The heat of late summer offers the perfect opportunity to stay in your air conditioned living room and binge movies. For this month's feature on Kino Film Collection, we've put together groupings of films by iconic directors so you can sample some of the most fascinating cinematic artists of our times. Discover the work of British master Ken Loach, whose new film The Old Oak is making its exclusive streaming premiere, the restored indies of Canadian director Patricia Rozema, and films by Jia Zhangke, Guy Maddin, Jafar Panahi, Lina Wertmüller and more in our August Auteurs collection!
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Premiering on August 1
The Old Oak
Ken Loach, UK, 2023
Ken Loach’s deeply moving final film explores loss, fear, and the difficulty of finding hope. When a group of Syrian refugees moves to a once thriving mining village in northern England, prejudice fuels a rift between the community and its newest inhabitants. But an unlikely friendship between the owner of the local pub and a young Syrian woman offers new possibilities for the divided village.
Archangel
Guy Maddin, Canada, 1990
In Guy Maddin’s stylistic tale of obsessive love, one-legged Canadian soldier Lt. John Boles arrives in the northern Russian town of Archangel in 1919 where he becomes convinced that Veronkha is his dead wife. But Veronkha is already married to Philbin who also suffers from amnesia. What follows is a twisted love triangle as each person forgets who it is that they truly love.
Premiering on August 8
Filmmakers for the Prosecution
Jean-Christophe Klotz, US/France, 2022
"Filmmakers for the Prosecution" retraces the hunt by brothers Budd and Stuart Schulberg for film evidence that would be used to convict the Nazis at the Nuremberg Trial. Seventy-five years later, Jean-Christophe Klotz uncovers never-before-seen footage and interviews key figures to unravel why the resulting film about the trial was intentionally buried by the U.S. government.
Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today
Stuart Schulberg, US, 1948
One of the greatest courtroom dramas in history, “Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today” shows how international prosecutors built their case against top Nazi war criminals using the Nazis’ own films and records. The trial established the “Nuremberg principles” for all subsequent cases of war crimes, and crimes against humanity. Restored in 2009, with newly recorded narration by Liev Schreiber.
Premiering on August 15
Mouthpiece
Patricia Rozema, Canada, 2018
“Mouthpiece”, adapted from a play of the same name, is a funny and original look into a woman's torn psyche following her mother's sudden death. Enacting the two sides of Cassandra's conflicting inner dialogue, playwright-performers Amy Nostbakken and Norah Sadava create a compelling portrayal of the tension between regression and progress that is often found within women.
When Night Is Falling
Patricia Rozema, Canada, 1995
In Patricia Rozema’s lesbian love story, Camille, a professor at a Protestant college meets Petra, a wry and flamboyant performer in a modern Felliniesque circus troupe, and is inexplicably drawn. Camille pursues this sensual, dream-like woman, throwing her whole conservative life, not to mention her
White Room
Patricia Rozema, Canada, 1990
When an aspiring writer with writer's block witnesses the murder of a famous singer (Margot Kidder), he attends her memorial and encounters a woman connected to her (Kate Nelligan). He follows her home and discovers her nightly visits to a secret room. Set in Toronto of the ‘90s, this twisted urban fairy tale is as much about naive romanticism as our modern obsession with celebrity.
Premiering on August 22
The Village Detective: a song cycle
Bill Morrison, US, 2021
Four reels of water-damaged 35mm film recovered by an Icelandic fishing boat serve as inspiration for Bill Morrison’s latest meditation on cinema’s past—this time centered on popular Russian actor Mihail Žarov and offering a journey into Soviet history and film accompanied by a gorgeous score by Pulitzer and Grammy-winning composer David Lang.