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kimstim.bsky.social @kimstim.bsky.social · Aug 24

‘Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass’ Review: A Vibrant World of Grotesqueries. Opens 8/29 @filmforumnyc.bsky.social and 9/5 LA @laemmle.com (NoHo 7).
www.slantmagazine.com/film/sanator...

'Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass' Review:

'Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass' is a film about its own condition of being an outsider to its own time.

www.slantmagazine.com

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kimstim.bsky.social @kimstim.bsky.social · Sep 1

Held Over through 9/11 at NYC's @filmforumnyc.bsky.social
Opens LA this Friday, @laemmle.com NoHo7."It is an undeniably (and inimitably) human work of art!" -
@ebertvoices.bsky.social

more dates/locations incl SF, Cleveland, Boston, Philly, etc
> kimstim.com/film/sanator...

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kimstim.bsky.social @kimstim.bsky.social · Aug 24

‘Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass’ Review: A Vibrant World of Grotesqueries. Opens 8/29 @filmforumnyc.bsky.social and 9/5 LA @laemmle.com (NoHo 7).
www.slantmagazine.com/film/sanator...

'Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass' Review:

'Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass' is a film about its own condition of being an outsider to its own time.

www.slantmagazine.com

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OVID TV @ovidtv.bsky.social · Jul 3

THIS IS NOT A MOVIE: ROBERT FISK AND THE POLITICS OF TRUTH

"The two things that give this doc its power and provocativeness are intellectual rather than dramatic: Fisk’s work, and his ideas." @slantmagazine.com

Now Streaming on OVID courtesy @kimstim.bsky.social

www.ovid.tv/videos/this-...

This Is Not a Movie: Robert Fisk and the Politics of Truth

Directed by Yung Chang • Documentary • With Robert Fisk • 2019 • 109 minutes For more than 40 years, journalist Robert Fisk has reported on some of the most violent and divisive conflicts in the worl...

www.ovid.tv

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Entertainment Factor @entfact.bsky.social · Jul 30

The 2004 drama MA MERE (MY MOTHER) starring Isabelle Huppert & Louis Garrel has been released on Blu-ray. More details here:

entertainment-factor.blogspot.com/2025/07/ma-m...

#bluray #mamere #mymother #isabellehuppert #louisgarrel #christophehonore @kimstim.bsky.social

MA MERE (MY MOTHER) - Blu-ray Release of 2004 Drama Starring Isabelle Hupper & Louis Garrel

The 2004 drama MA MERE (MY MOTHER) starring Isabelle Huppert & Louis Garrel has been released on Blu-ray

entertainment-factor.blogspot.com

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Carlos Aguilar @carlosfilm.bsky.social · Nov 23

KimStim is the U.S. distributor. I wrote a little about the film in this list: www.avclub.com/20-great-int...

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Sean Gilman @theendofcinema.bsky.social · Jul 25

New for subscribers only, a quick look at Wei Shujun's Only the River Flows, one of the more interesting Moody Chinese Noirs to appear over the past decade. Opens tomorrow at the Metrograph before making the rounds over the next few months thanks to KimStim.

www.thechinesecinema.com/only-the-riv...

Only the River Flows (Wei Shujun, 2023)

Films from Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, and Beyond

www.thechinesecinema.com

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vi @v-i.dev · Sep 24

While some of Kawamoto’s works have made it to DVD over here via KimStim, the only US release Okamoto ever got was an incredibly rare $100 LD from Pioneer Special Interest.

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🎥 Kathy 📼 Fennessy 📽️ @kcfennessy.bsky.social · Jul 28

Now watching. Opened in NYC July 26; opens in Toronto Aug 1.

From the KimStim one-sheet: "Director Wei Shujun's murky throwback film noir, gritty, textured film grain captures the pulpy proceedings. Torrents of rain envelop the characters as they descend into madness in pursuit of the truth."

Title card. Red text on a black background. Chinese characters in white.

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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · May 30

Films from Philippe Lesage, Andrew Dominik, Mohammad Rasoulof, Wang Bing, and more are among our streaming picks of the week.

New to Streaming: Who by Fire, A Desert, Bono: Stories of Surrender, On Swift Horses & More

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here. Bono: Stories of Surrender...

thefilmstage.com

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Disc-Connected: Your trusted news source in physical media @disc-connected.bsky.social · Jun 1

***ANNOUNCEMENT***

Now available to order from the @vinsyn.bsky.social website from new #OCNDistribution #PartnerLabel @kimstim.bsky.social: #MaMere (2004)!

KimStim is a Brooklyn based, full-service distribution company dedicated to the release of exceptional independent, foreign,

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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · Apr 17

We're thrilled to exclusively announce that the Quay Brothers' first feature in two decades, Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass, has been acquired by @kimstim.bsky.social for a North American theatrical release this year. Watch an exclusive clip:

Exclusive: The Quay Brothers’ Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass Acquired by KimStim

We're delighted to exclusively announce that KimStim has acquired all North American rights to the Quay Brothers' Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass. A stop-motion/live-action masterpiece insp...

thefilmstage.com

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kimstim.bsky.social @kimstim.bsky.social · Feb 4

ONLY THE RIVER FLOWS is now available on @primevideo.bsky.social
"A gorgeous film to look at, reminiscent of the good old days of 90s Wong Kar-Wai and Zhang Yimou's cinema.”
@screenanarchy.bsky.social

shorturl.at/X0pSh

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kimstim.bsky.social @kimstim.bsky.social · Apr 11

Now on Amazon Prime! Hélène (Isabelle Huppert), cool & in charge, & her pious Catholic teenage son Pierre (Louis Garrel) are grieving following the death of the family patriarch. While mourning, Hélène begins to involve her son in her drug-fueled, sex-filled nights.
www.amazon.com/gp/video/det...

Watch Ma Mère | Prime Video

Honoré's scandalous second feature returns in this 20th-anniversary restoration. Set in the Canary Islands, promiscuous mother Hélène (Isabelle Huppert), cool and in charge, and her pious Catholic teenage son Pierre (Louis Garrel) are grieving following the death of the family patriarch in a car crash. While mourning, Hélène begins to involve her son in her drug-fueled, sex-filled nights.

www.amazon.com

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Cinema Tropical @cinematropical.com · Mar 31

@unseenfilms.bsky.social interviews co-director Ery Rocha and shaman Davi Kopenawa on the urgent, breathtaking and collaborative documentary THE FALLING SKY. Screening at the @laemmle.com in LA this week. A @kimstim.bsky.social release

Talking about THE FALLNG SKY with Co-Director Eryk Rocha and Shaman Davi Kopenawa

This interview is a long time in coming. The interview was done on a Sunday afternoon in November 2024 before the screening of FALLING SKY...

www.unseenfilms.net

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kimstim.bsky.social @kimstim.bsky.social · Mar 29

Trump, Musk and Republicans in Congress are gutting services, raising prices, and racing towards slashing Medicaid, Social Security, and other life-saving programs. It’s time to fight back. app.sosha.ai/s/btwOEwk2

Join me on April 5th

app.sosha.ai

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Mar 20

In Philippe Lesage’s “patient, emotionally roiling” new film, “Who by Fire,” several strains of wounded masculinity derail an idyllic retreat in the mountains of Quebec. Read @justincchang.bsky.social’s review.

“Who by Fire” Is a Brilliant Drama of Male Rage at Its Most Elemental

In Philippe Lesage’s film, several strains of wounded masculinity derail an idyllic retreat in the mountains of Quebec.

www.newyorker.com

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kimstim.bsky.social @kimstim.bsky.social · Mar 19

WOW! @newyorker.com Justin Chang writes, “Who by Fire” Is a Brilliant Drama of Male Rage at Its Most Elemental" i
🔥 Held Over 🔥 @filmlinc.bsky.social through March 27th.

Opens LA's Laemmle Royal this Friday!! >https://laemmle.com/film/who-fire<
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

“Who by Fire” Is a Brilliant Drama of Male Rage at Its Most Elemental

In Philippe Lesage’s film, several strains of wounded masculinity derail an idyllic retreat in the mountains of Quebec.

www.newyorker.com

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kimstim.bsky.social @kimstim.bsky.social · Mar 13

"The movie’s opener — including the enigmatic drive, which can’t help but evoke Kubrick’s “The Shining” — announces Lesage’s gift for stirring up tension visually.” @manohladargis.bsky.social via @nytimesarts.bsky.social
Starts Friday @filmlinc.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/m...

‘Who by Fire’ Review: Masculinity and Its Discontents (Gift Article)

Men posture and peacock in the Québecois director Philippe Lesage’s ensemble drama set at an isolated house in a remote forest.

www.nytimes.com

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IONCINEMA.com @ioncinema.bsky.social · Mar 12

Our review for WHO BY FIRE 🇨🇦 "Lesage lulls the audience into a sense of serenity before suddenly tugging the rug out from under us as a series of intense, ultimately explosive verbal exchanges eventually bleeding into the inevitably of violence." #KimStim
bit.ly/3uRZ5tV

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kimstim.bsky.social @kimstim.bsky.social · Mar 11

Hey! NY Film Fest Main Slate selection, WHO BY FIRE, starts Friday @filmlinc.bsky.social (Lincoln Center) w/Philippe Lesage in attendance!

"A coming-of-age drama that flickers and crackles like the campfire around which a wild story is told."
@bealoayza.bsky.social, @filmcomment.com.web.brid.gy

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Cinema Tropical @cinematropical.com · Mar 8

Q&A with co-director Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha, moderated by DOC NYC's Jaie Laplante, at the opening night of THE FALLING SKY at MoMA. The scorching doc on Indigenous resistance in the Amazon runs through Thurs, 3/13. A @kimstim.bsky.social release moma.org/calendar/eve...

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Cinema Tropical @cinematropical.com · Feb 24

North American theatrical run of THE FALLING SKY by Ery Rocha and Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha to open in March. A
@kimstim.bsky.social release. Read the news via @broadwayworld.bsky.social

North American Theatrical Run Of THE FALLING SKY to Open in March

KimStim will present the North American theatrical release of The Falling Sky (A Queda do Céu), the immersive and lyrical Brazilian documentary co-directed by acclaimed documentarian Eryk Rocha (Cinem...

broadwayworld.com

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kimstim.bsky.social @kimstim.bsky.social · Feb 27

Who by Fire opens Friday, Mar. 14th @filmlinc.bsky.social Lincoln Center (tix now on sale!) and then on Friday, Mar. 21st at @laemmle.com The Monica in Los Angeles
www.ioncinema.com/news/foreign...

Exclusive Clip: A Wee Bit of Tension in Philippe Lesage's Who by Fire - IONCINEMA.com

Exclusive clip: Philippe Lesage's Who by Fire. Visit IONCINEMA.com for more world cinema news, reviews and interviews!

www.ioncinema.com

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kimstim.bsky.social @kimstim.bsky.social · Feb 13

The Falling Sky -OPENS Museum of Modern Art March 7.
youtu.be/Nc2lQdTXN-s?...
The film invites us to participate in the sacred ritual of Reahu, & challenges all of us who exploit nature for financial gain to rebel against the damage wrought by the industrial world. moma.org/calendar/eve...

The Falling Sky - North American Trailer

YouTube video by KimStim Films

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