By Bob Bloom The following Blu-rays and DVDs are being released on Tuesday, July 21: My Beautiful Laundrette: Special Edition (Blu-ray) Details: 1985, The Criterion Collection Rated: R, sexual content, language The lowdown: Director Stephen Frears culture-clash comedy is a subversive feature critical of the homophobia and sociopolitical marginalization that was rampant in Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s England. The film stars Gordon Warnecke as a young South London Pakistani who decides to open an upscale launderette. He is helped by his childhood friend, a skinhead portrayed by Daniel Day-Lewis in one of his early, breakthrough performances. This is one of the seminal works of 1980s British cinema, and should not be missed.
New to View: July 21
New to View: July 21
New to View: July 21
By Bob Bloom The following Blu-rays and DVDs are being released on Tuesday, July 21: My Beautiful Laundrette: Special Edition (Blu-ray) Details: 1985, The Criterion Collection Rated: R, sexual content, language The lowdown: Director Stephen Frears culture-clash comedy is a subversive feature critical of the homophobia and sociopolitical marginalization that was rampant in Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s England. The film stars Gordon Warnecke as a young South London Pakistani who decides to open an upscale launderette. He is helped by his childhood friend, a skinhead portrayed by Daniel Day-Lewis in one of his early, breakthrough performances. This is one of the seminal works of 1980s British cinema, and should not be missed.