New 4K UHDs and Blu-rays for April to June 2025: Kitano, Kurosawa, the “Citizen Kane of British pop movies” and more

 To celebrate the 30th anniversary of its sensational premiere at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival, Mathieu Kassovitz’s La Haine will be made available in a new 4K UHD edition. The release will include all the extras from the previously released Blu-ray, as well as a reprint of the 80-page book that accompanied the 25th anniversary edition. The anniversary will also be marked with screenings at selected cinemas across the UK. 

Takeshi ‘Beat’ Kitano directs and stars in Brother, a brutal crime thriller about a Japanese yakuza forced to flee to Los Angeles after the death of his boss. Marking the famed director’s first and only English language feature, this is the first time Brother has been released on Blu-ray in the UK. 

Unsettling, strange and barely seen since it was shot nearly 40 years ago, Eclipse is the latest addition to the BFI Flipside collection. With writer and director Simon Perry’s approval and involvement, the BFI is now making this unjustly neglected title available on Blu-ray disc for the first time worldwide, in a new scan made from the best-available 35mm materials. Tom Conti stars in a double role as twin brothers. 

Tom Conti also stars in the newly remastered Slade in Flame. This stone-cold cult classic has been described as “the Citizen Kane of British pop movies” by critic Mark Kermode and boasts a razor-sharp screenplay, superb performances by Noddy and the boys and a power-packed foot-stomping soundtrack. Directed by Richard Loncraine (Richard III, Full Circle), the cast includes Alan Lake and Johnny Shannon (Performance).

Directed by cult favourite Shane Meadows (This Is England), TwentyFourSeven charts the story of working-class youth finding friendship, self-respect and meaning in a post-industrial Midlands. Shot in black and white and starring Bob Hoskins (The Long Good Friday), the film has been newly remastered by the BFI and is presented on Blu-ray for the first time.

Our recent run of Akira Kurosawa restorations continues with a 4K UHD set of Throne in Blood. Considered to be one of the greatest cinematic adaptations of Shakespeare, this truly remarkable film boasts legendary performances from Toshiro Mifune as the doomed warlord Washizu (based on Macbeth) and Isuzu Yamada as the Lady Macbeth-inspired Asaji. Throne of Blood will also be available as a stand-alone Blu-ray edition. 

Chantal Akerman Volume 2 (1985-2015) covers the second half of Akerman’s career. Highlights on the 5-disc set includes musical comedy Golden Eighties (1986) and her final film, No Home Movie (2015). Previously unreleased, this set finally makes the vast majority of Akerman’s unique cinematic legacy accessible to UK audiences. 

Our final release is the Blu-ray of Four Mothers. Colin and Darren Thornton’s heartwarming comedy drama, inspired by Mid-August Lunch (2008) and starring James McArdle and Fionnula Flanagan was a well-deserved Audience Award-winner at 2024’s BFI London Film Festival and plays at the forthcoming Dublin and Glasgow Film Festivals before its release in UK / Ireland cinemas on 4 April.