The British Film Institute will add three new titles to its Blu-ray catalog: Ken Russell's
Women in Love, Don Sharp's
Psychomania a.k.a.
The Death Wheelers, and Charles Burnett's
The Glass Shield.
Women in Love
Synopsis: Free-spirited sculptress Gudrun and her sister, schoolteacher Ursula, become acquainted with lifelong friends Gerald and Rupert in 1920s England. Gerald falls in love with Gudrun, and Rupert with Ursula, but their respective relationships are soon put to the test, particularly during an eventful and tense holiday in Switzerland. Adapted from the novel by D. H. Lawrence. Starring Alan Bates, Oliver Reed, Glenda Jackson, Jennie Linden, and Eleanor Bron.
STREET DATE: SEPTEMBER 19.
Psychomania
LOOK OUT! The Living Dead motorcycle gang is on the rampage, wreaking havoc in their small English town. For gang leader Tom (Nicky Henson), however, mere earthly violence is not enough: he's obsessed with the occult and is convinced that he can kill himself and then return from the dead - with the help of a frog-worshipping cult and his seance-conducting mother (Beryl Reid). Remarkably, Tom succeeds and soon joins the ranks of the walking - and riding - dead! Now if he can only persuade his girlfriend and the rest of his gang to join him - but Mother and her diabolical butler Shadwell (George Sanders) may have other plans for the Living Dead, who are dangerously trespassing on uncharted spiritual grounds.
Psychomania is a pre-punk British horror cult classic featuring trashy violence, suburban witchcraft and some amazing motorcycle stunt sequences. Come and ride with the Living Dead - if you dare! Starring Nicky Henson, Mary Larkin, Ann Michelle, Roy Holder, and Denis Gilmore.
STREET DATE: SEPTEMBER 19.
The Glass Shield
A rookie cop and his female partner (Michael Boatman and Lori Petty) uncover a dangerous world of corruption when they realise an innocent man (Ice Cube) has been wrongly jailed for murder. They come up against a test of their loyalty: should they say nothing and abide by the unwritten laws of the precinct, but deny their oaths to uphold the law; or speak out and face alienation from the force? Starring Michael Boatman, Ice Cube, Lori Petty, Elliott Gould, and Michael Ironside.
STREET DATE: AUGUST 22.