A Peter Strickland Smorgasbord

I imagine the Venn diagram of these two circles isn't enormous but since I am smack dab in the center of it I will do the post anyway -- this one goes out to my fellow physical media obsessives who are also huge fans of the director Peter Strickland! (And I imagine if you people do exist then you've been here to this site because these are things I post about regularly.) The British company Curzon is dropping one of their legendary box-sets for Mr. Strickland this year! I have several of their boxes -- the absolutely massive one that they put out for Lars Von Trier last year blew my mind -- and they do quality work. This set will include blu-rays of all five of Strickland's feature films to date...

... meaning Berberian Sound Studio, The Duke of Burgundy, In Fabric, Flux Gourmet (aka my number one movie of 2022), along with his debut film Katalin Varga which will be hitting blu for the very first time and which (shh don't tell anyway) I have never seen. Gaps, I know! I have been saving it for a special moment. I suppose getting this set will count. The set will also be loaded with Strickland's music videos and short films -- one of which he made specifically for this set! And there's also a book included with writings by Strickland and his favorite actress Fatma Mohamed. (We worship her.) Anyway these sets are Region B of course so only buy them if you've got a region-free blu-ray player. The set is currently only for sale on Amazon UK at this link. They have the release date as June 24th! Anything that keeps Strickland's name out there so we can get a new movie some time soon! I'm dying here.