Emphasis Entertainment Group Inc.

Featured Releases

Mercury in Retrograde
Deluxe Blu-ray

"ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL...a smart, funny, quietly effective and authentic slice of older millennial life..."
- Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times

Three couples from Chicago vacation for a weekend at a lakeside cabin in Michigan. Over the course of three days in this character-driven relationship drama, hidden tensions and secrets slowly come to the surface.

The Man Who Cheated Himself
Restored Blu-ray/DVD Edition

Blinded by love, homicide lieutenant Ed Cullen (Lee J. Cobb, fresh off originating the role of Willy Loman on Broadway in Death of a Salesman) goes to great lengths to cover up a murder.

This is the third collaboration between Flicker Alley and the Film Noir Foundation, following the deluxe 2016 home video releases of Too Late for Tears and Woman on the Run—two previously lost highlights of the genre saved from oblivion.

Beyond Iconic
Photographer Dennis Stock
DVD

"Stock comes off as a brilliant teacher – both brutally honest and sensitive, and able to clearly articulate what works in a photo, what doesn’t, and why.”
– Filmmmaker The Magazine of Independent Film.

James Dean walks down Broadway, his shoulders hunched against the drizzle. The greatest legends of jazz, from Louis Armstrong to the cool Miles Davis, are caught in some of their most passionate or private moments. All of these images came from the eye, mind and camera of Dennis Stock (1928-2010), one of the most influential chroniclers of the late 20th century.

Harlem Street Singer
The Reverend Gary Davis Story
DVD

"…a singular artist whose music reaches us still.”
– New York Times.

This rich portrait tells the story of Reverend Gary Davis, the great blues, ragtime and gospel musician. Tracing his journey from the tobacco warehouses of the rural South to the streets of Harlem, the film is a loving biography of an artist whose unique style and remarkable skills on the guitar made him an icon in 1960s New York and inspired a generation of musicians.

WOLFGANG STRUTZ
Wolfgang Strutz

Emphasis Music

"With each track, her child-like other worldly voice flies over summery guitar, catchy bass and eery, low-fi keys". - thepulpzine

"Standout The Walls has a strong Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffti-feel with it’s groovy baseline, swirling effects and angelic voice reflecting on the process of love". - thepulpzine

Istvan & His Imaginary Band
Playtime

Emphasis Kids

a 2016 Parents' Choice Fun Stuff Award Winner!

Playtime is the fun, clever and colorful new
children’s record from Istvan & His Imaginary Band.

Barrelhouse Chuck
and the Kim Wilson Blues All-Stars
“Driftin’ from town to town”

The Sirens Records

2014 Most Outstanding Musician (Keyboards)
- Living Blues Critic Polls Poll

"I can’t recommend this enough. This is Chicago blues and some related materials done right– don’t delay in adding this to your collection. You will be sorry if you don’t!. Most highly recommended!!!”

- Blues Blast Magazine

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