Icarus Films

01/16/2026

Preserved by the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture, Madeline Anderson’s INTEGRATION REPORT 1 (1960) brings viewers to the front lines of the fight for civil rights, examining the struggle for black equality in Alabama, Brooklyn and Washington, D.C. and incorporating footage by documentary legends Albert Maysles and Ricky Leacock, protest songs by Maya Angelou, and a speech by Martin Luther King, Jr.

Watch now on Icarus Films On Demand. Learn more 🔗 ▶️ https://mailchi.mp/icarusfilms/vod-01162026?e=695e0e87fe

01/12/2026

LA!!!! Tickets are now on sale for THE HELL OF AUSCHWITZ: MAUS BY ART SPIEGELMAN (plus the short EGG CREAM) Opening at Laemmle Glendale + Laemmle Monica Film Center + Town Center 5 as part of the Culture Vulture series

Screenings take place at 10:00 AM on Saturday, January 24 + Sunday, January 25 + 7:00 PM on Monday, January 26

With humor and finesse, director Pauline Horovitz explores Art Spiegelman's comic book masterpiece, Maus, which revolutionized the portrayal of the Holocaust. Published in two volumes in 1986 and 1991 respectively, Spiegelman accomplished a double revolution: he brought the Holocaust into comics and, with it, into mainstream culture, without ever betraying the historical and narrative rigor required to convey its experience. First a bookstore phenomenon with a whiff of scandal, then an international bestseller awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1992, Maus quickly became a classic. Horovitz, who discovered this seminal work at the age of 13, explores its "before" and "after" in light of her journey as a granddaughter of survivors.

* International Festival of Films on Art 2025 (Canada)

EGG CREAM is a short film about the enduring meaning of a beloved chocolate soda drink born on the Jewish Lower East Side.

“A warm-hearted plunge into the alchemical swirl of chocolate syrup, milk, and seltzer that is the egg cream... Who knew that such a simple drink has such a fantastic personality?” —Michael Stern, Roadfood

01/12/2026

NYC! Madeline Anderson's seminal documentaries I AM SOMEBODY and INTEGRATION REPORT 1 screen this Martin Luther King Jr Day 1/19 at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens 🎟️

These classic documentary shorts by the trailblazing Madeline Anderson are among the finest works of cinematic journalism produced during that tumultous decade in American life. Free admission.

01/08/2026

A concise and fast-paced history, AMERICAS IN TRANSITION examines the roots of dictatorship, attempts at democracy, communist influences, and the U.S. role in Latin American politics.

Watch now on Icarus Films On Demand ▶️ icarusfilms.com/if-ait

01/08/2026

LA! THE HELL OF AUSCHWITZ: MAUS BY ART SPIEGELMAN (PLUS SHORT EGG CREAM) opens at Laemmle Glendale, Laemmle Monica Film Center, and Town Center 5 as part of the Culture Vulture series, screenings at 10:00 AM on Saturday, 01/24, and Sunday, 01/25, and at 7:00 PM on Monday, 01/26

01/08/2026

Congratulations to Alain Kassanda (TROUBLE SLEEP, COLETTE AND JUSTIN, COCONUT HEAD GENERATION) on being named by the Film Study Center at Harvard University as this year’s McMillan-Stewart Fellow in Distinguished Filmmaking!

Kassanda's films will screen this February at Harvard Film Archive:

TROUBLE SLEEP — Feb 13
COLETTE AND JUSTIN — Feb 21
COCONUT HEAD GENERATION — Feb 23

Tickets:

This year’s McMillan-Stewart Fellow, Congolese French filmmaker Alain Kassanda (b.1980) has achieved this honor with a set of singularly striking documentaries. Only three films into an auspicious career and running his own production company Ajímatí ...

12/31/2025

Looking back at the past year... in physical media! Check out the full slate of Icarus Films Home Video 2025 DVD releases. Plus: the four Blu-rays we released this past year partnership with OCN Distribution. Thank you to all for supporting independent film distribution. Wishing you a HAPPY NEW YEAR from Icarus Films—see you in 2026!

12/29/2025

Extended due to popular demand! We're giving you THREE MORE DAYS to shop at a steep 60% discount on a selection of 100+ home video DVDs, Blu-rays, and Box Sets. Use code PHYSICALMEDIAFOREVER at checkout, now until 12/31 💿 bit.ly/icarusholidays2025

12/28/2025

RIP French cinema icon Brigitte Bardot (1934—2025).

Here in Marc Allégret's SCHOOL FOR LOVE (1955).

12/24/2025

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