

Kino Lorber Announces New Digital Releases for February 2025
January 30, 2025
Kino Lorber has announced February 2025 additions to its Kino Film Collection streaming library, available at kinofilmcollection.com. The subscription streaming service is available in the United States and Canada with a seven-day free trial, then $5.99 per month.
February titles include:
February 6
Oscar Michaeux: Superhero of Black Filmmaking
(Dir. Francesco Zippel, 2021)
Oscar Micheaux was the most influential African American filmmaker of the first half of the 20th century, a self-taught artist who funded, produced, and released more than 40 films, completely excluded from Hollywood. Micheaux’s provocative films served as a powerful rebuke to the ubiquitous racism of the times. A chorus of experts and fans weigh in on his incredible artistic journey and legacy.
Murder in Harlem
(Dir. Oscar Micheaux, 1935)
Oscar Micheaux’s remake of his own “The Gunsaulus Mystery” (1921) is based on the true-life murder of Mary Phagan. When a young woman is found dead in a factory office, a Black employee (Alec Lovejoy) is accused of murder. But an idealistic lawyer (Clarence Brooks) suspects a miscarriage of justice and sets out to find the true culprit. Micheaux himself appears in a cameo role as a detective.
February 13
Possession
(Dir. Andrzej Żuławski, 1981)
Andrzej Żuławski’s stunningly choreographed nightmare of a marriage unraveling is an experience unlike any other. Professional spy Mark (Sam Neill) returns to his West Berlin home to find his wife Anna (Isabelle Adjani) insistent on a divorce. As Anna’s frenzied behavior becomes ever more alarming, Mark discovers a truth far more sinister than his wildest suspicions.
Keep the Change
(Dir. Rachel Israel, 2018)
This off-kilter New York romantic comedy does something radical in casting actors with autism to play characters with autism. When David is mandated to attend a social program, sparks fly with the vivacious Sara while on a visit to the Brooklyn Bridge. Their budding relationship must weather Sarah’s romantic past, David’s judgmental mother, and their ideas of what love is supposed to look like.
February 20
Manuscripts Don’t Burn
(Dir. Mohammad Rasoulof, 2013)
Clandestinely produced in disavowal of a filmmaking ban passed down by the Iranian authorities, this slow-burning thriller adds a new level of audacity to Mohommad Rasoulof’s laudable career. Drawing from the true story of the government’s attempted 1995 murder of several prominent writers and intellectuals, he imagines a repressive regime so pervasive where even the righteous are cast aside.
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days
(Dir. Marc Rothemund, 2005)
The true story of Germany’s most famous anti-Nazi heroine is brought to thrilling life in this Academy Award Nominated Best Foreign Language Film. Armed with long-buried historical records of her incarceration, director Marc Rothemund expertly re-creates the last six days of Sophie Scholl’s life: a heart-stopping journey from arrest to interrogation, trial and sentence.
February 27
Nowhere in Africa
(Dir. Caroline Link, 2002)
A love story spanning two continents, this true tale of a Jewish family who fled the Nazi regime in 1938 for a remote farm in Kenya won the 2002 Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. Abandoning their once-comfortable existence in Germany, Walter Redlich, his wife Jettel and their five-year-old daughter each deal with the harsh realities of their new life as they learn to cherish their time in Africa.
Sebastian
(Dir. Mikko Mäkelä, 2024)
Max is a young writer living in London and paying his dues working at a literary magazine. On the cusp of finding success, by night he moonlights as a sex worker in order to research his debut novel. This Sundance Film Festival selection from writer-director Mikko Mäkelä explores the transgressive power of queer sexuality and the transformative impact that can result from embracing a new identity.
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Kino Lorber also announced its February 2025 slate of transactional video-on-demand (TVOD) titles coming to major platforms such as Prime Video, Google Play, YouTube and Fandango at Home:
February 4
Let’s Get Lost
(Dir. Bruce Weber, 1988)
Traveling with the elusive jazz vocalist and trumpeter Chet Baker, Bruce Weber weaves together the life story of a jazz great. The film uses excerpts from Italian B movies, rare performance footage, and candid interviews with Baker, musicians, friends, battling ex-wives, and his children in what turned out to be the last year of his life.
February 11
Naked Acts
(Dir. Bridgett M. Davis, 1996)
Aspiring actor Cicely (Jake-ann Jones) has just landed her first major role, but there’s a big problem: it requires a nude scene. Her mother was a Blaxploitation star known for her sex appeal, while Cicely is a survivor of sexual assault with life-long body image issues, all of which has left her with a strong aversion to disrobing in public. Now, with the support of her boyfriend Joel (Ron Cephas Jones), she attempts to get past her fear.
February 25
Oh, Canada
(Dir. Paul Schrader, 2024)
Aging filmmaker Leonard Fife (Richard Gere), still fiery despite his battle with illness, wants to tell his life story, unfiltered, before it’s too late. As the director of acclaimed documentary exposés, he has much to be proud of, but his Vietnam War draft-dodging and his past relationships harbor thorny truths.

MHz Choice offers mysteries, dramas and comedies from around the world, for $7.99 per month or $89.99 per year after a free seven-day trial, at watch.mhzchoice.com. The February slate includes:
February 4
“The Fighter”
The limited series from Sweden follows Lea “Mariposa” Ferrera, a determined boxer with a checkered past who is willing to do anything it takes to fight for the World Championship title. But her body is hurt and everyday life as a single mother is a struggle. When an investigator suspects her of cheating, bad turns to worse as loyalties are tested and criminal accusations surface once again. With everything at stake – her health, her future, her son, and her one dream – Lea must decide if she’s prepared to risk it all.
February 11
“Sex (re)Education”
This French series follows Jacques, a pensioner who has been placed in a retirement home. When he thinks his life is over, he meets Rose and embarks on a passionate affair, wreaking havoc in the residence.
February 18
“Exterior Night”
This Italian limited series is a dramatic re-telling of the 1978 kidnapping and assassination of former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro by acclaimed Italian director Marco Bellocchio.
Also due in February 2025:
- Feb. 4: “The Cases of Inspector Vrenko” Season 2
- Feb. 11: “Spring Tide” Season 1
- Feb. 18: “Tatort: Falke” Season 1 and “Le Code” Season 2
- Feb. 25: “Alice Nevers” Season 9 and “Chantal” Season 1