Milestone Film & Video

Starring Gloria Swanson and directed by Erich von Stroheim, QUEEN KELLY (1929) screens Sat, Feb 28 at 1pm at the Wex! Introduced by Dennis Doros and Amy Heller of @milestonefilms.bsky.social! Part of film restoration fest Cinema Revival! Link in comments.

YouTube video by The Frida Cinema THE ANNIHILATION OF FISH INTRODUCTION BY ROBERT DANIELS | The Frida Cinema

Today’s 5:30 show is your last chance to catch @milestonefilms.bsky.social’s release of legendary director Charles Burnett’s long-unavailable film, THE ANNIHILATION OF FISH!

Here’s @812filmreviews.com’s intro he recorded exclusively for us!

🎟️: thefridacinema.org/movies/the-a...

QUEEN KELLY returns to the throne at Lightbox Film Center — Moviejawn by Rosalie Kicks, Editor in Chief & Old Sport Queen Kelly is very much a mystifying artifact of a bygone era of Hollywood filmmaking that was filled with decadence, extravagance, and outlandish...

MJ's @rosaliekicks.com says, "This bewildering piece of history deserves to be seen on the largest screen possible."

QUEEN KELLY from @milestonefilms.bsky.social screens @lightboxfilmcenter.bsky.social this Sunday at 5pm.

#QueenKelly #nowplaying #milestonefilms

Maya is in Berlin. The rest of Milestone is locked in our basement!

Tonight is the world premiere of Charles Burnett's restored MY BROTHER'S WEDDING! Thank you to Berlinale Forum, @kinolorber.com, @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social, @bampfa.bsky.social, Prasad, Deluxe, and to @mayascade.bsky.social Charles, and Jill Borders, who oversaw the restoration!

new poster of charles burnett’s sophomore feature “my brother’s wedding”

🚨 the theatrical poster of charles burnett’s “my brother’s wedding” for the new 4K restoration is here 🚨

world premiere tomorrow. poster first shared via @letterboxd.social

@milestonefilms.bsky.social

‘Full of emotional wisdom’: Guardian writers on the best movie romances you might not have seen For Valentine’s Day, writers picked their favourite lesser-known film love stories – from a dom-sub chamberpiece to a magical teen comedy

THE ANNIHILATION OF FISH. When I saw the restoration last 14 February, the theater was filled with couples who, like my boyfriend and I, seemed cozied up just a little closer than usual. — Owen Myers www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...

‘Full of emotional wisdom’: Guardian writers on the best movie romances you might not have seen For Valentine’s Day, writers picked their favourite lesser-known film love stories – from a dom-sub chamberpiece to a magical teen comedy

THE ANNIHILATION OF FISH. It’s the first rule of romcoms that opposites attract, and you can’t imagine two more different lovers than Poinsettia (Lynn Redgrave)... and Fish (James Earl Jones), a gentle giant... www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...

From ‘Her’ to ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,’ here are 10 unconventional movie romances - The Boston Globe Want something different for your Valentine’s Day movie?

FOR ❤️ DAY. THE ANNIHILATION OF FISH. “Killer of Sheep” director Charles Burnett’s forgotten gem stars James Earl Jones and Lynn Redgrave...A very strange, quirky delight with two actors who understood the assignment. (Available on Kanopy, hoopla) www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/11/a...

From ‘Her’ to ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,’ here are 10 unconventional movie romances - The Boston Globe Want something different for your Valentine’s Day movie?

THE ANNIHILATION OF FISH. “Killer of Sheep” director Charles Burnett’s forgotten gem stars James Earl Jones and Lynn Redgrave...A very strange, quirky delight with two actors who understood the assignment. (Available on Kanopy, hoopla) www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/11/a...

Restoration and Preservation Celebrated in 3D and 70mm at the Wex - Columbus Underground Every year, the Wexner Center for the Arts celebrates the process and product of film restoration and preservation. Their annual Cinema Revival program returns with a full slate of classics, underseen...

The Queen makes her appearance at the Wexner Center for the Arts! columbusunderground.com/restoration-...

(i'm just out of frame in the even longer line for QUEEN KELLY 👑 -- newly/beautifully restored by @milestonefilms.bsky.social ‼️) milestonefilms.com/products/que...

Three stills from annihilation of fish assembled in a diptych. One with James earl jones, one with Lynn Redgrave, and one with the two of them together.

After a quarter century without distribution, Charles Burnett’s THE ANNIHILATION OF FISH is finally making the rounds thanks to @milestonefilms.bsky.social and will be screening at The Frida from Feb 23-25 with an exclusive video intro by @812filmreviews.com!

🎟️: thefridacinema.org/movies/the-a...

TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY we are showing the new 4K restoration of QUEEN KELLY from our pals over at @milestonefilms.bsky.social! Erich von Stroheim's legendary 1929 film is the one Norma and Joe sit down to watch in her living room in reel 2 of Sunset Boulevard. Showtime 7pm all weekend.

Aww! If Amazon can bribe Melania for 28 mil, how much are they willing to bribe Queen Regina?

Yes, you do! See you tomorrow!

Come read Milestone's February newsletter including news of the premiere of a newly restored Charles Burnett feature, Queen Kelly's upcoming tour, and the National Film Registry! mailchi.mp/milestonefil...

In the UK? Only if you're friends with the distributor. :-)

Somebody say amen! The Library of Congress just announced SAY AMEN, SOMEBODY (1984) has been inducted into the National Film Registry. We are honored to distribute George T. Nierenberg's spirited and moving story of the Black gospel tradition.

Long interview with the great Eric Levy on all things dealing with the Milestone and the National Film Registry. Enjoy!

filmregistry.net/amy-heller-a...

'Kennedy': Michael Fassbender & Thomas Vinterberg's Netflix Kennedy Family Series Adds Laura Donnelly, Ben Miles, Imogen Poots & More The rest of the main cast of Michael Fassbender's upcoming Joe Kennedy Sr. biopic drama series at Netflix, 'Kennedy,' has been announced.

A new series, “Kennedy,” about Joe Kennedy Sr. (former Prohibition era bootlegging kingpin and father of President Kennedy and Bobby Kennedy), with Michael Fassbender (“The Killer”) being enlisted to play him, and...Imogen Poots as Gloria Swanson theplaylist.net/kennedy-mich...

Film Forum · Erich von Stroheim’s QUEEN KELLY QUEEN KELLY Friday, January 16 – Thursday, January 22

The Queen reigns over NYC for at least one more week. Held over at Film Forum! filmforum.org/film/queen-k...

I Am Cuba, with Cameron Bailey TIFF is a charitable cultural organization with a mission to transform the way people see the world, through film.

A special screeing of I AM CUBA in 35mm at TIFF in Toronto! tiff.net/events/i-am-...

Queen Kelly Before the silent film era was even over, Erich von Stroheim had become infamous as the medium’s first and foremost megalo-megaphone-maniac, an uncompromising riding-crop impresario who delivered impo...

Of course, the money is all on the screen—von Stroheim knew how to gild the lily and fill the frame—and, as the hot bulb of silent stardom at the movie’s center, Swanson was gorgeous in a witchy way movies haven’t seen much since. www.screenslate.com/articles/que...

Kino Lorber and Milestone Film ring in the new year with this phenomenal restoration of Erich von Stroheim’s Queen Kelly. filmthreat.com/reviews/quee...

Erich von Stroheim’s Spectacular Art Is Back A new restoration of Stroheim’s unfinished 1929 drama “Queen Kelly” spotlights his reckless directorial career, which, though brief, is one of the greatest of all.

The release of a new reconstruction and restoration by Dennis Doros and Amy Heller, of Milestone Films, (opening at Film Forum on January 16th) is, therefore, a major event. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Erich von Stroheim’s Spectacular Art Is Back A new restoration of Stroheim’s unfinished 1929 drama “Queen Kelly” spotlights his reckless directorial career, which, though brief, is one of the greatest of all.

It's Stroheim time: a look at his entire and dreadfully short directorial career in the light of the new restoration of Queen Kelly from @milestonefilms.bsky.social that's playing at @filmforumnyc.bsky.social:
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Queen Kelly - film-authority.com […] More

"A blast from a verboten, opulent past!" - Film Authority film-authority.com/2026/01/16/q...

‘Queen Kelly’ Review: His Majesty, Von Stroheim

THE NEW YORK TIMES
January 15
Nicolas Rapold
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/m...
‘Queen Kelly’ Review: His Majesty, Von Stroheim
The 1929 silent film returns in a shimmering, sensitively scored restoration that brings out the lurid and the romantic in Erich von Stroheim’s story of orphan-meets-prince.