November’s Best Physical Media Releases (Editor’s Picks)

Our selection of the best upcoming releases for November (and early December)

The Blair Witch Project (1999) Limited Edition 2-Disc Blu-ray

Release Date: 11/11/2024
Label: Second Sight Films
Run Time: 81 mins
Certificate: 15
Region: B
Language(s): English
Subtitles: English SDH
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio Stereo 2.0
Resolution / Aspect Ratio: 1080p / 1.37:1

Special Features

A new Second Sight Films restoration from the Hi8 videotapes and 16mm film elements, supervised and approved by the Producers and Directors

2-disc edition includes restored and remastered Original Theatrical Cut and Festival Cut plus original-release version

The Blair Witch Documentary: a new feature-length Second Sight Films production

New audio commentary by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Josh Nelson

Directors’ and Producers’ audio commentary

Deleted scenes including previously unseen video and 16mm footage

The Blair Witch Project: Analogue Horror in a Digital World by Mike Muncer

Curse of the Blair Witch

Alternate Endings

Cannes 1999: archive Directors interview

Trailers

Limited Edition Contents

Rigid slipcase with new artwork by Timothy Pittides

184-page hardback book with archive production materials and new essays by Stacey Abbott, Becky Darke, Adam Hart, Craig Ian Mann, Mary Beth McAndrews,  Dr. Cecilia Sayad, Pete Turner and Heather Wixson 

Heather’s Journal

3 collectors’ art cards

The Terminator 40th Anniversary 4k & Blu-Ray Steelbook

Release Date: 18/11/2024
Label: Warner Bros
Run Time: 107 mins
Certificate: 15
Region: A,B,C / B
Language(s): English, German, French, Italian, Czech, Latin Spanish, Castilian
Subtitles: English, French, German, Dutch, Finnish, Czech, Danish, Chinese, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Castilian
Audio: Dolby Atmos / Dolby TrueHD 7.1
Resolution / Aspect Ratio: 2160p / 1.85:1

4k Special Features

Deleted Scenes with James Cameron Commentary

Creating The Terminator: Visual Effects & Music

The Terminator: Closer to the Real Thing

Unstoppable Force: The Legacy of The Terminator

Blu-Ray Special Features

7 Deleted Scenes

Creating the Terminator: Visual Effects & Music

The Terminator 4K Ultra HD

Release Date: 18/11/2024
Label: Warner Bros
Run Time: 107 mins
Certificate: 15
Region: A,B,C
Language(s): English, German, French, Castilian, Italian, Czech, Latin Spanish
Subtitles: English, Castilian, Danish, Czech, Chinese, German, Italian, French, Norwegian, Finnish, Swedish, Dutch
Audio: Dolby Atmos / Dolby TrueHD 7.1
Resolution / Aspect Ratio: 2160p / 1.85:1

Special Features

Deleted Scenes with James Cameron Commentary

Creating The Terminator: Visual Effects & Music

The Terminator: Closer to the Real Thing

Unstoppable Force: The Legacy of The Terminator

Trainspotting 4K Ultra HD Limited Edition Steelbook

Release Date: 11/11/2024
Label: Spirit Entertainment
Run Time: 93 mins
Certificate: 18
Region: A, B, C / B
Language(s): English
Subtitles: English SDH
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 / DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
Resolution / Aspect Ratio: 2160p / 1.78:1

Special Features

Memories of Trainspotting

Deleted Scenes

Look Of The Film Then and Now

Sound of The Film Then and Now

The Beginning

Archive Interview With Irvine Welsh

Behind The Needle

Danny Boyle on Trainspotting

Ewan McGregor on Trainspotting

Cannes Snapshot

Cannes Vox Pops

Trailers

Gallery

Godzilla 4K Ultra HD

Release Date: 11/11/2024
Label: The Criterion Collection
Run Time: 96 mins
Certificate: 12
Region: B
Language(s): Japanese
Subtitles: English
Audio: LPCM Mono
Resolution / Aspect Ratio: 2160p / 1.37:1

Special Features

Audio commentary for both movies by film historian David Kalat

Interviews with actors Akira Takarada and Haruo Nakajima and special effects technicians Yoshio Irie and Eizo Kaimai

Interview with legendary Godzilla score composer Akira Ifukube

Featurette detailing Godzilla’s photographic effects, introduced by special effects director Koichi Kawakita and special effects photographer Motoyoshi Tomioka

Interview with Japanese-film critic Tadao Sato

The Unluckiest Dragon, an illustrated audio essay featuring historian Greg Pflugfelder describing the tragic fate of the fishing vessel Daigo Fukuryu Maru, a real-life event that inspired Godzilla

Trailers

An essay by critic J. Hoberman

Tank Girl Limited Edition Blu-ray

Release Date: 25/11/2024
Label: Eureka Classics
Run Time: 104 mins
Certificate: 15
Region: B
Language(s): English
Subtitles: English SDH
Audio: 5.1 DTS-HD MA / LPCM 2.0
Resolution / Aspect Ratio: 1080P / 2.39:1

Special Features

Limited Edition Hardbound Slipcase featuring new artwork by Tank Girl cover artist Greg Staples

Audio commentary with director Rachel Talalay and actress Lori Petty

Not a Bedtime Story – A new interview with artist Greg Staples on Tank Girl from page to screen

Girl U Want – A new appreciation of Tank Girl with film scholar and fan Lindsay Hallam

A plethora of archival interviews with cast and crew, including Rachel Talalay, Lori Petty, Catherine Hardwicke, and more

Making Tank Girl – 1995 featurette

Theatrical Trailer

A limited edition collector’s booklet featuring new writing on Tank Girl by genre film experts Stacey Abbott and Kieran Foster

The Third Man Collector's Edition Ultra HD & Blu-ray

Release Date: 4/11/2024
Label: Studio Canal
Run Time: 104 mins
Certificate: PG
Region: A, B, C / B
Language(s): English, French, German
Subtitles: English SDH, French, German
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
Resolution / Aspect Ratio: 2160P / 1.37:1

Special Features

Pop-up rigid box packaging – The Third Man theme plays on opening

64-page booklet with brand-new essays

Fully annotated shooting script

x 4 artcards

Poster of Nico Delort artwork

Noreen Ackland on Saving The Third Man (Excerpt from BEHP audio interview)

The Third Man – A Filmmaker’s Influence

Restoring The Third Man

Audio Commentary With Guy Hamilton, Simon Callow & Angela Allen

Joseph Cotten’s Alternate Opening Voiceover Narration

The Third Man Interactive Vienna Tour

The Third Man On The Radio

Interview & Zither Performance By Cornelia Mayer

Shadowing The Third Man

Guardian NFT Interview – Joseph Cotten (Audio Only)

Guardian NFT Interview – Graham Greene (Audio Only)

Behind The Scenes

Stills Gallery

Trailer

White Christmas 4K Ultra HD

Release Date: 4/11/2024
Label: Paramount Home Entertainment
Run Time: 120 mins
Certificate: U
Region: A,B,C
Language(s): English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
Subtitles: English, English SDH, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 / DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
Resolution / Aspect Ratio: 2160p / 1.85:1

Special Features

Commentary by Rosemary Clooney

White Christmas Sing-Along

Classic Holiday Moments

Assignment Children: Special 1954 UNICEF documentary featuring their first Goodwill Ambassador, Danny Kaye, with introduction by Michael Bublé

Backstage Stories from White Christmas

Bing Crosby: Christmas Cooner

Danny Kaye: Joy to the World

Irving Berlin’s White Christmas

Rosemary’s Old Kentucky Home

White Christmas: From Page to Page

White Christmas: A Look Back with Rosemary Clooney

Photo Galleries

North by Northwest 4K Ultra HD

Release Date: 18/11/2024
Label: Warner Bros
Run Time: 136 mins
Certificate: 12
Region: A,B,C
Language(s): English, Castilian, German, Italian, Latin Spanish, French
Subtitles: English SDH, German SDH, Italian SDH, Castilian Spanish, Complex Chinese, Dutch, Korean, Latin Spanish, Parisian French, Simplified Chinese
Audio: TBA
Resolution / Aspect Ratio: 2160p / 1.78:1

Special Features

Commentary by Ernest Lehman

North by Northwest: Cinematography, Score, and the Art of the Edit

Destination Hitchcock: The Making of North by Northwest

The Master’s Touch: Hitchcock’s Signature Style

North by Northwest: One for the Ages

A Guided Tour with Alfred Hitchcock

Cooking Price-Wise Blu-Ray

Release Date: 25/11/2024
Label: BFI Flipside
Run Time: 144 mins
Certificate: E
Region: B
Language(s): English
Subtitles: English
Audio: TBA
Resolution / Aspect Ratio: TBA / 1.33:1

Special Features

Until We Eat Again (2024, 18 mins): Vincent Price’s daughter, writer and inspirational speaker Victoria Price, reflects upon her father’s love of the finer things in life

Monster Munch (2024, 25 mins): Queen of the Kitchen Jenny Hammerton – of silverscreensuppers.com – demonstrates how you too can prepare a classic Vincent Price dish in this all-new kitchen caper

Kitchenfinder General (2024, 21 mins): Jenny Hammerton celebrates Vincent Price’s writing on cookery and his love of all things edible

Audio commentaries on selected episodes: Episode 1: Potatoes (Vic Pratt and William Fowler), Episode 3: Bacon (Lisa Kerrigan and Dr Josephine Botting), and Episode 4: Cheese (Jenny Hammerton and Peter Fuller) 

A selection of food related films made by the Central Office of Information (1940-1949, 30 mins total): Oatmeal Porridge, Potatoes, When the Pie was Opened, How to Cook Cabbage and The “Good Housewife” in Her Kitchen

Tea Making Tips (1941, 10 mins): take the strain out of brewing up a perfect cuppa with this handy wartime instructional film

Centenary Express (1980, 7 mins): a gastronomic journey from Yorkshire to London on board a special train made up of vintage restaurant cars, and hauled by steam

Limited edition includes O-card and booklet featuring new writing by Victoria Price, Peter Fuller, Vic Pratt and Jenny Hammerton

Pryor & Wilder, 1980-1991 Limited Edition Blu-Ray Box Set (Stir Crazy, See No Evil, Hear No Evil and Another You)

Release Date: 18/11/2024
Label: Indicator
Run Time: 308 mins
Certificate: 15
Region: B
Language(s): English
Subtitles: English SDH
Audio: TBA
Resolution / Aspect Ratio: 1080p / 1.85:1

Special Features

Audio commentaries on Stir Crazy and See No Evil, Hear No Evil with entertainment journalists Max Evry and Bryan Reesman (2024)

Audio commentary on Another You with film historian Kim Newman and Empire magazine editor Nick de Semlyen (2024)

Interview with Tom Scott (2024): the composer and actor talks about his work on the Stir Crazy score

Interview with Stewart Copeland (2024): the composer and Police drummer recalls his work on the See No Evil, Hear No Evil score

Michael Boyce Gillespie on Sidney Poitier (2024): the cinema studies professor discusses Poitier’s directorial career and his relationship with Richard Pryor

The Making of ‘See No Evil, Hear No Evil’: archival promotional documentary

Original theatrical trailers

Image galleries: promotional and publicity materials

Limited edition exclusive 100-page book with new essay by Jeff Billington, extracts from archival interviews with Pryor and Wilder, archival production reports on Stir Crazy, extracts from the films’ pressbooks, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and full film credits

Limited edition of 6,000 individually numbered units for the UK

Eyeball Deluxe Limited Edition Dual Format 4K Ultra HD

Release Date: 25/11/2024
Label: 88 Films
Run Time: 92 mins
Certificate: 18
Region: A,B,C
Language(s): Italian, English
Subtitles: English
Audio: LPCM 2.0 Mono
Resolution / Aspect Ratio: 2160p / 2.35:1

From Beyond 4K Ultra HD & Blu-Ray

Release Date: 25/11/2024
Label: 88 Films
Run Time: 81 mins
Certificate: 18
Region: A,B,C / B
Language(s): English
Subtitles: English
Audio: LPCM 2.0 Stereo
Resolution / Aspect Ratio: 2160p / 1.85:1

Special Features

Audio Commentary by Kim Newman and Sean Hogan

Audio Commentary by Stuart Gordon, Bryan Yuzna, Barbara Crampton & Jeffrey Combs

Don’t Bite the Pineal Gland – Jeffrey Combs on From Beyond

All Aboard the Love Machine – Barbara Crampton on From Beyond

Back From Outer Space – Ken Foree on From Beyond

Monster Unleashed – Brian Yuzna on From Beyond

Reflections with Stuart Gordon “A Director’s Perspective”

Lost and Found

Interview with Composer Richard Band

Storyboards Intro and Storyboard Comparison

Original Trailer

Stills Gallery

Hush Collector's Edition 4K & Blu-ray

Release Date: 26/11/2024
Label: Scream Factory
Run Time: 82 mins
Certificate: R
Region: A, B, C / A
Language(s): English
Subtitles: English
Audio: TBA
Resolution / Aspect Ratio: 2160P / 2.35:1

Special Features

2024 4K Restoration – B&W “SHUSH CUT” Supervised And Approved By Mike Flanagan

Audio Commentary With Mike Flanagan, Actor & Co-Writer Kate Siegel, And Actors Samantha Sloan, John Gallagher, Jr., And Michael Trucco.

Feature-Length Picture-In-Picture Video Commentary Eith Mike Flanagan, Kate Siegel, Samantha Sloyan, John Gallagher, Jr., and Michael Trucco (Original Version).

Audio Commentary With Mike Flanagan, Kate Siegel, Samantha Sloyan, John Gallagher, Jr., And Michael Trucco (Original Version).

Audio Commentary With Mike Flanagan And Kate Siegel.

2024 “Shush Cut” Audio Mix.

Interview With Samantha Sloyan.

Interview With Kate Siegel.

Interview With John Gallagher, Jr.

Interview With Michael Trucco.

Interview With Mike Flanagan.

Interview With Producer Trevor Macy.

Interview With Composers The Newton Brothers

Interview With Director Of Photography James Kniest

Congo 4K

Release Date: 3/12/2024
Label: Vinegar Syndrome
Run Time: 108 mins
Certificate: PG-13
Region: A, B, C / A
Language(s): English
Subtitles: English SDH
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Resolution / Aspect Ratio: 2160P / 1.85:1

Special Features

Commentary track with author/screenwriter Kelly Goodner and film historian Jim Hemphill

“A Crash Course in Ape School. Looking Back at the Creation of Congo’s Gorillas” (50 min) – a new making-of documentary featuring interviews with Stan Winston Studio crew: Christian Colquhoun, Richard Landon, J. Alan Scott, and gorilla suit performers Misty Rosas and Nicholas Kadi

“Withstand the Test of Time: A Conversation with Congo’s Make-up FX Team” (13 min) – a featurette with artists Matthew Mungle and Michael McCracken 

“Journey into the Unknown” (25 min) – an archival making-of featurette 

Extensive behind-the-scenes photo gallery (7 min) 

Original teaser trailer

Original theatrical trailer

40-page perfect bound book with essay by Simon Abrams, Matt Singer, and Justin LaLiberty (exclusive to the limited deluxe case edition)

Reversible sleeve artwork

Cannibal! The Musical Blu-ray

Release Date: 3/12/2024
Label: Vinegar Syndrome
Run Time: 96 mins
Certificate: R
Region: A, B, C
Language(s): English
Subtitles: English SDH
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio Stereo
Resolution / Aspect Ratio: 1080p / 1.33:1

Special Features

Archival ‘inebriated’ commentary with Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Jason McHugh, Dian Bachar and Andy Kemler

Archival ‘Colorado’ commentary with producers Ian Hardin and Alexandra Kelly, costume designer Elki Neiberger and actors Robert Muratore, Jon Hegel and Toddy Walters

Brand new cast and crew commentary track with Jon Hegel, Alex & Ian Keldin, Andy Kemler, Elki Neiberger, Robert Muratore and Toddy Walters

“Fudge, Packer? The True Story of Cannibal! The Musical” (67 min) – a making-of documentary featuring interviews with the cast and crew

“Nineteen and Horny” (20 min) – a brand new interview with actor Dian Bachar

“Despite All the Cannibalism” (17 min) – a brand new featurette on adapting Cannibal! The Musical to the stage

Still gallery from producer Jason McHugh’s personal archive

Interviews from the 2008 Troma DVD with Trey Parker, Matt Stone and Jason McHugh

“A Tromatic Visit with the Creators of Cannibal! The Musical” – an archival featurette with Trey Parker, Matt Stone and Jason McHugh

Behind-the-scenes footage
Various Troma introductions

Original Alferd Packer: The Musical trailer

Cannibal! The Musical trailer

Deleted scene

Archival gallery

Alternate Alferd Packer: The Musical titles

South Park & Cannibal! The Musical VHS promo video

“Cannibal! The Musical: Close Ups!” – a look at homegrown productions