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Read Milestone's May 2024 Newsletter! May is a month of movie miracles!- https://lnkd.in/guBK7uPN

https://lnkd.in/e_YTKjVw FILM THREAT The Annihilation of Fish By Benjamin Franz | March 18, 2025 While Spike Lee has this tendency to grab the notoriety, the fame, and the headlines, there are other truly amazing Black filmmakers in America, gentle readers. One of my favorite such craftsmen is Charles Burnett. Burnett is an intuitive, empathic storyteller who seeks in each of his films to find the secret essence that powers his deeply humane characters. In Killer of Sheep (1978), we met a black family man who kept his family fed, working at a slaughterhouse that specialized in processing lambs. In To Sleep with Anger (1990), his protagonist is a drifter visiting an old family friend in Los Angeles and all the trouble that follows in this chaos engine’s wake. With The Annihilation of Fish, we come to a film that I would argue is Burnett’s masterpiece.... Truly, Burnett as a storyteller has cracked the code on what makes us humans tick. There are no better film making hands to find yourself proverbially cradled by. As Fish navigates the twists and turns of his conflict with his invisible pugilist and his deep feelings for Pointsettia we the viewers are proffered quite the cinematic delight. The acting, directing, cinematography, production design, editing of The Annihilation of Fish are all top notch. Rare is the film that I find no defaults at all with it. This is Burnett’s one which fires on all cylinders to perfection. It simply must be witnessed to believe. The remaster of The Annihilation of Fish is both handsome and exquisite in its refurbishments. I will heap great praise on the team who unearthed this 1999 gemstone and burnished it to a 4K luster. This is a remarkable accomplishment and deserves to be watched by anyone who loves the films of Charles Burnett. Also, anyone who likes a great romance. If movies involving the sweetly demented are your thing, The Annihilation of Fish is definitely for you. Seek this film out. It’s a most humane and beautiful story.

Name the Milestone films playing on Turner Classic Movies this month!!! https://lnkd.in/emBAz9iQ

Martina Savoca-Guay presents "The Many Miracles of 'Household Saints'" at NYU https://lnkd.in/gEivswUZ

A fabulous interview of Charles Burnett on MUBI by Carlos Valladares! https://lnkd.in/eauwkFCq

"A delicately touching story of people abandoned by society finding a way to care for each other, the film is enjoying audiences at last, as a new 4K restoration of the film playing around the country." Mark Olsen, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://lnkd.in/egSdT-6P

"It took too long for the world to be able to see this film’s value, but what a gift now that it finally has." Jessica Scott, MOVIE JAWN Feb 21, 2025 https://lnkd.in/eitr8YSM

"At long last, its time has come!” Tim Grierson, LA Times https://lnkd.in/em9vjp6z

The new and wonderful "Killer of Sheep" 2025 Trailer produced by Kino Lorber. “Killer of Sheep” has been digitally restored to 4K and remastered by UCLA Film & Television Archive, Milestone Films, and the Criterion Collection. The restoration was supervised by Ross Lipman and Jillian Borders, in consultation with Burnett. https://lnkd.in/eUXdQwMG

We are so proud to release the fabulous Naked Acts, a Bridgett M. Davis film on Blu-ray and DVD today! Digitally Restored and Remastered in 4K by Lightbox Film Center. In Collaboration with Milestone Film From the 16mm A/B Rolls Preserved at the Indiana University Black Film Center & Archive. With Support from Ron and Suzanne Naples. Restoration and Release with Creative Consultation by Maya S. Cade. Cover art design by Lauren Caddick. https://lnkd.in/eWE4jdjy