Kino Lorber Studio Classics

[feihong]

That's great. Another under-appreciated noir I love dearly. I hope someone gets D.O.A. on blu ray one of these days, too.

[doh286]

Release date announced for Modesty Blaise: August 23

[pointless]

The Battle of the Sexes (Charles Crichton, 1960)

[GetHarryPalmer]

And they just announced another noir - I Wake Up Screaming

The following titles are acquired from independent producers, sometime through a representing company like Hollywood Classics and sometime directly from the producers:

Absolution
The Battle of the Sexes (Not Hollywood Classics)
Candy
Cabo Blanco (Not Hollywood Classics or MGM)
Face to Face
When Eight Bells Toll
Wolf Lake (Not Hollywood Classics)


Man on Fire is a Fox acquisition.

[Ashirg]

Another title is jumping from Fox's MOD release to blu-ray from Kino - Fritz Lang's Western Union. Already out on blu in Germany.

[rockysds]

Frank Borzage's Bad Girl coming up. Audio commentary by Kent Jones included.

[domino harvey]

WOW. Never in a million years would have guessed that was on their radar for upgrading. Total masterpiece, the film is literally the textbook example of "You'll laugh, you'll cry"

[FrauBlucher]

Just tweeted.....Biggles: Adventure in Time, (John Hough, 1986) coming soon.

[What A Disgrace]

Just tweeted.....Biggles: Adventure in Time, (John Hough, 1986) coming soon.

My inner high schooler is trying very hard to not quote Monty Python.

[domino harvey]

Daisy Kenyon's coming!

[domino harvey]

For some reason they're releasing Boomerang, which Fox already put out on Blu Ray

[captveg]

Boomerang was only in the now OOP Kazan Vol. 1 box set. This indicates that Kino is getting the remaining titles from those sets that never got individual releases.

[Drucker]

Kino sale live on Amazon. Here's a list of titles.

[rockysds]

Henry Hathaway's The House on 92nd Street on the way.

[pointless]

Daddy Long Legs (Jean Negulesco, 1955) - September 6th

Special Features:

• Audio Commentary by Film Historian Ken Barnes and Ava Astaire McKenzie
  Movietone News with optional commentary by Film Historian Ken Barnes and Ava Astaire McKenzie
  Daddy Long Legs London Premiere
  Original Theatrical Trailer

[pointless]

My Bodyguard (Tony Bill, 1980) - September 6th

Special Features:

• New Audio Commentary by Director Tony Bill and Film Programmer Jim Healy
  TV Spots
  Original Theatrical Trailer

[pointless]

Beware! The Blob (Larry Hagman, 1972) - September 20

Special Features:

• Audio Commentary by Film Historian Richard Harland Smith
  Alternate Title Sequence
  Trailers

[pointless]

Cry of the City (Robert Siodmak, 1948) - details

September 13th release

Special Features:

• Audio Commentary by Film Noir Historian Eddie Muller
  Trailers

[pointless]

Road House (Jean Negulesco, 1948) - details

Release date: September 13th

Special Features:

• Audio Commentary by Film Noir Historians Kim Morgan and Eddie Muller
  Killer Instincts: Richard Widmark and Ida Lupino at Twentieth Century Fox Featurette
  Trailers

[pointless]

Cabo Blanco (J. Lee Thompson, 1980) details

Release date: September 27th

Special Features:

• The Making of Cabo Blanco
  Audio Commentary by Paul Talbot, the author of BRONSON'S LOOSE and BRONSON'S LOOSE AGAIN!
  Interview with Producer Lance Hool
  Bronson Trailer Gallery

[pointless]

Fixed Bayonets! (Samuel Fuller, 1951)

September 20th release

Special Features:

• Audio Commentary by Film Historian Michael Schlesinger with Christa Lang Fuller and Samantha Fuller
  Trailers

[pointless]

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (Gene Wilder, 1975)

September 27 release

Special Features:

• Audio Commentary by star, writer and director Gene Wilder
  Trailers

[Drucker]

Low marks for the Ox-Bow Incident blu ray. Hopefully just Kino's fault and not a botched restoration!

[FrauBlucher]

I'm counting on Arrow's version being better.

[FrauBlucher]

The video presentation of The Ox Bow Incident from DVDTalk was given 3 out of 5 stars.

Video:
The Ox-Bow Incident receives a new 4k scan for this release, and is presented in AVC encoded 1080p high definition in its original 1.33.1 fullframe aspect ratio. The original negative for this film is lost so this new scan was done from a dupe negative, the best available option, and it look good if soft. Contrast is nice, there's very little print damage and black levels are pretty strong. Some shots do show better detail than others but texture and detail are less pronounced here than you might expect it to be. Although the movie and the extras are presented on a 25GB disc there aren't any compression problems nor is there any obvious edge enhancement. This looks good in a lot of ways, it's just soft.

This sounds like it'll affect the Arrow release as well.