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The Ship Hotel - Tyne Main (1967, 33 mins): Philip Trevelyan’s evocative documentary film about a pub on the banks of the River Tyne Please note that all screencaptures that appear with this article are taken from the 4K Blu-ray and are downscaled to 1080p. Therefore, they do not accurately reflect the quality of the 4K content on the 4K Blu-ray disc, including the actual color values of this content. In this second commentary, which is new to this release, novelist and author Kim Newman and author of British Crime Film Barry Forshaw provide an equally busy enthusiasts' view of the film and its production. Forshaw nails his colours to the mast at the start by proclaiming this the best of all British gangster films, while Newman suggests it's more a film about gangsters rather than a gangster movie, and is closer in tone to Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Samouraï, and both note parallels to John Borman's Point Blank. The two men bounce off each other engagingly and cover a considerable amount of ground, including Ted Lewis's source novel and its sequels, the lead actors (particularly Caine and Ian Hendry), the British gangster's attachment to his family, the notion that this is not a misogynist film but a film about a misogynist world, Mike Hodges' varied career and his follow-up film Pulp, Roy Budd's score, British critical reaction, and lots more. Forshaw notes that Michael Caine's performance is as important to the success of the film as Mike Hodges' direction, and Newman wonders why a film that is essentially about a character circling the drain is so much fun. Another excellent companion to the film. Wrong! Helpful correspondent Jonathan Hertzberg offers a welcome correction (but keep reading at end):

The film is now more than half a century old, and yet it continues to win fans with each new generation – and the latest are bound to be enthralled by a 4K and Blu-ray release from the BFI. Director Mike Hodges says the quality is fantastic – and he’s absolutely right. In fact, the film probably looks better now than it did on its big screen release in 1971. The Ship Hotel – Tyne Main (1967, 33 mins): Philip Trevelyan’s evocative documentary film about a pub on the banks of the River Tyne here, although the screencaps do not fully convey the extent to which the grain moves in film-like patterns to convey detail within the image. Given the The Ship Hotel – Tyne Main (1967, 33 mins): Philip Trevelyan's wonderful film about a pub on the banks of the River TyneDISCLAIMER: This review's compressed, resized screen captures are strictly decorative and do not represent Blu-Ray's native 1080p resolution. Das Bild liegt anamorph im Widescreen-Format vor und kann auf einem kompatiblen Fernseher im Format 1.1:78 angesehen werden. Der Ton liegt lediglich in Mono vor. Color / 2:35 enhanced widescreen / 112 min. / Street Date April 22, 2014 / available through the Warner Archive Collection / 14.97

the hallmarks of the typical American crime film is the presence of a moral center. In the classics Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. The Ship Hotel - Tyne Main - this documentary about a pub on the banks of the River Tyne was produced by Philip Trevelyan in 1969. In English, not subtitled. (34 min).average bitrate of 21.96 Mbps, which is certainly better than some of Warner's efforts but is still