Kino Lorber Studio Classics

[domino harvey]

There were people on the Blu-Ray forum who got ~60 discs shipped individually and arrived on the same day! Apparently there was an issue with their fulfillment department and KLSC is aware

[therewillbeblus]

That’s nuts, and surely frustrating for KL considering how rigid they are about shipping items together. My spring order was delayed months because one title was unexpectedly backordered without their awareness, and there was zero room for even an informal ‘our bad’ flexibility on shipping

[domino harvey]

If anyone's looking for some last minute fillers for free shipping, I can heartily recommend a few new to me sale titles that I greatly enjoyed:

Rio is a film I only learned about from a book on overlooked noir, where it was cited as the best of the early precursors to noir. I went ahead and blind bought this one since the copy on backchannels was unwatchable and I did not regret it. The film is a fascinating amalgam of a few different "types" of Hollywood output that are not generally overlapping-- the film starts as a waggish Lubitsch-type celebration of a scoundrel, moves onto being an overstuffed with plot yet short on running time Hollywood film from the mid 30s, and then ends squarely in noir conventions, years before these were solidified. Ignore the Letterboxd reviews from idiots who just watched this because they know Basil Rathbone from movies far different then this-- though, to be fair, there are few films quite like this, period!

Apache and Attack, two from Aldrich and easily among the best I've seen from him. Indeed, Attack is a masterpiece, one of the best war films I've ever seen that out-Fullers Fuller with its perverse revenge tale straight out of the military-wing of EC Comics. One of the most exciting and purely entertaining films I've seen in some time, this stars Jack Palance out for revenge against his cowardly commanding officer Eddie Albert after he repeatedly fails to properly back up his men in battle. That sounds great already, but the film is grimmer and cleverer in execution than you might expect, and far more surprising in how it comes right up to the edge of the Code and ultimately shows how any good that ever came out of it long since lost any meaning (and Aldrich does his best to make the ending morality as ambiguous as a studio would ever allow). Apache is likewise better than "Burt Lancaster playing an Apache warrior" sounds, in part because it too leans into the gritty and unlikable character beats that a lesser film would ignore. It's an immensely satisfying Western, and I doubt any other boutique label would ever touch it

[dwk]

WSL FINAL CHANCE:
The following 60 titles will be removed by Monday afternoon:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Bat 21
Big Trouble
Blame it on the Bellboy
Color of Night
Country
The Crew
Day of the Outlaw
The Doctor
Father Hood
Fire Birds
Force 10 from Navarone
The Ghost of Sierra De Cobre
The Good Mother
Green Card
The Gun Runners
Gun Shy
High-Ballin’
Hope Springs
The House That Would Not Die
The Inkwell
Jefferson in Paris
Kidnapped
Konga
Ladybug Ladybug
Life with Mikey
Lord Love a Duck
Love Among the Ruins
Mad Love
The Magic Sword
Mamie Van Doren Noir Collection
The Minion
Mr. Destiny
My Boyfriend’s Back
My Gun is Quick
New Port South
Ordeal by Innocence
Pray for the Wildcats
The Puppet Masters
Return from the Ashes
Return to Macon County
Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills
Scream and Scream Again
Semi-Tough
A Stranger Among Us
Street People
Summer Lovers
Superdome
Taking Care of Business
Ten Little Indians
A Thousand Acres
A Thousand Clowns
Time Limit
The Trip to Bountiful
Untamed Heart
Veronica Guerin
Von Richthofen and Brown
Washington Square
The Whisperers
The Whistle Blower

[captveg]

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

Day of the Outlaw (1959)
The Inkwell (1994)

(These were part of the list of 60 going OOP by Monday anyway)

[beamish14]

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

Day of the Outlaw (1959)
The Inkwell (1994)

(These were part of the list of 60 going OOP by Monday anyway)

No surprise, as The Inkwell is Touchstone/Disney

[Matt]

Let me make a last-minute plug for The Whisperers, an underrated British kitchen sink drama by Bryan Forbes with an excellent performance by Dame Edith Evans and a score by John Barry. It’s $8.99 and seems unlikely to be released again by any other label (though it would be a comfortable fit in Indicator’s lineup).

[dwk]

This weekend's KLSC announcement are:
Frances (1982) Blu-ray
Changing Lanes (2002) UHD

[dwk]

According to the Kino Insider the new StudioCanal deal includes some titles previously licensed to Shout/Scream Factory and consists of:

68 renewals, including many on 4K

36 (potentially 39) new films, including many on 4K

As for Lionsgate

The replacement title for the LG deal most likely be reacquiring Bug (2006). The title we dropped was unreleased horror film previously released by Artisan on DVD. The film elements are either lost or were accidentally damaged beyond repair.

[captveg]

In addition to the 60 titles announced before the weekend that went away today -

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

That'll Be the Day (1973)

[captveg]

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

Broken Arrow (1950)
The Master - The Complete Series (1984)

[captveg]

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

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)
Chandu the Magician (1932)
Clockwise (1986)

[domino harvey]

There were people on the Blu-Ray forum who got ~60 discs shipped individually and arrived on the same day! Apparently there was an issue with their fulfillment department and KLSC is aware

My last order arrived via UPS instead of the USPS-fulfilled UPS service and all in one box (which is good, because it took almost two weeks for them to even ship it), so this isn't still happening, in case anyone was worried

[domino harvey]

The sale has been extended to the 22nd

[ChunkyLover]

As per the other forum, the 4K UHDs of "A Fistful of Dynamite" and "Charley Varrick" have been cancelled. The latter was stated to be because of a "legal" issue.

[FrauBlucher]

Coming Soon on Blu-ray!

Gas-Oil (1955) aka Hi-Jack Highway
Starring Jean Gabin | Jeanne Moreau | Marcel Bozzuffi
Shot by Pierre Montazel (Razzia sur la chnouf)
Screenplay by Michel Audiard (Any Number Can Win)
Directed by Gilles Grangier (Speaking of Murder)

[domino harvey]

Coming Soon on Blu-ray!

Gas-Oil (1955) aka Hi-Jack Highway
Starring Jean Gabin | Jeanne Moreau | Marcel Bozzuffi
Shot by Pierre Montazel (Razzia sur la chnouf)
Screenplay by Michel Audiard (Any Number Can Win)
Directed by Gilles Grangier (Speaking of Murder)

Watched this today and enjoyed it as much as the other Graingers I’ve seen (ie not much). Zero suspense or dramatic tension, and a typical sleepwalking Gabin perf

[tenia]

Typically one of those "legendary" movies everybody in France was telling me "finally it's getting a release !" and I'm still wondering what was supposed to be the fuss about.

[FrauBlucher]

Coming Soon on Blu-ray!

Aces High (1976)
Starring Malcolm McDowell, Christopher Plummer, Peter Firth, John Gielgud, Trevor Howard, Ray Milland, Richard Johnson & Simon Ward
Shot by Gerry Fisher (Juggernaut)
Directed by Jack Gold (The Medusa Touch)

[FrauBlucher]

Coming Soon on 4KHUD and Blu-ray!

Rampage (1987) Starring Michael Biehn, Alex McArthur & Nicholas Campbell – Shot by Robert D. Yeoman (The Grand Budapest Hotel) – Music by Ennio Morricone (The Thing) – Written, Produced & Directed by William Friedkin (The Exorcist, Sorcerer).

[Big Ben]

Coming Soon on 4KHUD and Blu-ray!

Rampage (1987) Starring Michael Biehn, Alex McArthur & Nicholas Campbell – Shot by Robert D. Yeoman (The Grand Budapest Hotel) – Music by Ennio Morricone (The Thing) – Written, Produced & Directed by William Friedkin (The Exorcist, Sorcerer).

Hopefully both cuts will be included. I've wanted to see this for years!

[beamish14]

Coming Soon on 4KHUD and Blu-ray!

Rampage (1987) Starring Michael Biehn, Alex McArthur & Nicholas Campbell – Shot by Robert D. Yeoman (The Grand Budapest Hotel) – Music by Ennio Morricone (The Thing) – Written, Produced & Directed by William Friedkin (The Exorcist, Sorcerer).

Hopefully both cuts will be included. I've wanted to see this for years!

The original 1987 version is from De Laurentiis/MGM, while the 1992 one was Miramax/Paramount, so who knows. I’m fine with just the 1987 version. It’s an incredibly depressing film

[dwk]

The UHDs of A Fisftful of Dynamite and Charley Varrick have been cancelled

I'm very sorry to report, but the 4K releases of A FISTFUL OF DYNAMITE (DUCK, YOU SUCKER) and CHARLEY VARRICK are now cancelled.

Due to different reasons, the latter being a legal one.

[tenia]

Looks like Duck You Suckee is another case of a UHD being announced before KL realise what it means they need to do (and pay for) technically.

[yoloswegmaster]

Insider has confirmed that the release of Bug has been uncancelled.