The Grand Duel (Blu-ray) 2 Disc Set Thrill – author and critic

Thrill – author and critic Jasper Sharp discusses the history of torture in Japanese exploitation cinema

Willem Dafoe (To Live and Die in LA)

Perversion and Play - a brand new video essay by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

Its absurdist and acidly cynical take on the excesses of the media and advertising worlds presents a garish vision of a bold new postwar Japan where traditional company values come head-to-head with American-style consumer capitalism

The Grand Duel (Blu-ray) 2 Disc Set Thrill – author and criticThe Grand Duel is archetypal spaghetti western which boasts many of the genre's classic hallmarks including action packed gunfights, wild stunts and an impressive climactic showdown Genre stalwart Lee Van Cleef (The Big Combo, Day of Anger) stars as a gnarled ex sheriff called Clayton who comes to the aid of a young Philipp Wermeer (Alberto Dentice), a fugitive framed for the murder of a powerful figure called The Patriarch. Clayton helps Philipp fend