Founded in 1956, Janus Films was the first theatrical distribution company dedicated to bringing international art-house films to U.S. audiences. Janus handles rights in all media to an…
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NEW TRAILER for Ryusuke Hamaguchi's EVIL DOES NOT EXIST
In the rural alpine hamlet of Mizubiki, not far from Tokyo, Takumi and his daughter, Hana, lead a modest life gathering water, wood, and wild wasabi for the local udon restaurant. Increasingly, the townsfolk become aware of a talent agency’s plan to build an opulent glamping site nearby, offering city residents a comfortable “escape” to the snowy wilderness. When two company representatives arrive and ask for local guidance, Takumi becomes conflicted in his involvement, as it becomes clear that the…
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The Slave Ship Musical You Never Knew Existed The New York Times
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New trailer for the 4K restoration of LE SAMOURAÏ
In a career-defining performance, Alain Delon plays Jef Costello, a contract killer with samurai instincts. After carrying out a flawlessly planned hit, Jef finds himself caught between a persistent police investigator and a ruthless employer, and not even his armor of fedora and trench coat can protect him. An elegantly stylized masterpiece of cool by maverick director Jean‑Pierre Melville, Le samouraï is a razor-sharp cocktail of 1940s American gangster cinema and 1960s French pop culture—with a liberal dose of Japanese…
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WEST INDIES: THE FUGITIVE SLAVES OF LIBERTY - 4K Restoration Trailer
Mauritanian French director Med Hondo’s West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty proved a watershed event for African cinema—the continent’s first musical as well as a sui generis amalgam of historical epic, Broadway revue, Brechtian theater, and joyous agitprop. Using an enormous mock slave ship as the film’s only soundstage, Hondo mounts intricately choreographed reenactments and dance numbers across his multipurpose set to investigate more than three centuries of imperialist oppression. The story traverses the West Indies, Europe, and the…
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RYUICHI SAKAMOTO | OPUS - US Trailer Premiere
A celebration of an artist’s life in the purest sense, Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus is the definitive swan song of one of the world’s greatest musicians. In late 2022, as a parting gift, Ryuichi Sakamoto mustered all of his energy to leave us with one final performance: a concert film featuring just him and his piano. Curated and sequenced by Sakamoto himself, the twenty pieces featured in the film wordlessly narrate his life through his wide-ranging oeuvre. The selection spans…
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The Films of Glauber Rocha 10 films
Glauber Rocha's filmography in honor of the new 4K restoration of BLACK GOD, WHITE DEVIL opening at Film Forum on…
Queer Cinema 20 films
In honor of the release of Paul B. Preciado's bracingly intellectual film, ORLANDO, MY POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY, Janus Films presents it's…
Acting, Film, & Reality: Where the Line Blurs 20 films
When acting, film, and reality begin to blur... A list inspired by Janus Film's sparkling new 4K restoration of L'amour…
Janus Jr. 10 films
Ten kids selections from the Janus catalogue!
Black & White ’Scope 43 films
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Don't Watch with Mom 15 films
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Glauber Rocha: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’
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Recent reviews
Ryusuke Hamaguchi follows up his Academy Award®-winning breakthrough drama “Drive My Car” with a foreboding tale about a rural Japanese village and the resort developer eyeing its land, in what is uniquely expressed in a way that "speaks to everyday life and to the beauty of a world (NY TIMES)". Not only does the film operate in a way that captures Hamaguchi's distinct form, but it is also "a masterful film that invites contemplation and, in return, delivers lyrical beauty,…
Bertrand Bonello's genre bending trip through time is "an audacious interdimensional romance, techno-thriller, and Los Angeles noir rolled up into one" (NEW YORK TIMES). Suffused with mounting dread and a haunting sense of mystery, and punctuated by a career-defining, three-role performance by Seydoux, The Beast poignantly conveys humanity’s struggle against dissociative identity, fate, and emotionless existence in what is being called "the most potent horror picture of the decade so far" (ROGER EBERT).
Tickets for THE BEAST are now on sale here in select cities.
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Evil does not exist because everybody is just doing their job. Absolutely first-rate. Could've watched Omika chop wood for another hour.
The world must have been offered up to Ryusuke Hamaguchi after the success of Drive My Car, and I love that for his follow-up he stayed completely true to himself and made this unbelievably powerful fable about conservation, and mankind’s destructive relationship with nature. Takumi, seen by everyone has this man of the earth, the purest inhabitant of this land, understands completely that even he is not native to this soil. We’re all visitors, we’re all forces that disrupt and…
After the screening, Ryusuke Hamaguchi expressed that he’s “still not sure what this is” to him. Conceived as a reaction to its entrancing score, the film itself plays like a reaction to its title. In an ideal world, evil does not exist; but, Hamaguchi never traffics in ideals, often depicting fallout in the wake of everything that could be. And—ironically for a film on its face so bound—never before on this scale. Its conclusion has baffled, especially considering the interpersonal…
A sly piece of pop subversion, this irresistible satire of Reagan-era materialism features Tom Cruise in his star-is-born breakthrough as a Chicago suburban prepster whose college-bound life spirals out of control when his parents go out of town for the week and an enterprising call girl (Rebecca De Mornay) invites him to walk on the wild side. While Cruise boogying in his briefs yielded one of the most iconic pop-cultural moments of the 1980s, it is the film’s unexpected mix…
When sumptuous black and white meets CinemaScope. A selection of Janus films in this glorious format.