Strand Releasing“Beautiful, hypnotic, mysterious and elliptical” – Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
Zama, an officer of the Spanish Crown born in South America, waits for a letter from the King granting him a transfer from the town in which he is stagnating, to a better place. His situation is delicate. He must ensure that nothing overshadows his transfer. He is forced to accept submissively every task entrusted to him by successive Governors who come and go as he stays behind. The years go by and the letter from the King never arrives. When Zama notices everything is lost, he joins a party of soldiers that go after a dangerous bandit.
Zama - Official US Trailer HDStrand Releasing2018-03-02 | “Beautiful, hypnotic, mysterious and elliptical” – Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
Zama, an officer of the Spanish Crown born in South America, waits for a letter from the King granting him a transfer from the town in which he is stagnating, to a better place. His situation is delicate. He must ensure that nothing overshadows his transfer. He is forced to accept submissively every task entrusted to him by successive Governors who come and go as he stays behind. The years go by and the letter from the King never arrives. When Zama notices everything is lost, he joins a party of soldiers that go after a dangerous bandit.
During their final weekend together, two best friends test the limits of their friendship while making a double-meta film.
Ryan and Daniel, two childhood best friends and aspiring actors, spend one final weekend together before Ryan moves to Canada with his fiancé. Wanting to create one lasting memory, they decide to make a movie... about two guys making a movie. about two guys making a movie. Along the way, bottled-up secrets arise as they unpack their decades-long friendship and put their extremely unique dynamic to the test. With a combined 3.5MM+ social followers, this extremely unique cast pioneers the first ever meta-Asian-stoner-bromantic-coming- of-age dramedy, which explores the intricacies of male friendship through the unique dynamic between an Asian-American straight and gay best friend.
#extremelyuniquedynamic #ivanleung #harrisonxu #katherinedudas #strandreleasing #indiefilm #comedy #comingofagefilmHigh Tide | Official US Trailer | Strand ReleasingStrand Releasing2024-09-10 | From Writer/Director Marco Calvani and starring Marco Pigossi, James Bland, with Marisa Tomei, and Bill Irwin. High Tide –
Officially opening on Friday, October 18th in New York City and expanding to Los Angeles on Friday, October 25th and select cities in November.
Lourenço (Marco Pigossi), a Brazilian immigrant whose visa is nearing the end, finds himself heartbroken and adrift when his American boyfriend unexpectedly leaves him alone in Provincetown with fleeting promises of his return. Enveloped by the beauty and magic of the seaside community, he grows distressed by the day as his once hopeful future has dimmed into an emotional and physical state of limbo. When he meets Maurice (James Bland), a kind nurse on holiday with friends who too feels out of place, they form an unexpected connection. Together, they begin to find acceptance with each other while they struggle to reconcile their uncertain futures.
#HighTideTheFilm #MarcoCalvani #MarcoPigossi #StrandReleasing #LDEntertainment #JamesBland #MarisaTomei #BillIrwin #MyaTaylor #Provincetown #IndieFilm #QueerCinemaAll Shall Be Well | Official US Trailer | Strand ReleasingStrand Releasing2024-08-12 | From Writer & Director Ray Yeung. All Shall Be Well - In Theaters now! Please check local listings.
Angie and Pat are a couple living in Hong Kong who have been together for over four decades. After Pat's unexpected death, Angie finds herself at the mercy of her extended family as she struggles to retain both her dignity and the home that they shared for over thirty years.
#allshallbewell #rayyeung #strandreleasing #indiefilmTotally F***ed Up | Official Trailer HD | Strand ReleasingStrand Releasing2024-07-25 | First of the Teen Apocalypse Trilogy, Writer and Director Gregg Araki's TOTALLY F***ED UP. Releasing for Video on Demand on Friday, September 13th.
A delirious mix of punk nihilism and deadpan irony, the first film in Gregg Araki’s Teen Apocalypse Trilogy puts an audaciously queer spin on Jean-Luc Godard’s classic Masculin féminin. Across fifteen jagged episodes, Totally F***ed Up plunges headlong into the lives of a group of queer, disaffected Los Angeles teenagers who form a kind of makeshift family as they navigate desire and heartbreak, societal and familial rejection, and the alienation of growing up gay in an era of relentless moralizing. Both a defiantly raw anthem of outsiderhood and a furious reckoning with all-American homophobia, Araki’s answer to the 1980s teen comedy captures youthful angst with an immediacy that still bruises.
#tfu #totallyfuckedup #greggaraki #strandreleasing #indiefilm #queercinema #teenapocalypsetrilogyIll Be Your Mirror | Official Trailer HD | Strand ReleasingStrand Releasing2024-07-15 | The new film from Writer and Director Bradley Rust Gray. I'LL BE YOUR MIRROR - Officially opening in New York City on Friday, August 23rd at IFC Center. Releasing in Los Angeles on Friday, August 30th at Laemmle Glendale. Other cities to follow. Please check local listings.
Chloe (Carla Juri of WETLANDS and BLADERUNNER 2049) travels to Japan for work where she is welcomed by an old friend, Toshi (Takashi Ueno). Sliding between the melancholy of loss of her husband and the awe of perspectives changed, Chloe wanders an unfamiliar landscape. I’LL BE YOUR MIRROR explores grief and the road to emotional recovery. With a fresh rhythm, and unforgettably rich performances, this subtle study captures the vibrancy of healing. Writer-director-producer Bradley Rust Grey (THE EXPLODING GIRL) observes the resilience of life and love. Also starring Issey Ogata (TONY TAKITANI).
#illbeyourmirror #carlajuri #takashiueno #bradleyrustgray #strandreleasing #indiefilmAll Shall Be Well | Official HD Trailer | Strand ReleasingStrand Releasing2024-07-02 | From Writer & Director Ray Yeung. All Shall Be Well - COMING SOON.
Angie and Pat are a couple living in Hong Kong who have been together for over four decades. After Pat's unexpected death, Angie finds herself at the mercy of her extended family as she struggles to retain both her dignity and the home that they shared for over thirty years. #allshallbewell #rayyeung #strandreleasing
Follow Us on Social Media: Like on Facebook: bit.ly/FBStrandReleasing Follow on Instagram: bit.ly/InstaStrandReleasing Follow on Twitter: bit.ly/TweetStrandReleasingRhinegold | Official Trailer HD | Strand ReleasingStrand Releasing2024-06-26 | The new film from Director Fatih Akin, written by Fatih Akin & Giwar Hajabi (Xatar). RHINEGOLD Officially opening in Los Angles and New York City on Friday July 26th. Los Angeles will open at the Laemmle NoHo 7. New York City opening at IFC Center. Please check local listings for showtimes.
Xatar’s path from the ghetto to the top of the music charts is a dramatic adventure story. From the hell of an Iraqi prison, Giwar Hajabi came to Germany as a young boy with his family in the mid-1980s and landed at the very bottom. There were opportunities, but many more stumbling blocks. In no time, he went from a petty criminal to a big-time dealer. Until a shipment goes missing. To settle his debts with the cartel, Giwar plans a legendary gold heist.
#Rhinegold #Xatar #FatihAkin #EmilioSakraya #giwarhajabi #StrandReleasing #internationalcinemaWhen the Rain Falls | Official HD Trailer | Strand ReleasingStrand Releasing2024-06-10 | From Director Shûsuke Kaneko and Number 3 in the Roman Porno NOW Series - WHEN THE RAIN FALLS. Coming soon to Video On Demand on Friday, August 2nd.
Hazuki (Kazuha Komiya), who has been timid about love due to past trauma, secretly harbors feelings for her boss, Shiori (Kazumi), whom she admires. On the other hand, the dignified Shiori is also troubled by her relationship with her husband, Minoru (Tomu Miyazaki). One night during a heavy rainstorm, the two cross the line by getting physical with each other as if to fill the gap in their hearts. Number 3 in the Roman Porno NOW film series.
#whentherainfalls #romanpornonow #nikkatsu #strandreleasing #indiefilm #internationalcinema #japanesefilmHand | Official HD Trailer | Strand ReleasingStrand Releasing2024-06-10 | From Director Daigo Matsui and Number 2 in the Roman Porno NOW Series - HAND. Now Available for Video On Demand below.
Sawako (Akari Fukunaga) has no particular interest or motivation towards her job. While putting off serious love relationships, she immerses herself in her hobby of observing middle aged men, becoming absorbed in their world deeply enough as to even create photo collections of older men. However, she can’t seem to get on well with her father (Akio Kaneda), having almost no interaction at all. As she watches her innocent little sister, Rika (Natsuko Obuchi) talk intimately with her father, Sawako begins to see her family as a family of three, her parents and her little sister, and feels left out. Days go by as Sawako tries to fill the void by dating her boss, Okouchi (Kanji Tsuda). One day at work, she is approached by her curious senior colleague, Mori (Daichi Kaneko). Gradually opening up to each other, they become close when Mori decides to change jobs. As Mori starts to liberate Sawako’s pent up emotions, she feels a burst of emotions like she had never experienced before.
#hand #romanpornonow #nikkatsu #strandreleasing #indiefilm #internationalcinema #japanesefilmSafe Word | Official HD Trailer | Strand ReleasingStrand Releasing2024-06-10 | From Director Kôji Shiraishi and Number 1 in the Roman Porno NOW series - SAFE WORD. Now Available to stream on Video On Demand.
Underground idol Misa (Chisako Kawase) is being filmed for a documentary. However, after being shown up by “goody-two-shoes” idol Yumeka (Ai Otoha), she starts a fight and is banned from the venue. The owner of the S&M lounge H, Tsubaki (ryuchell), recognizes Misa’s talent and recruits her as a dominatrix. Misa wins the favor of H regular Masahiro Takashima (played by himself) and is wowed by the overwhelming charisma of dominatrix Kanon (Nagisa Toriumi). In spite of her confusion, Misa experiences a sense of elation, and enters the mysterious world of S&M. Awakening to the gentle rush of liberation behind the intensity of S&M, she decides to take on the roles of both idol and dominatrix. Under the potent guidance of Kanon, and as she grows in popularity as an idol, Misa is caught up in unexpected drama…
#safeword #romanpornonow #nikkatsu #strandreleasing #indiefilm #internationalcinema #japanesefilmSongs of Earth | Official Trailer HD | Strand ReleasingStrand Releasing2024-03-05 | From Writer & Director Margreth Olin. SONGS OF EARTH - IN THEATERS NOW. Please check local listings.
A majestic visual symphony for the big screen. The filmmaker’s father is our guide, bringing us through Norway’s most scenic valley. He grew up where generations have lived alongside nature to survive. The sounds of the earth harmonize in this breathtaking journey. Executive produced by Liv Ullmann and Wim Wenders. #songsofearth #margretholin #strandreleasing
Follow Us on Social Media: Like on Facebook: bit.ly/FBStrandReleasing Follow on Instagram: bit.ly/InstaStrandReleasing Follow on Twitter: bit.ly/TweetStrandReleasingEgoist | Official Trailer HD | Strand ReleasingStrand Releasing2024-02-13 | From Director Daishi Matsunaga. EGOIST - Releasing in theaters in New York City on Friday, April 19th at the IFC Center. Opening in Los Angeles on Friday, April 26th at the Laemmle Glendale and Monica theaters. Check local listings.
Based on Makoto Takayama’s semi-autobiographical novel, director Daishi Matsunaga’s EGOIST is a uniquely sexy and heartfelt drama about family. Kosuke, a fashion magazine editor in his mid-30s, revels in the blessings of his comfortable lifestyle. When he hires Ryuta, a personal trainer, in order to get into shape, he gets more than he bargained for. The two fall in love, but when Kosuke discovers Ryuta secretly works as an escort to provide for himself and his mother, the two men strike a financial agreement. However, when tragedy strikes, Kosuke and Ryuta’s mother grow closer and must confront a new future together. #egoist #daishimatsunaga #strandreleasing
Pierre-Joseph goes to an apprenticeship college to train as a gardener. There he meets a series of characters - Françoise Brown, the principal, Alberto, his botany teacher, and Adrien, his employer - who will prove decisive in his apprenticeship story and in unleashing his sexuality. Forty years later Kutta appears, Françoise Brown’s adoptive child whom he has heard so much about but never met. But Kutta, who is now the owner of a strange château, seems to be looking for more than just a gardener. #aprince #pierrecreton #strandreleasing
Follow Us on Social Media: Like on Facebook: bit.ly/FBStrandReleasing Follow on Instagram: bit.ly/InstaStrandReleasing Follow on Twitter: bit.ly/TweetStrandReleasingI Think I Do | Official Trailer UHD | Strand ReleasingStrand Releasing2024-01-31 | New 4K Restoration of Writer & Director Brian Sloan's I THINK I DO. Officially releasing on digital platforms on Friday, April 19th. Video on Demand available on iTunes, Amazon, Google Play & Youtube, and Vudu.
Brian Sloan's I Think I Do is a 90's screwball comedy with a modern twist. Two college roommates meet up again five years later at their housemates' wedding, and the sparks start to fly as the ex-roommates try to navigate their new romance. #IThinkIDo #BrianSloan #strandreleasing
A landmark for Black - and Queer - British film, Isaac Julien’s iconic, beautifully crafted 1991 period piece has been newly remastered. A convincing picture of late 70s London, youth culture meets identity politics in this part-thriller, part-gay love story set days before the Queen's Silver Jubilee celebrations. The hedonistic world of pirate DJs Chris and Caz is shattered when a close friend is killed while cruising in the local park. The black community suspect the National Front, but the police have other ideas. #isaacjulien #youngsoulrebels #strandreleasing
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In a Quebec prison in 1952, Bishop Bilodeau accedes to an unusual request to hear the confession of an aging convict. On entering the prison chapel, Bilodeau finds himself locked inside, held against his will, and forced to watch as the inmates stage an elaborate play – a recreation of events from forty years earlier, when Bilodeau and the confessor, Simon, were locked in a love triangle with another boy, the beautiful Vallier. #lilies #johngreyson #strandreleasing
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The summer of 1990 is hot in the countryside of Thuringia, in former East Germany. Maria is about to turn 19, lives with her boyfriend, Johannes, on his parents’ farm, and would rather lose herself in books than focus on graduating. With German reunification, there is a sense of a new era dawning as Maria bumps into Henner, the farmer next door. One touch is all it takes to ignite an all-consuming passion between Maria and the headstrong, charismatic man twice her age. In an atmosphere buzzing with possibilities, love is born: a secret passion full of longing and desire that devours everything in its path. #somedaywelltelleachothereverything #emilyatef #strandreleasing
Follow Us on Social Media: Like on Facebook: bit.ly/FBStrandReleasing Follow on Instagram: bit.ly/InstaStrandReleasing Follow on Twitter: bit.ly/TweetStrandReleasingThe Breaking Ice | Official Trailer HD | Strand ReleasingStrand Releasing2024-01-16 | From Writer & Director Anthony Chen starring Zhou Dongyu, Liu Haoran, and Qu Chuxiao. THE BREAKING ICE - Now Available for Video On Demand below.
In cold wintry Yanji, a city on China’s northern border, young urbanite Haofeng, visiting from Shanghai, feels lost and adrift. By chance, he goes on a tour led by Nana, a charming tour guide who instantly fascinates him. She introduces him to Xiao, a personable but frustrated restaurant worker. The three bond quickly over a drunken weekend. Confronting their individual traumas, their frozen desires slowly thaw as they seek to liberate themselves from an icy world. #thebreakingice #anthonychen #zhoudongyu #liuhaoran #quchuxiao #strandreleasing
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What happens when humanity’s infatuation with itself and an untethered free market meet 45 billion cameras...
Filmmakers Axel Danielson & Maximilien Van Aertryck (Ten Meter Tower, Jobs For All!) once again turn their cameras directly on society this time to explore, explain and expose how our unchecked obsession with image has grown to change our human behavior. From Camera Obscura and the Lumière Brothers all the way to Youtube and the world of social media, the film chronicles how we went from capturing the image of a back yard to a multi-billion-dollar content industry in just 200 years. With an exclusive use of archival and found footage, the film uses the very medium it examines, in a self-reflective yet hilarious montage. #fantasticmachine #axeldanielson #maximilienvanaertryck #strandreleasing
NOWHERE's weblike narrative charts a day in the hilarious and tragic life of Dark Smith (James Duval), a gorgeous, alienated 18-year-old obsessed with the End of the World and finding his one true and lasting love. The object of his affection, Mel (Rachel True), feels for him deeply but can't commit herself to any one person or gender, splitting her time between Dark and her curvaceous, acid-tongued girlfriend, Lucifer (Kathleen Robertson). Dark, meanwhile, becomes enthralled by the beauteous Montgomery (Nathan Bexton), literally a vision to behold beneath the golden California sun.
NOWHERE stars an ensemble cast from the period including Guillermo Diaz, Alan Boyce, Jeremy Jordan, Chiara Mastroianni, Debi Mazar, Christina Applegate, Scott Cain, Heather Graham, Ryan Phillippe, Traci Lords, Shannen Doherty, Rose McGowan, Jaason Simmons and Jordan Ladd to name a few. #nowhere #greggaraki #strandreleasing
Follow Us on Social Media: Like on Facebook: bit.ly/FBStrandReleasing Follow on Instagram: bit.ly/InstaStrandReleasing Follow on Twitter: bit.ly/TweetStrandReleasingThe Mountain | Official Trailer HD | Strand ReleasingStrand Releasing2023-09-13 | From Writer/Director Thomas Salvador starring Thomas Salvador and Louise Bourgoin. THE MOUNTAIN - Opens in New York City on September 1st at the Quad Theater. Coming to Los Angeles on Friday, September 15th at Laemmle Theaters Royal, Town Center 5 and Glendale. Check local listings.
Pierre, a Parisian engineer, goes to the Alps for his work. Irresistibly attracted by the beauty of the mountains, he sets up a campsite amidst the glaciers and feels no desire to return to civilization. As he opens himself to the mystical surroundings, he becomes close with Léa, a beautiful chef, and discovers a luminous life-force emanating from deep within the mountain itself. An Official Selection of the Director’s Fortnight - Cannes. #TheMountain #ThomasSalvador #LouiseBourgoin #StrandReleasing
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An intimate and emotionally raw drama following Hélène (Vicky Krieps), a woman who departs for Norway after being diagnosed with a rare lung disease, leaving a happy relationship of many years with Mathieu (Gaspard Ulliel) in France. Hélène, facing beautiful Norwegian landscapes under the bright light of the North, finds a new tranquility, peace and strength within herself.
#morethanever #emilyatef #vickykrieps #gaspardulliel #bjornfloberg #strandreleasing
RELEASE DATE NEW YORK: August 18th at Film Forum in New York City RELEASE DATE LOS ANGELES: August 25th at Landmark's Sunset 5 and Laemmle's NoHo 7 in Los Angeles DIRECTOR: Vuk Lungulov-Klotz CAST: Lio Mehiel, Cole Doman, MiMi Ryder, Alejandro Goic
NOBODY’S HERO directed by Alain Guiraudie (STRANGER BY THE LAKE) is a unique bawdy, French new wave comedy. Set in Clermont-Ferrand, France, Médéric, meets and falls in love with a married, middle-aged prostitute, Isadora. When the city center is the scene of a terrorist attack, Selim, a young, homeless guy, provokes a wave of paranoia by taking refuge in Médéric’s building. Sympathizing with Selim, crazy about Isadora, Mederic’s life suddenly turns into a messy, fast paced story about finding romance and friendship where you least expect it. #nobodyshero #alainguiraudie #strandreleasing
Pleasure Factory tells an intriguing and intimate tale involving pleasure seekers and pleasure providers in Geyland: Singapore's popular but little-known red-light district. Over the course of one night, a young cadet loses his virginity; a teenage girl gets initiated into the pleasure manufacturing process; and a jaded prostitute pays a young man good money in exchange for a song he never gets to sing. #pleasurefactory #ekachaiuekrongtham #strandreleasing
On his deathbed, his royal highness Alfredo, king without a crown, is taken back to distant youth memories and the time he dreamt of becoming a fireman. The encounter with instructor Afonso from the fire brigade opens a new chapter in the life of the two young men immersed in love and desire, and the will to change the status quo. #willothewisp #joaopedrorodrigues #strandreleasing
Follow Us on Social Media: Like on Facebook: bit.ly/FBStrandReleasing Follow on Instagram: bit.ly/InstaStrandReleasing Follow on Twitter: bit.ly/TweetStrandReleasingThe Doom Generation | Official Trailer UHD | Strand ReleasingStrand Releasing2023-03-08 | The Doom Generation, restored in 4K with scenes edited for it’s theatrical release in 1995, this version reflects the director’s cut, intended by Araki. The film has been completely retimed and reedited for today’s technological standards. The sound is remastered to compliment today’s new audio standards in a new 5.1 mix.
Synopsis: Headed home after a wild night at a Los Angeles club, young lovers Jordan White (James Duval) and Amy Blue (Rose McGowan) pick up a dangerously handsome drifter named Xavier Red (Johnathon Schaech). Jordan doesn’t see a problem with offering Xavier a quick ride, but his acid-tongued girlfriend thinks he’s a creep. When Xavier inadvertently kills a convenience store clerk, they are forced to go on the run, traversing a bizarre and ultra-violent America. Somehow, every random thug, drive-thru operator, and neo-Nazi they encounter seem to recognize Amy as a past fling or alter ego, adding to the already explosive sexual tension brimming among the renegade trio. #greggaraki #rosemcgowan #jamesduval #johnathanschaech #strandreleasing
Petr and Hana, who after years together share their unspoken erotic fantasies. What begins as an innocent conversation graduallv turns into experimentation with other partners and increasingly pushing the limits of just how far the can go with a non-monogamous relationship before it gets out of hand... #bordersoflove #tomaszwinski # strandreleasing
After a violent argument with her mother, Margaret, 35 years old and with a long history of inflicting and suffering from violence, is subject to a strict restraining order before her trial: she’s no longer allowed to make contact with her mother or approach within 100 meters of the family home for 3 months. But this separation only exacerbates her desire to be closer to her family and so she returns every day to this invisible and impassable frontier.
Tony Takitani is an illustrator who has been alone all his life, until he meets a beautiful woman who transforms his world. The only problem is that she has a secret, she is a compulsive shopper with a penchant for high end couture fashion that leads to darkly satiric consequences. #tonytakitani #harukimurakami #junichikawa #ryuichisakamoto #strandreleasing
Bigna, a twenty-eight-year-old scientist, is used to having everything under control, even her erotic desires always follow rules. Thirty- three-year-old Frank searches for meaning in a haze of drugs, feeding on other people’s affection. Their different worlds collide, and they become obsessively entwined in a passionate affair. #99moons #jangassmann #strandreleasing
Follow Us on Social Media: Like on Facebook: bit.ly/FBStrandReleasing Follow on Instagram: bit.ly/InstaStrandReleasing Follow on Twitter: bit.ly/TweetStrandReleasingThe Blue Caftan | Official Trailer HD | Strand ReleasingStrand Releasing2023-02-01 | The Blue Caftan's official US and Canadian theatrical release starts on February 10, 2023! The film will open in New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, Montreal, Quebec, and other cities to follow. Please check out our website for city and theatre information. Please check local listings for showtimes.
Synopsis: Halim and Mina run a traditional caftan store in one of Morocco’s oldest medinas. In order to keep up with the commands of the demanding customers, they hire Youssef. The talented apprentice shows an utmost dedication in learning the art of embroidery and tailoring from Halim. Slowly Mina realizes how much her husband is moved by the presence of the young man.
THE BLUE CAFTAN was Morocco's Official Entry for the 2023 95 Academy Awards Best International Film category. The film won the fipresci International Film Critics Prize at Cannes Film Festival, Silver Hugo Best Director Award at The Chicago International Film Festival, Audience Award Panorama at Vancouver International Film Festival, and the Grand Jury Award at Newfest Film Festival. The film was also an Official Selection at Cannes Film Festival, as well as Official Selection and Special Presentation at Toronto International Film Festival. #thebluecaftan #maryamtouzani #strandreleasing
Along the banks of the Suzhou River, which winds precariously through Shanghai, Mardar (Jia Hongshen) falls in love with a dramatically beautiful young woman named Moudan (Zhou Xun). When he tries to kidnap her in order to demand ransom money from her rich father, she escapes him, jumping in to the river and disappearing forever. Mardar serves a three-year jail sentence for his attempted crime. Upon his release, he meets a woman that looks exactly like Moudan, named MeiMei (also played by Zhou Xun). An exciting, action-filled mystery suspense movie, director Lou Ye's SUZHOU RIVER shares many thematic and stylistic elements with Alfred Hitchcock's VERTIGO. #suzhouriver #louye #strandreleasing
Info about the restoration: The 4k digital restoration of the original version of Suzhou River was realized starting from the original 16mm A-B negative of the image from the laboratory Kopierwerk Babelsberg, all supervised by director Lou Ye. The image was scanned by screenshot AG Berlin, dust-busted at The Post Republic and color-graded by Moritz Peters. Titles were rebuilt by Mieke Ulfig. The soundtrack was restored at Basis Berlin Postproduktion GmbH. New foleys were recorded by Fabien Weigmann and Jonathan Ritzel, the sound design was recreated and additional sound effects added by Sebastian Tesch. The dolby 5.1 mix was mastered by Ansgar Frerich and Sebastian Tesch.
New 2K Remaster of Darren Stein's 1999 Comedy, Sparkler, starring Freddie Prinze Jr., Jamie Kennedy, Park Overall, Steven Petrarca, and Veronica Cartwright.
Melba May is a trailer park princess who decides she needs to radically change her life when she catches her husband in bed with her best friend. After a night of drinking at the local bar she befriends three recent college grads from Los Angeles who are en route to Las Vegas to hopefully win some money to pay rent. She joins them, happy to leave her husband for good -- until he finds out that she has won a million dollar sweepstakes and must hunt her down.
Also featuring actors Grace Zabriskie, Octavia Spencer, Frances Bay, Glenn Shadix, Sandy Martin, and others.
Minute for minute, you won’t find a more romantic gay film this year than British rugby drama IN FROM THE SIDE, a surprisingly moving sports-team story slathered in sweat, streaked with mud, and dripping with sensuality. As a “B Squad” of gay athletes tries to overcome inexperience and push past rivalries to score an elusive win, a secret affair simmers among them. Mark (puppy-eyed Alexander Lincoln) finds himself unable to avoid the blazing appeal of teammate Warren (Alexander King), with his cocky attitude and emotional unavailability.
NOW AVAILABLE FOR VIDEO ON DEMAND - Amazon, iTunes, Google Play & Youtube, Vudu DIRECTOR: Matt Carter CAST: Alexander Lincoln, Alexander King
Follow Us on Social Media: Like on Facebook: bit.ly/FBStrandReleasing Follow on Instagram: bit.ly/InstaStrandReleasing Follow on Twitter: bit.ly/TweetStrandReleasingThe Swimmer - Official US TrailerStrand Releasing2022-08-15 | Erez, a rising star in the Israeli swimming scene, arrives at a godforsaken training camp held in a boarding school, where the one to win the competition gets a ticket to the Olympics. There he meets the beautiful and talented Nevo, who awakens subconscious desires in him. However, their swimming coach does not believe in friendship between competitors. Warned to stay away from Nevo, Erez is still too attracted to him. In between practices, he attempts to act upon his feelings and understands that winning a medal is less important than winning Nevo’s heart.
PETROV’S FLU directed by acclaimed Russian filmmaker Kirill Serebrennikov (LETO) is a deadpan, hallucinatory romp through post-Soviet Russia. With the city in the throes of a flu epidemic, the Petrov family struggles through yet another day in a country where the past is never past, the present is a booze-fueled, icy fever dream of violence and tenderness, and where, beneath the layers of the ordinary, things turn out to be quite extraordinary. Part science fiction, mystery and dark comedy, this Cannes Film Festival entry is a unique hybrid of genres.
More Information: strandreleasing.com/films/petrovs-fluPeter Von Kant - Official US TrailerStrand Releasing2022-07-27 | Based on the classic Rainer Werner Fassbinder classic, THE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT, François Ozon’s unique retelling finds Peter Von Kant, a successful, famous director, who lives with his assistant Karl, whom he likes to mistreat and humiliate. Through the great actress Sidonie, he meets and falls in love with Amir, a handsome young man of modest means. He offers to share his apartment and help Amir break into the world of cinema...
Peter Von Kant officially opens September 2nd, 2022 in NYC, LA, San Francisco, Seattle, DC, Chicago, Boston, and Austin, TX. More cities TBA.
GIRL PICTURE, which premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and Berlin International Film Festival, is a vibrant, lively film tracking the lives of young women today. Best friends Mimmi and Rönkkö have each other’s backs, always. They want to live adventurous lives, loaded with experiences and passion. Emma, on the contrary, has given her whole life to figure skating. Nothing gets between her and success. But when the girls meet, life opens new paths, and they all rocket in new directions. While Mimmi and Emma experience the earth moving effects of first love, Rönkkö is on a quest to find pleasure.
More Information: strandreleasing.com/films/girl-pictureMarx Can Wait - Official US TrailerStrand Releasing2022-05-26 | In his most achingly personal film to date, MARX CAN WAIT finds legendary Italian filmmaker Marco Bellocchio using the occasion of a family reunion in his hometown of Piacenza to excavate and discuss a traumatic event: the death his twin brother Camillo, who committed suicide in the late ’60s at age 29. Through detailed conversations with his siblings, archival footage providing context about 20th-century Italian leftist politics, and occasional clips from his films, many of which were in some way imbued with this defining family tragedy, Bellocchio conducts a personal and historical exorcism. Reckoning with the push-pull the director has long felt between the twin poles of family and politics, MARX CAN WAIT is an attempt at reconciliation and understanding from a filmmaker in his eighties whose work has never shied away from the challenging or the provocative.
More Information: strandreleasing.com/films/marx-can-waitPlaylist - Official US TrailerStrand Releasing2022-05-02 | Sophie (Forestier) is a graphic artist trying to make ends meet in Paris. She just missed out on art school, so she has decided to try to create her own career. To pay her way, she takes a job as a waitress and shares a flat with a student. She hangs out regularly with Julia (Laetitia Dosch, Jeunne Femme), her fun-loving friend. And she drifts between a number of lovers. But Sophie is looking for something else – a balance between life and love. And work. In her first film, artist and comic book author Antico gives us a very modern portrait of twentysomething life, which may or may not be loosely inspired by her own. It’s a witty examination of starting out in the world, defining who you are and, most importantly, what you want to be.Digger - HD TrailerStrand Releasing2022-04-19 | Director Georgis Grigorakis' DIGGER is a psychological western set in the rich forests of Northern Greece. When his estranged son appears with a motorcycle and a grudge, an iconoclastic farmer at war with an encroaching industry must let nature decide the fate of this tumultuous relationship.
More Information: strandreleasing.com/films/diggerAfrica - HD TrailerStrand Releasing2022-03-23 | Nominated for 7 Ophir Awards including Best Picture and winner of 3 Haifa International Film Festival Awards including Best Film, Best Debut Film and Best Actor, The touching and heartwarming film AFRICA finds 68-year-old Meir discovering that his 30 years of planning the annual village celebration have been summarily discarded and the job has been given to inexperienced local teens instead. In his effort to restore a sense of meaning and vitality, Meir begins to rebel against the inevitable: the betrayal of his physical body, the growing distance from his children, and the loss of relevance. Reconstructing fiction from real life, AFRICA is the cinematic journey of an ageing parent crafted by the hands of his loving son, in this deeply personal story on reinventing oneself.Saturday Fiction - HD TrailerStrand Releasing2022-03-16 | The incomparable Gong Li (Raise the Red Lantern) gives a mesmerizing, take-no-prisoners performance in Saturday Fiction, a slow-burn spy thriller set in Japanese-occupied Shanghai on the cusp of World War II. She plays acclaimed actress Jean Yu, who has returned to Shanghai from China after a long absence. Jean Yu is in rehearsals for a play to be directed by a former lover (Mark Chao), but she seems to have ulterior motives, functioning as a double agent and gathering intelligence for the Allies, including the fateful realization of Japan’s imminent attack on Pearl Harbor. Shooting in evocative black-and-white, director Lou Ye (Spring Fever, Suzhou River) has created here a gripping thriller that builds to a nerve-wracking climax, and which never loses sight of the human beings caught up in the gears of history.
In this sexually frank portrait of female lust and vulnerability, a mother falls into an addictive relationship with a Russian diplomat, with whom she has nothing in common.
More Information: strandreleasing.com/films/simple-passionThe Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls In LoveStrand Releasing2021-11-08 | Beginning Wednesday, November 24, a new restoration of Maria Maggenti's The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love opens for a one-week exclusive NY engagement at Metrograph.
Touching and poignant, the acclaimed coming-of-age comedy The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls In Love tells the story of two teenagers whose unexpected friendship grows into the joyful wildness of first love. Randy (Laurel Holloman), a rebellious working class tomboy, meets the beautiful, popular, well-to-do Evie (Nicole Ari Parker) when she brings her Range Rover into the repair shop where Randy works after school. Immediately intrigued by each other, the two girls start a romance that delights and disrupts their lives, causing Evie to lose her friends, Randy to lie to her parents, and sending the two of them on the run. Sensitive and romantic, funny and sincere, this daring film was hailed by the New York Times as "a universal story about first love, adolescent rebellion and sexual awakening" and is now celebrated as an iconic part of the 1990s queer cinema canon. Beloved by audiences, it was often referred to, with relief, as one of the few lesbian movies with a “happy ending where no one dies.” World Premiere of the Newly Remastered HD Film, with Preservation Funding Provided by the Sundance Institute and Strand Releasing. A Strand Releasing release.Time Of The Wolf - HD TrailerStrand Releasing2021-11-01 | Academy Award Nominated Filmmaker Michael Haneke's brilliant apocalyptic vision starring Academy Award Nominee Isabelle Huppert is now in HD.
On digital platforms 11/19/21 and a new HD Blu Ray 12/21/21.
Following a global cataclysm, Anne (Isabelle Huppert) and her family set out for a safe haven at their holiday home. But, when they arrive, the home is already occupied by other survivors. Their hopes for safety are immediately dashed by a violent tragedy, which serves as a lesson to take nothing for granted and expect the worst in this new, harsh landscape. Accompanied by a fierce young boy (Hakim Taleb), the family eventually reaches a train station with the prospect of escaping.I Was A Simple Man - Official US TrailerStrand Releasing2021-10-13 | Opening at The Metrograph November 19th, 2021
I Was A Simple Man is a ghost story set in the pastoral countryside of the north shore of O‘ahu, Hawai‘i. Revealed in four chapters, it tells the story of an elderly man facing the end of his life, visited by the ghosts of his past. Incorporating familial history and mythology, dream logic and surrealism, I Was a Simple Man is a time-shifting, kaleidoscopic story of a fractured family facing the death of their patriarch that will take us from the high-rises of contemporary Honolulu to pre-WWII pastorals of O‘ahu and, finally, into the beyond.
Catherine Breillat’s landmark film ROMANCE placed her as an audacious boundary-pushing female auteur, establishing her as a provocateur who opened the doors to women directors taking charge of their own sexual ideals and imagery. This is the tale of a beautiful woman’s frustration with the lack of intimacy in her relationship, who seeks out sexual adventures in order to spark the interest of her love, a self-absorbed male model. This new HD version of the critically acclaimed and commercial hit reminds viewers of Breillat’s fierce intensity in confronting sexuality with a raw honesty rarely seen.