With over 4,000 titles in its library Kino Lorber has been a leader in independent art house distribution for over 45 years, releasing 35 films in theatres annually and earning seven Academy Award nominations in nine years. In addition to acquiring international streaming services MHz Choice and Topic and launching their own subscription service, Kino Lorber contributes to the home entertainment and educational markets through its yearly release of digital and physical media that includes hundreds of titles.

Here are their physical releases for April:

April 1

Burke and Hare (1972)

• Two of the most notorious figures in the history of medicine, William Burke and William Hare are two enterprising street thugs who provide anatomical specimens to the Edinburgh Medical College—often by robbing the graves of the recently dead, sometimes through even more nefarious methods.
  • • Format: Blu-ray

 

April 8

Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema Vol. XXV (1947-1954)

• This collection features three film noir classics from Republic Pictures and director John H. Auer: The Flame (1947), City That Never Sleeps (1953), and Hell’s Half Acre (1954). The films also feature new audio commentaries from podcaster Heath Holland and film historian Imogen Sara Smith.
  • • Format: Blu-ray

 

 

 

I’m All Right Jack (1959)

• Stanley Windrush is offered an unskilled job at a missile factory owned by his uncle. When manager Major Hitchcock discovers Stanley to be better than other workers, union steward Fred Kite calls for a strike to prevent the workers from having their wages cut – putting Stanley between his profit-minded uncle and an aggressive labor union.
  • • Format: Blu-ray

 

April 15

 

Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)

• No-nonsense Marine Sgt. Stryker must turn a group of recruits into war machines. Both feared and hated, Stryker’s training is tested in a large-scale assault against the Japanese during WWII on the island of Iwo Jima.
  • • Format: 4K UHD, Blu-ray

 

 

 

 

 

Donovan’s Reef (1963)

• Two ex-Navy friends find their everyday, South Pacific island life of saloon brawls interrupted by a prim-and-proper Boston woman in search of her father.
  • • Format: 4K UHD, Blu-ray

 

 

 

 

Heavens Above! (1963)

• An idealistic, progressive prison chaplain is mistakenly assigned to a conservative, snooty parish. When his actions offend the townspeople, religious figures, and the government itself, the town finds itself at odds with their liberal newcomer and contradicting ideals.
  • • Format: Blu-ray

 

April 22

 

Foul Play (1978)

• A mundane librarian tries to shake up her life and accidentally winds up in an assassination plot against the pope. She calls the police and meets Detective Tony Carlson, falling in love with each other while the assassin sets out to do whatever’s necessary to keep her from foiling the plan.
  • • Format: 4K UHD, Blu-ray

 

 

 

Sneakers (1992)

• A team of IT experts headed by computer genius Martin Bishop embarks on a dangerous heist when the government blackmails Bishop into tracking down a mysterious black box that can break into any computer system in the world.
  • • Format: 4K UHD, Blu-ray

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Career Opportunities (1991)

• Unemployed local conman Jim Whaley gets locked inside a store with the daughter of a wealthy man in an attempted robbery and the two must team up to outwit the wannabe burglars.
  • • Format: 4K UHD, Blu-ray

 

 

 

 

 

The Cruel Sea (1953)

• Based on the best-selling novel by Nicholas Monsarrat and filmed aboard an actual Royal Navy corvette, The Cruel Sea tells the story of the sailors on the HMS Compass Rose: the bonds that form between them, their daily pressures, and their epic struggle to overcome the enemy.
  • • Format: Blu-ray

 

 

 

 

Borderline (1930)

• When a Black couple rents a room above a tavern, tensions ignite in a rural Swiss village when they discover the wife Adah had an affair with a white man.
  • • Format: Blu-ray

 

 

April 29

 

Posse (1975)

• An aspiring senator and U.S. Marshal who loves publicity, Howard Nightingale sets out to capture his No. 1 prey: a cool-witted train robber.
  • • Format: Blu-ray

 

 

 

 

 

The Bermuda Triangle (1979)

• Based on Charles Berlitz’s bestselling book, this docudrama explores the legends, facts, and documented incidents surrounding the infamous Atlantic Ocean area also known as The Devil’s Triangle.
  • • Format: Blu-ray

 

 

 

 

 

Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead (1995)

• When he gets one final job from a powerful mob boss and someone gets killed, ex-gangster Jimmy and his partners are marked for death with 48 hours for Jimmy to set things right.
  • • Format: 4K UHD, Blu-ray