Description: Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk offers an intimate, first-hand perspective on life under siege in Gaza, captured through video calls between director Sepideh Farsi and 25-year-old Palestinian photojournalist and poet Fatma Hassona. Combining raw immediacy with deep humanity, the film captures daily life during the conflict through the eyes and unwaveringly optimistic presence of Fatma, a talented photographer whose generation is trapped in an endless cycle of war, famine, and resistance. Her conversations with Farsi bring us into the heart of the conflict, even while their physical distance underscores the dire situation inside Gaza. Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk is an essential document that now stands as a heartfelt memorial and final testament: Fatma and her family were tragically killed by a targeted Israeli airstrike on April 16, one day after the film was announced as a selection of the Cannes Film Festival.
Kino's Blu-ray of Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk contains Sepideh Farsi's How I Decided to Make Films (2023) a Q&A with Farsi and a theatrical trailer.
Also coming from Kino this week are several catalog titles on Blu-ray and 4K UHD. They are:
A Blu-ray for Cecil B. DeMille's The Godless Girl (1928), starring Lina Basquette, Marie Prevost, Tom Keene, Noah Beery, Eddie Quillan and Mary Jane Irving. Sourced from a new 4K remaster by by Photoplay Productions, Kino presents The Godless Girl with a score by Carl Davis and a new audio commentary with film historian Anthony Slide.
Blu-ray and 4K UHD releases for four of the Pink Panther films directed by Blake Edwards and starring Peter Sellers: First up is The Pink Panther (1963), also starring David Niven, Robert Wagner, Capucine, Brenda de Banzie and Colin Gordon. Sourced from a new 4K scan of the original Technirama camera negative, Kino presents The Pink Panther with a choice of DTS-HD MA 5.1 or 2.0 audio tracks and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include audio commentary with Blake Edwards, as well as documentaries, featurettes and a theatrical trailer. For full release breakdowns, read Svet Atanasov's Blu-ray review and 4K UHD review.
Then it's A Shot in the Dark (1964), also starring Elke Sommer, George Sanders, Herbert Lom, Tracy Reed and Graham Stark. Sourced from a new 4K scan of the original camera negative, Kino presents A Shot in the Dark with a choice of DTS-HD MA 5.1 or 2.0 audio tracks and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include audio commentary with Jason Simos of The Peter Sellers Appreciation Society, as well as a featurette, footage from The Dick Cavett Show and five theatrical trailers. For full release breakdowns, read Svet Atanasov's Blu-ray review.
And then it's The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976), also starring Herbert Lom, Lesley-Anne Down, Burt Kwouk, Colin Blakely and Leonard Rossiter. Sourced from a new 4K scan of the original camera negative, Kino presents The Pink Panther Strikes Again with a choice of DTS-HD MA 5.1 or 2.0 audio tracks and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include audio commentary with Jason Simos of The Peter Sellers Appreciation Society, as well as three featurettes, trailers, TV and radio spots. For full release breakdowns, read Svet Atanasov's Blu-ray review.
And finally it's Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978), also starring Herbert Lom, Burt Kwouk, Dyan Cannon, Robert Webber and Tony Beckley. Sourced from a new 4K scan of the original camera negative, Kino presents Revenge of the Pink Panther with a choice of DTS-HD MA 5.1 or 2.0 audio tracks and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include audio commentary with film historian William Patrick Maynard, trailers, TV and radio spots. For full release breakdowns, read Svet Atanasov's Blu-ray review and 4K UHD review.
Also coming from Kino is a remastered Blu-ray and 4K UHD release for Chris Noonan's Babe (1995), starring James Cromwell, Magda Szubanski, Christine Cavanaugh, Miriam Margolyes, Danny Mann and Hugo Weaving. Sourced from a new 4K scan of the original camera negative, Kino presents Babe with a choice of lossless 5.1 or 2.0 audio tracks and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include a new audio commentary with film historian / writer Julie Kirgo and writer / filmmaker Peter Hankoff and new interviews with James Cromwell and writer / producer George Miller, as well as audio commentary with Miller, two featurettes and a trailer. On the same day, Kino will also release its sequel, George Miller's Babe: Pig in the City (1998), starring Magda Szubanski, James Cromwell, Mary Stein, Mickey Rooney, Elizabeth Daily and Danny Mann. Sourced from a new 4K scan of the original camera negative, Kino presents Babe: Pig in the City with a choice of lossless 5.1 or 2.0 audio tracks and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include a new audio commentary with film historian / writer Julie Kirgo and writer / filmmaker Peter Hankoff and a new interview with George Miller, as well as a theatrical trailer.
Finally from Kino is a 4K UHD release for Roger Donaldson's Dante's Peak (1997), starring Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hamilton, Jamie Renée Smith, Jeremy Foley, Elizabeth Hoffman and Charles Hallahan. Sourced from a new 4K scan of the original camera negative (approved by Roger Donaldson), Kino presents Dante's Peak with a choice of a new Dolby Atmos remix, lossless 5.1 or 2.0 audio tracks and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include audio commentary with Roger Donaldson and production designer Dennis Washington, as well as the documentary Getting Close to the Show: The Making of Dante's Peak and a theatrical trailer.
New on Blu-ray from Music Box Films is Dennis Scholl and Kareem Tabsch's documentary Naked Ambition (2023).
Description: Bunny Yeager, once heralded as the world's prettiest photographer, had a huge influence on 20th-century pop culture, though few people know her name. Whether by popularizing the bikini, helping discover Bettie Page, shaping the image of Playboy, or inventing the selfie, Bunny was a trailblazer whose work bucked against conservative 1950s America and helped pave the way for the feminist movement and the sexual revolution. Yet the very changes she helped usher in would soon render her a forgotten relic… until now. Featuring testimonies from Dita Von Teese, Bruce Weber, and Larry King, Naked Ambition is a rediscovery of a brilliant yet overlooked artist.
Music Box Films' Blu-ray of Naked Ambition contains an interview with Dennis Scholl and Kareem Tabsch, deleted and additional scenes and a theatrical trailer.
Turning to catalog titles, Fun City Editions has a Blu-ray for Larry Peerce's Goodbye, Columbus (1969), starring Richard Benjamin, Ali MacGraw, Jack Klugman, Nan Martin, Michael Meyers and Lori Shelle. Sourced from a new 4K scan of the original camera negative, Fun City presents Goodbye, Columbus with a new audio commentary by Bill Ackerman, a new video interview with composer Charles Fox and an image gallery. Limited edition content includes a booklet with a new essay by Jim Healy and reversible artwork. A retailer exclusive slipcover is also available.
Coming to 4K UHD from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is Michael Apted's Thunderheart (1992), starring Val Kilmer, Sam Shepard, Graham Greene, Fred Ward, Fred Dalton Thompson and John Trudell. Sourced from a 4K master (approved by cinematographer Roger Deakins), Sony presents Thunderheart with Dolby Vision HDR and a choice of original 2.0 or 5.1 audio tracks. Extras include audio commentary with screenwriter John Fusco and a theatrical trailer.
Coming to 4K UHD from the Criterion Collection is Edward Yang's Yi Yi (一一) (2000), starring Wu Nien-jen, Elaine Jin, Issey Ogata, Kelly Lee, Jonathan Chang, Chen Hsi-sheng and Ke Su-yun. Sourced from a new 4K master, Criterion presents Yi Yi with a choice of DTS-HD MA 2.0 Surround or 5.0 Surround audio tracks, optional English subtitles (translated by Edward Yang and Tony Rayns) and in SDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include audio commentary with Yang and Rayns, an interview with Rayns about Yang and the New Taiwan Cinema movement and the US theatrical trailer. Also included is an essay by critic Kent Jones and notes from the director.
Coming to 4K UHD from Lionsgate Home Entertainment is Eli Roth's Cabin Fever (2002), starring Rider Strong, Jordan Ladd, James DeBello, Cerina Vincent, Joey Kern and Arie Verveen. Lionsgate presents the unrated version of Cabin Fever with a Dolby Atmos audio remix and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. New extras include the featurettes Scratching the Surface: A Look Back and Establishing Shot with Eli Roth, as well as audio commentaries with Roth and Rider Strong, Jordan Ladd, Cerina Vincent and Joey Kern, Director's Shorts: The Rotten Fruit, Beneath the Skin: The Making of Cabin Fever, a family-friendly version, deleted scenes, a TV spot, a theatrical trailer and more.
Also coming to 4K UHD from Lionsgate is Mikael Håfström's 1408 (2007), starring John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Mary McCormack, Jasmine Jessica Anthony, Tony Shalhoub and Len Cariou. Lionsgate presents both the theatrical and director's cuts of 1408 in a three-disc set (2x4K UHD, along with a Blu-ray of the director's cut) with a Dolby Atmos audio remix (Dolby TrueHD 5.1 for the director's cut) and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD discs. New extras include Don't Enter 1408, as well as audio commentary on the director's cut with Mikael Håfström and writers Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, alternate endings, deleted scenes with optional commentary, The Secrets of 1408, the webisodes John Cusack on 1408 and Inside Room 1408, along with a theatrical trailer.
Finally from Lionsgate is a Blu-ray for Dan Eckman's Mystery Team (2009), starring Donald Glover, D.C. Pierson, Dominic Dierkes, Aubrey Plaza, Glenn Kalison and Peter Saati. Part of the Vestron Video Collector's Series, Lionsgate presents Mystery Team with Dolby TrueHD 5.1 audio. Extras include a new 2025 Q&A with the filmmakers and cast and Not on Our Watch! Investigating Mystery Team, as well as audio commentary with Derrick Comedy (Dan Eckman, DC Pierson, Dominic Dierkes, Donald Glover and Meggie McFadden), a making of featurette,a pre-production test scene Who Is Wally Cummings?, deleted material and a theatrical trailer.
Note: Lionsgate's Blu-ray release of Mystery Team is only available via the Lionsgate Limited website.
Finally this week, Arrow Video has a new 4K UHD edition of Lee Cronin's Evil Dead Rise (2023), starring Lily Sullivan, Alyssa Sutherland, Morgan Davies, Gabrielle Echols, Nell Fisher and Mirabai Pease. Sourced from a 4K master, Arrow presents Evil Dead Rise with Dolby Vision HDR and a choice of original Dolby Atmos or DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio options. Extras include new interviews with actors Lily Sullivan, Alyssa Sutherland, Gabrielle Echols and Anna-Maree Thomas, as well as special make-up effects designer Luke Polti, editor Bryan Shaw, sound designer Peter Albrechtsen and composer Stephen McKeon, in addition to audio commentary with Lee Cronin, Lily Sullivan and Alyssa Sutherland, the 2023 interview The Sound of Evil Dead Rise with Lee Cronin and sound designer Peter Albrechtsen (moderated by Glenn Kiser, director of the Dolby Institute), the featurette Raising a New Evil Dead, Cronin's short film Ghost Train (2013), behind-the-scenes video clips and still gallery, a concept artwork gallery, a storyboard gallery, a trailer and TV spots. Limited edition content includes a "collectors' booklet featuring new writing on the film by Michael Gingold" and a double-sided, fold-out poster with original and new artwork. For a full release breakdown, read Jeffrey Kauffman's 4K UHD review.