So other one bites the dust. I just read that Wellspring, one of the great distributors of international cinema, is shutting there doors forever. To all you out there who don't know them you really should. Over the years they have released nearly a dozen Rainer Werner Fassbinder films, along with classics from Francois Truffaut, Hou Hsaio-hsien, Eric Rohmer, Tsai Ming-Liang, Akira Kurosawa, Takeshi Kitano. While forming named. Formally known as Fox Lorber, and sadly known for bad transfers, by tranforming into Wellspring they changed paths and became a critically acclaimed distributor of solid releases. They will be sadly missed. This news comes of the heels of the recent shut down of another great defunct distributor, Homevision (who was responsible for an amazing array of international films, one of which was the Yakuza Papers boxset that I drool over everyday). Luckily for us, some superb companies our coming out of the wood work to help film fanatics like myself see some of these great lost films from around the world. Tartan Video, Noshame Films, Discotek, Panik House Entertainment, Blue Underground, Synapse Films, Fantoma, Kino, and Criterion Collection are making us proud with their excellent array of releases.