John Schlesinger
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Midnight Cowboy: The Criterion Collection
Midnight Cowboy: The Criterion Collection
4K UHD

With a 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by cinematographer Adam Holender, Midnight Cowboy is given the Criterion treatment and released on 4K UHD 18th January 2027 from Spirit Entertainment.

Billy Liar
Billy Liar
Blu-ray 4K UHD

A restless young undertaker's clerk escapes the frustrations of everyday life through a rich fantasy world while dreaming of a more exciting future beyond his hometown in Billy Liar, released on dual-format Blu-ray and 4K UHD 3rd August 2026 as part of their Vintage Classics collection.

The Day of the Locust: Limited Edition
The Day of the Locust: Limited Edition
Blu-ray Limited Edition

A bitter critique of tinsel-town's empty promises and the lost souls cheated by them, The Day of the Locust is released on Limited Edition Blu-ray 6th April 2026 from Arrow Films.

Darling: 60th Anniversary Edition
Darling: 60th Anniversary Edition
Blu-ray 4K UHD

Winner of four BAFTA's and three Academy Awards, Darling: 60th Anniversary Edition is released on Blu-ray and 4K UHD 16th June 2025 from StudioCanal as part of their Vintage Classics collection.

Marathon Man
Marathon Man
Blu-ray

A New York history student finds himself inexplicably hounded by shadowy government agents on the trail of a Nazi war criminal who is trying to retrieve smuggled diamonds in Marathon Man, released on Blu-ray 20th February 2023 from Paramount Home Entertainment.

Midnight Cowboy: The Criterion Collection
Midnight Cowboy: The Criterion Collection
Blu-ray

John Schlesinger's trailblazing Oscar winner, Midnight Cowboy, a touchstone of the New American Cinema explosion, is released on Blu-ray in a new 4K restoration 28th May 2018 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment as part of the Criterion Collection.

A Kind Of Loving
A Kind Of Loving
DVD Blu-ray

StudioCanal and Emfoundation are pleased to announce the release of a new restoration of the 1962 classic A Kind Of Loving. The Manchester-set acclaimed 'Kitchen Sink' drama directed by John Schlesinger will be released on DVD, for the first time on Blu-ray on 1st August 2016.

Darling
Darling
DVD Blu-ray

Celebrating it's 50th anniversary, winner of three Academy Awards® and four BAFTA's including Best Actress for Julie Christie, Darling is released courtesy of StudioCanal on 30th March 2015.

Billy Liar: 50th Anniversary
Billy Liar: 50th Anniversary
DVD Blu-ray

StudioCanal is pleased to announce the 50th Anniversary release of Billy Liar on fully restored DVD & Blu-Ray for the first time in the UK on 6th May 2013.

Cold Comfort Farm
Cold Comfort Farm
DVD

Kate Beckinsale heads an all-star cast in Oscar winning director John Schlesinger's delightful and charming film adaptation of Stella Gibbons' much-loved, award winning comic novel, Cold Comfort Farm, coming to DVD on 29th August 2011 from Fremantle Home Entertainment.