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There’s also The Battle of Chile by Icarus Films, Buddies from the mainline is a fantastic aids drama, The Telephone Book is a good one too, Flesh and Fantasy from their Labs lineup is pretty good, Goodbye 20th Century is best enjoyed if you like Jodorowsky’s films, and the Carlos Enrique Taboada set is pretty good and atmospheric.

criterionsnob wrote: Fri Nov 01, 2024 6:38 pmCheck out the partner label Canadian International Pictures. They've released several gems, including The Other French New Wave, Vol. 1.

The only label I have purchased nearly every release from

Thanks everyone!

Almost everything from Kani is great. A New Old Play is one of the best films of the decade, and all of their Filipino films are essential.

as has been controversial from me earlier in this thread, I am a partner labels only collector...gotta recommend a lot of the Kani and Deaf Crocodile back catalog. literally anything that seems interesting probably is, and they do go deep with the extras impressively

Speaking Parts from CiP is an awesome release

Black Hat wrote: Fri Nov 01, 2024 6:09 pm Vinegar Syndrome has never interested me but, if anyone has any recs worth adding to my preorder of Looking for Mr. Goodbar to qualify for free shipping I'm listening.

Have you gotten anything from Fun City Editions, an old partner label of theirs? Lots of great indie American cinema (though not just that). I'd especially recommend their releases of Jeremy, I Start Counting!, and Married to the Mob (of course)

I have quite a few Vinegar Syndrome releases, but invariably stuff I at least know about and have usually seen already. Although this can mean anything from Flesh for Frankenstein and Trauma to Ebola Syndrome and Babyface.

But I'm an enthusiastic and outspoken Deaf Crocodile completist - in fact, it's the one current label where I'm really going out of my way to get everything.

("Everything" of course meaning just one copy of each film - I'm not one of those maniacs that buys multiple releases just because of divergent packaging.)

Couldn't resist Santa Claus Conquers the Martians!

What A Disgrace wrote: Sat Nov 02, 2024 3:19 amAlmost everything from Kani is great. A New Old Play is one of the best films of the decade, and all of their Filipino films are essential.

And I can give a hearty recommendation to Spacked Out.

I purchased Moral as a first dip into Filipino cinema that I am unfamiliar with. If a like it I'll grab the others in a future sale.

therewillbeblus wrote: Sat Nov 02, 2024 3:34 am

Black Hat wrote: Fri Nov 01, 2024 6:09 pm Vinegar Syndrome has never interested me but, if anyone has any recs worth adding to my preorder of Looking for Mr. Goodbar to qualify for free shipping I'm listening.

Have you gotten anything from Fun City Editions, an old partner label of theirs? Lots of great indie American cinema (though not just that). I'd especially recommend their releases of Jeremy, I Start Counting!, and Married to the Mob (of course)

I have purchased a few through Radiance including Married to the Mob.

Michael and others shouting out Deaf Crocodile is cool because I don't think I've ever picked up a release of theirs. These are all great recs for many films I've never heard of and a reminder to watch the Icarus titles I've purchased. Now I just need to figure out which ones I should purchase directly thru VS or from some place like DD. That, and getting over feeling insane for still spending so much money on blurays. I just forked over $200+ to Indicator.

Oh I almost forget that Vinegar Syndrome also has The Candy Snatchers which is a darkly comic piece of Grindhouse cinema verging on Tarantino. Also Deaf Crocodile is most definitely worth your time, fantastic company. Kin-Dza-Dza and The Unknown Man of Shandigor being my recommendations from them.

Black Hat wrote: Sat Nov 02, 2024 4:24 pm That, and getting over feeling insane for still spending so much money on blurays. I just forked over $200+ to Indicator.

They have a half off sale later this month so I’d wait a little bit before price matching (though it’s only for titles 6 months and older).

Can anyone speak to Jiří Havelka’s The Owners from partner label, Big World Pictures? It sounds like something up my alley, and very early Milos Formanesque, but being Canadian, I’m trying to be more selective in my $40 blind-buys since these are all imports.

jazzo wrote: Sun Nov 03, 2024 1:15 pm Can anyone speak to Jiří Havelka’s The Owners from partner label, Big World Pictures? It sounds like something up my alley, and very early Milos Formanesque, but being Canadian, I’m trying to be more selective in my $40 blind-buys since these are all imports.

I can’t directly speak on it but it does seem very similar to Eldar Ryazanov’s The Garage (as mentioned previously in this thread and one I really love), so I’d recommend starting off with that because if you enjoy that you’d probably like this too.

Thank you!

Please consider picking up AGFA’s Jon Moritsugu collection. He’s one of the most distinctive and entertaining American filmmakers we’ve got, and it’s an incredible bargain considering how many features are on it

VS posted an image of some inventory containing the unannounced titles heading to their warehouses but quickly deleted it once a reddit user was able to find that one of the unannounced titles is for Corey Yuen's Women on the Run. I saw this film a couple years ago and thought that it was an alright film with decent action scenes until it reaches the

Spoiler

gangrape scene

, a scene that's so outlandish and in such bad taste (even by HK standards) that it just left a really bad impression even after the film ended. I wish they were releasing a different Corey Yuen film, like Ninja in the Dragon's Den.

Co-sign everything. Women on the Run is pretty lame. I felt bad for the women involved, who were clearly talented but just being exploited by the filmmakers, including being forced to perform fight scenes completely naked with no attempt to hide or obscure anything (everything's in medium shots). Even the fight choreography was meh by Yuen's standards. I don't know why he felt the need to try his hand at low rent exploitation.

Ninja in the Dragon's Den is sorely in need of a rescue. An amazing debut.

beamish14 wrote: Sun Nov 03, 2024 3:07 pm Please consider picking up AGFA’s Jon Moritsugu collection. He’s one of the most distinctive and entertaining American filmmakers we’ve got, and it’s an incredible bargain considering how many features are on it

I'll second that.

I purchased the collection when it first became available having only ever seen Terminal USA years ago and loving it. That still holds up so well and Fame Whore was simply brilliant. Moritsugu is s singular talent.

I think the Cinematographe that’s due on Black Friday is bound to Minnie & Moskowitz not only because one of the hints specifically because it’s been established it’s now the oldest film in the lineup (Thieves Like Us was from ‘74) but the newsletter taunts a long-lost director’s cut of the film (Cassevetes’ cut had an opening scene removed which never appeared in a DVD release). So I think M&M is in the bag.

TechnicolorAcid wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2024 8:57 pm I think the Cinematographe that’s due on Black Friday is bound to Minnie & Moskowitz not only because one of the hints specifically because it’s been established it’s now the oldest film in the lineup (Thieves Like Us was from ‘74) but the newsletter taunts a long-lost director’s cut of the film (Cassevetes’ cut had an opening scene removed which never appeared in a DVD release). So I think M&M is in the bag.

Universal supposedly recut it in violation of the Final Cut contract Cassavetes received. I truly hope you’re right

Chelsea Girls?

Several options for secret titles

1. The Keep and The Prophecy (1979) (+ unrated)
2. Jade (+ unrated) and Return to Horror High