Peccadillo Pictures

[CelestialAgent]

Peccadillo have acquired Israeli film The Swimmer for a theatrical release

https://www.screendaily.com/news/str...164278.article

Upcoming theatrical releases per FDA:

Lola and the Sea - 17th December 2021
Minyan - 7th January 2022
Cicada - 4th February 2022

Cicada will be released on DVD on 28th February 2022

https://shop.peccapics.com/collectio...roducts/cicada

[CelestialAgent]

Virtual preview of Lola and the Sea on December 14th

https://watch.eventive.org/lolaandth...d4b00069ab4e73

[CelestialAgent]

The DVD of Minyan appears to be barebones; Lola and the Sea has a director interview.

[CelestialAgent]

Swan Song will have a slip, with the slip depicting the artwork I think is stronger - with Pitsenbarger looking flamboyant and the film’s supporting characters depicted in picture frames - while the standard art is the theatrical poster I’m less big on as it depicts a scene quite insignificant and late in the film, with him in a wheelchair alongside street traffic.

I rarely buy DVDs of new films but Luzzu (under the Peccadillo Panorama banner) has some strong extras listed on Amazon that I might have to:

Interview with Writer/ Director Alex Camilleri
Audio Commentary by Alex Camilleri
Test Footage 'Lampuki' & 'Slipway'
Jesmark Scicluna Screen Test
Theatrical Trailer

[Aunt Peg]

Originally Posted by McCrutchy

Coming 28 June 2021:

YES!!!!!!!!

It has been almost exactly 12 months since I saw it at the cinema. Such a beautiful and tender film. I was dismayed that the distributor in Australia didn't give it a physical media release - straight to streaming only. On the bright side had they released it it would only have been DVD so I would have ended up double dipping for deserved UK Blu Ray release. Thank you so much Peccadillo Picture

[CelestialAgent]

Sequin in a Blue Room up for preorder, extra is a Interview with Conor Leach and Samuel Van Grinsven.

https://shop.peccapics.com/collectio...e-room-blu-ray

[nekromantik]

Originally Posted by CelestialAgent

Sequin in a Blue Room up for preorder, extra is a Interview with Conor Leach and Samuel Van Grinsven.

https://shop.peccapics.com/collectio...e-room-blu-ray

been waiting for this for a while!
glad its getting HD release

[CelestialAgent]

I must have bought the last copy of the OOP DVD of Taxi Zum Klo from HMV (£5.99 was a steal then!) Not sure what other DVDs of theirs are getting harder to find but I wouldn't be surprised if some have dried up.

[CelestialAgent]

Some DVD only titles.

Boy Meets Boy (released yesterday)

https://shop.peccapics.com/collectio.../boy-meets-boy

Short Film - Juice
Director Interview
Actor Interview
Fundraising Teaser

The Collini Case - 8th November

https://www.amazon.co.uk/COLLINI-CAS...dp/B09BYDQ8ZP/

Sweetheart - 29th November

https://www.amazon.co.uk/SWEETHEART-...dp/B09CRM3JWC/

The Collini Case doesn't seem to be in many cinemas - it was listed on Cineworld's "coming soon" for a while, but they don't seem to be showing it. However, Sweetheart is a windowed release for a change - the website states in cinemas September 24th and on-demand October 25th. So, this means the film should play in more venues than usual, with it listed on the coming soon on Picturehouse's website. It's been a long time since Picturehouse screened a Peccadillo title - 2019 saw them play Are You Proud? and The Shiny Shrimps. They had And Then We Danced listed in their programming the week cinemas closed in March 2020, but of course they never managed to screen it.

Cicada is listed on FDA for 5th November, but no information on whether it is a windowed or a day and date release.

[McCrutchy]

Filippo Meneghetti's Two of Us is now due 16 August 2021:

Special Features:

• Interviews with Filippo Meneghetti, Barbara Sukowa & Martine Chevallier
• Deleted Scenes
• The Beast - Short Film by Filippo Meneghetti
• UK and International Theatrical Trailers

https://shop.peccapics.com/collectio...-of-us-blu-ray

[CelestialAgent]

If you can find a cinema near your that's actually screening it (Peccadillo's titles never play wide and even less so with chains' aversion to day and date digital releases), MUBI Go have selected the title for next week as their free ticket.

I guess the release for it was delayed a fair bit as the trailer was on Monsoon.

[blueman_Richie]

Boooo to The Collini Case being DVD only. Boooo hisssss!

[CelestialAgent]

I think some of the DVDs I might get eventually but not when they’re £10 or so, maybe if they drop down to £5 or so. I did buy The Watermelon Woman day one and I think when I bought Simply’s DVD of Threads for £12 or so which was made for TV anyway, but I feel happier getting DVD only from the 2000s and earlier than for something from the 2010s that was digitally shot in HD.

[McCrutchy]

Originally Posted by blueman_Richie

Boooo to The Collini Case being DVD only. Boooo hisssss!

The German Blu-ray seems to have English subtitles, but you probably have to allow for Constantin Film's annoying DTS-HD HR tracks instead of full lossless audio:



Back cover:

[Show spoiler]

Alternatively, there is a US BD, presumably with full lossless audio:



Back cover:

[Show spoiler]

I don't own either, however.

[Aunt Peg]

Minyan is a real throwback to the type of queer cinema made in the 1990s.

[CelestialAgent]

Originally Posted by Aunt Peg

Minyan is a real throwback to the type of queer cinema made in the 1990s.

So uh, I guess that would now be considered Old Queer Cinema then.

[Aunt Peg]

Originally Posted by CelestialAgent

So uh, I guess that would now be considered Old Queer Cinema then.

In some respects due to its low key drama. It took a while for queer cinema to take on some lighter subject matter after all those 80s drama and this one is set in the 80s so it shares a grim underlining vibe.

[CelestialAgent]

Unfortunately, My First Summer will be yet another DVD only release, due out on 11th April.

https://shop.peccapics.com/products/my-first-summer

[CelestialAgent]

More DVD only titles:

Rurangi - March 28th
Saint-Narcisse - May 2nd
The Swimmer - May 9th

[Wendell Armbruster]

Such a shame they've seemingly given up on blu-ray.