Kino Lorber has unveiled some of the details of their March 2025 Blu-Ray and DVD releases from their Kino Lorber, Milestone Cinematheque, Cohen Media Group, and Greenwich Entertainment imprints. Get all the details on this incredibly packed lineup below:
Street Date: 3/11/25 (DVD Only)
Synopsis: 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. Over the course of director Sally Aitken’s moving documentary, we become deeply invested in baby hummingbirds like Cactus and Wasabi, celebrating their tiny victories and lamenting their tragedies. Through Terry’s eyes, each bird becomes memorable, mighty and heroic. Her compassion and empathy serves as a reminder that grace can be found in the smallest of acts and the tiniest of creatures.
Bonus Features: Trailers
Street Date: 3/18/25
Synopsis: Written and directed by renowned playwright, author, and filmmaker Kathleen Collins, Losing Ground is a brilliant portrait of a marriage at a crossroads. Just as philosophy professor Sara Rogers (Seret Scott, Pretty Baby) embarks on an intellectual quest for “ecstasy,” her artist husband Victor (Bill Gunn, Ganja & Hess) sets off on more earthly explorations of joy. When the couple rents a country house upstate, their summer idyll becomes complicated by Victor’s involvement with a young model. One of the first feature films by an African-American woman, Losing Ground was undistributed for decades before it premiered theatrically in 2015. Added to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 2020, it is now heralded as a canonical work of American independent cinema. The new 4K restoration of reveals the beauty and saturated colors of Ronald K. Gray’s lush cinematography.
Bonus Features: DISC 1: Losing Ground Audio Commentary by Professors LaMonda Horton-Stallings and Terri Francis | The Cruz Brothers and Miss Malloy (1980, 50 minutes), a 2K restoration of Kathleen Collins’ first film | In Search of Marcus Garvey (1981, 29 minutes, written by Kathleen Collins) | Archival Audio Commentary for The Cruz Brothers and Miss Malloy by Kathleen Collins | Theatrical Trailer | DISC 2: Transmagnifican Dambamuality (1976, 7 minutes), Ronald Gray’s student film | Interviews with producer/cinematographer Ronald K. Gray (46 minutes), star Seret Scott (40 minutes) and Kathleen Collin’s daughter Nina Lorez Collins (26 minutes) | Interview with Kathleen Collins by Phyllis R. Klotman (22 minutes) | Masterclass with Kathleen Collins at Howard University (1984, 119 minutes)
Street Date: 3/4/25
Synopsis: 78-year-old Rose (Françoise Fabian, My Night at Maud’s) has just lost her adored husband. Her grief gives way to a powerful impulse to live, making her realize that she can still redefine herself as a woman. But in doing so the whole balance of her family is upset.
Bonus Features: Q&A with Director Aurélie Saada moderated by Isil Bagdadi-Sergio, Host & Programmer, Preview Club Film Series at Cinema Arts Centre | Theatrical trailer
IN CUSTODY/THE PROPRIETOR: 2 FILMS BY ISMAIL MERCHANT
Street Date: 3/25/25
Synopsis: In Custody follows university scholar Deven (Om Puri), who is tasked by a magazine editor to interview the greatest living Urdu poet, the aging Nur (Shashi Kapoor). Thrilled to meet his idol and rekindle his interest in the dying Urdu language, Deven’s ideals are shattered when the poet proves to be a difficult subject. Forging ahead, and meeting numerous setbacks along the way, the unlikely pair eventually form a bond over their mutual appreciation for the beauty and power of words, and those elusive things that touch the human heart.
The Proprietor tells the story of Adrienne Mark (Jeanne Moreau), a respected French-Jewish writer who lives in New York – a virtual prisoner of her memories of growing up in wartime France. When her childhood home is placed up for auction, Adrienne’s desire to purchase the property and return to her homeland is complicated by feelings of betrayal, persecution and lingering secrets regarding her mother’s death during World War II. It is a touching tale about change, friendship and of reconciling with one’s past as a way to make peace with the present.
Bonus Features: DISC 1 – IN CUSTODY BONUS FEATURES: Conversations From the Quad: James Ivory and Nasheed Qamar Faruqi Discuss IN CUSTODY | Three legacy interviews featuring Ismail Merchant, Shashi Kapoor, Shabana Azmi and Om Puri | Original trailer | DISC 2 – THE PROPRIETOR BONUS FEATURES: Audio Commentary by Film Critic Wade Major | MAHATMA & THE MAD BOY (1974) short film directed by Ismail Merchant
CARVILLE: WINNING IS EVERYTHING, STUPID
Street Date: 3/4/25 (DVD Only)
Synopsis: From masterminding Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential win to his insurgent role in the 2024 race, Democratic strategist James Carville has been one of the most influential forces in modern political history. The “Ragin’ Cajun” looks back at his unlikely career and 30-year marriage to Republican consultant Mary Matalin. Featuring interviews with Bill Clinton, George Stephanopoulos and more.
Bonus Features: Trailers
Street Date: 3/11/25 (DVD Only)
Synopsis: A Jewish wedding cameraman falls in love with a klezmer clarinetist and pretends to be making a documentary in order to spend time with her. His fake project leads to a real journey through Eastern Europe in search of lost klezmer melodies and the remnants of Yiddish culture. A documentary-fiction hybrid. Winner of the Best First Feature Award at the Berlin Film Festival.
Bonus Features: Trailers
Street Date: 3/25/25 (DVD Only)
Synopsis: Manhattan dentist Peter Pearce (Griffin Dunne) is facing a midlife crisis after his wife of 35 years (Rosanna Arquette) leaves him. On the spur of the moment, he books a trip to Tulum, Mexico, only to crash his son’s bachelor party. A warmhearted comedy drama co-starring Richard Benjamin, James Norton, and Miles Heizer.
Bonus Features: Trailers
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