Canadian International Pictures

From arthouse to Canuxploitation, CIP is devoted to resurrecting vital, distinctive, and overlooked triumphs of Canadian cinema.

[Canadian International Pictures @CIPictures]

THE OTHER FRENCH NEW WAVE, VOL. 2 is here, featuring 4 more classics from the dawn of Québec’s cinematic revolution. In addition to returning filmmakers Gilles Groulx and Jacques Godbout, this set includes 2 early gems from Orders director Michel Brault. https://t.co/7YpggVyxdb

[Canadian International Pictures @CIPictures]

The great Lisa Langlois came out to see our new restoration of SUDDEN FURY last night at @RevueCinema, as part of #BleakWeek. If you have our MINDFIELD disc, be sure to check out her surprisingly candid discussion of that film and the rest of her career. https://t.co/hyxhucHpne

[Disc-Connected @disc_connected]

***ANNOUNCEMENT***

Now available to preorder from the @VinegarSyndrome website and shipping at the end of June on Blu-ray from @ocndistro #PartnerLabel @CIPictures with a new slipcover variant: #CannibalGirls (1973)!

Note: This is the same disc as was previously released with a new slipcover (designed by Sean Longmore) and is limited to 1,000 units.

https://t.co/9UeKCcufKZ

#BluRay #PhysicalMedia #BluRays #BoutiqueBluRay #CultMovies #DiscConnected #VinegarSyndrome #OCNDistribution #CanadianInternationalPictures

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Now available to preorder from the @VinegarSyndrome website and shipping at the end of June on Blu-ray from @ocndistro #PartnerLabel @CIPictures: #TheOtherFrenchNewWave Volume 2 (1967/1969/1964/1964)!

Four more trailblazing classics from the dawn of Québec’s cinematic revolution

Between Sweet and Salt Water (Entre la mer et l'eau douce) – Leaving his rural hometown for the trials and tribulations of success in the city, young folksinger Claude (Orders star Claude Gauthier) begins a charged romance with waitress Geneviève (Dead Ringers’ Geneviève Bujold). Legendary filmmaker Michel Brault’s celebrated fiction feature debut transposed the intimacy and immediacy of his vérité work and brought new legitimacy to independent cinema in Québec.

Where Are You? (Où êtes-vous donc?) – Coming together across an extended road trip to Montréal, Christian, Georges, and Mouffe each forge a unique path in the face of an increasingly consumerist society. Filmmaker Gilles Groulx’s follow-up to The Cat in the Bag is an intoxicating formal kaleidoscope that pushes cinematic language to its limits.

Geneviève – Traveling to Québec City for a winter carnival, teenagers Geneviève (Bujold) and Louise (A Woman in Transit's Louise Marleau) experience the joys and disillusionment of a young love affair with Bernard (Bernard Arcand) in Michel Brault’s first collaboration with Bujold.

Fabienne (Fabienne sans son jules) – Restless with local celebrity and longing for a lead role in a film, free-spirited chanteuse Fabienne (famed Québécois singer Pauline Julien) relentlessly pursues an offscreen Jean-Luc Godard in this early short from Jacques Godbout (YUL 871).

directed by: Michel Brault, Gilles Groulx, Jacques Godbout
starring: Claude Gauthier, Geneviève Bujold, Christian Bernard, Georges Dor, Claudine Monfette, Louise Marleau, Pauline Julien
1967, 1969, 1964, 1964 / 237 min (combined) / 1.33:1, 1.37:1 / French DTS-HD MA 2.0

Additional info:

Region Free Blu-ray
Scanned and restored in 2K from the 35mm interpositives
New Between Sweet and Salt Water audio commentary featuring author/professor André Loiselle
New interview with former Cinémathèque québécoise director Robert Daudelin on Where Are You? and the films of Gilles Groulx
Geneviève Bujold: Art = Life (2018, 5 min.) – A tribute to Michel Brault starring Bujold
Theatrical trailers for Between Sweet and Salt Water, Where Are You?, and the three features from The Other New Wave, Vol. 1
Booklet featuring a new essay by author Ralph Elawani and a new interview with Godbout by film programmer Marc Lamothe
Reversible cover artwork
English subtitles

Trailer: https://t.co/0aLoNbu2Y4

https://t.co/9n93DdkjbC

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[Canadian International Pictures @CIPictures]

We’ve partnered with Degausser Video on a new deluxe LED VHS edition of The Amityville Curse. Limited to 200 units, this release includes a custom-molded clear shell tape and new art by Mark Richards. https://t.co/KnYBPc0OEa

[Canadian International Pictures @CIPictures]

For Partners Only Month, we’re also offering a new Limited Edition Variant Slipcover for Ivan Reitman’s CANNIBAL GIRLS with new art by Sean Longmore: https://t.co/0Vme1HALEo

[Canadian International Pictures @CIPictures]

Watch the trailer for THE OTHER FRENCH NEW WAVE, VOL. 2 here: https://t.co/KaQ8DBgoT8

[Canadian International Pictures @CIPictures]

This collection features restorations from @thenfb / @onf / @elephantcineqc, new art by Marie-Hélène St-Michel, a new commentary by André Loiselle, new interviews with Robert Daudelin and Jacques Godbout, GENEVIÈVE BUJOLD: ART = LIFE, trailers, and a new essay by Ralph Elawani!

[Canadian International Pictures @CIPictures]

THE OTHER FRENCH NEW WAVE, VOL. 2 is here, featuring 4 more classics from the dawn of Québec’s cinematic revolution. In addition to returning filmmakers Gilles Groulx and Jacques Godbout, this set includes 2 early gems from Orders director Michel Brault. https://t.co/7YpggVyxdb

[OCN Distribution @ocndistro]

A tight-nit crew of drug dealers living together on the fringes of society scrambles to adapt when their makeshift “family” is threatened by old jealousies, new paranoias, and the encroaching police. Scanners’ Steven Lack stars in this docu-fiction artifact of 70s Montréal counter-culture, finally fully restored after being out of circulation for decades. Allan Moyle’s THE RUBBER GUN is coming on Blu-ray from @CIPictures.
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[Canadian International Pictures @CIPictures]

We’re deeply saddened to learn about the passing of Tony Stella, a hugely talented artist who we were lucky to work with on four of our releases. He was a passionate collaborator, who always exceeded expectations. We send our condolences to his family, friends, and fans.

[Under the Radar @Under_Radar_Mag]

Here's our review of @CIPictures' Blu-ray release of a documentary about a turning point in Internet history. Star Wars Kid: The Rise of the Digital Shadows - https://t.co/MuqdkkQLzw

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Now available to preorder on Blu-ray in the US from the @VinegarSyndrome website from @ocndistro #PartnerLabel @CIPictures and shipping after their #HalfwayToBlackFriday #Sale later this month: #TheRubberGun (1977)!

The kids your mother never let you play with.

Charismatic painter Steve (Scanners star Stephen Lack) has carved out a reputation as Montréal’s premiere drug connection, trafficking narcotics with a crew of friends and lovers living as a makeshift “family” on the fringes of society. But tensions rise when the police catch wind of their latest shipment, and Steve strikes up a friendship with a university student eager to observe the group’s illicit lifestyle for his graduate thesis. As the walls start to close in, old jealousies and new paranoias surface, and the family scrambles to adapt or perish.

Featuring seven songs by acclaimed Leonard Cohen collaborator Lewis Furey, the directorial debut of Allan Moyle (Times Square, Pump Up the Volume, Empire Records) is an innovative drug drama that set the stage for Drugstore Cowboy and other celebrated portraits of addiction. Equal parts Warhol and Cassavetes, the film’s docu-fiction approach earned widespread praise for its urgency and vivid reality, with The Toronto International Film Festival citing it as “one of the best films of the ’70s.” Out of official circulation for decades, The Rubber Gun returns in a stunning new restoration from the original camera negatives.

directed by: Allan Moyle
starring: Stephen Lack, Pam Holmes-Robert, Pierre Robert, Peter Brawley, Allan Moyle
1977 / 84 min / 1.37:1 / English DTS-HD MA 2.0

Additional info:

Region A Blu-ray
Newly scanned and restored in 2K from the original 16mm A/B negatives by Canadian International Pictures with sound transferred from the answer print
New interviews with actor and co-writer Stephen Lack
New interview with director Allan Moyle
New interview with composer Lewis Furey
New interview with co-cinematographer Frank Vitale
American Cinematheque Q&A – Post-screening discussion featuring Moyle
Fantasia International Film Festival intro and Q&A featuring Lack and Vitale
Original theatrical outro song
Archival stills gallery
Theatrical re-release trailer
Booklet featuring a new essay by professor Nathan Holmes and an archival profile by P.M. Massé-Connolly
Reversible cover artwork
English SDH subtitles

Trailer: https://t.co/WxJEP3efPF

https://t.co/cNLJMt0UIA

#BluRay #PhysicalMedia #BluRays #BoutiqueBluRay #CultMovies #DiscConnected #VinegarSyndrome #OCNDistribution #CanadianInternationalPictures #CIP #AllanMoyle

[Canadian International Pictures @CIPictures]

In addition to new slip and disc art by Sister Hyde, this disc includes new interviews with director Allan Moyle, actor/co-writer Stephen Lack, musician Lewis Furey, co-cinematographer Frank Vitale, Q&As from @am_cinematheque and @FantasiaFest, an essay by Nathan Holmes and more!

[Canadian International Pictures @CIPictures]

The directorial debut of Allan Moyle (Pump Up the Volume, Empire Records), starring co-writer Stephen Lack (Scanners), THE RUBBER GUN is an innovative drug drama that set the stage for Drugstore Cowboy and other celebrated portraits of addiction. https://t.co/bdcmwHnd1r

[OCN Distribution @ocndistro]

Spring has sprung at OCN with 23 new releases!
Check out the array of Horror, Thriller, Comedy, Arthouse, and International titles (with a few spicy ones thrown in too) from Brainstorm Media, @CIPictures , @CircleCollectv, @DarkSkyFilms, @DarkStarPics, @DeliriuMagazine, @EnjoytherideRES, @Factory_25, @film_movement, @ifcfilms , @kani_releasing, @musicboxfilms, Saturn's Core, @Several_Futures, @shudder, @UmbrellaEnt, @wildeyemovies, and @filmarchive.
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[OCN Distribution @ocndistro]

Decades after becoming a viral sensation with a billion views, Ghyslain Raza (aka: Star Wars Kid) breaks his silence about the negative effects of unexpected and unwanted internet fame. Mathieu Fournier’s STAR WARS KID: THE RISE OF THE DIGITAL SHADOWS is coming from @CIPictures.
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Last night at @RevueCinema’s Stompbox screening of VINYL, Matt Johnson stopped by the CIP merch table, and he went home with a copy of our jam-packed new special edition of this enduring cult classic from fellow Toronto auteur Alan Zweig: https://t.co/Gf533RrXtx

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Great coverage of @filmarchive's WILDWOOD, NJ and @CIPictures's VINYL over at @CrookedMarquee's "The Best Movies to Buy or Stream This Week"
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[The New World Pictures Podcast @TheNewWorldPod]

🚨NEW EPISODE!🚨

We released our episode on GHOSTKEEPER w/ guest @yasminarewind, as featured on the @CIPictures Blu-ray! Listen to us discuss Georgie Collins' performance, winter survival, Yasmina's Video Ville VHS, and All Dressed chips! Listen:

https://t.co/NxWOXuzCCg

[Revue Cinema @RevueCinema]

4. SUDDEN FURY (1975) with Q&A with director Brian Damude -- moderated by @PeterKapow !

We will be screening the Canadian theatrical premiere of the new @CIPictures restoration of this gripping Canadian thriller (June 2nd) #bleakweek