Milestone Film & Video
@milestonefilms.bsky.social
Restoring and distributing "lost" films outside the Hollywood mainstream since 1990. We mess with the canon. Amy Heller and Dennis Doros, founders. www.milestonefilms.com
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September: 👑 Queen Kelly in Venice, NYC & beyond!
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Milestone's September 2025 Newsletter: Queen Kelly's New York Film Fest's royal appearance, read the new QK press kit, and a new book we love, Rasheedah Philip's "Dismantling the Master's Clock" mailchi.mp/milestonefil...
Come and read Milestone's November 2025 newsletter: The Business of Fancydancing restored in theaters 😍 The release of Chang and Grass on Blu-ray, and more! mailchi.mp/milestonefil...
November 2025: The Business of Fancydancing restored in theaters 😍
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November 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Come and read Milestone's November 2025 newsletter: The Business of Fancydancing restored in theaters 😍 The release of Chang and Grass on Blu-ray, and more! mailchi.mp/milestonefil...
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It's beautiful & heartbreaking that work from decades past is so relevant today. Recently restored, The Man Without a World screens at UCLA Hammer Museum Saturday, Nov 8th. I'll be on there on screen and in-person. @hammer.ucla.edu @milestonefilms.bsky.social www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/the-m...
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October 31, 2025 at 6:28 PM
It's beautiful & heartbreaking that work from decades past is so relevant today. Recently restored, The Man Without a World screens at UCLA Hammer Museum Saturday, Nov 8th. I'll be on there on screen and in-person. @hammer.ucla.edu @milestonefilms.bsky.social www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/the-m...
"The modus operandi of “fucking with the film canon” will continue as Milestone Films transitions to Black ownership and becomes one of very few Black-owned film distributors." – Maya Cade www.blackstarfest.org/seen/read/is...
Portals and Expansions: Black Film Distribution - BlackStar
How can we move beyond a system that’s become an echo chamber of white sensibilities? By Maya S. Cade.
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October 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
"The modus operandi of “fucking with the film canon” will continue as Milestone Films transitions to Black ownership and becomes one of very few Black-owned film distributors." – Maya Cade www.blackstarfest.org/seen/read/is...
Coming November 14 is our release of Sherman Alexie's THE BUSINESS OF FANCYDANCING. We have been trying to acquire this film for years and hope you will catch it in theaters. Here are the trailer by Greg Hanson and the poster by Adrian Rothschild! thefilmstage.com/exclusive-tr...
Exclusive Trailer for New Restoration of Sherman Alexie’s The Business of Fancydancing
Premiering back at the Sundance Film Festival in 2002, renowned Native American novelist and screenwriter Sherman Alexie's feature debut The Business of Fancydancing has now been restored and is comin...
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October 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Coming November 14 is our release of Sherman Alexie's THE BUSINESS OF FANCYDANCING. We have been trying to acquire this film for years and hope you will catch it in theaters. Here are the trailer by Greg Hanson and the poster by Adrian Rothschild! thefilmstage.com/exclusive-tr...
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A year ago I had the pleasure of writing about Lionel Rogosin’s oeuvre for @criterion.bsky.social Current. His films are still available on the Channel; check them out if you haven’t! H/t to @milestonefilms.bsky.social for bringing his work to a wider audience. 🎉
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October 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
A year ago I had the pleasure of writing about Lionel Rogosin’s oeuvre for @criterion.bsky.social Current. His films are still available on the Channel; check them out if you haven’t! H/t to @milestonefilms.bsky.social for bringing his work to a wider audience. 🎉
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www.criterion.com/current/post...
Come and read Milestone's new October Newsletter! More on Queen Kelly (the premiere at NYFF!), the astonishing Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research, and a free restored LGBTQ+ film that you will love to watch this month! And more!
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October 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Come and read Milestone's new October Newsletter! More on Queen Kelly (the premiere at NYFF!), the astonishing Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research, and a free restored LGBTQ+ film that you will love to watch this month! And more!
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The Man without a World is still one of our favorite films. Mudam survey explores 50 years of the fabulous Eleanor Antin's fluid identity and performance art. artdaily.com/news/185795/...
September 26, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The Man without a World is still one of our favorite films. Mudam survey explores 50 years of the fabulous Eleanor Antin's fluid identity and performance art. artdaily.com/news/185795/...
[Queen Kelly is] “a spectacular, fanatically ornamental, yet harrowing masterwork of erotic ecstasies and horrors.” - Richard Brody, New Yorker Magazine www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
September 25, 2025 at 9:53 PM
[Queen Kelly is] “a spectacular, fanatically ornamental, yet harrowing masterwork of erotic ecstasies and horrors.” - Richard Brody, New Yorker Magazine www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
"Nadia’s a huge fan of Charles Burnett’s Killer of Sheep, and that definitely shaped how we approached our character, Charles—that raw, intimate feel with gentle coverage. We even shot a scene with a girl in a dog mask as a direct homage to Burnett’s film." www.motionpictures.org/2025/09/cage...
Caged Dynamics: How DP Ula Pontikos Frames Willem Dafoe & Corey Hawkins in "The Man in My Basement"
DP Ula Pontikos reveals how she used split diopters, shifting light, and careful framing to visualize Hulu's psychological thriller.
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September 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM
"Nadia’s a huge fan of Charles Burnett’s Killer of Sheep, and that definitely shaped how we approached our character, Charles—that raw, intimate feel with gentle coverage. We even shot a scene with a girl in a dog mask as a direct homage to Burnett’s film." www.motionpictures.org/2025/09/cage...
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***ANNOUNCEMENT***
Coming on November 18th on Blu-ray in the US from @milestonefilms.bsky.social via @kinolorber.com distribution: #GrassAndChang (1925/1927)!
In 1924, filmmakers Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack (King Kong) linked up with journalist/part- time spy Marguerite Harrison to
Coming on November 18th on Blu-ray in the US from @milestonefilms.bsky.social via @kinolorber.com distribution: #GrassAndChang (1925/1927)!
In 1924, filmmakers Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack (King Kong) linked up with journalist/part- time spy Marguerite Harrison to
September 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
***ANNOUNCEMENT***
Coming on November 18th on Blu-ray in the US from @milestonefilms.bsky.social via @kinolorber.com distribution: #GrassAndChang (1925/1927)!
In 1924, filmmakers Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack (King Kong) linked up with journalist/part- time spy Marguerite Harrison to
Coming on November 18th on Blu-ray in the US from @milestonefilms.bsky.social via @kinolorber.com distribution: #GrassAndChang (1925/1927)!
In 1924, filmmakers Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack (King Kong) linked up with journalist/part- time spy Marguerite Harrison to
La Cinémathèque française celebrates Shirley Clarke with a fabulous series that starts today! www.cinematheque.fr/cycle/shirle...
Rétrospective Shirley Clarke - La Cinémathèque française
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September 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
La Cinémathèque française celebrates Shirley Clarke with a fabulous series that starts today! www.cinematheque.fr/cycle/shirle...
La Cinémathèque française celebrates Shirley Clarke with a fabulous series that starts today! www.cinematheque.fr/cycle/shirle...
Rétrospective Shirley Clarke - La Cinémathèque française
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September 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
La Cinémathèque française celebrates Shirley Clarke with a fabulous series that starts today! www.cinematheque.fr/cycle/shirle...
Milestone's September 2025 Newsletter: Queen Kelly's New York Film Fest's royal appearance, read the new QK press kit, and a new book we love, Rasheedah Philip's "Dismantling the Master's Clock" mailchi.mp/milestonefil...
September: 👑 Queen Kelly in Venice, NYC & beyond!
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September 9, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Milestone's September 2025 Newsletter: Queen Kelly's New York Film Fest's royal appearance, read the new QK press kit, and a new book we love, Rasheedah Philip's "Dismantling the Master's Clock" mailchi.mp/milestonefil...
Milestone's premiere of Queen Kelly in Venice! 1400 attendees, an incredible orchestra playing Eli Denson's score, and at least a couple of celebrities attending!
September 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Milestone's premiere of Queen Kelly in Venice! 1400 attendees, an incredible orchestra playing Eli Denson's score, and at least a couple of celebrities attending!
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All you fans of ATHENS, GA: INSIDE/OUT! We're restoring this classic docty for its 40th anniversary! A new print & new extras for the perfect docty about Athens, its beloved characters, and a few bands you may have heard of. Join in the preservation efforts! Donate here: give.uga.edu/funders/insi...
Restore and Relive an Athens Treasure
Celebrate 40 years of Athens, GA: Inside/Out — give today to help preserve the original film for future generations.
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September 2, 2025 at 2:28 PM
All you fans of ATHENS, GA: INSIDE/OUT! We're restoring this classic docty for its 40th anniversary! A new print & new extras for the perfect docty about Athens, its beloved characters, and a few bands you may have heard of. Join in the preservation efforts! Donate here: give.uga.edu/funders/insi...
Chris Vognar in the Boston Globe
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But the highlight of my festival experience so far was actually a pre-festival event. On Tuesday night, the Sala Darsena theater was packed for the world premiere of the restored “Queen Kelly”
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But the highlight of my festival experience so far was actually a pre-festival event. On Tuesday night, the Sala Darsena theater was packed for the world premiere of the restored “Queen Kelly”
August 29, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Chris Vognar in the Boston Globe
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/29/a...
But the highlight of my festival experience so far was actually a pre-festival event. On Tuesday night, the Sala Darsena theater was packed for the world premiere of the restored “Queen Kelly”
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/29/a...
But the highlight of my festival experience so far was actually a pre-festival event. On Tuesday night, the Sala Darsena theater was packed for the world premiere of the restored “Queen Kelly”
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Feast your eyes on the lovely new poster for Erich von Stroheim's QUEEN KELLY (1929), an #NYFF63 Revivals selection that will have its new 4K restoration make its North American Premiere in this year's festival.
Learn more at filmlinc.org/nyff
Learn more at filmlinc.org/nyff
August 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Feast your eyes on the lovely new poster for Erich von Stroheim's QUEEN KELLY (1929), an #NYFF63 Revivals selection that will have its new 4K restoration make its North American Premiere in this year's festival.
Learn more at filmlinc.org/nyff
Learn more at filmlinc.org/nyff
The Queen ascends her throne tonight at La Biennale in Venice! The beautiful new poster is by Lauren Caddick. The new orchestral score is by Eli Denson. Queen Kelly is dedicated to the memory of Donald Krim, who started Dennis on his film journey 40 years ago.
August 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The Queen ascends her throne tonight at La Biennale in Venice! The beautiful new poster is by Lauren Caddick. The new orchestral score is by Eli Denson. Queen Kelly is dedicated to the memory of Donald Krim, who started Dennis on his film journey 40 years ago.
One of the most joyful films ever made! Coming this Monday night, August 18 at 7:00pm to the IFC Center in New York! George T. Nierenberg showing his personal 35mm print with a Q&A to follow! www.ifccenter.com/films/say-am...
August 15, 2025 at 8:39 PM
One of the most joyful films ever made! Coming this Monday night, August 18 at 7:00pm to the IFC Center in New York! George T. Nierenberg showing his personal 35mm print with a Q&A to follow! www.ifccenter.com/films/say-am...
We have booked the conference and hotel room. Can't wait for December 3-6, AMIA in Baltimore!
August 15, 2025 at 8:25 PM
We have booked the conference and hotel room. Can't wait for December 3-6, AMIA in Baltimore!
One of the most joyful films ever made! Coming this Monday night, August 18 at 7:00pm to the IFC Center in New York! George T. Nierenberg showing his personal 35mm print with a Q&A to follow! www.ifccenter.com/films/say-am...
IFC Center - Say Amen, Somebody
Screening on 35mm! Monday, August 18 at 7:00: Q&A with director George Nierenberg after the show One of the most acclaimed music documentaries of all time, Say Amen, Somebody is George Nierenberg’s ma...
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August 14, 2025 at 8:35 PM
One of the most joyful films ever made! Coming this Monday night, August 18 at 7:00pm to the IFC Center in New York! George T. Nierenberg showing his personal 35mm print with a Q&A to follow! www.ifccenter.com/films/say-am...
Just announced! Queen Kelly will arrive on American shores at the New York Film Festival! Long Live the Queen! www.filmlinc.org/nyff/daily/6...
63rd New York Film Festival Revivals Announced
Revivals showcases 12 films that have been acclaimed for their innovation and significance or that were underappreciated in their time.
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August 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Just announced! Queen Kelly will arrive on American shores at the New York Film Festival! Long Live the Queen! www.filmlinc.org/nyff/daily/6...
And the distributor is even madder! Thank you, Pamela Hutchinson for a great article on the Queen! www.theguardian.com/film/2025/au...
‘Our director is a madman’: a century on, Gloria Swanson’s disastrous film Queen Kelly is finished
The Hollywood icon played a convent girl falling for a prince in this bizarre film directed by Erich von Stroheim. Decades after it was abandoned, Queen Kelly will now be shown at the Venice film fest...
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August 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
And the distributor is even madder! Thank you, Pamela Hutchinson for a great article on the Queen! www.theguardian.com/film/2025/au...