Film Media Opens 4K Film Scanning and Color Grading Facility in Fair Lawn, NJ
Film preservation organization Film Media announced the opening of its 4k film scanning and color grading facility in Fair Lawn NJ. The news comes on the tail of a successful late November 2018 soft-launch following the acquisition of a ScanStation 4k film scanner featuring built-in 2D ima
28/12/2018
Happy New Year from Michael Raso, Paige Davis and Dave Northrop! Wishing you the best for 2019!
13/11/2018
FILMmedia is proud to announce Duane Whitaker's newly restored 16mm feature film TOGETHER AND ALONE is now available free to Amazon PRIME members.
With its quirky characters, authentic dialog and gritty settings, TOGETHER AND ALONE is a snapshot of '90s Los Angeles.
Synopsis:
Noted writer-actor Duane Whitaker steps into the director s chair with this darkly comic 1998 black-and-white ensemble gem about a night in the life of Hollywood hopefuls and has-beens. Stories intertwine as the characters slog their way through dubious acting classes, bomb at stand-up and obsess over their s*x lives at the local coffee shop. But don t mistake this for THE PLAYER, this motley crew is much further down the food chain. Also starring Joe Estevez, Thomas Draper, Daniel Roebuck, Joe Unger, John Bishop, Casey Siemaszko, Tim Thomerson and Mariah O'Brien.
"Joe Unger gives the performance of a lifetime in this portrait of Los Angeles at night" --American Cinematheque
A darkly comic look at a night in the life of Hollywood hopefuls and has-beens as they slog their way through tedious acting classes, bomb at stand-up and reminisce over past successes at the local coffee shop.
01/10/2018
Film Media to Release Together and Alone to HD Digital and Limited-Edition Blu-ray October 9th. Restoration of 16mm Film Elements Brings New Life to ‘90s Ensemble Gem.
Film Media to Release Together and Alone to HD Digital and Limited-Edition Blu-ray October 9, 2018 Restoration of 16mm Film Elements Brings New Life to ‘90s Ensemble Gem
12/09/2018
Film Media announced it will release HD digital encodes of newly restored German films Mosquito (1977) and The Inheritors (1983) to North American platforms November 13, 2018 following the restoration of the original 35mm film elements, with blu-ray rights going to home entertainment company Mondo Macabro.
Film Media announced it will release HD digital encodes of newly restored German films Mosquito (1977) and The Inheritors (1983 ) to North American platforms November 13, 2018 following the restoration of the original 35mm film elements.
Happy Birthday Joe Sarno! VOLUME 4 IN THE JOSEPH W. SARNO RETROSPECT SERIES ANNOUNCED. Upcoming Blu-Ray Double Features to Showcase New 2k Restorations of Sin in the Suburbs and Confessions of a Young American Housewife
Film restoration and preservation organization Film Media confirmed today it will showcase Joe Sarno’s stand-out 1964 feature Sin in the Suburbs alongside one of his most critically and commercially successful films of the 1970s, Confessions of a Young American Housewife .
14/03/2018
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Film Media announced today that its new 2k restoration of erotic auteur Joe Sarno’s 1968 film Vibrations will screen November 19, 2017 at the Close-Up Film Centre in London, a venue committed to supporting and developing the exhibition of independent and experimental cinema
12/11/2017
Cheers to writer Michael Gingold for stopping by Film Media HQ this past week. Michael is contributing liner notes to the soon-to-be-announced Blu-Ray/DVD/Streaming release of the 1977 German horror film Mosquito der Schänder (produced by Chris Nebe)
Pictured: Film Media's Michael Raso with Michael Gingold
Image shot by Paige Davis
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Tasma 100 bw Film
31/10/2017
Writer Paul Gaita writes at The Fix: "A critically praised but long-unseen independent film from the 1990s about dependency and the ma*****na industry in the Pacific Northwest has been remastered and is now available on Amazon Prime." https://www.thefix.com/restored-90s-addiction-drama-debuts-amazon-prime
The movie follows a former logger in recovery from drug dependence who returns to the Pacific Northwest to launch a film project.
19/10/2017
1968 JOE SARNO FILM VIBRATIONS TO SCREEN AT LONDON’S CLOSE UP FILM CENTRE NOV 19, 2017
Film Media announced today that its new 2k restoration of erotic auteur Joe Sarno’s 1968 film Vibrations will screen November 19, 2017 at the Close-Up Film Centre in London UK.
Film Media announced today that its new 2k restoration of erotic auteur Joe Sarno’s 1968 film Vibrations will screen November 19, 2017 at the Close-Up Film Centre in London, a venue committed to supporting and developing the exhibition of independent and experimental cinema
11/10/2017
Film Media announced today it has completed restoration on the 1997 Indie Drama, Where the Air is Cool and Dark. A visually sumptuous and critically acclaimed account of drug addiction and recovery set in the 1990s Pacific Northwest, Where the Air is Cool and Dark, directed and produced by Brion Rockwell at the tail end of the 1990s Indie Film Boom – which carried films like Drugstore Cowboy and My Own Private Idaho to theaters across the nation and forever branded Portland and Seattle as meccas of a growing nationwide drug culture - was praised by the Anchorage Daily News at its release as portraying a “dark, introspective world of desperation and drug-induced escapism.” With the United States op**te epidemic reaching unprecedented heights, Where the Air is Cool and Dark remains as relevant in 2017, if not more so, than at its initial release.
FILM MEDIA RESTORES 1997 INDIE DRAMA WHERE THE AIR IS COOL AND DARK. Addiction Saga set in the Pacific Northwest gets HD Treatment.
09/10/2017
Film Movement continues its commitment to issuing restored Blu-rays of the films of Joseph Sarno, who has often been called the Ingmar Bergman of exploitation films. That’s not a joke, because the Swedish-American Sarno admired Bergman and even made films in Sweden, and his scripts emphasize intense emotional motivations while his camera boxes his characters into claustrophobic compositions.
01/10/2017
Volume 2 of the Joe Sarno Retrospect is now available! Glenn Erickson from Trailers from Hell writes a comprehensive review. Volume 2 includes All The Sins Of S***m and Vibrations. Both on Blu-Ray, DVD and Streaming.
What is this? S*x-oriented movies with believable psychodramatics, made by a committed artist with taste and talent? Joe Sarno’s pictures still aren’t suitable for grandma, but he’s way, way above the exploitation grindhouse competition of his day. His ’60s B&W pictures are not only watchable, they’...
06/09/2017
Screening Announced - Vibrations (1968)
Directed by Joe Sarno
September 15, 2017
September 20, 2017
THE GENE SISKEL FILM CENTER
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Film Series : Recently Restored 2017 Vibrations 1968, Joe Sarno, USA, 75 min. With Maria Lease, Marianne Prevost. BUY TICKETS Show Times Fri, Sep 15th 6:00pm Wed, Sep 20th 8:15pm “Classy and sophisticated, beautifully shot, a juicy script, filled with wonderful performances and s*xy as hell.” — Case...
07/08/2017
Film Movement, the New York-based film distributor of first-run, award-winning foreign and independent films, announced today the release dates of the second volume in he Joseph W. Sarno Retrospect Series. All The Sins Of S***m / Vibrations will be available on Blu-Ray, DVD and Digital on September 26, 2017
Film Movement, the New York-based film distributor of first-run, award-winning foreign and independent films, announced today the release dates of the second volume in he Joseph W. Sarno Retrospect Series.
17/07/2017
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19/05/2017
A Blu Review: Joe Sarno’s Vampire Ecstasy / Sin You Sinners
from Third Eye Cinema. " Outdoor scenes look stunning, and even the muddiest of dungeon-set sequences are marked by a dramatically improved contrast and clarity. A truly primo upgrade, in every way." Read more...
Sarno discovery and brief-careered Swedish cult starlet Marie Forsa (Justine and Juliette, Butterfly, Immoral Tales) heads a cast of Teutonic dolly birds and more or less unknowns in a much needed,…
13/05/2017
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Film preservation organization Film Media announced today it has begun restoration on a 35mm print of Joseph W. Sarno’s “lost” 1964 film WARM NIGHTS AND HOT PLEASURES.
10/05/2017
The 35mm print of WARM NIGHTS AND HOT PLEASURES was recently discovered in the vaults of Audubon Films, owned by pioneering filmmaker Radley Metzger, who had purchased and distributed the film to theaters in North America.
Joe Sarno Retrospect Series Before achieving international fame with his 1969 Swedish breakout film Inga, director Joe Sarno honed his craft on a handful of ...
10/05/2017
Film Media announced today it has begun restoration on a 35mm print of Joseph W. Sarno’s “lost” 1964 film WARM NIGHTS AND HOT PLEASURES. Once restored, HD assets for WARM NIGHTS AND HOT PLEASURES will be scheduled for theatrical screenings, DVD / Blu-Ray and Digital release as part of the Joseph W. Sarno Retrospect Series under the Film Movement Classics label.
Film preservation organization Film Media announced today it has begun restoration on a 35mm print of Joseph W. Sarno’s “lost” 1964 film WARM NIGHTS AND HOT PLEASURES.
15/03/2017
Happy Birthday, Joe Sarno! We miss you!
Great news today!
Film preservation organization Film Media announced today it has begun restoration on a 35mm print of Joseph W. Sarno’s 1966 film THE NAKED FOG. Once restored, HD assets for THE NAKED FOG will be scheduled for theatrical screenings, DVD / Blu-Ray and Digital release as part of the Joseph W.
28/02/2017
Sarno Retrospect 03: All The Sins of S***m / Vibrations is being prepped for Blu-Ray / Streaming. The series brings together Sarno films from the Pop Cinema and Something Weird Video film library (all remastered to HD). Press release when? On Joe Sarno's birthday, of course! (March 15)
Picture 1: Marianne Prevost and Maria Lease in Vibrations Picture 2: Morris Kaplan and Peggy Steffans-Sarno
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03/01/2017
Reviews are in for Vol. 1 of the Joe Sarno Retrospect!
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Softcore horror classic Vampire Ecstasy comes to Blu-ray coupled with early Joe Sarno exploitation gem Sin You Sinners
01/01/2017
Reviews are in for Vol. 1 of the Joe Sarno Retrospect!
Rock! Shock! Pop!
Vampire Ecstasy / Sin You Sinners Blu-ray Review
30/12/2016
Reviews are in for Vol. 1 of the Joe Sarno Retrospect!
DVD Drive-In
The works of Joseph Sarno are finally hitting Blu-ray with Film Movement Classics' double feature of VAMPIRE ECSTASY and SIN YOU SINNERS, the first volume of the "Joe Sarno Retrospect Series."
01/11/2016
Celebrating Sarno - Something Weird's Lisa Petrucci and Film Media's Michael Raso. Lots of Joe Sarno releases in 2017. New blog soon!
17/10/2016
Mondo Digital reviews Vampire Ecstasy/Sin You SInners - the first release in the Joe Sarno Retrospect Series.
DVD - BLU RAY release date - Oct 25 2016
VAMPIRE ECSTASY Color, 1973, 103m. Directed by Joseph W. Sarno Starring Marie Forså, Nadia Henkowa, Anke Syring, Ulrike Butz, Nico Wolferstetter, Flavia Keyt, Claudia FielersFilm Movement (Blu-ray) (US R0 HD), Retro-Seduction Cinema (DVD) (US R1 NTSC), Another World (Denmark R2 PAL), Force (Australi...
12/10/2016
Dated November 6, 1968 - the INGA film elements return to Deluxe Labs for the 2016 HD restoration. Part of the Joe Sarno Retrospect Series!
02/09/2016
Film Movement is partnering with Film Media to release HD restorations of Sarno's films under the Film Movement Classics label. Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Streaming of VAMPIRE ECSTASY and SIN YOU SINNERS Kicks Off the Series This October.
Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Streaming of VAMPIRE ECSTASY and SIN YOU SINNERS Kicks Off the Series This October September 1, 2016 (New York, NY) – Film Movement, the New York-based film distributor of first-run, award-winning foreign and independent films, announced today its acquisition of classic titles by...
26/08/2016
Pandora and the Magic Box (1965) - one of Joe Sarno's earliest comedies. Restored from the Something Weird Video vault elements, Pandora will be available in 2017 in a Blu-Ray collection with Deep Throat Part 2 and A Touch of Genie.
02/08/2016
About Joseph W. Sarno – an American film director and screenwriter, Joe Sarno emerged from the New York exploitation film scene of the 1950s and 1960s and wrote / directed approximately 75 feature films including the internationally renowned Sin in the Suburbs and Inga. Often referred to as “the Ingmar Bergman of 42nd street”, the last 12 years of Joe’s life heralded a new appreciation for his body of nuanced and highly stylized erotic dramas, culminating in a series of screenings and awards at the Lake Placid Film Festival, the British Film Institute, the Turin Film Festival and the Warhol Museum among others.
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