Cult Epics

09/14/2026

Tsui Hark's DON'T PLAY WITH FIRE 2K restored version now playing in Los Angeles at the American Cinematheque! Tonight at 10PM and Friday at 4PM.

35mm, 70mm, nitrate, state-of-the-art digital. Q&As, retrospectives, double-features, triple-features, marathons. We’re a year-round film festival. There’s something for everyone in our programming lineup.

09/11/2026

09/10/2026

In theaters

09/09/2026

"One of the major films from the brief but intense “pop art” phase of Italian cinema, “Col cuore in gola”, has been restored by Netflix and the National Film Archive for the Venice Film Festival. Thus, the avant-garde Tinto is rediscovered" - Ilgolio.it

One of the major films from the brief but intense “pop art” phase of Italian cinema, “Col cuore in gola”, has been restored by Netflix and the National Film Archive for the Venice Film Festival. Thus, the avant-garde Tinto is rediscovered

09/08/2026

"Tsui Hark was a relative newcomer in Hong Kong when he delivered this poison-pen letter to the city.” — NickPinkerton’s latest column, on 1980’s Don’t Play with Fire, aka Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind" Read more here - Now playing at Metrograph coming soon to American Cinematheque and other theatres!

Foul times in the Fragrant Harbor, in Tsui Hark’s newly restored third feature.

09/07/2026

Umberto Lenzi's KRIMINAL 4K UHD+Blu-ray Exclusive now shipping! Official release date 9.22.26. Details and order link: https://mailchi.mp/cultepics/kriminal4k

09/05/2026

"This September Metrograph is screening the new 2K restoration of Tsui Hark’s Don’t Play With Fire, also known as Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind, marking the film’s theatrical debut in the US. The film is an absolute must-see for fans of the influential director’s work, or fans of nonstop over-the-top cinema in general." If you in NY go see it on the big screen! More info see article:

DON’T PLAY WITH FIRE: THE FILMS OF TSUI HARK - Metrograph celebrates with a US-premiere 2K restoration and a comprehensive retrospective of the legend’s work Metrograph

https://www.easternkicks.com/news/dont-play-with-fire-the-films-of-tsui-hark/

09/04/2026

"The Netherlands-based (??) distribution company Cult Epics recently released a restored version of erotic drama The Key (1983)... We are in a moment where “sex and eroticism have almost disappeared from films. We are living again in a moment where a sort of moralism forbids [us] to talk about this aspect of human beings; there is a sort of puritanism again which is dominant and which I think is quite dangerous because it completely puts to the side one of the most relevant dimensions of human beings. Stimulating discussion about that is quite important.” New article and discussion with Venice opening film Tinto Brass' DEADLY SWEET.

To many, Tinto Brass is an ageing satyr of European cinema - but the artistic directors of Venice and Locarno hold a different view

09/03/2026

Umberto Lenzi’s KRIMINAL 2-Disc 4K UHD+Blu-ray website Exclusive: Alternative Slipcase + Poster + 4 Lobbycard prints. Limited edition of 500. www.cultepics.com