FOR FIFTY YEARS, THE PREEMINENT U.S. DISTRIBUTOR OF FOREIGN AND CLASSIC FILMS THAT HAVE COLLECTIVELY SHAPED THE ART OF CONTEMPORARY CINEMA
REVANCHE
Götz Spielmann’s Revanche, a 2009 Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Language Film and a rare move into first-run distribution for Janus, is now touring the country to rave reviews. Click here for more info.
HAUSU
A second screening of the Japanese cult classic Hausu will be held at the IFC Center in NYC on Thursday, July 2 at 11:55 PM, following its first sold out show. Check ifccenter.com for tickets, as they're sure to go fast.
RASHOMON
A new 35mm print of Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon is now playing at New York City's Film Forum. Struck from a new, definitive restoration, the film will subsequently tour nationwide this summer. Click here for more info.
AMARCORD
Our new prints of Federico Fellini's Amarcord, struck from a new restoration personally supervised by director of photography Giuseppe Rotunno, are now playing nationwide. Click here for playdates.
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DILLINGER IS DEAD
Our new 35mm print of Marco Ferreri's Dillinger Is Dead is now touring the country, marking the film's first stateside release. For more information, click here.
SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER
Our new print of François Truffaut's nouvelle vague noir Shoot the Piano Player is winding down its theatrical run. Click here for playdates.
THE RED BALLOON & WHITE MANE
The Red Balloon, White Mane, and another classic children's film, Bill Mason's Paddle to the Sea, are now available to order on DVD. Click here for more information on these releases.
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Celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of this world-renowned distribution company with Essential Art House: 50 Years of Janus Films, an expansive collectors' box set featuring fifty classic films on DVD and a beautifully illustrated hardcover book that tells the story of Janus Films through an essay by film historian Peter Cowie, a tribute from Martin Scorsese, and notes on each of the fifty films.
ASHES AND DIAMONDS (1958)
L'AVVENTURA (1960)
BALLAD OF A SOLDIER (1959)
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1946)
BLACK ORPHEUS (1959)
BRIEF ENCOUNTER (1945)
THE FALLEN IDOL (1948)
FIRES ON THE PLAIN (1959)
FISTS IN THE POCKET (1965)
FLOATING WEEDS (1959)
FORBIDDEN GAMES (1952)
THE 400 BLOWS (1959)
GRAND ILLUSION (1937)
HÄXAN (1922)
IKIRU (1952)
THE IMPORTANCE OF
BEING EARNEST (1952)
PART II (1958)
LE JOUR SE LÈVE (1939)
JULES AND JIM (1962)
KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS (1949)
KNIFE IN THE WATER (1962)
THE LADY VANISHES (1938)
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF
COLONEL BLIMP (1943)
LOVES OF A BLONDE (1965)
M (1931)
M. HULOT'S HOLIDAY (1953)
MISS JULIE (1951)
PANDORA'S BOX (1929)
PÉPÉ LE MOKO (1937)
IL POSTO (1961)
PYGMALION (1938)
RASHOMON (1950)
THE RULES OF THE GAME (1939)
SEVEN SAMURAI (1954)
THE SEVENTH SEAL (1957)
THE SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE (1973)
LA STRADA (1954)
SUMMERTIME (1955)
THE THIRD MAN (1949)
THE 39 STEPS (1935)
UGETSU (1953)
UMBERTO D. (1952)
THE VIRGIN SPRING (1960)
VIRIDIANA (1961)
THE WAGES OF FEAR (1953)
THE WHITE SHEIK (1952)
WILD STRAWBERRIES (1957)
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BY SAUL J. TURELL
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