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Kino announced they are releasing Richard Stanley's Dust Devil on UHD.

I get it, it's visually rich.. and also a bad movie.

Sonically poor then

Here's the deets for Pursued...

NEW 4K RESTORATION BY PARAMOUNT PICTURES from the 35mm Original Camera Negative, Dupe Negative and Comp Print (2022)
-NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Imogen Sara Smith
-Introduction by Martin Scorsese
-Limited Edition O-Card Slipcase
-Optional English Subtitles

Spring Sale is live, lots of titles on sale, including forum favorite Has Anybody Seen My Gal? and should be favorites I... comme Icare and Les seins de glace / Icy Breasts

Also, Lucky Luciano has been deleted, because I had it in my cart and it was in stock a few hours ago but now has been scrubbed. Ah well, I can see Radiance et al picking it up

My order from the Spring Sale (apologies if this does not belong in this thread):

2 Days in the Valley (Special Edition) (Blu-ray) $9.99
The Draughtsman's Contract (Blu-ray) $9.49
Kindergarten Cop (4K UHD) $17.99
Monk: The Complete Third Season (Blu-ray) $24.99
Pretty Baby (Special Edition) (Blu-ray) $9.99
The Return (Andrei Zvyagintsev) (Blu-ray) $8.99
Scarlet Street (4K UHD) $17.99
Three Women (Ernst Lubitsch) (Blu-ray) $7.99
Valmont (Special Edition) (Blu-ray) $9.99
A Zed & Two Noughts and The Falls: Two Films by Peter Greenaway (Blu-ray) $12.99

domino harvey wrote: Thu Mar 28, 2024 4:17 pm Spring Sale is live, lots of titles on sale, including forum favorite Has Anybody Seen My Gal? and should be favorites I... comme Icare and Les seins de glace / Icy Breasts

Speaking of Verneuil, did you ever watch his Body of My Enemy? I'm thinking of picking up that one.

Jean-Luc Garbo wrote: Thu Mar 28, 2024 7:07 pm

domino harvey wrote: Thu Mar 28, 2024 4:17 pm Spring Sale is live, lots of titles on sale, including forum favorite Has Anybody Seen My Gal? and should be favorites I... comme Icare and Les seins de glace / Icy Breasts

Speaking of Verneuil, did you ever watch his Body of My Enemy? I'm thinking of picking up that one.

I actually did see it recently, as I grabbed it from Hamilton Books for about what it’s going for now. I liked it and can recommend picking it up for a reduced price, though the film starts more promisingly as a different film than the more conventional one it is

domino harvey wrote: Thu Mar 28, 2024 4:17 pm lots of titles on sale, including forum favorite Has Anybody Seen My Gal?

Wow, never expected this to go on sale immediately - I'll have to think twice before picking up faves in advance. On the other hand, Too Proudly We Hail took like three-to-four sales to drop at all

It’s random, but there are always some recent releases included in the sales

domino harvey wrote: Thu Mar 28, 2024 4:17 pm Also, Lucky Luciano has been deleted, because I had it in my cart and it was in stock a few hours ago but now has been scrubbed. Ah well, I can see Radiance et al picking it up

In addition to Lucky Luciano (1973), other OOP based on previously being in the "While Supplies Last" sale and now no longer appearing on the website:

The Crucible (1996)
The Executioner's Song (1982)
My Bodyguard (1980)

Kino’s catalogue is so deep and wide. If you haven’t been importing from them for a long time, it is very dangerous. Longlist basket had $900 in, shortlist got down to $500, yet I don’t want to really spend more than $100-150. Prioritise While Supplies Last titles that haven’t been released elsewhere, I guess…

They obviously rotate what is on sale, because none my basket cuts that were moved to the wishlist last time around are on sale again.

domino harvey wrote: Thu Mar 28, 2024 4:17 pmAlso, Lucky Luciano has been deleted, because I had it in my cart and it was in stock a few hours ago but now has been scrubbed. Ah well, I can see Radiance et al picking it up

I wouldn’t necessarily count on that. I think many of these later Rosis have real rights issues that don’t make them straightforward to release.

Does anyone know if their Blu-ray release of Rivette's La religieuse / the Nun is OOP? I only see copies of the DVD for sale on their site and no option to purchase the Blu-ray

I see Amazon has it listed with an addendum that there are "more on the way," which would make me think not - but I'm also skeptical how much water that holds

I somehow never read Kino's ad copy for this, and the last line is legit hilarious:

Banned for over a year by the French Minister of Information, and not released in the United States until 1971, it slowly became a landmark of the French New Wave, and with this stunning restoration, should also become an object of worship.

I think it’s just possible it might be back ordered at the moment and it will get back on the site once they have more in stock because I don’t remember it ever appearing on the Going OOP section of their site.

domino harvey wrote: Sat Mar 30, 2024 8:04 pm I somehow never read Kino's ad copy for this, and the last line is legit hilarious:

Banned for over a year by the French Minister of Information, and not released in the United States until 1971, it slowly became a landmark of the French New Wave, and with this stunning restoration, should also become an object of worship.

Signed: Kino Insider

Kino is releasing Bottoms (yes, the 2023 movie) for some reason. feels a bit unusual for them as they usually don't put out newer titles aside from their own holdings

ryannichols7 wrote: Sun Mar 31, 2024 3:30 pm Kino is releasing Bottoms (yes, the 2023 movie) for some reason. feels a bit unusual for them as they usually don't put out newer titles aside from their own holdings

I legitimately thought that was never going to get a home release. Just bizarre

They do seem to release modern LGBTQ+ films on occasion, of which this is one, so not completely surprising. But I'm assuming this is a Kino release and not a KLSC one

Great news, I thought the film was hilarious and I’ve been bummed that there had been no release so far. I’d assume it will be KLSC since it’s a studio license. Hopefully some other Amazon/MGM films that have had no sign of getting a physical release, like American Fiction, will follow.

Kino's recent MGM deal only had one title from the 2020s. So those would have to be from future deals (or come from other companies like Shout.)

Ah, okay. Thanks for the clarifications!

domino, for what it's worth, I think you'd like Bottoms. It shares an anarchic tone with some of the high school-set films you've championed here

Thanks for the rec, maybe I'll pick it up in a future sale