Developed from its popular monthly screening slot at BFI Southbank, the BFI’s Flipside series on DVD and Blu-ray is designed to revisit and reappraise British films that have slipped through the cracks of cinema history – films that were overlooked, marginalised, or undervalued at the original time of release, or sit outside the established canon of recognised classics. Subject matter will vary widely (and will encompass everything from nuclear war to Soho striptease, from forbidden love to international intrigue) and is likely to appeal to a diverse range of film fans, many of whom may be unfamiliar with the BFI’s more traditional DVD and Blu-ray output.
All Flipside releases, newly-mastered in HD from original film elements, are presented with a wide array of special features and extensive illustrated booklets containing informative notes and thought-provoking essays. Initial contributors include respected writers Stewart Home and Iain Sinclair.
BFI Flipside content on DVD Times:
 | London In The Raw Blu-Ray Review
One of two Arnold Louis Miller documentaries on the BFI's new Flipside strand looking at the seaminer side of London in the swinging sixties. Noel Megahey reviews. |
 | Primitive London Blu-Ray Review
The BFI's second Arnold Louis Miller exploitational pseudo-documentary takes another look at the unknown side of London in the swinging sixties. Noel Megahey reviews. |
 | The Bed Sitting Room Blu-Ray Review
Number 1 in your hearts and on the spine, it's the BFI's Flipside release of the Richard Lester-directed "post-bomb" comedy, wherein three years after a sub-three minute war things have gone a bit mad. |
 | All the Right Noises Blu-Ray Review
Our coverage of a new wave of three BFI Flipside releases kicks off with the story of a married man's affair with a teenage school girl, featuring Olivia Hussey just after she made Romeo and Juliet. |
 | Man of Violence Blu-Ray Review
Girls, gangsters and garish colors (but mostly girls) highlight this well-made yet modestly successful outing from director Pete Walker, rescued for the BFI's Flipside strand. |
 | Herostratus Blu-Ray Review
Simple reviewer looks at complex film or: clydefro tries (and mostly fails) to make sense of a supposed masterpiece of British experimental cinema which has, until now, remained largely unseen. |
