What’s New on Kino Film Collection in June 2025
Matt Dillon and Anamaria Vartolomei in Being Maria
Streaming on June 5
Every Little Thing
Sally Aitken, Australia, 2025
Author and wildlife rehabber Terry Masear has an ambitious goal: to save every injured hummingbird in Los Angeles. But the path to survival is fraught with danger. This heart-expanding Sundance hit introduces audiences to Terry's diminutive patients through breathtaking slow-motion photography and emotional storytelling, making each bird memorable, mighty and heroic.
Don't Call Me Son
Anna Muylaert, Brazil, 2016
When a Brazilian teenager learns he was stolen at birth, he's forced to leave his working-class home for his wealthy biological family. But his gender expression and identity clash with their expectations, challenging ideas of family, acceptance, and belonging in this bold coming-of-age drama and Berlin Film Festival winner.
Streaming on June 10
Being Maria
Jessica Palud, France, 2025
When promising young actress Maria Schneider (Anamaria Vartolomei) gets the lead in “Last Tango in Paris” alongside Marlon Brando (Matt Dillon), it seems like the opportunity of a lifetime. Until one day, when Brando and director Bernardo Bertolucci conspire to shoot a crucial sex scene as a harrowing assault. Lauded as a brave artistic breakthrough, it’s the beginning of a living hell for Maria.
Streaming on June 12
Mädchen in Uniform
Leontine Sagan, Carl Froelich, Germany, 1931
As a new student at an all-girls boarding school, Manuela falls in love with the compassionate teacher Fräulein von Bernburg, and her feelings are requited. Experiencing her first love, lonely Manuela also discovers the complexities that come with an illicit romance. An artfully composed landmark of lesbian cinema from 1931, and an important anti-fascist film by Leontine Sagan.
Victor and Victoria
Reinhold Schünzel, Germany, 1933
In this dazzling musical romance, a young woman, unable to find work as a music hall singer, partners with a down-and-out thespian to revamp her act. Pretending to be a man performing in drag, Victoria becomes the toast of the international stage. But she soon finds that her playful bending of genders enmeshes her personal and professional life in a tangle of unexpected complications.
Streaming on June 19
Coming Out Under Fire
Arthur Dong, US, 1994
Arthur Dong’s award-winning films masterfully explore the LGBTQ experience and powerfully illustrate the many faces of the gay rights struggle in America. He dramatically reveals the social consequences of individual actions in the culture war over LGBTQ issues. “Coming Out Under Fire” profiles gay and lesbian World War II servicemembers confronting the military’s first anti-gay policies.
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
Lisa Immordino Vreeland, US, 2020
The brilliant work, personal struggles, and cultural impact of iconic American writers Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams explodes onto the screen in this innovative documentary featuring voiceovers by Jim Parsons and Zachary Quinto. Dripping with wit and wisdom, it celebrates their fearless candor, tumultuous friendship, and how their identity as gay Southerners informed their timeless artistry.
Streaming on June 26
The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden
Dan Geller, Dayna Goldfine, US, 2013
Darwin meets Hitchcock in this true-crime tale of paradise found and lost. Fleeing conventional society, a Berlin doctor and his mistress start a new life on uninhabited Floreana Island. Once their exploits are sensationalized in the press, others flock there, building to a 1930s murder mystery. Beyond a 'whodunit’ it is a gripping parable of Robinson Crusoe adventure and utopian dreams gone awry.