Vinegar Syndrome and Their Partner Labels

[beamish14]

70’s crime: Richard Fleischer’s The Don is Dead?

[dwk]

Did my FOMO pre-order with them, with the discounted Thieves Like Us thrown in to bring the average price down a little. They are shipping at $8 now. That is steep for domestic service!

Takes them weeks to get orders out, too.

I got my one sale title from Vinegar on the 18th of December. Not great, but I just now got my preparing to ship email for my Severin Black Friday sale order (which had none of the newly announced releases in it.)

[Finch]

Kani have Take Care Of My Cat lined up for theatrical release later this year. Anyone seen it?

[beamish14]

Clues for Cinematographe’s 2026 slate:

And now for what you’ve all been waiting for: hints for what’s left to come in 2026!

February — world UHD debut of an early film from an iconic (perhaps the most iconic) director of the New Hollywood

March — blu-ray upgrade of an often overlooked 70s crime film

April — world blu-ray debut of a truly strange 90s genre film from an Oscar nominated writer/director

May – two releases: the world UHD debut of an early film from one of America’s most important, and controversial, filmmakers; and the world UHD debut of an eccentric entry in the career of one of America’s most prolific auteurs

July — world UHD debut of a forgotten 90s studio movie, presented in two cuts of the film (if not three), for the most exhaustive release it has ever had

August — our first box set of three feature films (four if you include a feature length documentary in the extras), all blu-ray debuts of films from the same filmmaker

September — our first double feature, of world blu-ray debuts, pairing two films from a noted American iconoclast

October — world UHD, and blu-ray, debut of a 90s indie that hasn’t had a disc release since 2000

November — world UHD debut of one of the great American films of the 70s

July release guess: Wilder Napalm, which was test screened in at least 3 incredibly different cuts. Truly bizarre film that deserves a bigger cult following

August box set: Alan Pakula? A documentary on him was released a few years ago

May from eccentric auteur: Brewster McCloud?

[jt938]

Wilder Napalm doesn't have a Blu-ray so I doubt it's that, the hint suggests it already has a Blu-ray.

[Beloved Aunt]

April could be Liebestraum.

[beamish14]

April could be Liebestraum.

God, I hope so. The MGM release left a critical scene from the international cut as an extra, so you had to stop the disc and then go to it for the film to really work!

[Beloved Aunt]

Ooh, which scene is that? Is it in the versions available online? /I didn't really like Liebestraum that much, and I definitely prefer Internal Affairs.

[beamish14]

Ooh, which scene is that? Is it in the versions available online? /I didn't really like Liebestraum that much, and I definitely prefer Internal Affairs.

It’s been a long time since I saw it, but I believe there is a scene in a brothel with Kevin Anderson. There are some other posts about this film on the forum, and I think they go into it in some detail

[zedz]

Kani have Take Care Of My Cat lined up for theatrical release later this year. Anyone seen it?

Yes, it’s wonderful. I’m sure it got discussed in a List Project thread way back when.

[andyli]

Kani have Take Care Of My Cat lined up for theatrical release later this year. Anyone seen it?

This is indeed wonderful news. Dare I dream of a 4K edition?

[luxta]

July — world UHD debut of a forgotten 90s studio movie, presented in two cuts of the film (if not three), for the most exhaustive release it has ever had

Any ideas?

[therewillbeblus]

Joe Dante's The Movie Orgy was one of today's announcements (from AGFA). Finally something worth picking up from the VS partner labels!

That is a stunning announcement. I’m sure that certain segments might have to be excised, though. I love that it was always intended to be a “living document” of a film, anyway

It mentions "digital inserts" for missing footage, but if this is the version AGFA has been playing, those inserts I thought were from one of the various reedits. I'm pretty sure those moments are from the edit done in the early 2010s and features an audio cue that has the crunchy, mono soundtrack suddenly sound digital and crisp. It's a bit jarring, but the clips are great.

The running time listed is almost exactly 20 minutes shorter than the copy circulating back channels. Will be curious to pick this up and compare, though I highly doubt anything will 'stick out' in this case!

[Buttery Jeb]

August box set: Alan Pakula? A documentary on him was released a few years ago

I’m guessing the August box set will be the Jaglom titles Vinegar Syndrome recently restored.

[JSC]

July — world UHD debut of a forgotten 90s studio movie, presented in two cuts of the film (if not three), for the most exhaustive release it has ever had

Any ideas?

I'd like to think it was Kafka, but that's technically not a studio film.

[domino harvey]

I think the guess of Wilder Napalm for that one is dead on

[luxta]

'World UHD debut' This means the title had a previous Blu-ray release.

Maybe Set It Off (1996).

[What A Disgrace]

I watched Reviver 1 this morning. I wish this were a series of boxed sets with some contextual extras inside, because the films need it! For the most part this is like looking under a rock and finding some gross bugs under it, and gross they are for the most part - except for the short documentary about The Carolinas, which is a professionally made piece, and if not exactly a great film it did have my attention and I feel a little better for having watched it. I hope further volumes of this series have more professional or industrial films, because that sort of material does have lasting historical value.

[dwk]

I'd like to think it was Kafka, but that's technically not a studio film.

I saw a post that claims the box set that Soderbergh has been working on is coming in 2026 because he is contractually obligated to have it put this year.

[TVC15]

I love Liebestraum but I wouldn't describe it as "truly strange"

[therewillbeblus]

The running time listed is almost exactly 20 minutes shorter than the copy circulating back channels. Will be curious to pick this up and compare, though I highly doubt anything will 'stick out' in this case!

EDIT: Nevermind, the copy of The Movie Orgy ends 16 minutes early, so there are ostensibly only four minutes missing from the AGFA version

[DJBillyMac]

Just for funzies, here's everything I know of that Kani is working on for 2026:

Looking For An Angel (Akihiro Suzuki, 1999)
Batch '81 (Mike de Leon, 1982)
Macho Dancer (Lino Brocka, 1988)
A New Love In Tokyo (Banmei Takahashi, 1994)
My Name Ain't Suzie (Angie Chen, 1985)
Take Care Of My Cat (Jeong Jae-eun, 2001)

[Michael Kerpan]

Take Care of my Cat was my very first Korean movie (seen along with my sons and a few Koreans at the MFA during a winter break). We loved it -and our twins especially enjoyed the fact that the main characters included a set of twin sisters. Jeong was a very promising director -- but her second feature (which wasn't at all bad) didn't get much acclaim -- and I think she has mainly had a career in teaching.

[kekid]

Is Vinegar Syndrome "Great Silence" LE available anywhere to preorder?

[MichaelB]

Is Vinegar Syndrome "Great Silence" LE available anywhere to preorder?

Don’t think so. It sold out in a matter of hours.