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November 27, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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🚨 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
November 1, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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
October 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Björk's big screen debut THE JUNIPER TREE screens Tuesday at Nitehawk Williamsburg

4K restoration presented by @thefofif.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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.
September 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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...
‘Nadja,’ from Michael Almereyda and EP David Lynch, Gets 4K Director’s Cut from Grasshopper Film and Arbelos
Michael Almereyda's 1994 hit 'Nadja,' produced by the late David Lynch, will release a director's cut in 4K by Grasshopper Films.
www.indiewire.com
August 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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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...
July 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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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.)
The Sealed Soil - NEW RESTORATION
The earliest complete surviving feature film directed by an Iranian woman, Marva Nabili’s The Sealed Soil chronicles a young woman’s resistance to her forced marriage, a rebellion quickly misinterpret...
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July 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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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!
July 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Now streaming on Metrograph At Home! tinyurl.com/3ahnjrjb
July 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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...
July 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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From: Son of the White Mare (1981), dir. Marcell Jankovics, Pannonia Film Studio
June 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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...
July 9, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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...
June 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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"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-...
The Sealed Soil movie review & film summary (2025) | Roger Ebert
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.
www.rogerebert.com
June 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"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-...
The Sealed Soil movie review & film summary (2025) | Roger Ebert
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.
www.rogerebert.com
June 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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‘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...
June 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
CHAMELEON STREET will have its French premiere at FIDMarseille in July! fidmarseille.org
June 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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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...
The Restoration of Marva Nabili’s 'The Sealed Soil' Unearths a Gem of Women-Centric Cinema in Iran
The Restoration of Marva Nabili’s 'The Sealed Soil' Unearths a Gem of Women-Centric Cinema in Iran | Vague Visages
vaguevisages.com
June 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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...
Chameleon Street: When Your Film Isn't "Black Enough"
YouTube video by Yhara zayd
www.youtube.com
June 5, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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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
Female Filmmakers in Focus: Marva Nabili on "The Sealed Soil" | Interviews | Roger Ebert
An interview with the director of the earliest extant film directed by a woman from Iran.
www.rogerebert.com
June 4, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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...
June 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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.
June 2, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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...
June 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM