Re: Kino Lorber Studio Classics
Posted: Sun May 24, 2026 10:49 pm
So that makes, what, three Stewart Raffill movies on 4K? He’s doing better than some other directors who actually, you know, have talent.
The bad stuff is also taken by the other labels. This is a new dimension.
If you’re talking about Blu-ray.com it’s quite the opposite response to this announcement. Which is not surprising to meryannichols7 wrote: Sun May 24, 2026 10:29 pm 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
and not even his best ones, Standing Ovation and Passenger 57 (albeit as a writer only on the latter)CSM126 wrote: Sun May 24, 2026 10:49 pm So that makes, what, three Stewart Raffill movies on 4K? He’s doing better than some other directors who actually, you know, have talent.
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)
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).
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).
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.domino harvey wrote: Sat Jul 04, 2026 8:36 pm 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?
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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).
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?dwk wrote: Sun Jun 08, 2025 3:12 pmComing 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)
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)
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#54 The Clown Murders 4KUHD
Well, I thought this was terrific. On paper this sounds conventional but in practice it’s quite an intriguing crime film that avoids easy characterization. Certainly as far as Belmondo action films go it’s top tier. I’ve seen a few of Enrico’s other works and didn’t like them much but there’s an impressive controlled style at work here and Belmondo’s character is hard to pin down in a way that indicates intentional choices on the part of the filmmakers and not just poor or ill-considered scripting. This is a good one, grab it in the KLSC sale!yoloswegmaster wrote: Fri Dec 29, 2023 4:20 pmComing Soon on Blu-ray!
Ho! (1968)
Starring Jean-Paul Belmondo
Shot by Jean Boffety (Thieves Like Us)
Based on a Novel by Jose Giovanni (Classe Tous Risques)
Directed by Robert Enrico (The Old Gun)
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The Silent One (1973) Le Silencieux
Lino Ventura | Leo Genn | Suzanne Flon | Robert Hardy | Lea Massari
Shot by Jean Collomb (The Crook, The French Detective)
Directed by Claude Pinoteau (La 7ème cible)
domino harvey wrote: Mon Apr 11, 2022 6:19 pm Caught up with Le silencieux (Claude Pinoteau 1973) and found the Lino Ventura-starrer a better than average French 70s conspiracy thriller mixed with cold war spy intrigue of John le Carré. While I also enjoyed Leo Genn's comic performance early on in the film (and what good fortune he had to be one of the few veterans of studio era Hollywood to latch onto a good movie in this period), the best thing about this once it gets going is it sets up a really amusing and clever set piece near the end that I hadn't quite seen before:This is not a particularly remarkable film apart from these two elements (the New Yorker pull-quote on the poster announcing that "Hitchcock himself is finally rivaled" is, uh, a take), but I appreciated their presence!Spoiler
Ventura waits until the two Russian spies doubling as a conductor and lead violinist begin recording an hour long live radio concert, makes an appearance in the glass recording booth to spook them, and then goes to their hotel room to ransack it, confident that they can't leave without arousing suspicion!
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The Dream Team (1989) Starring Michael Keaton, Christopher Lloyd, Peter Boyle, Stephen Furst, Dennis Boutsikaris, Lorraine Bracco, Michael O’Shea, Philip Bosco & James Remar – Shot by Adam Holender (Midnight Cowboy) – Directed by Howard Zieff (Slither, House Calls, Private Benjamin, Unfaithfully Yours, My Girl).