What’s New on Kino Film Collection in February 2026
Tom Hiddleston and Kathryn Worth in Unrelated
Streaming on February 5
The Road to Shame
Édouard Molinaro, France, 1959
When Béatrice decides to spend an evening with wealthy playboys, her working-class fiancé Pierre (Robert Hossein) follows, exposing an organized crime ring. Framed for murder and threatened by henchmen, Pierre is determined to infiltrate the criminal stronghold, free Béatrice from sex traffickers, and clear his name. This exquisite restoration of Édouard Molinaro’s film is a fine example of post-noir European hardboiled cinema.
Shari & Lamb Chop
Lisa D’Apolito, US, 2025
The legendary ventriloquist Shari Lewis rose to stardom with her beloved sock puppet Lamb Chop. When her popular children’s show was cancelled, Shari had to find a way to make peace with her alter ego. Together, they spend decades reinventing themselves, leading up to Shari’s unlikely comeback with a new show and purpose: to be a fierce advocate for children’s education.
Streaming on February 10
The Kiss
Bille August, Denmark, 2022
South Bronx teen and gifted artist Kadir (Asante Blackk) attempts to rob no-nonsense MTA conductor Luis (Luis Guzmán) to prove himself to a local graffiti gang. The two share a meal that leads to a delicate yet transformative friendship, and Luis shows Kadir how his artistic talent could lead to a better life. Winner of the Best Cinematography prize at SXSW.
Streaming on February 12
The Black Tulip
Christian-Jaque, France, 1964
Alain Delon leaps into action in this colorful swashbuckling adventure from the pen of Alexandre Dumas. On the eve of the French Revolution, France's most daring masked avenger, "The Black Tulip," part Zorro, part Robin Hood, emerges as a local hero to fight the tyrannical aristocracy. A buccaneer for justice aided by revolutionaries, he has a clever ace up his sleeve: a twin brother!
Streaming on February 19
The 78 Project Movie
Alex Steyermark, US, 2014
Journey across America as today's musical artists perform the early songs that inspired a century of popular music, recording them exactly as originally captured on one-of-a-kind 78rpm lacquer discs. Inspired by Alan Lomax and his quest to archive music where it lived throughout the early 20th century, "The 78 Project Movie" celebrates the artistry and craft of America's authentic musical forms.
The Empire
Bruno Dumont, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, 2025
A slapstick intergalactic space opera from the singular mind of auteur Bruno Dumont, “The Empire” is a dramatic blockbuster spectacle and a comedic tour de force that pits good against evil in a quiet and picturesque fishing village in Northern France. In an attempt to restore their empires, two opposing forces from the depths of outer space, One and Zero, unleash an apocalyptic conflict on Earth.
Streaming on February 26
Unrelated
Joanna Hogg, UK, 2007
Joanna Hogg’s first feature follows Anna, escaping a strained relationship, to a Tuscan villa shared by old friends and their teenage children. Drawn into the adolescents’ orbit and their charismatic leader (Tom Hiddleston), Anna crosses unspoken boundaries, stirring jealousy and desire, until the holiday becomes a painful reckoning with loneliness, aging, and emotional dislocation.
The Image Book
Jean-Luc Godard, Switzerland, France, 2018
The legendary Jean-Luc Godard extends his iconoclastic legacy with a provocative collage essay probing the history and ontology of the moving image. Winner of Cannes’ first Special Palme d’Or, the film assembles and digitally alters fragments of cinema’s past to reflect on time, memory, violence, and the unfinished horrors of the modern world.