Riding in to the weekend... KNIGHTS OF THE TEUTONIC ORDER Blu-rays have arrived!! Aleksander Ford's legendary feature, to this day one of the most successful and popular Polish films ever, was selected by Martin Scorsese as one of the best films in the history of Polish cinema. tinyurl.com/fns9sscb

Power corrupts in Second Run's ISTVAN SZABO: MEPHISTO/COLONEL REDL/HANUSSEN (review): cineventures.blogspot.com/2026/01/powe... @dvdcompare.net @secondrun.bsky.social

Filmmaker Ben Wheatley curates an imaginary, dazzlingly demented, movie marathon of his favourite fantasic films, including Karel Zeman's JOURNEY TO THE BEGINNING OF TIME ("It’s like a proto Jurassic Park") - handily available on Blu-ray / DVD from Second Run www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...

NEW RELEASE NEWS... Karel Kachyňa's LONG LIVE THE REPUBLIC! Blu-ray Special Edition out 16 March 2026. A landmark, lyrical film from the director of Coach to Vienna and The Ear. Pre-order at: tinyurl.com/vtd6tm7u Amazon UK: tinyurl.com/4kur4293 @rarewaves.bsky.social @diabolikdvd.bsky.social etc.

"Harrowing, multi-layered period drama, brilliantly cast and directed [...] Janžurová in particular is a mesmeric, luminous presence...Second Run’s HD restored print looks exquisite" A 5-star review @grahamrickson.bsky.social of Herz's OIL LAMPS at The Arts Desk www.theartsdesk.com/film/blu-ray...

"These films are not only important. They are necessary. [...] A towering achievement of European cinema... these new restorations finally allow Szabó’s most essential works to be seen with the gravity and beauty they demand" CinemasOnline review our SZABÓ Set cinemas-online.co.uk/reviews/6968...

MICHAEL BROOKE ON ZOLTÁN HUSZÁRIK Hosted by @pasqualeiannone.bsky.social for Edinburgh Film Podcast, dedicated to extraordinary films of Hungarian filmmaker Zoltán Huszárik, inspired by the 2025 Box Set released by Second Run. x.com/i/status/201... media.ed.ac.uk/media/EFP+72...

Béla Tarr visiting a store in Peru selling pirated DVDs and posing with the owner and bootlegs of his own work, one of the realest ones, RIP

THE BARNABAS KOS CASE, OIL LAMPS and ZOLTAN HUSZARIK Box Set all feature in CineVentures Best of 2025 Blu-ray/4K Releases. Thank you! cineventures.blogspot.com/2026/01/cine...

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL! Also time for @dvdbeaver.bsky.social poll of the Best Physical Media of the year. Delighted that the 2025 poll includes several mentions for Second Run. Thanks to all who voted + the continued support and enthusiam of customers and friends. www.dvdbeaver.com/subsite/best...

"Huszárik’s features and shorts are truly fascinating creations - alive with wonderful and haunting imagery... If you enjoy arthouse/world film, this box set is a must, and one of 2025’s highlights" @musiquemachine.bsky.social review ZOLTAN HUSZARIK set www.musiquemachine.com/reviews/revi...

It's that time of year! @mondodigital.bsky.social choose their 'Top 30 Disc Releases of 2025' - with WHO WANTS TO KILL JESSIE? their Second Run selection www.facebook.com/media/set?va...

Review of @secondrun.bsky.social boxset Zoltán Huszárik-1963- 1979 'his feature-length & short films are truly fascinating creations- alive with wonderful & haunting imagery, as well as most worthy themes. If you enjoy arthouse/world film, this box set is a must!' bit.ly/4jj15QA

And with thanks to all for their continued support and enthusiasm. We wish everyone a happy Christmas and a peaceful and safe year ahead. X

It's time to re-visit BFI @sightsoundmag.bsky.social list of '10 Great European Christmas Films', including - of course! - Václav Vorlíček's beloved THREE WISHES FOR CINDERELLA (incidentally available on Blu-ray from Second Run!). www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-gre...

An excellent piece in PROSPECT by writer James Oliver about the importance of UK’s boutique labels keeping physical media alive and kicking, which also includes an interview with Second Run founder Mehelli Modi. www.secondrundvd.com/images/pdf/p... www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/7186...

"[Second Run] has truly surpassed itself with this outstanding Blu-ray set, and it is an indispensable addition to the canon of home cinema for all devotees of Eastern European cinema." A 5-star review of our ISTVÁN SZABÓ set at Blueprint Review blueprintreview.co.uk/2025/12/istv...

A brand-new interview with the great István Szabó on his masterpiece MEPHISTO in today's @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...

"These three films showcase the director’s rightful claim as a landmark filmmaker in twentieth century Hungarian cinema [...] An incredible trilogy before you even get to the extras" @thegeekshow.bsky.social review our ISTVÁN SZABÓ set thegeekshow.co.uk/istvan-szabo...

Slowing down for the end of 2025, that doesn't mean we don't have some excellent goodies for you. For example, @secondrun.bsky.social's brilliant István Szabó "trilogy" set #Review Read More from Mark here: thegeekshow.co.uk/istvan-szabo...

Continuing a recent output that's currently putting the rest of us to shame, Gary Couzens has reviewed the new @secondrun.bsky.social box set featuring three films by director István Szabó with actor Klaus Maria Brandauer – MEPHISTO, COLONEL REDL and HANUSSEN tinyurl.com/yc4uwyff

So, annoyingly Amazon UK are currently sold-out of the ISTVÁN SZABÓ. Arrgghh!! Fear not! It is fully available at our website and others HMV, FOPP, Zavvi, @rarewaves.bsky.social @diabolikdvd.bsky.social @orbitdvd.bsky.social etc. + Amazon have stock incoming... www.secondrundvd.com/release_szab...

Tick tock.... Less than 24 hours to get our ISTVÁN SZABÓ Box Set at the discount price of £37.99 at our webstore... www.secondrundvd.com/release_szab...

To coincide with our new ISTVÁN SZABÓ Box Set release - Michael Brooke @marbleicehook.bsky.social selects '10 great Hungarian films' for BFI online. (And eight of the ten wonderful films selected are available on Second Run!) www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-gre...

LAST CALL! Our ISTVÁN SZABÓ Box Set is at a discount price of £37.99 at our webstore only until Monday 8th December! www.secondrundvd.com/release_szab... tinyurl.com/58vzpuw6

Flashback! - Ornella Muti and Jack Valenti present the Oscar® for Best Foreign Language Film to István Szabó for MEPHISTO at the 54th Academy Awards® in 1982 www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8Bm...

"Three of the most remarkably ambitious films of the 1980s. Their 4K restoration is outstanding... Szabo’s epic account of the limits to personal freedom and agency, in a dangerous authoritarian world, still speaks powerfully to us" Our SZABÓ Set reviewed londongrip.co.uk/2025/11/meph...

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

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

"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 cinemas-online.co.uk/reviews/691f...

"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...

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...

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...

"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...

"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...

'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

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...

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!

"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...

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

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

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

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...

"[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 director Kelly Reichardt interviewed by filmmaker Todd Haynes at BOMB Magazine. bombmagazine.org/articles/199...

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!

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...

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...