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Kummatty

I like how it's credited to "Bigas Luna and Bigas Luna" like he's starring in a remake of The Parent Trap.

This may be old news - Janus is mentioned in this retrospective of several restored Youssef Chahine films: Cairo Station, The Land, Alexandria Again and Forever, Saladin the Victorious, Dawn of a New Day, Devil of the Desert, Dark Waters, Adieu Bonaparte, The Sixth Day, The Emigrant, Destiny, The Other:
https://www.americancinematheque.com/se ... ospective/

yoloswegmaster wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2026 3:58 pm Kurosawa Kiyoshi’s ‘The Samurai and the Prisoner’ Lands U.S. Deal With Janus Films Ahead of Cannes Premiere

Trailer.

Pages added for

Charisma
The Samurai and the Prisoner

Never expected them to go all in on K. Kurosawa like this. Wish they (or someone) could liberate Bright Future and Doppelgänger from whatever rights situation they're in. They've both been on the Channel.

dwk wrote: Wed Jul 01, 2026 11:55 pm Pages added for
The Samurai and the Prisoner

This will open at Lincoln Center and IFC in NYC in August, and Kiyoshi Kurosawa will be doing Q&A's at both locations.

dietmountaindew wrote: Sun May 24, 2026 6:00 am Welcome II the Terrordome

4K restoration trailer

Restoration poster:

Exotica
Basquiat (color version)
Open Your Eyes
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Deep Crimson
Hiroshima Mon Amour
Gomorrah: New Edition

Hogfather wrote: Wed Jul 15, 2026 3:35 am Exotica
Basquiat (color version)
Open Your Eyes
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Deep Crimson
Hiroshima Mon Amour
Gomorrah: New Edition

Is Hiroshima Mon Amour the first UK only Janus title?

Mr.DarjeelingLimited wrote: Wed Jul 15, 2026 4:08 am
Is Hiroshima Mon Amour the first UK only Janus title?

Third. La dolce vita (Paramount in the US) and 2046 (Sony in the US)

yoloswegmaster wrote: Wed Apr 29, 2026 5:10 pm Janus has the rights to the new 4K restoration of René Laloux's Gandahar

Trailer.

dwk wrote: Wed Jul 15, 2026 8:14 am

Mr.DarjeelingLimited wrote: Wed Jul 15, 2026 4:08 am
Is Hiroshima Mon Amour the first UK only Janus title?

Third. La dolce vita (Paramount in the US) and 2046 (Sony in the US)

Do they still own distribution rights in the US or are they with Janus now fully?

nlopez270 wrote: Fri Jul 17, 2026 10:57 pm Do they still own distribution rights in the US or are they with Janus now fully?

Pretty sure both are still with their respective studios.

Paramount owns the U.S. and Canadian rights to La dolce vita outright per a 2013 court ruling. Sony is still listed as the distributor for 2046 on digital storefronts like YouTube and Prime Video, though it's not on their site for repertory bookings. I assume their rights will expire someday and Janus will probably pick them up. (Sony's website for the film is also still up, but it's completely unusable on a typical modern browser because it was built in Flash.)

I do hope Criterion does more than a bare bones edition.