Kino Lorber Studio Classics

[CSM126]

So that makes, what, three Stewart Raffill movies on 4K? He’s doing better than some other directors who actually, you know, have talent.

[Finch]

The good stuff is already taken by the other labels.

[What A Disgrace]

The good stuff is already taken by the other labels.

The bad stuff is also taken by the other labels. This is a new dimension.

[FrauBlucher]

does Frank just say yes to anything the studios pitch him? I'm guessing someone on the other forum is losing their mind over this announcement

If you’re talking about Blu-ray.com it’s quite the opposite response to this announcement. Which is not surprising to me

[captveg]

More OOP based on previously being in the "While Supplies Last" sale and now no longer appearing on the website:

The Last Married Couple in America (1980)

[beamish14]

So that makes, what, three Stewart Raffill movies on 4K? He’s doing better than some other directors who actually, you know, have talent.

and not even his best ones, Standing Ovation and Passenger 57 (albeit as a writer only on the latter)

[FrauBlucher]

Coming Soon on Blu-ray!
Brand New Restorations!

The 2nd Best Secret Agent in the Whole Wide World (1965)
Starring Tom Adams, Karel Stepanek & Peter Bull
Co-Written & Directed by Lindsay Shonteff (The Million Eyes of Sumuru / No. 1 of the Secret Service)

Where the Bullets Fly (1966)
Starring Tom Adams, Dawn Addams & Sidney James
Directed by John Gilling (The Flesh and the Fiends / The Reptile)

[domino harvey]

Sad that that’s two of the few Studio Canal 60s titles remaining. #JustKLSCThings

[FrauBlucher]

Coming Soon on 4KUHD!
Brand New HDR/DV Master!

Big Jake (1971) Starring John Wayne, Richard Boone, Maureen O’Hara, Patrick Wayne, Christopher Mitchum, Bobby Vinton, Bruce Cabot, Jim Davis & Harry Carey Jr. – Shot by William H. Clothier (The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance) – Music by Elmer Bernstein (The Shootist) – Written by Harry Julian Fink & Rita M. Fink (Cahill U.S. Marshall) – Directed by George Sherman (Black Bart / Larceny / The Sleeping City).

[dwk]

It seems that at a recent screening of Miracle Mile, Steve DeJarnatt said that it will be getting a UHD at the end of the year from a label he couldn't announce. I assume it will be a UK label, but since MGM has been known to split rights by format, it could be from someone in the US. (I also assume if it were Kino, he would have said that.)

[domino harvey]

KLSC has added 23 films to their Universal deal, but they’re mostly more recent movies (though one will be a pre code film)

[FrauBlucher]

Another pre-code...

Coming Soon on Blu-ray!
Newly Remastered by Universal Preservation!

Murder by the Clock (1931)
Starring William Boyd, Lilyan Tashmman, Regis Toomey & Irving Pichel – Shot by Karl Struss (Sunrise, The Fly) – Written by Rufus King (Murder at the Vanities), Henry Myers (Million Dollar Legs) & Charles Beahan (Night Court) – Directed by Edward Sloman (Caught).

[domino harvey]

Odd choice for KLSC as there are no stars and they made a big point of this being the only pre code title they went after in the latest Universal deal. I guess they want to be able to release a “Universal horror movie” not already part of the various franchise collections?

[Orlac]

Murder by the Clock is a title I've long been intrigued about, for 30 years in fact, as it was still in my bible A Pictorial History of Horror Movies by Denis Gifford.

[FlickeringWindow]

Odd choice for KLSC as there are no stars and they made a big point of this being the only pre code title they went after in the latest Universal deal. I guess they want to be able to release a “Universal horror movie” not already part of the various franchise collections?

It's one of those films that's been tied up in legal problems (like Letty Lynton and It's a Wise Child) for decades and has been heavily requested.

[TVC15]

Coming Soon on 4KUHD!
Brand New HDR/DV Master!

The Hurricane (1999)
Starring Denzel Washington, John Hannah, Deborah Kara Unger, Live Schreiber, Vicellous Shannon, David Paymer, Dan Hedaya, Harris Yulin, Clancy Brown & Rod Steiger – Shot by Roger Deakins (Fargo, Blade Runner 2049) – Directed by Norman Jewison (In the Heat of the Night. A Soldier’s Story).

[domino harvey]

Coming Soonon Blu-ray!
4K Restoration by StudioCanal!

The Second Twin (1966) aka The Other Truth
Starring Michèle Mercier & Robert Hossein
Music by Jacques Loussier (Dark of the Sun)
Shot by Pierre Petit (Birds of Prey)
Based on a Novel by Jean Laborde (The Night Caller)
Directed by Christian-Jaque (The Black Tulip)

This was horrible, with laughable canted angles and swish pans incessantly utilized for no purpose whatsoever. Mercier sports a bad Jean Seberg wig and Hossein some Clark Kent glasses and that’s what passes for characterization. Unbelievably stupid script, especially the dumb “mystery” back half that doesn’t need the provided flashback to explain what happened if you’ve ever seen a movie before. The English title KLSC went with here is a real head scratcher and I can only assume no one involved with that decision actually watched the movie because there is no literal or metaphorical “twin” here. Can these labels please find someone, anyone who knows anything about French movies to recommend them better acquisitions?

[Buttery Jeb]

The September Kino Lorber Studio Classics slate, per HTF:

COMING in SEPTEMBER on 4KHUD:
Bulletproof
Jesus Christ Superstar
The Pink Panther: Masterpiece Collection

COMING in SEPTEMBER on BD:
Angelique: Complete Five-Film Collection
Brit Noir: Collection IV
Mindscape
Catch a Fire
The Caveman's Valentine
Careful (1992) Zeitgeist/Kino Lorber
Rate It X (1985)

COMING in SEPTEMBER (Kino Cult):
#54 The Clown Murders 4KUHD