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Latest Press Releases Kino Lorber All Together on DVD Mar 19 - Kino Lorber  Five aging friends decide to ditch assisted living and move in with each other in the crowd-pleasing comedy All Together, starring screen legend Jane Fonda. When elderly lothario Claude (Claude Rich) is put into an old folks home, his friends bust him out and start a cranky commune together, thinking they can care for each other better than anyone else. Read More... Zombie Lake & Oasis of the Zombies on Blu-ray Feb 26 - Kino Lorber  Two films by masters of horror: Zombie Lake, directed by Jean Rollin, and Jess Franco's Oasis of the Zombies. Both of these cult horror classics come to Blu-ray and DVD mastered in HD from the archival negatives. Read More... Whores' Glory on DVD Jan 8 - Kino Lorber  Travels the globe to show how prostitutes really live and work today. The conclusion to internationally renowned director Michael Glawogger's globalization trilogy, following Megacities (1998) and Workingman's Death (2005), Whores' Glory depicts the skin trade in three economically divergent countries. Read More... King: A Filmed Record... From Montgomery to Memphis on DVD Jan 15 - Kino Lorber  An epic document of the life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr., from the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott to his assassination in 1968. Rare footage of King's speeches, protests, and arrests are interspersed with scenes of other high-profile supporters and opponents of the cause, punctuated by heartfelt testimonials by some of Hollywood's biggest stars. Read More... The Well Digger's Daughter on Blu-ray & DVD Dec 24 - Kino Lorber  Adapted from the beloved French film and novel by Marcel Pagnol, the movie tells the sweeping saga of single father and well digger Pascal Amoretti (Daniel Auteuil, Cache), who is raising a small army of young girls in the Provencal countryside. But when his poor teenage daughter Patricia (the luminous Astrid Berges-Frisbey) falls in love with the rich and dashing air force pilot Jacques (Nicolas Duvauchelle) and begins an illicit affair, she puts the family's reputation at risk. Read More... Mario Bava's Baron Blood on Blu-ray & DVD Dec 11 - Kino Lorber  After spending several years exploring more contemporary genres, director Mario Bava (Black Sunday) returned with Baron Blood to the gothic as a setting for a gruesome thriller. Working with producer Alfredo Leone, Bava crafted a film that is loyal to the bylaws of traditional horror, but is infused with a more modern visual style. Read More... D.W. Griffith's Abraham Lincoln on Blu-ray Nov 13 - Kino Lorber  D.W. Griffith's first talkie, and for this important project, he returned to the historical era of his greatest success, The Birth of a Nation. Walter Huston stars as the nation's 16th president, following his personal triumphs and tragedies. Mastered in HD from the 35mm restoration by The Museum of Modern Art. Read More... The David O. Selznick Collection on Blu-ray & DVD Nov 13 - Kino Lorber  A box set of Kino's releases of five films (Nothing Sacred, A Farewell To Arms, A Star is Born, Bird of Paradise, Little Lord Fauntleroy) culled from the personal collection of producer David O. Selznick preserved by the George Eastman House Motion Picture Department, newly mastered in HD and authorized by the Selznick estate. Read More... Khodorkovsky on DVD Nov 6 - Kino Lorber  A political documentary by Cyril Tuschi that examines the arrest and subsequent conviction of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the wealthiest man in Russia who became a symbol for political freedom. Read More... Fritz Lang: The Early Works & Die Nibelungen on Blu-ray and DVD Nov 6 - Kino Lorber  Two releases showcasing the work of acclaimed filmmaker Fritz Lang: the Blu-ray and DVD release of his epic Die Nibelungen (consisting of two parts, Siegfried and Kriemhild's Revenge), and Fritz Lang: The Early Works, a three-DVD collection containing three of the master filmmaker's earliest silent films from Germany: Harakiri, The Wandering Shadow, and Four Around the Woman. Read More... Santa Claus Conquers the Martians on Blu-ray & DVD Oct 30 - Kino Lorber  Tells the story of the depressed children of Mars (including one played by an 8-year-old Pia Zadora), who can only be brought out of their funk through the jolly cheer of Old St. Nick. So the Martian leaders travel to Earth and kidnap two local kids and Kris Kringle himself. Brought back to the Red Planet, they are forcibly installed in a factory to make toys. But you can't manufacture happiness, with Santa having to teach his alien overseers the true meaning of Christmas. Read More... Lon Chaney in The Penalty on Blu-ray Oct 23 - Kino Lorber  This influential crime drama starring Lon Chaney in one of his most memorable screen performances. Mastered in HD from a 35mm restoration by the George Eastman House Motion Picture Department, and featuring a new musical score by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra, in 2.0 stereo and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1. It is color-tinted according to the surviving instructions. Read More... Jess Franco's Female Vampire & Exorcism on Blu-ray Oct 16 - Kino Lorber  For years, Jess Franco has been a favorite of Euro horror enthusiasts -- for the dreamlike tone of his films and the sheer audacity with which he indulges his morbid sexual curiosity. With the release of these Blu-ray editions, Kino Lorber brings Franco to a wider audience, and places him alongside Mario Bava and Jean Rollin in the pantheon of cult directors ripe for rediscovery. Read More... Gerhard Richter Painting on Blu-ray & DVD Sep 25 - Kino Lorber  Legendary German painter Gerhard Richter granted filmmaker Corinna Belz access to his studio in the spring and summer of 2009, where he was working on a series of large abstract paintings. In quiet, highly concentrated images, the documentary provides a fly-on-the-wall perspective of the very personal, tension-filled process of artistic creation. Read More... Au Pair Girls on blu-ray Sep 25 - Kino Lorber  Helmed by veteran director Val Guest this '70s British sex comedy about four girls who come to London to work in au pair jobs and immerse themselves in the wild lifestyles of swinging London. Read More... Hatchet For The Honeymoon, Black Sunday and Lisa and The Devil/The House of Exorcism on Blu-ray/DVD Sep 18 - Kino Lorber  Three films by the master of Italian giallo film, Mario Bava: Hatchet For The Honeymoon (1970), Black Sunday (1960), and Lisa and The Devil (1973). The latter was re-cut and reissued as The House of Exorcism, and both films are included on this double-feature disc. Read More... Fela Kuti: Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense & Berliner Jazztage '78 (Double Feature) on DVD - Kino Lorber  Double feature DVD containing two rarely seen works featuring Nigerian musician, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and human rights activist Fela Kuti. This one-of-a-kind Fela Kuti DVD brings together the 1984 documentar Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense, as well as the concert film Berliner Jazztage '78, considered by many to be the best live footage of Fela Kuti ever captured on film. Read More... Elles on DVD Blu-ray Sep 11 - Kino Lorber  This powerful drama, which was an Official Selection at the Berlin International Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival, stars Academy Award-winner Juliette Binoche as a journalist whose existing notions and perceptions about her own sexuality are challenged when she begins investigating student prostitution for an article. Read More... Derek Jarman's Sebatiane & The Tempest on DVD & Blu-ray Aug 7 - Kino Lorber  Derek Jarman's debut film Sebastiane is a historical drama which lays bare the latent homoeroticism that has always lurked beneath the glossy surface of Hollywood biblical epics. In Jarman's hands, The Tempest becomes an original and dazzling spectacle mixing Hollywood pastiche, high camp, and gothic horror Read More... Les Vampires on DVD & Blu-ray Aug 14 - Kino Lorber  The undisputed master of the espionage serial, Louis Feuillade crafted films with labyrinthine plots and unforgettable characters that influenced multiple generations of filmmakers. Comprised of ten episodes, and clocking in at nearly seven hours in duration, Les Vampires is an unqualified masterpiece. Read More... Mr. Hush on Blu-ray & DVD Aug 7 - Kino Lorber  Loaded with bonus features, including an introduction by director David Lee Madison and Brian O'Halloran; outtakes and bloopers; the 'Mr. Hush' music video from the band 'Visitor'; audio commentary from director David Lee Madison and Edward X. Young; original theatrical trailers Read More... They Made Me a Fugitive (aka I Became a Criminal) on Blu-ray Jul 24 - Kino Lorber  Kino Classics announces the Blu-ray release f They Made Me a Fugitive from director Alberto Cavalcanti, a gripping, taut suspense thriller set on the streets of post-WWII London. Trevor Howard stars as Clem, a hardened and disillusioned ex-serviceman who gets drawn in to the dangerous and thrilling world of black-marketeering. Read More... The Fairy on DVD & Blu-ray Jul17 - Kino Lorber  Filled with a colorful cast of supporting characters and a number of gracefully executed dance sequences, The Fairy is a whimsical tale about the happiness that can be squeezed out of even the most mundane of lives. Read More... The Saphead on Blu-ray and DVD Jul 10 - Kino Lorber  Buster Keaton's first feature-length film. He stars as Bertie Van Alstyne, the pampered and spoiled son of a powerful Wall Street broker (played by acclaimed stage actor William H. Crane in a rare film appearance). Bertie has only known a life of privilege, and finds himself involved in a series of misadventures, including an attempt at courtship, visiting an illegal gambling den, and finally tumbling on to the floor of the Stock Exchange, blissfully ignorant of the obstacles that stand before him. Read More... Kino Classics Presents: The Devil's Needle and Other Tales of Vice And Redemption on DVD & Blu-ray Jul 3 - Kino Lorber  A collection of extremely rare silent films from the 1910s that explore controversial social issues of their day with uncompromising detail. The set includes The Devil's Needle (1916), The Inside of the White Slave Traffic (1913), and Children of Eve (1915) Read More...
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