Coming attractions
The Vault
Each new year, another year of cinema enters the public domain. On January 1, at the stroke of midnight, a new slate steps out from behind the velvet rope — pre-cleared, pre-built, and dated. No static-catalog house has this. The premiere is annual, and permanent.
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The 2027 slate · behind the rope
Dimmed until they clear. Each unlocks the instant its poster’s copyright expires and the registry verdict reads CLEAR — the flip is automated at 00:00 on January 1.
Dracula
1931 · United States
Bela Lugosi’s Count, and the Universal monster begins.
Unlocks Jan 1, 2027Frankenstein
1931 · United States
The flat-topped monster the whole century would redraw.
Unlocks Jan 1, 2027M
1931 · Germany
Fritz Lang’s murderer, and the poster’s open hand.
Unlocks Jan 1, 2027City Lights
1931 · United States
Chaplin’s Tramp and the blind flower girl.
Unlocks Jan 1, 2027The Public Enemy
1931 · United States
Cagney, the grapefruit, and the gangster arrived.
Unlocks Jan 1, 2027Little Caesar
1931 · United States
Edward G. Robinson’s Rico — “is this the end?”
Unlocks Jan 1, 2027