Description: Race car driver Jimmy Clayton is having mind-shattering visions. Over and over, he sees young women ruthlessly murdered. He tries to go to the police as a witness to the latest murder, but they think he's crazy. An investigative reporter catches wind of of Jimmy's tale and tries to help him put the blood-soaked pieces together. But when Jimmy's little sister appears in one of his visions, Jimmy's world comes violently crashing down.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Feature commentary with Actor Ted Prior, Cinematographer Andrew Parke, and Editor Tony Malanowski
Description: Los Angeles painter Arthur Blue (Peter Coyote, E.T. and Bitter Moon) and businessman Eli Kahn (Nick Mancuso, Ticket to Heaven and Nightwing) are the best of friends, commiserating and competing always, whether on the racquetball court or in the singles bar. When Blue's long-term girlfriend Cyd (Kathryn Harrold, Modern Romance and The Sender) leaves him for a more successful artist (Barney Miller's Max Gail) and Eli's father (George Morfogen, They All Laughed and V) passes away, they each fall for a beguiling French art gallery manager (Carole Laure, Sweet Movie and Get Out Your Handkerchiefs), and their fragmented bromance enters crisis mode. The late Carol Wayne (The Tonight Show and Surf II) co-stars and leaves a lasting impression as Blue's sad artistic muse and sometime lover.
Filmmaker Bobby Roth (The Boss' Son and Circle of Power/Brainwash) based his screenplay on his experiences growing up and working in Los Angeles, and the film reflects his insider's view of the city and deep personal connection to the characters. Although filmed in Hollywood, Heartbreakers refreshingly and effectively evokes the mood of European relationship dramas. To this end, the film employs two of Germany's most revered exports to world cinema: director of photography Michael Ballhaus (the longtime cinematographer for Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Martin Scorsese) and pioneering electronic musicians Tangerine Dream (Sorcerer, Thief and Risky Business), who contribute one of their most emotional and evocative scores. Out of print on home video since the tape era, this critically-acclaimed festival favorite has been restored in 2K from its original 35mm interpositive and is poised to wow and surprise audiences anew.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
NEW 2K RESTORATION FROM AN INTERPOSITIVE
Newly recorded audio commentary by filmmaker Chris O'Neill and Bill Ackerman of the Supporting Characters podcast
"Pieces of My Life" - a newly filmed video interview with director Bobby Roth
"Mr. Amour and the Outsider" - a newly filmed video interview with stars Peter Coyote and Nick Mancuso
Video introduction by director Bobby Roth
Image Gallery
Isolated music track
English SDH subtitles
Booklet with new essays by Richard Harland Smith and Margaret Barton-Fumo
Description: Based on the Finnish national epic "Kalevala," director Aleksandr Ptushko's ravishing, mystical fantasy tells the story of a sinister witch Louhi (Anna Orochko) who covets the Sampo, a magical, rainbow-colored mill that can produce endless salt, grain, and gold. When the hero Lemminkäinen (Andris Oshin) attempts to stop her, Louhi steals the sun, plunging the world into eternal darkness. A Finnish/Soviet co-production and shot like its predecessor ILYA MUROMETS in gorgeous CinemaScope, SAMPO features some of Ptushko's most surreal and fantastical imagery: a glowing red horse plowing a field of vipers; a boat of fire with a stag's head; a weeping mother literally walking across the sea to find her lost son. With its witch's incantations and repeated scenes of forging magical items – "Give me fire for the furnace from the nave of the sky!" – there is a Macbeth-like occult force to the film as well, underscored by the raging blue-gray seas and rock-strewn landscapes.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
EXCLUSIVE NEW 4K RESTORATION BY KAVI (THE FINNISH FILM INSTITUTE)
Description: On May 31,1986, John Heyn and Jeff Krulik filmed Judas Priest fans in a concert arena parking lot in suburban Maryland. Thirty years later, Heavy Metal Parking Lot is hailed as one the greatest rock documentaries ever. It's a definitive cultural touchstone for the 1980s metal scene: spandex, big hair, denim, mullets, muscle cars, and beer. Heavy Metal Parking Lot launched a parking lot genre that continues to resonate today with sequels, screenings, concerts, a reality-TV series, and fan-generated films and art inspired by the 1986 original. Welcome to the World of Heavy Metal Parking Lot. Hell Yeah!
This deluxe, limited edition, two-disc set includes Heavy Metal Parking Lot alongside related films Heavy Metal Picnic, Heavy Metal Basement, Neil Diamond Parking Lot and hours of supplements in addition to an assortment of other features from co-director Jeff Krulik.
DISC ONE - CONTENT:
Heavy Metal Parking Lot
Heavy Metal Basement
Heavy Metal Picnic
Neil Diamond Parking Lot
Harry Potter Parking Lot
Special Features:
HMPL Exhibit Opening 2016 30 Year Journey of a Cult Film Sensation
Description: A gothic horror gem from New Zealand returns in a brand new 4K restoration! From the twisted mind of Garth Maxwell comes the tale of separated twins Jack (Alexis Arquette) and Dora (Sarah Smuts-Kennedy), abandoned by their parents as children and separated by adoption. Jack ends up with a sadistic family who bullies and controls him whereas Dora is raised by a quite normal family, but starts being tortured by extra-sensory powers. Both twins feel the pull to find each other again as they grow older, but violence threatens their joining from all sides.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
BRAND NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
Interview with Director Garth Maxwell & Film Critic Dominic Corry
Director Garth Maxwell Talks About His Childhood, Inspirations, and Filmmaking
Short Films:
Beyond Gravity (50 Minutes - New 2K Restoration)
Naughty Little Peeptoe (35 Minutes)
Audio Commentary w/Cast & Crew
Photo Gallery
Original Trailer
Other Trailers
English SDH subtitles and Spanish subtitles
REGION-FREE
FROM PARTNER LABEL CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL PICTURES:
Description: Haunted by memories of a recent affair, securities advisor Robert Harrison (The Andromeda Strain's Arthur Hill) feels a growing sense of alienation from his wife Myrna (Last Night's Charmion King) and their sons Michael (John Kastner) and Guy (Jon Michaelson). As Michael embraces radical politics and Guy becomes dangerously isolated from his peers, Robert remains largely oblivious, distracted by visions of his recent mistress (Point Blank's Sharon Acker) and other infidelities. As confidence in Robert fades, the family spirals out of control, which paves the way for a shocking, perception-shifting discovery.
The first Canadian film to compete for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, this remarkable feature directorial debut from George Kaczender (In Praise of Older Women, Agency) builds on the experiments of Michelangelo Antonioni and Alain Resnais to deliver an impressively modern, unsentimental look at family dysfunction and midlife malaise. The only original screenplay by celebrated novelist Timothy Findley (The Wars), Don't Let the Angels Fall taps into the existential currents of '60s literary icons John Updike (Rabbit, Run) and John Cheever (The Swimmer) to deliver a haunting, evocative, occasionally psychedelic experience.
CIP is proud to present this overlooked Canadian classic in a special edition featuring over two hours of equally assured Kaczender shorts, including the Michael Sarrazin (They Shoot Horses, Don't They?) delinquent gem, You're No Good.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
EXCLUSIVE NEW 2K RESTORATION FROM A 35MM INTERPOSITIVE
Audio commentary featuring actor Jon Michaelson
Five short films directed by George Kaczender:
Ballerina (1964, 28 min.)
Phoebe (1964, 28 min.)
You're No Good (1965, 28 min.)
Little White Crimes (1966, 28 min.)
The Game (1968, 28 min.)
Impressions of Expo 67 (1967, 8 min.)
Bonus short: Toys (1967, 8 min.)
Booklet featuring a new essay by Sherrill Grace, author of Tiff: A Life of Timothy Findley
Description: Actors Béatrice Dalle and Charlotte Gainsbourg are on a film set telling stories about past productions and burning witches at the stake, meanwhile technical problems, ego, and psychotic outbreaks gradually plunge the shoot into chaos.
DISC ONE
Introduction of Lux Aeterna by Gaspar Noé
Audio commentary by writer/director Gaspar Noé and actress Béatrice Dalle
Lux in Tenebris - Behind the scenes photos from the set by Tom Kan
Lux in Praticus: Interview with cast member Karl Glusman
Split screen video essay by chris O'Neil
Original trailers:
French trailer
English trailer
English and English SDH subtitles
Lossless DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and PCM 2.0 stereo soundtracks
DISC TWO
Short films that inspired Lux Aeterna:
Ray Gun virus by Paul Sharits (14 min)
The Flicker by Tony Conrad (30 min)
La Ricotta by Pier Pasolini (40 min)
Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome by Keneth Anger (38 min)
Description: There is a place. A place where the skies are wide and the forests are thick and strange. You can lose yourself forever in these woods. You'll meet truckers with problems and old women with strange powers. You may even make a furry friend. Just be sure to stay quiet. Spend some time with a woman from Oregon who is lost on the road and running away from her past. Now she has a chance to experience everything the grotesque Northwest has to offer, whether she likes it or not.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Audio Commentary with Calvin Lee Reeder and Todd Rohal (director of Uncle Kent 2)
Short Films:
Little Farm
The Snake Mountain Colada
The Bulb
The Procedure
The Procedure 2
Behind the Scenes of The Oregonian
Trailers for The Oregonian and The Rambler
20-Page Booklet with essays by David Lowery, Craig Zobel, Nicholas McCarthy, Mike Plante, David Zellner, Lindsay Pulsipher and Calvin Lee Reeder
English SDH subtitles
REGION-FREE
FROM PARTNER LABEL AMERICAN GENRE FILM ARCHIVE (AGFA):
Description: Made by one-and-done filmmakers in the shadows of Tampa, SATAN'S CHILDREN feels like an Afterschool Special from depths of hell . . . literally. Bobby is a troubled teen with problems. After deflecting his father's insults and his stepsister's come-ons, Bobby unknowingly ends up at a gay bar. Before long, he's assaulted by four guys in the back seat of a car. With nowhere else to turn, Bobby joins a cult of Satanists to enact his murderous revenge. A truly deranged gut-punch, this is a gritty and baffling horror experience that could have only happened in Florida. AGFA + Something Weird are thrilled to present a 2K preservation of SATAN'S CHILDREN from the only known 35mm theatrical print in existence.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
2K PRESERVATION from the only known 35mm theatrical print in existence
Audio Commentary with queer film historian Elizabeth Purchell and AGFA's Bret Berg
Cast and crew reunion Q&A
Bonus TV special: THE WEIRD WORLD OF WEIRD, transferred from the original Something Weird S-VHS master
Description: After witnessing the murder of his children at the hands of an unhinged serial killer, criminal psychologist Gregory Burroughs (Mark Brazeale) becomes consumed with an unquenchable thirst for revenge. While tracking the killers' gruesome trail of carnage, he uncovers a violent underworld inhabited by a mysterious sect of cold blooded assassins. His journey culminates with an unforgettable climax of vengeance; an explosion of edge-of-your-seat suspense, unexpected plot twists, and a high caliber hail of bullets and bloodshed.
Following on the heels of Sinistre, Missouri based, underground auteur Ronnie Sortor returned with his sophomore, SOV offering Ravage; an innovative new vision that again highlighted his trademark mix of kinetic action and gritty regional horror. An astounding cornucopia of jaw-dropping action stunts and set pieces, exploding squibs and pyrotechnics, Hong Kong inspired gunplay, and practical, eye-gouging gore FX, Ravage remains a fortified micro-budget classic that continues to dazzle adventurous fans and critics alike.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
NEWLY RESTORED DIRECTOR'S FINAL CUT (87 MIN)
Audio commentary with director / editor Ronnie Sortor
Audio commentary with writer / producer Bryon Blakey and director Ronnie Sortor
Original 1997 version (83 min.) featuring a new optional retrospective commentary with director Ronnie Sortor
Archival cast commentary with director Ronnie Sortor and actors Dan Rowland, Frank Alexander, Mike Smith, & Todd Reynolds
"The Year of Ravage" -a feature length documentary chronicling the production of Ravage (100 min)
Description: 24-year-old Yoshika (Mayu Matsuoka, SHOPLIFTERS) works in the accounting department of a large corporation. Socially awkward and somewhat of an outcast, she enjoys conversations with random strangers and civil servants, staying up late to look up extinct animals on Wikipedia, and daydreaming about "Ichi" (the "One") – a high school classmate who remains to this day, her one and only love. That is, until "Ni" ("Two"), a clumsy colleague, bursts her fabulous bubble.
Adapted from Risa Wataya's beloved novel, and winner of the Audience Award at the 2017 Tokyo International Film Festival, Akiko Ohku's TREMBLE ALL YOU WANT is a magnificent subversion of the romantic comedy. Ohku – one of Japan's foremost directors working in the genre – crafts a remarkable character-driven film, unafraid to blend comedy and tragedy (and dash of the musical!) to best explore issues of mental health as pertaining to the heart; playing skillfully and poignantly with notions of loneliness, bias, perspective, mood, and the occasional, self-damaging delusion.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
High Definition Presentation
Making Tremble All You Want: an Interview With Director Akiko Ohku (12min, 2022)
On the Fashion in Tremble All You Want: an Interview With Director Akiko Ohku and Costume Designer Mari Miyamoto (13mins, 2022)
On the Music in Tremble All You Want: an Interview With Director Akiko Ohku and Music Supervisor Masaki Takano (13min, 2022)
Description: Maya Vitkova's stunning debut feature Viktoria follows three generations of women in the final years of the People's Republic of Bulgaria and the early years of the new government, focusing on reluctant mother Boryana and her daughter, Viktoria, who in one of the film's surreal, magical touches is born without an umbilical cord. Though unwanted by her mother, Viktoria is named the country's Baby of the Decade, and is showered with gifts and attention until the disintegration of the East Bloc. Despite throwing their worlds off balance, the resulting political changes also allow for the possibility of reconciliation. Viktoria is both personal and universal, demonstrating a precocious command of all elements of the filmmaking process—most notably, the film's visual sensibility and its command of a range of shifting tones, from absurdist humor to political allegory to deeply moving familial drama.
Description: Alone in her attic bedroom, teenager Casey becomes immersed in an online role-playing horror game, wherein she begins to document the changes that may or may not be happening to her.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Audio Commentary with Director Jane Schoenbrun and Star Anna Cobb
Jane Schoenbrun in Conversation with Dr. Eliza Steinbock moderated by and Chloé Galibert-Laîné
Fantasia Fest Q&A with Jane Schoenbrun moderated by Ariel Esteben Cayer
Casey Walking Tour
Casey Coming Home
Extended Ending Sequence
Official trailer
Booklet with Interview from Juan Barquin and Jane Schoenbrun