Alicia Lu

Fame can be a dizzying experience.

There’s therapy. There’s religion. And then there’s Mary Oliver.

Would you steal a live ostrich for $200 million?

It’s like the feeling of seeing double, set to soaring classical music.

Alain Robbe-Grillet is the most stylish auteur you’ve probably never seen.

Few actors disappear into a role as completely as Willem Dafoe, but even fewer manage to still leave a mark. We celebrate our versatile king with a look back at his career and three standout films on Kino Film Collection.

As the Third Reich collapses, one boy's search for bread and honey becomes an unexpected moral awakening.

Nadav Lapid’s latest film finds opposition in the spectacle of submission.

Fearless actress. Brechtian mystery. The thinking man’s sex symbol. We stan Isabelle Huppert.

The last decade has seen Asian representation flourish in mainstream film and television, but outside the Hollywood sphere, outstanding Asian stories have always existed. May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and we’re celebrating by highlighting some unforgettable Asian films from around the world, representing the roots of AAPI. These films celebrate Asian excellence and the immeasurable impact that Asian stories and storytellers have had on film and beyond. Stream them on Kino Film Collection now.

A must-watch before motherhood, ‘American Delivery’ exposes the sobering reality of maternal mortality, but will ultimately leave you feeling hopeful.

One challenged the Catholic Church. The other invented abstract art. Meet two visionary women, centuries apart, united by mysticism and a trailblazing creative spirit.

Lonely souls. A missing cat. A giant talking frog. Fans of Haruki Murakami’s surreal fiction will love Pierre Földes’s equally dreamlike animated film.

Meet Vera Brandes, your new role model for shattering imposter syndrome.

One day he was a school videographer, the next he was an international whistleblower. Winner of the Academy Award® for Best Documentary Feature, Mr. Nobody Against Putin tells the incredible true story of how one smalltown man turned propaganda into resistance.

French director Bruno Dumont’s filmography swings from harsh realism to absurdist slapstick without losing his signature cinematic essence. Stream five of his essential films on Kino Film Collection, including new addition ‘The Empire.’

Piecing together video calls with Palestinian photojournalist Fatma Hassona, Iranian director Sepideh Farsi’s documentary is an intimate firsthand look at life in Gaza and a moving testament to the human spirit.

Shoshannah Stern’s documentary explores the life and career of Marlee Matlin, who made history by becoming the first deaf actress to win an Oscar. But for her, that was when the real work began.

She was once Hitler’s favorite propagandist, but Leni Riefenstahl spent decades insisting she was just an artist. Andres Veiel and Sandra Maischberger’s documentary ‘Riefenstahl’ exposes the truth about the filmmaker’s ambitions, deception, and complicity.

We’re continuing Noirvember with a tribute to Jean Gabin, one of the most influential French actors in history, who became synonymous with France itself. Known for his authentic portrayals of rugged working-class antihero types, Gabin helped to define the archetypal noir leading man.

Set against the backdrop of class warfare, racial tension, and police corruption, Night of the Juggler is an action-packed cat-and-mouse thriller about a father trying to save his daughter. Now available on 4K UHD and streaming, it’s time to rediscover this gritty time capsule of late-1970s New York City.

Nuns and vampires are two of the most enduring and popular film tropes. In spotlighting our robust selection of nun and vampire films, we investigate their appeal, their commonalities, and what it would look like to feature both in the same movie.

Charles Burnett’s 1977 feature debut, ‘Killer of Sheep,’ was a defining film of the L.A. Rebellion independent Black film movement. The film observes a man named Stan, a slaughterhouse worker, and his family living in the Watts neighborhood, painting an authentic portrait of life in inner-city Los Angeles and the experience of Black communities across America.

Starring James Earl Jones, Lynn Redgrave, and Margot Kidder, Charles Burnett’s ‘The Annihilation of Fish’ follows two 60-something lost souls who end up living in the same apartment building. Fish believes he’s plagued by an invisible demon named Hank and Poinsettia believes Giacomo Puccini, the late opera composer, is her lover. The same eccentricities that have made them outcasts in society draw them to each other for a second chance at love.

In Paul Schrader’s film 'Oh, Canada,' Richard Gere plays Leonard Fife, an acclaimed documentarian who’s dying of cancer. When he agrees to be the subject of a documentary by his former students, he turns the interview into a chance to confess his sins to his wife. 'Oh, Canada' also stars Uma Thurman, Jacob Elordi, and Michael Imperioli.

Meet Lina Wertmuller, the first female director to be nominated for a Best Director Oscar. Exploring themes like sex, violence, and politics, the Italian auteur filmmaker is best known for her provocative and subversive films of the 1970s. Stream six of them on Kino Film Collection now.

Sally Aitken’s ‘Every Little Thing’ follows the work of Terry Masear, a hummingbird rehabilitator in Los Angeles. The documentary offers an intimate look at Masear’s unique expertise in healing hummingbirds and provides heart-expanding lessons in compassion, hope, and resilience.

Fans of Sean Baker’s Anora may like Mikko Mäkelä’s Sebastian, a refreshingly honest and real depiction of a young sex worker in London. Sebastian follows 25-year-old Max, an aspiring writer by day and a male escort by night. What starts out as an experiment to inspire his novel soon spirals into something more all-consuming. Watch Kino Lorber’s interview with director Mikko Mäkelä on his film and stream Sebastian on Kino Film Collection.

Andrzej Żuławski’s 1981 film Possession is one of the most controversial and talked-about horror films of all time. Following a couple going through divorce, Possession features unrelenting and unforgettable performances by Isabelle Adjani and Sam Neill and an infamous subway scene that has catapulted the film into legendary status. But the deranged love story also makes it the perfect alternative to the typical Valentine’s Day movie.

Johan Grimonprez’s "Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat" is a kinetic, eye-opening collision of jazz, Cold War politics, and colonial history not found in textbooks. At the center of the story is the CIA-backed assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and a conspiracy between the U.S. and Belgium involving everyone from Louis Armstrong to Nikita Khrushchev with reverberations into the present day.

Ramata Toulaye-Sy’s debut feature film ‘Banel & Adama’ follows a young married couple living in a rural Senegalese village as they dream of a life unconfined by tradition. Protagonist Banel is one of the most complex, multidimensional, and unforgettable female characters in recent film history. The visually stunning parable, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2023, explores love, duty, and supernatural retribution.

Agnieszka Holland’s 'Green Border' examines the ongoing migrant crisis at the Poland-Belarus border through the eyes of migrants, border guards, and activists. The result is an unflinching yet thoughtful look at an impossibly complex crisis from all angles. 'Green Border' will give you an urgent new perspective on this global humanitarian crisis.