Ioncinema reviews the SOKUROV set: "This is CG's first foray into larger film sets, and with it, they have put together a staggering collection."

Michael Atkinson on Sundance Now calls the SOKUROV set "Easily the hardcore cineaste's DVD release of 2012," and "comes with the best kind of supplements." (LINK)

Film comment on SOKUROV: EARLY MASTERWORKS: "An indispensable box set."

Indiewire selects the SOKUROV set for its 2012 Gift Guide: "A must-have."

DVDTalk on Patience: "An inspiring piece of cinema on its own merits, it's hard to imagine a better, more quietly urgent inspiration than Patience to revisit the sublimity of Sebald's uncategorizable novels. Highly recommended" (LINK)

Blu-ray.com on The Turin Horse: "CG's Blu-ray edition is simply stunning to behold… One of the best black and white Blu-ray presentations I've seen yet." (LINK)

Blu-ray.com on Anatolia: "Highly recommended! CG's Blu-ray presentation does justice to the film's gorgeous cinematography, and the disc is loaded with special features too." (LINK)

Slant on Anatolia: "A pristine and supplement-stacked Blu-ray from Cinema Guild." (LINK)

DVDBeaver on Anatolia: "Essential. Beautifully transferred. The Blu-ray is so proficient it would seem more like a cinema-experience. We can strongly recommend this package." (LINK)




Blu-ray.com on Anatolia: "Highly recommended! CG's Blu-ray presentation does justice to the film's gorgeous cinematography, and the disc is loaded with special features too." (LINK)

"It comes as no surprise that The Cinema Guild's DVD release of NE CHANGE RIEN is top shelf." - From The Evening Class by Alex Hansen (LINK)

DVDBeaver on THE WOMAN WITH THE FIVE ELEPHANTS - "Wonderful film and in a great package from Cinema Guild." (LINK)

Slant Magazine on PUTTY HILL - "One of the best and under-seen films of the year gets a surprisingly attentive DVD treatment. See it." (LINK)

DVD Talk reviews PUTTY HILL: "A revelation. Bounteous supplements." (LINK)

DVD Verdict reviews Strange Case of Angelica: "CG has released a splendid Blu-ray... You couldn't ask for a better host of special features." (LINK)

"One of the must-own blu-rays of 2011." From the Front Row on The Strange Case of Angelica (LINK)

Slant Magazine reviews Ne Change Rien: "An exceptional release. CG once again proves to be well ahead of every other theatrical distributor in the United States when it comes to home-video presentation." (LINK)

DVDBeaver reviews Marwencol: "We endorse Marwencol very much." (LINK)

Slant Magazine reviews Ne Change Rien: "An exceptional release. CG once again proves to be well ahead of every other theatrical distributor in the United States when it comes to home-video presentation." (LINK)

In the City of Sylvia is featured on "Ebert Presents At the Movies" (LINK)

Marwencol is featured on "Ebert Presents At the Movies" (LINK)

DVDBeaver reviews Marwencol: "We endorse Marwencol very much." (LINK)

MARWENCOL on NBC: "Even if you've already seen the film in the theater, you'll definitely want to get your hands on the Blu-ray or DVD." (LINK)

From the Front Row reviews MARWENCOL blu-ray: "For the company to be dipping its toes into the Blu-ray business for the first time is something to be celebrated. And boy have they done it right." (LINK)

Home Theater Loft reviews Marwencol Blu-ray: "A perfect transfer... Definitely the best way to see the film on the home stage." (LINK)

DVD Talk reviews MARWENCOL Blu-ray: "The photographs are a visual feast on the disc, with a clean look at the artistry, providing fantastic textures and color pop." (LINK)

Writing in the LA Times on Around a Small Mountain, Dennis Lim notes, "One of the most original filmmakers of all time - France's Jacques Rivette - is the ringmaster of this delicate dance of attraction and avoidance… It is being issued on DVD this week by Cinema Guild, a New York-based distributor that has released some of the best and most adventurous indies, documentaries and foreign films of recent years, including Everyone Else, Sweetgrass and The Strange Case of Angelica." (LINK)

Denver Post on Sweetgrass in Family Films on DVD: "It's a beautiful and hypnotizing tale for any children who love animals and farming and any adults who feel out of touch with rural life."

DVD Beaver calls Cinema Guild a "Break out Company" of 2010. (LINK)

Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl, Sweetgrass, 35 Shots of Rum, Everyone Else, 24 City and Shirin all make DVD Beaver's Best of 2010 lists. (LINK)

DVD Town picks the best DVDs of 2010: "I have to give a shout out to Cinema Guild who does yeoman´s work in bringing the best of contemporary film to DVD, and with consistently good transfers too…. Yeah, they´re good." (LINK)

Cinema Guild acquires Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench for DVD release in 2011.

Michael Atkinson at IFC.com picks Shirin as the Best Straight-to-DVD release of 2010. (LINK)

Cinema Guild acquires Jose Luis Guerin's In The City of Sylvia.

DVD Beaver reviews Everyone Else: "Since the demise of New Yorker Video, Cinema Guild has continued releasing excellent world cinema films but drastically improved with expert transfers. I suggest that they should go into Blu-ray production as well but their current SD-DVD quality is exceptional - extremely worthy to support the magnificent films they are releasing… Everyone Else is brilliant and a DVD we can strongly recommend for any digital collection." (LINK)

DVD Town reviews Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl: "Cinema Guild is quickly becoming a favorite with film buffs for its high quality release of great contemporary films, and this one of the strongest additions to their library." (LINK)

Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl is a 'Movies Pick' in The New Yorker: "Blonde Ambition" (LINK)

Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl featured on MSN: "A perfectly executed tale of obsessive love, enormous personal sacrifice and an almost capricious twist of irrational emotional reflex."

DVD Beaver reviews Eccentricities: "An exemplary DVD production." (LINK)

The DVD of Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl is an "Art House Pick" in Film Comment's Sep/Oct 2010 issue - "A miniature masterwork."

Time Out NY features Shirin: "[Five Stars] A brilliant meld of the filmmaker's experimental and narrative tendencies." (LINK)

DVD Town reviews Cinevardaphoto: "I don't trust any human being who doesn't love Agnès Varda... Cinema Guild has produced yet another valuable release by a great filmmaker." (LINK)

DVD Town reviews Shirin: "Bolstered by the well-chosen extras, Shirin is yet another great release by Cinema Guild, and strongly recommended." (LINK)

Cinevardaphoto featured on MSN: "A celebration of Varda's short films."

Home Theater Loft reviews Cinevardaphoto: "At once celebratory and melancholy, full of wonderfully imaginative ideas and gestures. Getting to know Agnes Varda, as much as one can through her films, has been a great pleasure." (LINK)

New York Times on Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl: "Exquisite."(LINK)

DVD Town reviews Sweetgrass: "A sensory orgy of visual and aural beauty." (LINK)

DVD Beaver comparison review of Shirin: "I would lean to the Cinema Guild release... Jonathan Rosenbaum's essay is golden to further appreciation but this is a film you need to come to grips with yourself. This is an attempt at pure and honest cinema." (LINK)

Home Theater Loft reviews Shirin: "I've fallen in love with Abbas Kiarostami's cinema. I recently said that I had never seen anything quite like his film Close-Up. At the risk of sounding redundant, I have to again express that sentiment for Shirin... Cinema Guild's transfer is very good. Black levels are excellent." (LINK)

DVD Beaver reviews Sweetgrass:"Great stuff... excellent value. I absolutely recommend." (LINK)

Richard Brody at The New Yorker on our acquisition of Matt Porterfield's Putty Hill and Hamilton: "...The discerning and lucky distributor is Cinema Guild, an ambitious company whose selections can rightly be said to be curated..." (LINK)

Matt Porterfield's acclaimed debut feature Hamilton coming to DVD.
DVD Beaver reviews 35 Shots of Rum: "This HD sourced transfer looks great all around… Comes with an abundance of extra content." (LINK)

DVDTalk reviews 35 Shots of Rum: "Highly recommended… The anamorphic transfer looks great." (LINK)

DVD Town reviews Beeswax: "A top-quality transfer and the film strip is a neat giveaway idea... Cinema Guild is a fascinating company and a relatively new entrant in the home market with an already impressive catalogue of contemporary films..." (LINK)

Sight & Sound reviews the 24 City DVD: "Beautiful top to bottom, and Jia's short (Cry Me a River) about two pairs of reunited lovers in Suzhou, is swoony."

DVDTown reviews 35 Shots of Rum: "Cinema Guild has done an excellent job here." (LINK)

HomeTheaterLoft reviews the 35 Shots of Rum DVD: "Now this is a special feature!" (LINK)

Agnes Varda's Cinevardaphoto coming to DVD August 31.

The Atlantic reviews Beeswax on DVD: 'Beeswax': A Mumblecore Movie at its Finest

Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl, from Manoel de Oliveira, coming to DVD this fall.

HomeTheaterLoft reviews The Beaches Of Agnes: "[A]n essential and indispensable work of art." (LINK)

DVDtalk reviews The Beaches Of Agnes: "This DVD release is a true delight!" (LINK)

DVD Beaver reviews The Beaches Of Agnes: "Great job Cinema Guild - I can't wait to see more!" (LINK)



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