungarpur and Second Run's Mehelli Modi show off our lovely new MANTHAN Blu-rays at BFI London Film Festival.
Out next Monday!
October 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
"It might be Reichardt’s best film, and she’s never made a bad one. [...] it is a pocket American epic, and richly deserves its place among the classics in Second Run’s back catalogue" @thegeekshow.bsky.social review our new Blu-ray edition of WENDY AND LUCY thegeekshow.co.uk/wendy-and-lu...
Wendy and Lucy (2008) Out now on Second Run Blu-Ray
Social Realism without the nihilism, Kelly Reichardt offers her contribution to the great cinematic tradition of good dogs in cinema with Wendy and Lucy.
thegeekshow.co.uk
October 9, 2025 at 9:54 AM
NEW RELEASE - 24 NOV. ISTVÁN SZABÓ:
MEPHISTO / COLONEL REDL / HANUSSEN
LE 3-disc Blu-ray Set. 4K restorations, released for the first time on Blu-ray in the UK. Special pre-order discount price £37.99 at our webstore: tinyurl.com/8n2mvttm
Amazon UK tinyurl.com/4bckyaa2
October 8, 2025 at 11:05 AM
OUT TODAY! WENDY AND LUCY! Kelly Reichardt, Michelle Williams - a low-key masterpiece that resonates still. Order:
www.secondrundvd.com/release_wend...
Amazon UK tinyurl.com/yswx7yzm
@rarewaves.bsky.social tinyurl.com/aeybwv5p
@diabolikdvd.bsky.social tinyurl.com/bdek3vez
@hmvcardiff.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Never thought I would ever see a Shyam Benegal film make it to Blu-ray home video in a boutique release. So honoured to have been able to write the essay. Another much anticipated release from @secondrun.bsky.social & landmark restoration from Film Heritage Foundation in India. #ParallelCinema
October 4, 2025 at 11:27 AM
The VICE Guide to Film: Kelly Reichardt
Our WENDY AND LUCY Blu-ray is out next week, so here's Jesse Eisenberg. Lily Gladstone, Todd Haynes and others traversing the poetic road films of director Kelly Reichardt on VICE TV in 2016.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I29g...
Kelly Reichardt: A Major Voice of Indie Cinema | The VICE Guide to Film
YouTube video by VICE
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October 1, 2025 at 10:35 AM
"[Michelle] Williams is magnificent... This is minimalist, masterful storytelling that demands your attention."

Blueprint Review on our new Blu-ray edition of Kelly Reichardt's WENDY AND LUCY - out 6 October

blueprintreview.co.uk/2025/09/wend...
Wendy and Lucy – Second Run - Blueprint: Review
John Kirk reviews Kelly Reichardt's 2008 film starring Michelle Williams, which is released on Blu-ray by Second Run.
blueprintreview.co.uk
September 29, 2025 at 11:03 AM
WENDY AND LUCY director Kelly Reichardt interviewed by filmmaker Todd Haynes at BOMB Magazine.
bombmagazine.org/articles/199...
BOMB Magazine | Kelly Reichardt
Todd Haynes, the director of Safe , first met Kelly Reichardt during the making of his film Poison . They take five to compare notes upon the release of…
bombmagazine.org
September 26, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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Want to see me talking about my fave dog film while sharing a sofa with @fugitiveimages.bsky.social & their giant gorgeous dog??? We get into trees, precarity, women of the road & why Kelly Reichardt is a fucking genius. Get your hard copy to watch forever!
WENDY AND LUCY Blu-rays have landed! From Kelly Reichardt - one of the most important and quietly devastating US indy features of the 2000s. Out 6 Oct. Pre-order at:
www.secondrundvd.com/release_wend...
Amazon UK: tinyurl.com/yswx7yzm
@diabolikdvd.bsky.social tinyurl.com/bdek3vez and more!
September 23, 2025 at 12:51 PM
WENDY AND LUCY Blu-rays have landed! From Kelly Reichardt - one of the most important and quietly devastating US indy features of the 2000s. Out 6 Oct. Pre-order at:
www.secondrundvd.com/release_wend...
Amazon UK: tinyurl.com/yswx7yzm
@diabolikdvd.bsky.social tinyurl.com/bdek3vez and more!
September 23, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Second Run is - gulp! - 20 years old. We're holding a special screening of one of our most popular titles, Juraj Herz's brilliant, and still chillingly relevant THE CREMATOR on Sat 4th Oct at London's ICA Cinema. The film also features one of the great Liška's finest scores!
ica.art/films/second...
ICA | Second Run Presents: The Cremator
The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) is London’s leading space for contemporary culture. We commission, produce and present new work in film, music, performance and the visual arts by today’s most...
ica.art
September 18, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Czechoslovak composer and master of musical innovation Zdeněk Liška profiled in today's Guardian.

Many of the titles mentioned - and more! - are (coincidentally) available from Second Run.

www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...
‘He should be known as a film music revolutionary’: revitalising the legacy of Czech composer Zdeněk Liška
The electroacoustic pioneer scored dozens of pictures – and communist propaganda. Too successful to be persecuted by the politburo but largely forgotten when he died, his music is being revived by a n...
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2025 at 6:55 PM
"A stellar presentation of a cult classic, offering a high-quality HD transfer that revitalizes its innovative visuals, a thoughtful array of extras that provide deep context and historical insight... a definitive package" @dvdbeaver.bsky.social go wild for JESSIE www.dvdbeaver.com/subsite/film...
Who Wants to Kill Jessie? Blu-ray - Dana Medricka, Jiri Sovak, Olga Schoberova
www.dvdbeaver.com
September 12, 2025 at 10:57 AM
"WHO WANTS TO KILL JESSIE? packs a lot into its swift running time. Whether you're in the mood for a playful tweak on pulp conventions or an absurdist slice of social satire, it's a zippy good time that keeps surprising you at every turn" @mondodigital.bsky.social www.mondo-digital.com/jessie.html
Who Wants to Kill Jessie?
www.mondo-digital.com
September 10, 2025 at 9:14 AM