Battle Royale 4k Restoration Screening this October Near You

Iconic Events Releasing, a company specializing in distributing limited-engagement theatrical events to movie theaters, in partnership with Lionsgate, celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the acclaimed Japanese horror-thriller Battle Royale with a special series of 4K theatrical-cut screenings set for October across North America. A rare interview with Kenta Fukasaku, Battle Royale screenwriter and the son of the movie’s director Kinji Fukasaku, will also be presented.

For the 25th anniversary, Battle Royale will be presented with a crisp new 4K restoration that delivers all the onscreen action with stunning updated resolution. 

The film runs October 12-13 and 15. Check the Iconic Events website link for advance tickets, participating theatre locations, and screening times.

Director's Cut of Terry Gilliam's BRAZIL in 35mm & New 4K Restoration at Film Forum

The director's cut of Terry Gilliam’s spectacularly singular Orwellian black comedy BRAZIL, will run at Film Forum in a new 4K restoration from Friday, August 1 through Thursday, August 7, with select screenings of Gilliam’s original 35mm director’s cut.

As those endlessly coiling serpentine ducts proliferate – seemingly beyond the power of even Central Services to control - and the omnipresent Information Service-policed towering city of the future, studiously ambitious file clerk Sam Lowery (Jonathan Pryce of Miss Saigon and Lexus TV commercial fame) finds a literal flyspeck leading to apocalyptic bureaucratic foul-ups and a desperate search for the girl of his literal dreams.