Independent film distributor Kino Lorber has issued its Blu-ray slate for December 2012. Releases are arranged through Kino Classics and Kino Lorber. Kino Lorber will release films by Josef von Sternberg, Mario Bava, Buster Keaton, and Daniel Auteuil.
Kino Classics:
- December 11 - The Ultimate Buster Keaton Collection. This 15-disc Blu-ray set includes the "Ultimate Edition" releases of Buster Keaton: Short Films Collection: 1920-1923, The Saphead (1920), Our Hospitality (1923), Sherlock Jr./Three Ages (1923/1924),
The Navigator (1924), Seven Chances (1925), Go West/Battling Butler (1925/1926), The General (1926), College (1927) (exclusive to the box set until 2013), Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928), and Lost Keaton (1934-1937))
Kino Lorber:
Note: On December 4th, Kino Lorber will also release on DVD
Alps (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2012) and
Pablo Larrain: Director's Set (2-DVD set includes
Tony Manero and
Post Mortem(2012)). On December 18th, it will release
Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet (Jesse Vile, 2012), while on December 31 it will release
Puttin's Kiss (Lise Birk Pedersen, 2012). The distributor's new Artsploitation label is also releasing
Gandu (Kaushik Mukherjee, 2011) on December 11th.