LOREN CASS No Longer Undistributed
Kino International has acquired the theatrical release of Loren Cass (2007), directed, written and edited by first-time filmmaker Chris Fuller.
Nominated for a Gotham Award as one of the best undistributed films of 2007, Loren Cass is finally scheduled to premiere in New York City on July 24 at the Cinema Village. The film will expand to other major markets during the summer and fall of 2009, before being released on DVD at the end of the year.
Filmed in St. Petersburg, Florida, Loren Cass is set in 1997, when a group of teenagers struggle to rebuild their lives following violent ethnic riots provoked by the (real-life) killing of an 18-year-old black adolescent, who was gunned down [...]
by Andre Soares | July 8, 2009
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Tags: Chris Fuller, Kino International, Loren Cass, New York Screenings, Socially Conscious Movies, Travis Maynard
DEBAUCHED DESIRES: Four Erotic Masterpieces by Masaru Konuma
PRESS RELEASE
Kino International and KimStim are proud to release the four-DVD set Debauched Desires: Four Erotic Masterpieces by Masaru Konuma.
Directed by the master of Japanese erotic cinema Masaru Konuma, CLOISTERED NUN: RUNA’S CONFESSION (1976), TATTOOED FLOWER VASE (1976), EROTIC DIARY OF AN OFFICE LADY (1977) and a re-mastered version of WIFE TO BE SACRIFICED (1975) are now available in one four-DVD set at the reduced price of $49.95. Previously, each of these films was available at $29.95.
The street date for Debauched Desires: Four Erotic Masterpieces by Masaru Konuma is May 19, 2009.
"Stylishly directed and singularly harrowing" (Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia), these four films are classic examples of pink cinema, a style of Japanese, softcore theatrical films which was common in the [...]
by Andre Soares | April 2, 2009
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Tags: Classic Movies, Cloistered Nun Runa's Confession, Debauched Desires, DVDs, Erotic Diary of an Office Lady, Erotic Movies, Hideo Nakata, Japanese Cinema, KimStim, Kino International, Masaru Konuma, Naomi Tani, Roman Pink, Sex, Tattooed Flower Vase, Wife to Be Sacrificed
Griffith Masterworks 2: SALLY OF THE SAWDUST
W. C. Fields, Carol Dempster in Sally of the Sawdust
Griffith Masterworks 2: ABRAHAM LINCOLN, THE STRUGGLE
The final disc of the set contains Sally of the Sawdust (1925), a rare comedy feature starring Griffith protegee Carol Dempster and W. C. Fields. The Sally of the title (played by Dempster) performs in the circus with her "pop," Professor McGargle (Fields). Little does she know that McGargle came to be her guardian through an unlikely set of circumstances, and is not in fact her real father. As Sally nears adulthood, McGargle decides to bring her to her old hometown so that she might know the truth about her family; wacky hijinks ensue.
Sally of the Sawdust is a [...]
by Dan Erdman | December 21, 2008
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Tags: Carol Dempster, Classic Movies, D. W. Griffith, DVDs, Griffith Masterworks 2, Kino International, Sally of the Sawdust, Silent Films, W. C. Fields, Way Down East
Griffith Masterworks 2: WAY DOWN EAST, THE AVENGING CONSCIENCE
It may not have been terribly original of Kino to include in their 2005 Griffith Masterworks boxed set the only four D. W. Griffith features that most people could name (let alone claim to have seen), but it would have been downright perverse to pass over The Birth of a Nation, Intolerance, Broken Blossoms, and Orphans of the Storm (the fifth and sixth discs were made up of several Biograph shorts).
With their second set, Griffith Masterworks 2, released this month, Kino has selected some genuine curiosities; each of the five films on offer here has novelty value in addition to being the work of cinema’s first genius.
Way Down East (1920), the first film [...]
by Dan Erdman | December 21, 2008
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Tags: Classic Movies, D. W. Griffith, DVDs, Edgar Allan Poe, Kino International, Lillian Gish, Silent Films, The Avenging Conscience, Way Down East
