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Coming April 2nd on DVD and Blu-ray!
A Kino Classics and Lobster Films release!

RKO Classic Romance - Five Film Collection
• Millie (1931) Dir: John Francis Dillon | Helen Twelvetrees, Lilyan Tashman & Joan Blondell
• Kept Husbands (1931) Dir: Lloyd Bacon | Clara Kimball Young, Joel McCrea & Ned Sparks
• The Lady Refuses (1931) Dir: George Archainbaud | Betty Compson & John Darrow
• The Woman Between (1931) Dir: Victor Schertziner | Lili Damita & Lester Vail
• Sin Takes a Holiday (1930) Dir: Paul L. Stein | Constance Bennett, Basil Rathbone & Zasu Pitts

RKO Classic Adventures - Three Film Collection
• The Painted Desert (1931) Dir: Howard Higgin | William Boyd, Helen Twelvetrees & Clark Gable
• The Pay-Off (1930) Dir: Lowell Sherman | Lowell Sherman, Marian Nixon & Hugh Trevor
• The Silver Horde (1930) Dir: George Archainbaud | Evelyn Brent, Joel McCrea & Jean Arthur

Nice, I criticized y'all earlier in the year for not doing this with the Crosby/Hope comedies, but I'd like to see more of this kind of thing: bundle smaller films together and give customers more bang for their buck-- and ignore the mouth-breathers who whine that they can't organize their OCD shelves with sets like this

All for it too. I much prefer this than individual releases that will end up costing more to the consumers (like Olive did with tons of their early westerns).

Millie (1931) Dir: John Francis Dillon | Helen Twelvetrees, Lilyan Tashman & Joan Blondell

Helen Twelvetrees! That reminds me of hearing Jon Pertwee tell an amusing
story about how he was once mistaken for her.

Yes keep the 30s films coming!!!

KL will also be releasing Wilder's the Front Page

Here's the complete Kino Lorber April schedule. 34 releases - 41 films & 23 Cartoon Shorts!

KL Studio Classics Green Card (1990) 4/2/19
KL Studio Classics Unstrung Heroes (1995) 4/2/19
KL Studio Classics An Innocent Man (1989) 4/2/19
Kino Classics RKO Classic Adventures (1930-31) - 3 Film Collection 4/2/19
Kino Classics RKO Classic Romances (1930-31) - 5 Film Collection 4/2/19
Kino Lorber ¡Las Sandinistas! (2018) 4/2/19 DVD only
Alive Mind Mantra: Sounds into Silence (2017) 4/2/19 DVD only
KL Studio Classics Rider on the Rain (1970) 4/9/19
KL Studio Classics Cold Sweat (1970) 4/9/19
KL Studio Classics Emmanuelle (1974) 4/9/19
KL Studio Classics Emmanuelle 2 (1975) 4/9/19
KL Studio Classics Goodbye Emmanuelle (1977) 4/9/19
Kino Lorber Touch Me Not (2018) 4/9/19
Kino Lorber The Gospel of Eureka (2018) 4/9/19 DVD only
KL Studio Classics Highway Patrolman (1991) 4/16/19
KL Studio Classics Becky Sharp (1935) 4/16/19
KL Studio Classics Bend of the River (1952) 4/16/19
Scorpion Releasing Brief Encounter (1974 TV Movie) 4/16/19
Kino Lorber Halfaouine: Boy of he Terraces (1990) 4/16/19
Kino Lorber A Summer in La Goulette (1996) 4/16/19
Kino Lorber Zizou (2016) 4/16/19
Greenwich The Invisibles (2017) 4/16/19 DVD only
KL Studio Classics Scream and Scream Again (1970) 4/23/19
KL Studio Classics The House of the Seven Gables (1940) 4/23/19
KL Studio Classics The Strange Door (1951) 4/23/19
KL Studio Classics The Land Unknown (1957) 4/23/19
KL Studio Classics Acceptable Risks (1986 TV Movie) 4/23/19 DVD only
KL Studio Classics The Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior (1993 TV Movie) 4/23/19 DVD only
Kino Classics Underground (1928) 4/23/19
Kino Classics The Informer (1929) 4/23/19
Kino Classics Shooting Stars (1928) 4/23/19
KL Studio Classics Hannibal (2001) (4K Restoration Special Edition) 4/30/19
KL Studio Classics Fantomas 1960s 3 Film Collection (1964-67) 4/30/19
KL Studio Classics Pink Panther Cartoon Collection Volume 5 (1976-78) 4/30/19

domino harvey wrote: Fri Feb 08, 2019 6:06 pm Nice, I criticized y'all earlier in the year for not doing this with the Crosby/Hope comedies, but I'd like to see more of this kind of thing: bundle smaller films together and give customers more bang for their buck-- and ignore the mouth-breathers who whine that they can't organize their OCD shelves with sets like this

Yep. By themselves I wouldn't be too interested, but as a set this is a lot more compelling for me.

Sometimes the licensing agreements prevent combo releases, which I imagine was the case with the Road films. These RKO films are through Lobster Films, it seems.

Coming April 23rd on DVD and Blu-ray!
A Kino Classics and BFI release!

The Informer (1929)
Directed by Arthur Robison
Based on the Novel by Liam O'Flaherty
Starring Lya De Putti, Lars Hanson, Warwick Ward
• Also include the SOUND version

Underground (1928)
Written and Directed by Anthony Asquith
Starring Brian Aherne, Elissa Landi, Cyril McLaglen

Shooting Stars (1928)
Directed by Anthony Asquith, A.V. Bramble
Written by Anthony Asquith, J.O.C. Orton
Starring Annette Benson, Brian Aherne, Donald Calthrop

Not sure if it's the best place to discuss that, but probably : I watched this week The Night Strangler and The Night Stalker and was taken aback by the SDH subtitles punctuation issues that basically turned all the full stops into commas, rendering the subs quite bothering to follow. I'm not an avid buyer of KL releases so I don't know if these are one-off issues or if this is more widespread, but I'd recommend KL to be more careful into checking this kind of things.
PQ was top notch, though.

Coming April 30th on DVD and Blu-ray!
2K Restorations!

FANTOMAS 1960s: THREE FILM COLLECTION (1964-1967)
• Audio Commentary by Film Historian Tim Lucas (Fantomas '64)
• Fantômas (1964) - Trailer
• Fantômas Unleashed (1965) - Trailer
• Fantômas vs. Scotland Yard (1967) - Trailer
• OSS 117 Is Unleashed - Trailer
• OSS 117: Panic in Bangkok - Trailer
• OSS 117: Mission For a Killer - Trailer

Color 322 Minutes 2.35:1 Not Rated In French with optional English subtitles
Pierre Souvestre’s Fantômas was originally adapted for the screen by legendary filmmaker Louis Feuillade (Les vampires) in 1913. André Hunebelle (OSS 117: Mission for a Killer) introduced a revamped and modernized version of Fantômas to the 1960s OSS 117 and 007 audience. All three films starred the great Jean Marais (Jean Cocteau’s Beauty and the Beast) as Fantômas, a criminal mastermind and man of a thousand faces. The three films co-starred Louis de Funès as Le commissaire Juve, Mylène Demongeot as Hélène, Jacques Dynam as L’inspecteur Bertrand and Robert Dalban as Le directeur du journal. The first film, Fantomas (Fantômas), was released in 1964, followed by Fantomas Unleashed (Fantômas se déchaîne) in 1965 and Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard (Fantômas contre Scotland Yard) in 1967. All three films were beautifully shot in ’Scope, the first two in Eastmancolor and the finale in Technicolor.

Awesome, Kino Lorber is killing it with these acquisitions

Indeed! And, on a related note, it would be great if Kino could release more Feuillade. The CNC funded a restoration of Tih Minh last year, though I've not heard anything further about it.

They didn't even get around to issue Les Vampires in the newer restoration yet.

Coming Soon on Blu-ray!

ffolkes (1980) aka North Sea Hijack

Starring Roger Moore, James Mason, Anthony Perkins, Michael Parks, David Hedison & Jack Watson

Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen (The Devil's Brigade, The Wild Geese, The Sea Wolves).

OSCAR WINNERS SALE!
Blu-ray $11.99 | DVD $7.99

Celebrating KINO LORBER's "OF FATHERS AND SONS" 2019 Oscar Nomination for BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE!

https://www.klstudioclassics.com/list/v ... scar-films

BEST PICTURE
Marty (1955) Harold Hecht

BEST DIRECTOR
Bad Girl (1931) Frank Borzage
Marty (1955) Delbert Mann

BEST ACTOR
Marty (1955) Ernest Borgnine
Separate Tables (1958) David Niven
Elmer Gantry (1960) Burt Lancaster
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) Maximilian Schell
Lilies of the Field (1963) Sidney Poitier
Charly (1968) Cliff Robertson
Coming Home (1978) Jon Voight

BEST ACTRESS
Farmer's Daughter (1947) Loretta Young
I Want to Live (1958) Susan Hayward
Lion in Winter (1968) Katharine Hepburn
Coming Home (1978) Jane Fonda
Trip to Bountiful (1985) Geraldine Page

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Big Country, The (1958) Burl Ives
Topkapi (1964) Peter Unstinov
They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (1969) Gig Young

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Separate Tables (1958) Wendy Hiller
Elmer Gantry (1960) Shirley Jones
Prizzi’s Honor (1985) Anjelica Huston

BEST SCREENPLAY
Bad Girl (1931) Edwin J. Burke
Star is Born, A (1937) William Wellman & Robert Carson
House on 92nd Street (1945) Charles G. Booth
Marty (1955) Paddy Chayefsky
Elmer Gantry (1960) Richard Brooks
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) Abby Mann
Lion in Winter (1968) James Goldman
Coming Home (1978) Nancy Dowd, Waldo Salt & Robert C. Jones

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Farewell to Arms, A (1932) Charles Lang
Joan of Arc (1948) Joseph A. Valentine, William V. Skall, Winton C. Hoch

BEST FOREIGN FILM
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1964) Vittorio De Sica
Nowhere in Africa (2001) Caroline Link

BEST SCORE
Since You Went Away (1944) Max Steiner
Irma La Douce (1963) André Previn
Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966) Ken Thorne
Lion in Winter (1968) John Barry

BEST SONG
Papa's Delicate Condition (1963) Jimmy Van Heusen & Sammy Cahn
Thomas Crown Affair (1968) Michel Legrand & two others
Woman in Red, The (1984) Stevie Wonder

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Joan of Arc (1948) Dorothy Jeakins, Barbara Karinska

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Portrait of Jennie (1948) Paul Eagler & five others
Enemy Below, The (1957) Walter Rossi

BEST SOUND
Farewell to Arms, A (1932) Franklin Hansen

BEST ANIMATED SHORT
"The Pink Phink" David H. DePatie & Friz Freleng (Pink Panther Vol. 1)

BEST DOCUMENTARY
The Eleanor Roosevelt Story (1965) Sidney Glazier

Kundun?

The rep said on the Blu-ray board that they’re still working on it

3/19 Far From Heaven | Losin' It | Lovers and Other Strangers | Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came | The Minion 3/26 For a Few Dollars More | Jivaro 3-D | Tarnished Angels | Road to Singapore | Road to Zanzibar | Road to Morocco | Road to Utopia 4/2 Innocent Man | Green Card | Unstrung Heroes 4/9 Rider on the Rain | Cold Sweat | Emmanuelle | Emmanuelle 2 | Goodbye Emmanuelle 4/16 Becky Sharp | Bend of the River | Highway Patrolman 4/23 Scream and Scream Again | Land Unknown | House of the Seven Gables | Strange Door | Acceptable Risks (DVD only) | Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior (DVD only) 4/30 Hannibal (also 4KUHD) | Fantomas 1960s 3 Film Collection | Pink Panther Cartoons Vol. 5 5/7 The Man Who Haunted Himself | The Nightcomers | Brick | Broken Flowers | Swing Vote 5/14 Link | The Bedroom Window | The Landlord 5/21 Robbery | Midas Run | Ring of Bright Water | Von Richthofen and Brown | Bitter Moon | Nixon 5/28 Silent Partner | Arabian Adventure | Portrait in Black | Madame X | The Nun | La Prisonniere 6/18 Detective | First Name: Carmen | Helas Pour Moi

8/13 Blackmail | Murder! | Number 17 | Alfred Hitchcock - Early Films [The Ring/The Farmer's Wife/Champagne/The Manxman/The Skin Game/Rich and Strange]

Note: We've confirmed dozens of other titles. We will add the June slate soon, everything we've confirmed will be out in 2019, so please be patient.

Kino Insider wrote: Fri Feb 15, 2019 4:55 pm 5/21. Nixon

Nixon, the Oliver Stone film? I've not heard anything about this release and blu-ray.com doesn't even have it listed in their upcoming releases database. Can you provide some details? Will this have any differences from the existing Election Year Edition released in 2008? Will the theatrical cut finally be included? Will it include the "making of" featurette that was included on the "Collector's Edition" DVD release but dropped from the "Election Year Edition" DVD & Blu-Ray releases?

Wait, KL just stealth announced a shitton of great movies, including 3/4 of the Lionsgate Godard set: Detective, First Name: Carmen, Helas Pour Moi (no Passion-- perhaps with Criterion?)

And Bitter Moon tucked away in there!

Three rare Godards and one of Polanski's best. There's a good chance Kino's announcements will beat Criterion's.

PfR73 wrote: Fri Feb 15, 2019 6:07 pm

Kino Insider wrote: Fri Feb 15, 2019 4:55 pm 5/21. Nixon

Nixon, the Oliver Stone film? I've not heard anything about this release and blu-ray.com doesn't even have it listed in their upcoming releases database. Can you provide some details? Will this have any differences from the existing Election Year Edition released in 2008? Will the theatrical cut finally be included? Will it include the "making of" featurette that was included on the "Collector's Edition" DVD release but dropped from the "Election Year Edition" DVD & Blu-Ray releases?

The release will most likely be a three disc set. Include both cuts, a new historian commentary for the theatrical cut and all the previously produced extras and director's commentary.

Not sure which "making of" featurette you're talking about, I don't see it listed anywhere.