Kino Lorber Studio Classics and Kino Cult have unveiled the details of their April 2025 4K UHD and Blu-Ray releases including works from Peter Sellers, John Wayne, Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase, Robert Redford, Jennifer Connelly, Kirk Douglas, and more. Get all the details on this incredibly packed lineup below:
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BURKE & HARE (SPECIAL EDITION)
Street Date: 4/1/25
Synopsis: Two of the most notorious figures in the history of medicine, William Burke and William Hare were a pair of enterprising street thugs who provided anatomical specimens to the Edinburgh Medical College—often by robbing the graves of the recently dead, sometimes through even more nefarious methods. Derren Nesbitt and Glynn Edwards bring these two scoundrels to life in Burke & Hare, a colorful, early-’70s rendition of life in the taverns, brothels and surgical theatres of 1820s Scotland. While other filmmakers have treated the Burke and Hare murders as a source of Gothic horror, director Vernon Sewell (The Blood Beast Terror) offers a playful spin on the Irish body snatchers, blending dark comedy with bawdy eroticism, seasoning it with the grotesque, then crowning it with a playful theme song by the pop band The Scaffold.
Bonus Features: NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian/ Screenwriter Gary Gerani | Grave Desires: Corpses on Film – Interview with Dr. Patricia MacCormack | Interview with Actress Françoise Pascal | Theatical Trailer | Optional English Subtitles
FILM NOIR: THE DARK SIDE OF CINEMA XXV
(THE FLAME / CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS / HELL’S HALF ACRE)
Street Date: 4/8/25
Synopsis: This collection features three film noir classics from Republic Pictures and director John H. Auer (A Man Betrayed). THE FLAME (1947) – George MacAllister (John Carroll, Flying Tigers) is the black sheep of a wealthy family who has squandered his share of the family inheritance and lives in constant resentment of his rich, terminally-ill half-brother Barry (Robert Paige, Tangier). So George gets his girlfriend, Carlotta Duval (vivacious Vera Ralston, The Lady and the Monster), a job as Barry’s nurse with the plan that she will eventually marry him for his money and then dispose of him. But the scheme turns complicated when Carlotta finds that she is really in love with Barry. Co-starring Broderick Crawford (Human Desire), Henry Travers (Shadow of a Doubt) and Hattie McDaniel (Gone with the Wind). CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS (1953) – The Creeps, the Hoods, and the Killers Come Out to War with the City! In the vein of William Wyler’s popular Detective Story of two years earlier, this gritty noir gem juggles around five characters through a particularly bad night in a Chicago police precinct: stressed-out cop Johnny Kelly (Gig Young, Wake of the Red Witch); lounge singer Sally “Angel Face” Connors (Mala Powers, Outrage); thug-for-hire Hayes Stewart (William Talman, Crashout); corrupt district attorney Penrod Biddel (Edward Arnold, Johnny Eager); and Sgt. Joe (Chill Wills, Giant), an honest cop trying to keep Johnny on a straight path. Striking urban cinematography by John L. Russell (Psycho) and another great bad-girl performance by noir goddess Marie Windsor (Force of Evil). HELL’S HALF ACRE (1954) – City of Sin…Toughest Spot in the Pacific! This Hawaii-set noir tells the twisting tale of ex-racketeer Chet Chester (Wendell Corey, Desert Fury), who is being blackmailed by his former partners-in-crime. When Chester’s gal Sally (Nancy Gates, Suddenly) kills one of his enemies, he assumes that he has enough clout to get a lighter sentence and takes the rap. Meanwhile, a visitor from L.A. (Evelyn Keyes, 99 River Street) comes to believe that Chester is the husband she thought she had lost at Pearl Harbor. Written by Steve Fisher (I Wake Up Screaming) and shot by ace D.P. John L. Russell (Moonrise), this offbeat crime yarn features standout support from Elsa Lanchester (Bride of Frankenstein), Jesse White (Witness to Murder), Leonard Strong (The Naked Jungle), Keye Luke (Gremlins), Philip Ahn (Macao) and the great Marie Windsor (The Killing).
Bonus Features: 2017, 2024 & 2017 HD Masters by Paramount Pictures – From 4K Scans | NEW Audio Commentary for THE FLAME by Heath Holland, Host of Cereal at Midnight Podcast | Audio Commentary for CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS by Film Historian Imogen Sara Smith | NEW Audio Commentary for HELL’S HALF ACRE by Heath Holland, Host of Cereal at Midnight Podcast | Optional English Subtitles
Street Date: 4/8/25
Synopsis: Featuring an award-winning and uproarious performance from Peter Sellers (The Ladykillers), I’m All Right Jack is a classic British comedy with a satirical edge. Sellers plays both the stuffy financier Sir John Kennaway and the tragicomic trade union leader Fred Kite. The result is laugh-out-loud farce that lampoons labor relations. Bertram Tracepurcel (Dennis Price) plans to make a fortune from a munitions contract, a scheme that involves manipulating his innocent nephew Stanley Windrush (Ian Carmichael) into acting as the catalyst in a missile factory strike, from which the socialist Mr. Kite is only too keen to make capital. Featuring a superb supporting cast including Terry-Thomas, Richard Attenborough, John Le Mesurier, Irene Handl and Margaret Rutherford, this is an ingenious comedy about the British workplace and self-serving hypocrisy. Winner of British Academy Film Awards for Best British Screenplay and Best British Actor (Sellers), this raucous sequel to Private’s Progress (1956) is bought roaringly to life by Sellers’ astonishing turn as the Stalinist unionist Kite.
Bonus Features: Audio Commentary by Authors and Comedy Historians Gemma and Robert Ross | Interview with Liz Fraser | Theatrical Trailer
SANDS OF IWO JIMA (4K UHD & BLU-RAY)
Street Date: 4/15/25
Synopsis: Screen legend John Wayne (The Longest Day) catapulted from Hollywood leading man to All-American hero with his Oscar-nominated performance (Best Actor of 1949) as Sgt. Stryker, a hard-nosed Marine sergeant who must mold a company of raw recruits into a combat-ready fighting machine. Feared by many and hated by all, Stryker’s training is soon put to the test in a full-scale assault against the Japanese on Iwo Jima—an infamous battle that will live forever in one of cinema’s most iconic scenes, the flag-raising on Mt. Suribachi. Emotionally gripping, punctuated with intense and sweeping battle scenes, all bound together by The Duke’s larger-than-life performance, Allan Dwan’s Sands of Iwo Jima is the quintessential WWII film.
Bonus Features: DISC 1 (4KUHD): Brand New HDR/Dolby Vision Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative | NEW Audio Commentary by Filmmaker/Historian Steve Mitchell and Combat Films: American Realism Author Steven Jay Rubin | Triple-Layered UHD100 Disc | Optional English Subtitles | DISC 2 (BLU-RAY): Brand New HD Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative | NEW Audio Commentary by Filmmaker/Historian Steve Mitchell and Combat Films: American Realism Author Steven Jay Rubin | The Making of Sands of Iwo Jima: Hosted by Leonard Maltin | Theatrical Trailer | Dual-Layered BD50 Disc | Optional English Subtitles
DONOVAN’S REEF (4K UHD & BLU-RAY)
Street Date: 4/15/25
Synopsis: Legendary filmmaker John Ford (Stagecoach, The Quiet Man) and star John Wayne (Fort Apache, The Searchers ) team up for what would be their final collaboration in this boisterous, uproarious South Seas escapade! Life on a South Pacific island for two ex-Navy buddies (The Duke and Lee Marvin, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance) is just about perfect—they spend most of their time in Donovan’s Reef, the local saloon where they brawl and feud and somehow manage to stave off the sameness of tropical living. Then, into this mayhem arrives a straitlaced Bostonian (Elizabeth Allen, Cheyenne Autumn) in search of her father. Jack Warden, Cesar Romero, Dick Foran and Dorothy Lamour add to the laughs—and pandemonium—in this tropical Technicolor treat!
Bonus Features: DISC 1 (4KUHD): Brand New HDR/Dolby Vision Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative | NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Joseph McBride, the Author of Searching for John Ford | NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Dwayne Epstein, the Author of Lee Marvin: Point Blank | Triple-Layered UHD100 Disc | Optional English Subtitles | DISC 2 (BLU-RAY): Brand New HD Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative | NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Joseph McBride, the Author of Searching for John Ford | NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Dwayne Epstein, the Author of Lee Marvin: Point Blank | The Growler Story: 1957 Short Film Directed by John Ford (21 Minutes) | Theatrical Trailer | Dual-Layered BD50 Disc | Optional English Subtitles
Street Date: 4/15/25
Synopsis: Peter Sellers gives one of his most memorable performances in Heavens Above! (1963). He stars as Reverend John Smallwood, an idealistic prison chaplain who is accidentally assigned to a wealthy parish who frowns upon his progressive ideas, like his insistence on ministering to the poor. His actions start offending not only the townspeople but the religious hierarchy and even the government itself. Can the Church of England silence their most compassionate cleric or will the vicar escape to serve the highest calling of all? It’s another uproarious farce from producers/directors John and Roy Boulting (I’m All Right Jack), and features a brilliant supporting cast including Brock Peters (To Kill a Mockingbird), Isabel Jeans (Gigi), and Cecil Parker (The Ladykillers).
Bonus Features: Audio Commentary by Authors and Comedy Historians Gemma and Robert Ross
Street Date: 4/22/25
Synopsis: BEWARE OF THE DWARF, whispers the hitchhiker to the beautiful librarian as he dies midway through a screening of Appointment with Danger. Suddenly she is propelled into a world of wild chases, bizarre attempts on her life, and deadly encounters with an assortment of weird underworld characters. Goldie Hawn (Seems Like Old Times) teams with Chevy Chase (Fletch) in his first starring motion picture assignment—and with hilarious results. Chase plays the handsome San Francisco detective who becomes personally and professionally involved with all the odd things happening to Hawn. Colin Higgins (Silver Streak, 9 to 5, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas) wrote and directed this rollicking comedy-thriller featuring Burgess Meredith, Brian Dennehy, Rachel Roberts, Marc Lawrence, Billy Barty and the great Dudley Moore (Arthur) in one of his most delightful comic turns ever.
Bonus Features: DISC 1 (4KUHD): Brand New HDR/Dolby Vision Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative | NEW Audio Commentary by Entertainment Journalists/Authors Bryan Reesman and Max Evry | Triple-Layered UHD100 Disc | Optional English Subtitles | DISC 2 (BLU-RAY): Brand New HD Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative | NEW Audio Commentary by Entertainment Journalists/Authors Bryan Reesman and Max Evry | Fair Play: Remembering Colin Higgins | Theatrical Trailers | TV Spot & UK Radio Spot | Dual-Layered BD50 Disc | Optional English Subtitles
Street Date: 4/22/25
Synopsis: Screen legend Robert Redford (3 Days of the Condor) leads an all-star cast, including the great Sidney Poitier (In the Heat of the Night) and Dan Ackroyd (Ghostbusters), in an exciting, suspense-filled caper! Computer expert Martin Bishop (Redford) heads a team of renegade hackers—including a former CIA employee (Poitier), a gadgets wizard (Ackroyd), a young genius (River Phoenix) and a blind soundman (David Strathairn)—who are routinely hired to test security systems. But Bishop’s past comes back to haunt him when government agents blackmail the “sneakers” into carrying out a covert operation: tracking down an elusive black box. Along with his former flame (Mary McDonnell), Bishop’s team retrieves the box and makes a stunning discovery—the device can break into any computer system in the world. With factions from all sides willing to kill for the powerful box, Bishop and his team embark on their most dangerous assignment ever in this high-tech heist film from director Phil Alden Robinson (Field of Dreams).
Bonus Features: DISC 1 (4KUHD): Brand New HDR/Dolby Vision Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative | Audio Commentary by Director/Co-Writer Phil Alden Robinson with Co-Writers/Co-Producers Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes | Audio Commentary by Director/Co-Writer Phil Alden Robinson and Cinematographer John Lindley | 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 Audio | Triple-Layered UHD100 Disc | Optional English Subtitles | DISC 2 (BLU-RAY): Brand New HD Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative | Audio Commentary by Director/Co-Writer Phil Alden Robinson with Co-Writers/Co-Producers Lawrence Kasker and Walter F. Parkes | Audio Commentary by Director/Co-Writer Phil Alden Robinson and Cinematographer John Lindley | The Making of Sneakers: Documentary (40:04) | Theatrical Trailer | 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 Audio | Dual-Layered BD50 Disc | Optional English Subtitles
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES (4K UHD & BLU-RAY)
Street Date: 4/22/25
Synopsis: From John Hughes, the legendary screenwriter of National Lampoon’s Vacation, Mr. Mom, Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and Home Alone, comes this hilarious film with maximum comedy at minimum wage! The town con (Frank Whaley, The Doors) and the town beauty (Jennifer Connelly, The Hot Spot) team up to outwit a half-wit pair of would-be burglars, real-life brothers Dermot Mulroney (Young Guns) and Kieran Mulroney (Nowhere to Run). Whaley stars as Jim Dodge, a smooth-talking small-town guy with a knack for putting up a front—but no talent for holding down a job. But Jim’s life suddenly takes a turn for the fantastic when he finds himself locked inside the local department store one night with Josie McClellan (Connelly), the daughter of the town’s wealthiest citizen, and two bumbling criminals. Directed by television veteran Bryan Gordon (Curb Your Enthusiasm) and co-starring Barry Corbin (My Science Project), William Forsythe (Raising Arizona) and comedy legend John Candy (Uncle Buck) in an unbilled cameo.
Bonus Features: DISC 1 (4KUHD): Brand New HDR/Dolby Vision Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative | Audio Commentary by Director Bryan Gordon | Audio Commentary by Chicago Critics Film Festival Producer Erik Childress | 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 Audio | Triple-Layered UHD100 Disc | Optional English Subtitles | DISC 2 (BLU-RAY): Brand New HD Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative | Audio Commentary by Director Bryan Gordon | Audio Commentary by Chicago Critics Film Festival Producer Erik Childress | Crafting Criminals: Interview with Actors Dermot and Kieran Mulroney (15:52) | Interior. Night.: Director of Photography Donald McAlpine on filming Career Opportunities (10:43) | Theatrical Trailer | 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 Audio | Dual-Layered BD50 Disc | Optional English Subtitles
Street Date: 4/22/25
Synopsis: One of the greatest British war films ever made, The Cruel Sea is an unflinching portrayal of life at sea during WWII, on a boat tasked with protecting convoys and seeking and destroying German U-boats. Filmed aboard an actual Royal Navy corvette, it tells the story of the sailors aboard the HMS Compass Rose: the bonds that form between them, the daily pressures they face, and their epic struggle to overcome the enemy. Based on the best-selling novel by Nicholas Monsarrat, and featuring heroic performances from Jack Hawkins, Sir Donald Sinden, and Stanley Baker, The Cruel Sea is an enduring war movie classic.
Bonus Features: Audio Commentary by Film Critic Simon Abrams | Interview with star Sir Donald Sinden | Theatrical Trailer
Street Date: 4/29/25
Synopsis: United States Marshal Howard Nightingale is a law and order and publicity man. He doesn’t simply capture outlaws. He makes sure a photographer is around to record the arrests and spread his fame. Now Nightingale, who aspires to the Senate, is out to nab his #1 prey: cool-witted robber Jack Strawhorn. “If I don’t get him, I don’t get elected,” he says. The mighty Kirk Douglas (who also produced and directed) stars as Nightingale and the wicked Bruce Dern is Strawhorn in Posse, an exciting roundup of action, humor and sly political skepticism. Bo Hopkins, James Stacy, Luke Askew and Alfonso Arau also star in this crafty western that asks: Just who is the real bad guy?
Bonus Features: Brand New HD Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative | NEW Audio Commentary by Filmmaker/Historian Steve Mitchell | Theatrical Trailer | Optional English Subtitles
Street Date: 4/29/25
Synopsis: Taut, exciting, mysterious…and all the more fascinating because it’s true! Here is the spellbinding account of the actual, documented incidents that have taken place within the latitudes and longitudes of the area in the Atlantic Ocean known as The Bermuda Triangle. Numerous aircraft and ships have disappeared under inexplicable circumstances within this area, also known as The Devil’s Triangle. This engrossing docudrama explores the legends, facts and folklore surrounding the infamous zone, dramatizing official reports, ships’ logs and eyewitness accounts. The list of scientific and superstitious probabilities will bring you to the very edge of psycho-technical phenomena! The Bermuda Triangle was produced by Charles E. Sellier Jr. and James L. Conway (The Lincoln Conspiracy, The Boogens) from Charles Berlitz’s bestselling book.
Bonus Features: 2017 HD Master by Paramount Pictures – From a 4K Scan | NEW Audio Commentary by Producer James L. Conway, Moderated by Film Historian Howard S. Berger | Optional English Subtitles
THINGS TO DO IN DENVER WHEN YOU’RE DEAD (4K UHD & BLU-RAY)
Street Date: 4/29/25
Synopsis: The great Andy Garcia (Internal Affairs) heads an outstanding all-star cast in this wickedly sharp ’90s crime thriller. When a powerful mob boss (the legend Christopher Walken, King of New York) gives ex-gangster Jimmy the Saint (Garcia) one last job, it’s an offer he can’t refuse. But when someone gets killed, Jimmy and his partners are marked for death, leaving Jimmy just 48 hours to put things right for his buddies and the woman of his dreams (alluring Gabrielle Anwar, Scent of a Woman). Directed by Gary Fleder (Kiss the Girls) and written by Scott Rosenberg (Con Air), Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead delivers blackly comedic, edge-of-your-seat entertainment! With a killer ensemble cast that includes Christopher Lloyd, William Forsythe, Bill Nunn, Treat Williams, Jack Warden, Steve Buscemi and Fairuza Balk.
Bonus Features: DISC 1 (4KUHD): Brand New HDR/Dolby Vision Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative | NEW Audio Commentary by Director Gary Fleder and Writer Scott Rosenberg | NEW Audio Commentary by Filmmaker/Historian Daniel Kremer | 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 Audio | Triple-Layered UHD100 Disc | Optional English Subtitles | DISC 2 (BLU-RAY): Brand New HD Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative | NEW Audio Commentary by Director Gary Fleder and Writer Scott Rosenberg | NEW Audio Commentary by Filmmaker/Historian Daniel Kremer | Things to Direct in Denver When You’re Dead: Interview with Director Gary Fleder (17:42) | Things to Perform in Denver When You’re Dead: Interview with Actor Andy Garcia (19:21) | Things to Write in Denver When You’re Dead: Interview with Screenwriter Scott Rosenberg (16:00) | Things to Design in Denver When You’re Dead: Interview with designer Nelson Coates (23:21) | Production Featurette | Theatrical Trailer | 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 Audio | Dual-Layered BD50 Disc | Optional English Subtitles
Street Date: 4/22/25
Synopsis: A European art film that could not possibly have been made within the Hollywood studio system, Borderline explores racial and gender politics while employing the radical editing techniques innovated by the Soviet avant-garde. When a Black couple, Pete and Adah (legendary actor Paul Robeson and wife Eslanda Robeson), rent a room above a tavern, it ignites the fears and jealousies simmering in a rural Swiss village. Having had an affair with Adah, Thorne (Gavin Arthur) braces for an inevitable confrontation with her husband. For this release, world renowned musician and producer Paul D. Miller, aka DJ Spooky, created an ambitious jazz score that honors the spirit of the groundbreaking film, while injecting it with a 21st Century sensibility. Featuring performances by Premik Russell Tubbs (flute, alto saxophone), Neil ‘Nail’ Alexander (keyboards), Todd Isler (drums) and Michael O’Brien (upright bass), Miller’s score investigates the dynamic tension between sampling, collage, and minimalist jazz. Mastered from a 2K scan of 35mm materials preserved by the George Eastman Museum.
Bonus Features: Audio commentary by film historian Anthony Slide
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