was wondering if they were going to add a bunch of Schrader flicks. Light Sleeper is one of my favorite '90s noirs, he's essentially mining his own previous scripts and turning in a real brooding NYC piece with lots of high-end cocaine atmosphere and terrific performances from everyone involved.
― omar little, Friday, 24 January 2020 23:49 (four years ago) link
*when rather than if, since he seems like a guy Criterion has taken an interest in a bit more lately.
would like to see LS get a nice blu-ray release, it had a DVD release years ago but it's probably not ideal.
― omar little, Friday, 24 January 2020 23:51 (four years ago) link
I'm a Criterion Channel person now! I've been making my way through the '70s Science Fiction list, which had a few entries I've wanted to see but never got around to
― babu frik fan account (mh), Saturday, 25 January 2020 01:03 (four years ago) link
Christ there's a ton of Godard on there, death notice?― flappy bird
― flappy bird
Between this, the Anna Karina retrospective at the Film Forum, and the Anna Karina retrospective on TCM, I feel like I'm drowning in Godard. I don't know where to turn because I've seen them all already. Maybe I'll check out Le petit soldat at the Film Forum, that's a relatively rare one.
― Josefa, Saturday, 25 January 2020 04:32 (four years ago) link
March additions:
$, Richard Brooks, 19713:10 to Yuma, Delmer Daves, 1957The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Terry Gilliam, 1988The Anderson Tapes, Sidney Lumet, 1971Angels in the Outfield, Clarence Brown, 1951Arabian Nights, Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1974Art School Confidential, Terry Zwigoff, 2006Blackboard Jungle, Richard Brooks, 1955Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Paul Mazursky, 1969The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Robert Wiene, 1920Cactus Flower, Gene Saks, 1969Caniba, Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel, 2017The Canterbury Tales, Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1972Counterfeit Kunkoo, Reema Sengupta, 2018Cover Girl, Charles Vidor, 1944Crumb, Terry Zwigoff, 1995The Cruz Brothers and Miss Malloy, Kathleen Collins, 1980A Dandy in Aspic, Anthony Mann, 1968The Daytrippers, Greg Mottola, 1996The Deadly Affair, Sidney Lumet, 1967The Decameron, Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1971Destiny, Fritz Lang, 1921Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, Michal Leszczylowski, 1988Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, Fritz Lang, 1922Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Stanley Kubrick, 1964Edge of the City, Martin Ritt, 1957Fail Safe, Sidney Lumet, 1964Fly Away Home, Carroll Ballard, 1996The French Lieutenant’s Woman, Karel Reisz, 1981The Getaway, Sam Peckinpah, 1972Ghost World, Terry Zwigoff, 2001Gilda, Charles Vidor, 1946The Hands of Orlac, Robert Wiene, 1924The Hunger, Tony Scott, 1983His Girl Friday, Howard Hawks, 1940The Girl on the Train, André Téchiné, 2009**The Golem, Carl Boese and Paul Wegener, 1920In Cold Blood, Richard Brooks, 1967Kill the Umpire, Lloyd Bacon, 1950The Lady from Shanghai, Orson Welles, 1947The Last Picture Show, Peter Bogdanovich, 1971Leviathan, Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel, 2012**Losing Ground, Kathleen Collins, 1982Mackenna’s Gold, J. Lee Thompson, 1969Metropolis, Fritz Lang, 1927Mississippi Mermaid, François Truffaut, 1969Nosferatu, F. W. Murnau, 1922Nostalghia, Andrei Tarkovsky, 1983Of Time and the City, Terence Davies, 2008**On My Way, Emmanuelle Bercot, 2013**On the Waterfront, Elia Kazan, 1954Only Angels Have Wings, Howard Hawks, 1939Orlando, Sally Potter, 1992The Out-of-Towners, Arthur Hiller, 1970Pal Joey, George Sidney, 1957Paper Moon, Peter Bogdanovich, 1973The Passenger, Michelangelo Antonioni, 1975**A Patch of Blue, Guy Green, 1965Repulsion, Roman Polanski, 1965The Sacrifice, Andrei Tarkovsky, 1986Safe, Todd Haynes, 1995The Skin, Liliana Cavani, 1981Stop Making Sense, Jonathan Demme, 1984Sweetgrass, Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Ilisa Barbash, 2009Take Me Out to the Ball Game, Busby Berkeley, 1949Targets, Peter Bogdanovich, 1968Too Late to Die Young, Dominga Sotomayor, 2018Varieté, Ewald André Dupont, 1925Vice and Virtue, Roger Vadim, 1963Would You Look at Her, Goran Stolevski, 2017You Were Never Lovelier, William A. Seiter, 1942You’ll Never Get Rich, Sidney Lanfield, 1941Young Sherlock Holmes, Barry Levinson, 1985
― Miami weisse (WmC), Saturday, 22 February 2020 14:43 (four years ago) link
I only just now noticed that they curate a selection for younger people every month.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 22 February 2020 16:39 (four years ago) link
one previously mentioned by me upthread -- i rewatched Light Sleeper, since the version i own is a DVD w/a 1.33:1 aspect ratio versus the 1.85:1 it was filmed in. Looks incredible, and one of those films i try to recommend to ppl a lot as a great moody '90s noir and a cut above most if not all others in the genre for its really palpable sense of urban desolation and ennui, and the deglamorized emptiness of certain corners of the high-end lifestyle. it's extremely "1992" in fashion and even w/the brooding Michael Been music, which i know turns off a lot of people but for me you just gotta commit to the experience since i think it's a pretty immersive film and one unafraid of a certain awkwardness and naked emotionality, and that includes the music. The performances are all good to incredible, w/Dafoe and Sarandon falling into the latter camp, as well as some really remarkable supporting work in a couple small key roles from Jane Adams and Victor Garber.
― omar little, Monday, 24 February 2020 17:45 (four years ago) link
Anything expiring after today that I really need to see? (John Schlesinger, Lina Wertmüller, Jean-Pierre Melville, Bette Davis, William Wyler packages and a few other odds and ends)
― Miami weisse (WmC), Saturday, 29 February 2020 16:21 (four years ago) link
Most of the films expiring in a few hours appeared in September, according to post upthread.
― Something Super Stupid Cupid (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 29 February 2020 22:00 (four years ago) link
Melville's Le Cercle Rouge and le douls are great crime flics. I just watched Schlesinger's Honky Tonk Freeway. Not sure if I'd call it good. It's like Nashville by way Cadyshack.
― jbn, Saturday, 29 February 2020 22:43 (four years ago) link
Yeah, pretty much love every single Melville I’ve seen, might watch Le Circle Rouge before the chimes at midnight take it away.
― Something Super Stupid Cupid (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 29 February 2020 22:52 (four years ago) link
That and/or Barbara. Just sped-rewatched Jerichow, not sure if I can get to Yella. the films of CHRISTIAN PETZOLD
― Something Super Stupid Cupid (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 29 February 2020 22:56 (four years ago) link
I didn't care much for Yella, which I watched when the Petzold films first went up. I watched Wyler's The Letter this afternoon, and I think I'll go for Le doulos tonight.
― Miami weisse (WmC), Sunday, 1 March 2020 01:05 (four years ago) link
Surprising number of Melville’s - or Melvilles- survived the purge.
― Something Super Stupid Cupid (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 1 March 2020 15:41 (four years ago) link
I thought An Elephant Sitting Still was supposed to leave after January but it's still just sitting there.
― Miami weisse (WmC), Sunday, 1 March 2020 16:02 (four years ago) link
Army of Shadows is leaving this month, along with Shirley Clarke, Susan Seidelman and Danny Kaye, among others.
― Something Super Stupid Cupid (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 1 March 2020 21:12 (four years ago) link
― Miami weisse (WmC),
otm
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 1 March 2020 21:14 (four years ago) link
But you like Barbara, I think, don’t you?
― Something Super Stupid Cupid (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 1 March 2020 21:16 (four years ago) link
He's uneven for me, but yes.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 1 March 2020 21:17 (four years ago) link
And Jerichow? Also, what about her, Nina Hoss?
― Something Super Stupid Cupid (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 1 March 2020 21:20 (four years ago) link
Not challenging you, just curious
― Something Super Stupid Cupid (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 1 March 2020 21:24 (four years ago) link
Barbara's my favorite, and Transit gripped me after a second viewing. Jerichow's good.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 1 March 2020 21:25 (four years ago) link
I skipped Jerichow. Of the ones I've seen, I'd rank Phoenix and Transit > Barbara >>>> Yella. I give Phoenix extra points for audacity -- the plot sounds totally ridiculous if I say it out loud, but he pulls it off.
― Miami weisse (WmC), Sunday, 1 March 2020 21:27 (four years ago) link
Mackenna's Gold is one of the worst movies I've seen on a Criterion-affiliated streamer. What a load of crap.
― Miami weisse (WmC), Tuesday, 3 March 2020 04:20 (four years ago) link
Mackenna's Gold was and remains a very successful film in India.[11] In India it remained the top Hollywood grosser in history until blockbusters like Jurassic Park and Titanic came along. Even worldwide hits such as Jaws and Star Wars would not make as much money in India as Mackenna's Gold did. The film went through countless re-runs until well into the 1980s and could be seen in cinema halls across India, including small venues in the medium-size towns of North and South India.[11]
― omar little, Wednesday, 4 March 2020 23:26 (four years ago) link
Complete list of films premiering on the Criterion Channel in April:
5 Against the House, Phil Karlson, 19558th Continent, Yorgos Zois, 2017The Adventures of Marco Polo, John Ford and Archie Mayo, 1938Affair in Trinidad, Vincent Sherman, 1952Alps, Yorgos Lanthimos, 2011**Anatomy of a Murder, Otto Preminger, 1959Angels Over Broadway, Ben Hecht and Lee Garmes, 1940Annie Hall, Woody Allen, 1977Arizona, Wesley Ruggles, 1940Ball of Fire, Howard Hawks, 1941The Big Heat, Fritz Lang, 1953Blind Alley, Charles Vidor, 1939Bonjour tristesse, Otto Preminger, 1958The Brothers Rico, Phil Karlson, 1957Bunny Lake Is Missing, Otto Preminger, 1965The Burglar, Paul Wendkos, 1957Captains Courageous, Victor Fleming, 1937The Cowboy and the Lady, H. C. Potter, 1938The Crimson Kimono, Samuel Fuller, 1959The Crossing Guard, Sean Penn, 1995Dead Reckoning, John Cromwell, 1947The Devil and Miss Jones, Sam Wood, 1941Dogtooth, Yorgos Lanthimos, 2009**Down to Earth, Alexander Hall, 1947Drive a Crooked Road, Richard Quine, 1954Ebirah, Horror of the Deep, Jun Fukuda, 1966Europa Europa, Agnieszka Holland, 1990Experiment in Terror, Blake Edwards, 1962The Ex-Mrs. Bradford, Stephen Roberts, 1936The Eyes of Laura Mars, Irvin Kershner, 1978A Farewell to Arms, Frank Borzage, 1932Fire at Sea, Gianfranco Rosi, 2016The Fits, Anna Rose Holmer, 2015The Fountainhead, King Vidor, 1949Foxy Brown, Jack Hill, 1974Friendly Persuasion, William Wyler, 1956Godzilla vs. Gigan, Jun Fukuda, 1972Godzilla vs. Hedorah, Yoshimitsu Banno, 1971Graduate First, Maurice Pialat, 1978The Hanging Tree, Delmer Daves, 1959The Harder They Fall, Mark Robson, 1956Here Comes Mr. Jordan, Alexander Hall, 1941Human Desire, Fritz Lang, 1954I Am Not a Witch, Rungano Nyoni, 2017**If You Could Only Cook, William A. Seiter, 1935The Impatient Years, Irving Cummings, 1944In a Lonely Place, Nicholas Ray, 1950Irma Vep, Olivier Assayas, 1996Johnny O’Clock, Robert Rossen, 1947Kinetta, Yorgos Lanthimos, 2005Klute, Alan J. Pakula, 1971Lilac Time, George Fitzmaurice, 1928The Lineup, Don Siegel, 1958Listen, Rungano Nyoni, Hamy Ramezan, 2014Little Lord Fauntleroy, John Cromwell, 1936Loulou, Maurice Pialat, 1980Love in the Afternoon, Billy Wilder, 1957Lured, Douglas Sirk, 1947Man of the West, Anthony Mann, 1958The Man Who Fell to Earth, Nicolas Roeg, 1976Mifune: The Last Samurai, Steven Okazaki, 2015The Mob, Robert Parrish, 1951The More the Merrier, George Stevens., 1943The Mouth Agape, Maurice Pialat, 1974Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Frank Capra, 1936Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Frank Capra, 1939Murder by Contract, Irving Lerner, 1958My Name Is Julia Ross, Joseph H. Lewis, 1945Nightfall, Jacques Tourneur, 1957Party Wire, Erle C. Kenton, 1935The Pawnbroker, Sidney Lumet, 1964Performance, Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg, 1970Pixote, Héctor Babenco, 1981Police, Maurice Pialat, 1985The Pride of the Yankees, Sam Wood, 1942Public Hero Number One, J. Walter Ruben, 1935Pushover, Richard Quine, 1954Raging Bull, Martin Scorsese, 1980The Real Glory, Henry Hathaway, 1939Red Sun, Terence Young, 1971Salome, William Dieterle, 1953A Scandal in Paris, Douglas Sirk, 1946The Scar, Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1976Shaft, Gordon Parks, 1971Shampoo, Warren Beatty, 1975Shockproof, Douglas Sirk, 1949Slightly French, Douglas Sirk, 1949The Small Back Room, Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, 1949The Sniper, Edward Dmytryk, 1952So Dark the Night, Joseph H. Lewis, 1946A Star Is Born, Frank Pierson, 1976Staying Vertical, Alain Guiraudie, 2016The Stranger, Orson Welles, 1946The Strawberry Blonde, Raoul Walsh, 1941The Talk of the Town, George Stevens, 1942Task Force, Delmer Daves, 1949Taxi, Jafar Panahi, 2015Thank God It’s Friday, Robert Klane, 1978This Is Not a Film, Jafar Panahi, 2011**Three Days of the Condor, Sydney Pollack, 1975Tight Spot, Phil Karlson, 1955The Two of Us, Claude Berri, 1967Under the Sun of Satan, Maurice Pialat, 1987Van Gogh, Maurice Pialat, 1991Vera Cruz, Robert Aldrich, 1954Wadjda, Haifaa al-Mansour, 2012**We Won’t Grow Old Together, Maurice Pialat, 1972The Wedding Night, King Vidor, 1935Welcome to L.A., Alan Rudolph, 1976The Westerner, William Wyler, 1940What’s Up, Doc?, Peter Bogdanovich, 1972Whirlpool, Roy William Neill, 1934The Whole Town’s Talking, John Ford, 1935The Winning of Barbara Worth, Henry King, 1926You Can’t Take It With You, Frank Capra, 1938**Available in the US only
― Miami weisse (WmC), Friday, 20 March 2020 22:11 (four years ago) link
The Eyes of Laura Mars, Irvin Kershner, 1978
siiiick
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 20 March 2020 22:27 (four years ago) link
They really blew it out for their first birthday. Looking forward to seeing Irma Vep, Kinetta, loads more.
― Miami weisse (WmC), Friday, 20 March 2020 22:40 (four years ago) link
Here's a facebook post with the April bundles -- https://www.facebook.com/groups/1089273201186971/permalink/2811169762330631/
Thought about C&Ping it but it's so long.
― Miami weisse (WmC), Friday, 20 March 2020 22:44 (four years ago) link
Pialat rules
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Saturday, 21 March 2020 05:50 (four years ago) link
"the anderson tapes" is "...and introducing christopher walken" and i started cracking up because literally his first line in the movie is already the most christopher walken line-reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xuDmxYJ1AM&feature=youtu.be
also the quincy jones scores are insane
― na (NA), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 19:32 (four years ago) link
This expanded line-up includes Phil Karlson's THE BROTHERS RICO, possibly the best gangster movie of the 1950s, an absolutely devastating performance by Richard Conte. https://t.co/GYXiGPYiJY— Peter Labuza (@labuzamovies) March 26, 2020
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Friday, 27 March 2020 20:13 (four years ago) link
Cool! I love how a lot of Criterion stuff is just out there or available, but they make the effort to curate programming, which helps bring attention to stuff I might have missed or didn't know I wanted to see again. Like, say, "In a Lonely Place."
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 27 March 2020 20:15 (four years ago) link
They're "no algorithms" the way Queen was "no synthesizers" in the 70s, and I appreciate that. Morbs, is that a recommendation from you for The Brothers Rico?
― Miami weisse (WmC), Friday, 27 March 2020 20:24 (four years ago) link
ive seen and liked it, yes
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Friday, 27 March 2020 20:25 (four years ago) link
"an absolutely devastating performance by Richard Conte" is enough for me, if I had CC
― flappy bird, Saturday, 28 March 2020 04:24 (four years ago) link
James Darren, not so much
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 28 March 2020 06:21 (four years ago) link
I have a list of 6 movies I want to watch before they expire in 4 days, can I do it? The suspense.
― Miami weisse (WmC), Saturday, 28 March 2020 13:08 (four years ago) link
cough em up
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 28 March 2020 13:12 (four years ago) link
Day of the Locust, Light Sleeper, The Connection (Shirley Clarke), A Place in the Sun, From Here to Eternity, Patty Hearst -- rank 'em
― Miami weisse (WmC), Saturday, 28 March 2020 13:20 (four years ago) link
I just watched Sorry, Wrong Number as it's about to leave too--good stuff!
― rob, Saturday, 28 March 2020 14:09 (four years ago) link
If you all want to go full film snob experience:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54JuDuxouqg
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 28 March 2020 23:49 (four years ago) link
have seen all those; love Day of the Locust (megabummer, of course)
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 28 March 2020 23:54 (four years ago) link
i'm unemployed and broke but this criterion channel thing is starting to look urgent and key
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Sunday, 29 March 2020 04:36 (four years ago) link
$10 GC for the Criterion store:BTX6JD
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 22:06 (four years ago) link
The CC has 10 Pialat films (which is close to all of them I think). I've never seen a single one and don't have even a vague sense of where to start, any suggestions?
― rob, Saturday, 11 April 2020 14:16 (four years ago) link
Is Under the Sun of Satan the most acclaimed?
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 11 April 2020 14:18 (four years ago) link
Think so.
― Three Hundred Pounds of Almond Joy (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 11 April 2020 14:21 (four years ago) link
That one does appeal--I think I've really only ever seen the bad Depardieu
― rob, Saturday, 11 April 2020 14:30 (four years ago) link
I really loved We Won’t Grow Old Together but it was kicking me where i was hurting, and À Nos Amours.
― Fizzles, Saturday, 11 April 2020 14:41 (four years ago) link