Benten Blog

Click HERE to read our latest press release about the upcoming The Guatemalan Handshake 2-DVD set, arriving on 4/29/08.

Click HERE to read our latest press release about the Quiet City + Dance Party, USA: 2 Films By Aaron Katz DVD, arriving on 1/29/08.

It’s not every day that two film critics/cinephiles start their own DVD distribution label, and as a result Aaron and I were approached by several media outlets to discuss Benten Films, our mission, our methods, and film distribution in general. Here are links to several of those interviews:

Gothamist
Renew Media
The Reeler
Tribeca Film
Renart Films (Podcast)
SpoutBlog

. . .and who are we to argue?

The tremendous amount of care and effort we put into our debut release, Joe Swanberg’s LOL, certainly paid off. Critical response to the DVD was, quite frankly, even better than we anticipated. Here’s a fistful of links to some of the better reviews we received:

Zachary Wigon, The House Next Door
DVD Times
Stylus Magazine
DVD Verdict
Ed Gonzalez, Slant
DVD Beaver

As film geeks and rabid DVD collectors, we were especially pleased with the praise from the Mecca of DVD review sites, DVD Beaver. It made all those late nights chasing deadlines more than worth it.