What’s New on Kino Film Collection in June 2026
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June on Kino Film Collection kicks off Pride Month with a WWII lesbian love story, a West Coast response to Midnight Cowboy, and a documentary about gay icon Tom of Finland. Then, stream a satire straight from theaters and a sensational restoration of 1929's Queen Kelly before closing out the month with a beautiful homage to one of Hollywood's best.
Streaming on June 4
Aimée & Jaguar
Max Färberböck | Drama | 1999
In 1943 Berlin, a Nazi officer's wife meets and starts a passionate affair with a Jewish woman.
Drifter
Pat Rocco | Comedy | 1974
A West Coast response to Midnight Cowboy, Drifter observes the odyssey of an emotionally ambivalent bisexual hustler (Joed Adair) as he wanders through a series of relationships with men and women, yearning for a sense of belonging in a Southern California characterized by impersonal pick-ups and sex for hire.
Streaming on June 9
Luz
Flora Lau | Drama | 2026
In Chongqing, Wei desperately searches for his daughter Fa. In Paris, Ren grapples with stepmother Sabine. Their lives collide in a VR world, where a mystical deer reveals hidden truths, sparking a journey of discovery and connection.
Streaming on June 11
Daddy and the Muscle Academy
Ilppo Pohjola | Documentary | 1992
Tom of Finland (born Touko Laaksonen) is one of the major icons of the gay world. Taking inspiration from his World War II army days, 1950s American bodybuilding magazines and biker movies, Tom's erotic drawings of uniformed and leather-clad beefcake have become a permanent fixture of 20th-century iconography. Completed shortly before his death in 1991, this definitive documentary of the man and the artist combines interviews with Tom himself, commentary from his "leather men," hundreds of original drawings and steamy fantasy scenes inspired by his work.
Streaming on June 16
Queen Kelly
Erich von Stroheim | Drama | 1929
Von Stroheim’s baroque and obsessive drama opens in a European country ruled by a mad Queen (Seena Owen) obsessed with her feckless fiancé, “Wild” Prince Wolfram (Walter Byron). The dissolute prince falls for an innocent but flirtatious convent girl, Patricia Kelly (Swanson), kidnaps her, and brings her to his rooms. When the Queen discovers the lovers, she horsewhips the girl. Returning to the convent, Kelly receives a telegram, summoning her to German East Africa, where her dying aunt begs the girl to wed the syphilitic owner, Jan (Tully Marshall) of the seedy brothel.
Yes
Nadav Lapid | Comedy | 2026
Dissident filmmaker Nadav Lapid once again takes critical aim at the Israeli government in this blistering satire about artistic submission. In the days following October 7, a musician resolves to say “yes” to everything. Surrendering himself and his art to Israel’s social, political and military elite, he is tasked with composing a rousing and ruthless new national anthem.
Streaming on June 25
Remembering Gene Wilder
Ron Frank | Documentary | 2024
This loving tribute to Gene Wilder features clips from his classic films and interviews with Mel Brooks, Alan Alda, and Carol Kane.
Winter in the Blood
Alex Smith, Andrew Smith | Drama | 2013
Winter in the Blood is a hauntingly beautiful film that is true to the lyrical and unflinching spirit of James Welch's classic 1974 novel of Native American life. Virgil First Raise (Chaske Spencer, the Twilight trilogy) wakes in a ditch on the hardscrabble plains of Montana. He stumbles home to his ranch on the reservation only to learn that his wife, Agnes (Julia Jones), has left him. Worse, she's stolen his beloved rifle.