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‘Lost Highway’ 4K Restoration Trailer: David Lynch’s Surreal Mindbender Is Getting A Re-Release On June 24

June 6, 2022 2:39 pm

David Lynch is a unique filmmaker, even when you talk about him as a person. (This is the same guy who did weather reports for days on YouTube during COVID.) But even as a filmmaker, he’s an artist who creates...

‘Chess Of The Wind’ Exclusive Trailer: Long Lost Iranian Classic Gets A 4K Restoration & Theatrical Release This Month

Charles Barfield

October 7, 2021 11:00 am

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Every so often, a film truly becomes banned, typically due to content that is so violent and/or sexual that censors are scared to allow the film to be shown to the public. Back in the late-‘70s, Iran banned th...

‘Cure’ 4K Restoration Trailer: Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Spellbinding, Grisly Crime Classic Is Coming Back To Theaters

Rodrigo Perez

September 22, 2021 5:35 pm

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While he doesn’t quite get his due these days, Martin Scorsese once called Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa (no relation to Akira Kurosawa) “a major filmmaker…an absolute master of light, framing, and pacing...

‘Working Girls’ Trailer: Lizzie Borden’s Groundbreaking Sex Workers Film Is Coming Back To Theaters

Valerie Thompson

June 4, 2021 8:59 am

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Lizzie Borden’s groundbreaking film “Working Girls” is coming back to theaters. The project, detailing the lives of sex workers, approaches the topic with a seldom-seen motivation towards removing stigmas. It ...

‘The Story Of A Three-Day Pass’ Trailer: Melvin Van Peebles Underseen Debut Gets The Restoration Treatment [Exclusive]

Charles Barfield

April 22, 2021 10:30 am

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Melvin Van Peebles is someone that revolutionized Black cinema. But when people think of his early work, many people just talk about “Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song.” That’s understandable, as that film is ...

‘Tales Of The Four Seasons’ Trailer: Éric Rohmer’s Quartet Of Features Returns With New Restorations

Charles Barfield

March 10, 2021 1:18 pm

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If you’re a fan of what is referred to as the French New Wave, then you’re likely familiar with the works of Éric Rohmer. Breaking out in the late-‘60s with his Academy Award-nominated feature, “My Night at Ma...

‘Mirror’ Trailer: Andrei Tarkovsky’s Influential Film Has A New 2K Restoration Coming Later This Month

Charles Barfield

January 22, 2021 3:02 pm

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In the realm of cinema, there are few filmmakers that rival the influence and power of Andrei Tarkovsky. Thousands of pieces have been written about his effect on the medium, and thanks to the release of new 2...

‘Mandabi’ Exclusive Trailer: Ousmane Sembène’s Groundbreaking Satire Has A New 4K Restoration

Charles Barfield

January 7, 2021 11:03 am

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With the film industry continuing to delay films and hold onto titles well into 2021, just like last year, now’s the perfect time to catch up with classic features that you might not have been able to see befo...

‘Flowers of Shanghai’: Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s Masterpiece Gets A 4K Restoration Trailer

Rodrigo Perez

November 20, 2020 9:06 am

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Taiwanese filmmaker Hou Hsiao-hsien is arguably one of the greatest filmmakers in the world (he was voted "Director of the Decade" for the 1990s in a poll of American and international critics by The Village V...

‘In The Mood For Love’ Trailer: Wong Kar Wai’s Touring 4K Restoration Retrospective Arrives In December

Rodrigo Perez

September 16, 2020 10:14 am

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"The director that shakes me and moves me most is Wong Kar-wai. He is one of the guys who has been revolutionizing the way the cinema is telling stories."- Alejandro González Iñárritu Back in early summer 2...

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