More new stuff! We’ve got a wild collection of Slovak animation from @arbelosfilms.bsky.social, plus a new slate of releases from @vinsyn.bsky.social and OCN!

‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair - Global Film Festival’ June 1st - 30th 🩶 This year, ‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair’ expands to 73 cities across 8 countries including the U.S. & Puerto Rico, Canada, England, Scotland, Mexico, Uruguay, Argentina, + Chile. www.americancinematheque.com/series/bleak...

I wrote about Michael Almereyda's richly atmospheric 1994 mood piece Nadja, which looks fantastic in its new 4K restoration from @arbelosfilms.bsky.social. It opens in Seattle today at the Beacon Cinema. @seattlecritics.bsky.social

‘Nadja’ 4K Restoration Director’s Cut is a visually stunning B&W vampire film. It is now playing through February 12th at @bambrooklyn.bsky.social For other Nadja screening dates, go to @arbelosfilms.bsky.social deepestdream.com/nadja-4k-res...

NADJA screens this week at BAM (New York), Sie Filmcenter (Denver), The Beacon (Seattle), and Cinéma Moderne (Montréal)! arbelosfilms.com/films/nadja/

Michael Almereyda talks to Nick Newman about Nadja, now playing in a restored director's cut, and the patronage of David Lynch and Mary Sweeney:

Michael Almereyda’s vampire film Nadja debuts in a long-overdue 4K restoration, and more films to see in NYC this weekend.

"This triumph of low-budget filmmaking will shimmer for a week at Brooklyn Academy of Music." - J. Hoberman, @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/m...

A wonderful conversation with NADJA director Michael Almereyda and star Elina Löwensohn, featuring never-before-seen onset photographs by Tim Davis. New 4K restorations opens BAM Feb 6th! www.bam.org/film/2026/na...

Michael Almereyda’s acclaimed cult film returns in a new 4K restoration of the director’s cut. Opens Friday at BAM with Q&As Friday and Saturday! t.co/YeGs6RPhfa

From Filipino macho dancers to Hong Kong green snakes, this month’s edition of Shelf Life from Katie Rife takes you through a straight story to heaven and beyond. boxd.it/2X8

Watch the trailer for Michael Almereyda's 'Nadja,' executive-produced by David Lynch and featuring a cameo by the late filmmaker.

Béla Tarr, 1955-2026: the great cinematic poet of despair, whose movies were as rigorously bleak as they were paradoxically invested in the infinite value of every human life. The Kafka of motion pictures. Thread of images from his masterpiece Damnation (1988).

Béla Tarr (1955 – 2026) RIP to an uncompromising, master filmmaker. We were beyond honored to collaborate with him on the massive 4K restoration of SÁTÁNTANGÓ, and distribution of DAMNATION. He'll be dearly missed, even as his work continues to speak volumes.

"Films by Nina Menkes" series is now streaming on Metrograph At Home! watch.metrograph.com/films-by-nin...

Thrilled to premiere the new NADJA restoration poster with Posteritati! U.S. premiere January 16th at MoMA's Save and Project. Opening NYC February 6th at BAM.

Catch the director's cut of Michael Almereyda's NADJA in a stunning new 4K restoration on January 11th. U.S. premiere! www.moma.org/calendar/fil...

Our annual Black Friday sale has arrived! Storewide discounts up to 50% off. Sale ends Monday at 11:59PM PST. shoparbelosfilms.com

🚨 DVR/Viewing Alert: CHAMELEON STREET airing at 2a Eastern tonight/Sunday morning. This is a genius film about a real-life Michigan con man, directed by Wendell B. Harris, who still hasn't really gotten his due ^PG #TCMParty

Wendell B. Harris Jr.'s electric and masterful dark comedy CHAMELEON STREET returns to @tcmtv.bsky.social November 1st at 11pm Pacific / November 2nd at 2am Eastern. Tune in! tcm.com/schedule

Björk's big screen debut THE JUNIPER TREE screens Tuesday at Nitehawk Williamsburg 4K restoration presented by @thefofif.bsky.social

László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel prize in literature 2025

Our new 4K restoration of Michael Almereyda's striking postmodern vampire tale NADJA will have its world premiere tonight at @tiffnet.bsky.social! A Grasshopper Film / Arbelos co-release.

We're thrilled to be partnering with Grasshopper Film to bring Michael Almereyda's stunning and singular NADJA to @tiffnet.bsky.social for its 4K restoration world premiere! Thanks to @indiewire.com.web.brid.gy for breaking the news! www.indiewire.com/news/breakin...

The new restoration of Robina Rose’s NIGHTSHIFT begins Friday. Over the course of a single night, a West London hotel clerk observes a parade of punk rockers, businessmen, and magicians. Essentially unseeable for decades, Rose’s film is a brilliant, surreal dreamscape. www.trylon.org/film/night-s...

Marva Nabili's THE SEALED SOIL is a quiet masterpiece from pre-revolution Iran. The earliest surviving film by an Iranian woman, it screens next Wednesday (7/23) at Drexel University's URBN Annex (3401 Filbert St.)

Wayne Wang, an icon of indie cinema, blends genre experimentation with sharp political insight in this new hosted label release from @arbelosfilms.bsky.social . The Limited Edition golden slipcover is only available through our site, so don't miss out!

Now streaming on Metrograph At Home! tinyurl.com/3ahnjrjb

One of the great psychedelic masterpieces of world animation, Marcell Jankovics's SON OF THE WHITE MARE is now available to buy or rent on AppleTV and Amazon: apple.co/4kxZeXt%20 / www.amazon.com/gp/video/det...

From: Son of the White Mare (1981), dir. Marcell Jankovics, Pannonia Film Studio

A mid-career masterwork photographed in stunning black & white, Béla Tarr's DAMNATION is now available to buy or rent on AppleTV and Amazon: apple.co/44vshGp / www.amazon.com/gp/video/det...

Excited to have Nina Menkes's MAGADLENA VIRAGA and Nietzchka Keene's THE JUNIPER TREE receiving new live scores from Aya Suzuki and Midori Hirano, respectively, at @filmfestgent.bsky.social's always excellent Videodroom program! www.filmfestival.be/en/news/prog...

"It’s a great, though admittedly demanding, movie that draws us into a character’s mindset simply by showing us what their life is like." @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social on the recently re-released 1977 Iranian feature THE SEALED SOIL, from director Marva Nabili: www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-...

"You come away feeling that you’ve been told nothing but the truth, which is a rare sensation in any art form, let alone narrative filmmaking." Great piece on THE SEALED SOIL courtesy of @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social at @ebertvoices.bsky.social! www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-...

  ‘Hungarian animation is now experiencing a kind of golden age — with recent awards at top festivals like Ottawa, Cannes and Annecy, where the scene has truly made its mark. www.animationmagazine.net/2025/06/hung...

CHAMELEON STREET will have its French premiere at FIDMarseille in July! fidmarseille.org

New by Soham Gadre • The Restoration of Marva Nabili’s ‘The Sealed Soil’ Unearths a Gem of Women-Centric Cinema in Iran #TheSealedSoil vaguevisages.com/2025/06/04/t...

Terrific video essay on Wendell B. Harris Jr.'s CHAMELEON STREET from Yhara Zayd! Catch the film -- currently sitting at 100% on @rottentomatoes.com -- on Peacock, @kanopy.com, Tubi, Pluto, Apple TV, and special edition Blu-ray! www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D3G...

For my column this month at @ebertvoices.bsky.social, I spoke with Marva Nabili, whose recently restored film THE SEALED SOIL is the earliest extant feature film directed by an Iranian woman

Scenes from THE SEALED SOIL's sold out opening night at BAM. Thanks to director Marva Nabili, moderator Sanam Akhlagh, and everyone who came out! New 4K restoration is now playing in theaters: arbelosfilms.com/films/the-se...

Lovely mention of THE SEALED SOIL in this month's Shelf Life at @letterboxd.social! New 4K restoration is now playing at BAM Rose Cinema.

NYC! Don't miss Andrew Bujalski in-person for a special 20th anniversary MUTUAL APPRECIATION screening, followed by FUNNY HA HA. Both on 35mm as part of Metrograph's "Mumblecore, What Are We Even Saying?" series: metrograph.com/category/mum...

Marva Nabili's landmark Iranian feature THE SEALED SOIL opens today at BAM Rose Cinemas in a stunning new 4K restoration by @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social! Nabili in-person tonight and Saturday at 7pm shows for Q&As: tickets.bam.org/production/?...

Newly restored, weeklong run starts today: An underground quasi-ethnographic movie made by a feminist filmmaker in defiance of Iranian law. Illegal before the Islamic Revolution, most likely impossible after. Opens w quote from Camus's The Rebel.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/m... Clandestinely made in Pahlavi Iran, The Sealed Soil was never shown there & altho its qualities were immediately recognized in the US, it's not been released here until now (at BAM for a week) A triumph of “imperfect” cinema-- pragmatism is intrinsic to its meaning.

"While on a formal level Nabili’s film feels miles away from the Hollywood classics of angst and alienation... it shares the same notion that just wanting to think for oneself can be a harrowing thing." - Sarah Fensom, @screenslate.bsky.social www.screenslate.com/articles/sea...

"A hidden landmark from 1977...THE SEALED SOIL, was made in secret in Iran under the Shah. It has never been shown there and although its qualities were immediately recognized in the United States, it has not been released here, until now. - J. Hoberman, @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/m...

Marva Nabili's history-making Iranian feature THE SEALED SOIL opens May 30th at BAM Rose Cinemas in a stunning new 4K restoration by @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social! Q&As with the director May 30th and May 31st at 7pm: www.bam.org/film/2025/th...

An extensive period interview between director Marva Nabili and Tom Luddy, on the occasion of THE SEALED SOIL premiering at @bampfa.bsky.social back in 1978. New 4K restoration opens NYC at BAM Rose Cinemas May 30th! notesoncinematograph.blogspot.com/2021/04/Nabi...

New trailer for Marva Nabili's history-making marvel THE SEALED SOIL. New 4K restoration opens May 30th at BAM with other cities to follow! arbelosfilms.com/films/the-se...