FILM MOVEMENT PLUS, Film Movement’s acclaimed streaming subscription service, opens up a world of provocative, compelling and award-winning films from their singular library. Priced at $5.99 per month with a free 14-day trial, the SVOD subscription service, currently available on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire, Android TV, mobile (iOS and Android), and Chromecast, offers consumers immediate access to 400+ festival favorite features and shorts including: THEEB, the 2016 Academy Award® nominee for Best Foreign Film; AFTER THE STORM, a powerful family drama from 2018 Palme d’Or winner Hirokazu Kore-eda; Takeshi “Beat” Kitano’s high-octane crime dramas VIOLENT COP, BOILING POINT and HANA-BI and MY LOVE, DON’T CROSS THAT RIVER, an unforgettable documentary about true love that transcends generations and is South Korea’s most successful film of all time. Classics from the Film Movement catalog include Bille August’s PELLE THE CONQUEROR, an Academy Award® winner for Best Foreign Language Film in 1996, THE GREAT SILENCE, the landmark spaghetti western from Sergio Corbucci and much more.
Beginning Black Friday and running through Cyber Monday, movie lovers will rejoice at limited-time holiday exclusive discount: 50% off three months. Just go to www.filmmovementplus.com, sign up for an annual plan using the promo code FMP50 and start streaming the best that world cinema has to offer!
For over 15 years, FILM CLUB, Film Movement’s first-of-its-kind DVD of the Month Club has delivered some of the best international and independent films to members’ doorsteps. Curated for movie lovers by movie lovers, each month, cinema aficionados receive a DVD featuring an acclaimed festival feature (along with a specially selected short film) well before it’s available to the general public. Recent Film Club titles include James Crump’s lovingly-crafted documentary ANTONIO LOPEZ 1970: SEX FASHION & DISCO, Rungano Nyoni’s BAFTA Award winner, I AM NOT A WITCH, the U.K.’s 2019 Oscar submission for Best Foreign Language Film and RAFIKI, Wanuri Kahiu’s LGBT romance set in Kenya. Upcoming films include Jayro Bustamante’s Guatemalan drama TEMBLORES, GOLDIE, an urban coming-of-age fable starring supermodel Slick Woods and more.
This holiday season, beginning Black Friday, Film Movement will be offering 40% off an annual subscription, typically priced at $135 – NOW $81. IN ADDITION, for a limited time, new subscribers will also receive TWO FREE MONTHS of FILM MOVEMENT PLUS, opening up a world of cinematic gems available 24/7 across all devices and platforms. Use the promo code FILM40 when signing up.
For those movie aficionados looking to add to sophisticated home entertainment libraries, look no further than the distributor’s acclaimed FILM MOVEMENT CLASSICS label. Since its launch in 2015, they’ve been dedicated to seeking out distinctive films of the past from around the globe, and offering these digitally restored classics to cineastes everywhere on extras-loaded Blu-rays. Among the labels highlights in 2019 are King Hu’s pioneering wuxia film, THE FATE OF LEE KHAN, MIDAQ ALLEY, Salma Hayek’s feature film debut, John Woo’s explosive precursor to his breakout film A Better Tomorrow, HEROES SHED NO TEARS, THE THIRD WIFE, Ash Mayfair’s lush and compelling drama set in 19th century Vietnam just nominated for three prestigious Indie Spirit Awards and more!
Beginning Black Friday, and running through Cyber Monday, Film Movement will offer ALL FILM MOVEMENT CLASSICS releases at 50% off their original retail price from filmmovement.com. Don’t miss out on this special opportunity – whether adding some true cinematic gems to your own collection or purchasing a gift for that movie lover in your life.
This holiday season, journey to an exotic land with FRITZ LANG’S INDIAN EPIC, a stunning 4K restoration of a legendary lavish serialized cliffhanger from one of cinema’s titans. A cinematic link between the classic silent serials and the modern action/adventures of Indiana Jones and The Mummy, FRITZ LANG’S INDIAN EPIC was the director’s penultimate work. Operating outside the Hollywood system and given more freedom and resources than he had seen in years, Lang returned to remake the feature-length exotic adventures The Indian Tomb and The Tiger of Eschnapur, which he originally helped to pen in 1921 but didn’t have the opportunity to direct. With breathtaking location shoots, a large international cast, elaborate sets and a jungle’s worth of danger and treachery, Lang crafted a blend of evocative images and montage that, in the twilight of his career, once again proved him a virtuoso of film form.
Initially released in America as Journey to the Lost City, a radically condensed 90-minute version, these exotic masterpieces are finally presented in their original splendor, featuring over 3 hours of breathtaking cinematography and cliff-hanging suspense, in this new restored edition — on Blu-ray for the very first time in North America! Extras include The Indian Epic documentary, Audio commentaries by film historian David Kalat, “Debra Paget, For Example”, a video essay by filmmaker Mark Rappaport and a 20-page booklet with an essay by film scholar Tom Gunning
At the age of seventeen, Shneider vaulted to international stardom through her portrayal of Princess Elisabeth (Sissi) of Austria in the first of three lavish films directed by Ernst Marischka. And, while she would go on to work with some of the most influential and daring European directors of the era, Schneider will always be remembered by this defining role in the internationally beloved series. A new holiday chestnut, families not yet acquainted with the internationally beloved series should check out THE SISSI COLLECTION, which brings together all three timeless films newly restored in 2K. Rounding out this set perfect for the whole family is VICTORIA IN DOVER (1954), a precursor to the Sissi films in which Schneider plays Britain’s Princess Victoria, as well as a bonus disc featuring “Forever My Love” (1962), a Condensed English-Dubbed Version of the Trilogy, a “Making of” Featurette and a 20-page Collector’s Booklet.
About Film Movement
Founded in 2002, Film Movement is a North American distributor of award-winning independent and foreign films based in New York City. It has released more than 250 feature films and shorts culled from prestigious film festivals worldwide. Film Movement’s theatrical releases include American independent films, documentaries, and foreign art house titles. Its catalog includes titles by directors such as Hirokazu Kore-eda, Maren Ade, Jessica Hausner, Andrei Konchalovsky, Andrzej Wajda, Diane Kurys, Ciro Guerra and Melanie Laurent. In 2015, Film Movement launched its reissue label Film Movement Classics, featuring new restorations released theatrically as well as on Blu-ray and DVD, including films by such noted directors as Eric Rohmer, Peter Greenaway, Bille August, Marleen Gorris, Takeshi Kitano, Arturo Ripstein, King Hu, Sergio Corbucci and Ettore Scola. For more information, please visit www.filmmovement.com. Visit www.filmmovementplus.com for more information about Film Movement Plus, the new subscription streaming service from Film Movement.
