Filmstruck / Criterion Channel

Lots of good noirs leaving this month.

The Sony Pictures Classics bundle left midmonth, without warning. It arrived mid-November and had a 2 month streaming license apparently. :(

I hate it when that happens :(

I'm really hoping that the Dekalog returns at some point.

Done got to be a drag, a man can't stream nothin' no more. We got to let the services know what they got to do for us, heh heh heh

That Joan Bennett series on Criterion continues to impress me. I watched the delightful Big Brown Eyes (1936), co-starring Cary the Grant. Only 75 minutes!

DId you watch the Sirk yet/

Lots of good noirs leaving this month.

I had never seen Force of Evil. Recommended if you haven't seen it. There was a good piece linked in the noir thread ten years ago.

https://newrepublic.com/article/105544/david-thomson-force-of-evil

It's a pretty famous film! Can't remember if I have seen it once or zero times.

Recommending THE GLASS KEY, FALLEN ANGEL and THE BLUE DAHLIA.

Have we discussed the idea of all Film Noirs being components of one master narrative, one master story or is that a challops at this point?

I don't think Dekalog was ever on the Channel or on Filmstruck! The two features expanded from Dekalog chapters are still there.

Huh. Why would Dekalog have not made an appearance yet? I wonder if Criterion still has the rights?

Physical release rights and streaming rights are different things. The physical release is still in print, as are dozens/hundreds of other things that are on CC disc but not streaming.

i am screaming ILPLEX at you people but nobody wanna hear me

Is that a sub board?

thread on 77

we watched Scarlet Street (which rips) from the Joan Bennett collection so i was reading about her. her husband Walter Wanger, who was a big producer, shot her agent bc he thought he was having an affair with her. the agent lived and the husband/producer went to jail for a few months

Thanks. Just noticed MAN HUNT is in that series, have never seen that one.

TICKET OF NO RETURN looking good to me from the expiring list.

February 2023 additions:

All I Desire, Douglas Sirk, 1953
Alma’s Rainbow, Ayoka Chenzira, 1994
The Angelic Conversation, Derek Jarman, 1985
Blue, Derek Jarman, 1993
Boy Meets Girl, Leos Carax, 1984
Cane River, Horace Jenkins, 1982
Caravaggio, Derek Jarman, 1986
Criss Cross, Robert Siodmak, 1949
Edward II, Derek Jarman, 1991
Eleanor’s Secret, Dominique Monfery, 2009*
Eleanor’s Secret: French Version, Dominique Monfery, 2009*
Flaming Ears, A. Hans Scheirl, Dietmar Schipek, and Ursula Pürrer, 1992
The Garden, Derek Jarman, 1990
Glitterbug, Derek Jarman, 1994
Go Tell It on the Mountain, Stan Lathan, 1985
I Am Not Your Negro, Raoul Peck, 2016*
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket, Karen Thorsen, 1989
The Killers, Robert Siodmak, 1946
The Last of England, Derek Jarman, 1987
Lata, Alisha Tejpal, 2020
Lover Come Back, Delbert Mann, 1961
Murder in Harlem, Oscar Micheaux, 1935
On-Gaku: Our Sound, Kenji Iwaisawa, 2019
Phantom Lady, Robert Siodmak, 1944
Pillow Talk, Michael Gordon, 1959
Safe, Ian Barling, 2021
Sebastiane, Derek Jarman, 1976
Send Me No Flowers, Norman Jewison, 1964
The Sounds of Science, Jean Painlevé, 2002
The Suspect, Robert Siodmak, 1944
The Tall Men, Raoul Walsh, 1955
The Tarnished Angels, Douglas Sirk, 1957
The Tempest, Derek Jarman, 1979
Thunder on the Hill, Douglas Sirk, 1951
The Velvet Queen, Vincent Munier and Marie Amiguet, 2021*
War Requiem, Derek Jarman, 1989
Wittgenstein, Derek Jarman, 1993

PREMIERING FEBRUARY 13
Baldwin’s Nigger, Horace Ové, 1968
James Baldwin: From Another Place, Sedat Pakay, 1973
Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris, Terence Dixon, 1970
*Available in the U.S. only

Bundles, features, etc: https://criterioncast.com/news/february-2023-programming-on-the-criterion-channel-announced

Jarman, Sirk, and Siodmak the winners here.

I’m definitely gonna watch those Sirks.

Never even heard of Thunder on the Hill.

The Baldwin and Micheaux features are at the top of my list.

JAMES BALDWIN ON-SCREEN
Towering literary lion, fierce social critic, and inimitable cultural icon James Baldwin opened up a new space for the frank discussion of race, sexuality, and identity in American society. He also left behind a dynamic cinematic legacy, as seen in these portraits that capture his electrifying presence, passionate eloquence, and incisive commentary on everything from art to religion to love to liberation to his most personal experiences as a gay Black man who lived much of his life abroad but who never stopped examining his own complex relationship to the United States. This collection also includes Go Tell It on the Mountain, a star-studded television film based on Baldwin’s first novel, one of the few screen adaptations of his fiction.

Go Tell It on the Mountain, Stan Lathan, 1985
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket, Karen Thorsen, 1989
I Am Not Your Negro, Raoul Peck, 2016
Baldwin’s Nigger, Horace Ové, 1968
Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris, Terence Dixon, 1970
James Baldwin: From Another Place, Sedat Pakay, 1973

OSCAR MICHEAUX: TRAILBLAZER
A pioneering American writer, director, and producer whose films are among the boldest of the silent and early sound eras, independent auteur Oscar Micheaux gave Black audiences a reflection of their own experiences crafted with a complexity and seriousness that stood in stark contrast to the racist stereotypes propagated by his contemporary D. W. Griffith and the nascent Hollywood studio system. Tackling issues of race relations, systemic injustice, and the struggles of Black Americans striving for better lives with both stirring power and a showman’s sense of spectacle, these films—including the bold exposé of racist violence Within Our Gates; Body and Soul, a potent critique of religious hypocrisy starring the great Paul Robeson; and the subversive detective mystery Murder in Harlem, presented here in a major new restoration—offer a vital counter-history of American cinema, one with the Black experience at its fore.

Within Our Gates, 1920
The Symbol of the Unconquered: A Story of the Ku Klux Klan, 1920
Body and Soul, 1925
The Darktown Revue, 1931
The Exile, 1931
The Girl from Chicago, 1932
Ten Minutes to Live, 1932
Veiled Aristocrats, 1932
Murder in Harlem, 1935
Birthright, 1938

that Ové is a blast

Looking forward to some Painlévé films with YLT music, finally.

I notice that a bunch of stuff that is about to leave first appeared on August 2022, so I am assuming that is a thing, a six month arrangement.

Guess I should finally see a Jarman film.

Is THE TARNISHED ANGELS really considered a rarity?

Jerzy Skolimowski's EO to be added this coming Tuesday.

I'm looking forward to seeing it

Wow. Saw it in the theater but missed a minute or two at the beginning.

March additions:

Abuse of Weakness, Catherine Breillat, 2013*
Ala Kachuu – Take and Run, Maria Brendle, 2020
Amateur, Hal Hartley, 1994
Back Stage, Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, 1919
The Balloonatic, Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline, 1923
The Bedroom Window, Curtis Hanson, 1987
The Bell Boy, Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, 1918
Behemoth: or the Game of God, Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese, 2016
The Blacksmith, Buster Keaton and Malcolm St. Clair, 1922
Bleue, Ornella Pacchioni, 2021
The Boat, Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline, 1921
Boy and the World, Alê Abreu, 2013
Broken Lullaby, Ernst Lubitsch, 1932
The Butcher Boy, Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, 1917
Cleopatra, Cecil B. DeMille, 1934
Coach to Vienna, Karel Kachyňa, 1966
College, Buster Keaton and James W. Horne, 1927
Coney Island, Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, 1917
Convict 13, Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline, 1920
The Cook, Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, 1918
Cops, Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline, 1922
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Ang Lee, 2000
The Couple Next Door, Abbesi Akhamie, 2020
Day Dreams, Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline, 1922
Design for Living, Ernst Lubitsch, 1933*
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, John S. Robertson, 1920
Entre nous, Diane Kurys, 1983
The Electric House, Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline, 1922
Epidemic, Lars von Trier, 1987
Executioners, Johnnie To and Ching Siu-tung, 1993
Forty Guns, Samuel Fuller, 1957
The Frozen North, Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline, 1922
The Garage, Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, 1920
The Goat, Buster Keaton and Malcolm St. Clair, 1921
Good Night, Nurse!, Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, 1918
Hard Luck, Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline, 1921
The Haunted House, Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline, 1921
The Hayseed, Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, 1919
Heaven’s Gate, Michael Cimino, 1980
The Heroic Trio, Johnnie To, 1993
The High Sign, Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline, 1921
His Wedding Night, Roscoe “Fatty”Arbuckle, 1917
Home, Ursula Meier, 2008*
Honor Among Lovers, Dorothy Arzner, 1931
If I Had a Million, Ernst Lubitsch, Norman Taurog, Norman Z. McLeod, H. Bruce Humberstone, James Cruze, Stephen Roberts, and William A. Seiter, 1932
Images of Liberation, Lars von Trier, 1982
In Another Country, Hong Sang-soo, 2012*
The Intruder, Claire Denis, 2005
Invoking Justice, Deepa Dhanraj, 2011
Is This Just a Story?, Yugantar, 1983
Lady of the Night, Marin Håskjold, 2017
The Last Days of Chez Nous, Gillian Armstrong, 1992
Life Is Cheap . . . But Toilet Paper Is Expensive, Wayne Wang, 1989
Loulou, Maurice Pialat, 1980
Love in the Time of AIDS, Deepa Dhanraj, 2006
Love Me Tonight, Rouben Mamoulian, 1932
The Love Nest, Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline, 1923
Loving Highsmith, Eva Vitija, 2022
Made in Hong Kong, Fruit Chan, 1997
Magnificent Warriors, David Chung, 1987
Maid Servant, Yugantar, 1981
Merrily We Go to Hell, Dorothy Arzner, 1932
Moonshine, Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, 1918
Mosonngoa, Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese, 2014
Mother, I Am Suffocating. This Is My Last Film About You., Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese, 2019
The Murder of Mr. Devil, Ester Krumbachová, 1970
My Wife’s Relations, Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline, 1922
Neighbors, Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline, 1920
Night After Night, Archie Mayo, 1932
Nocturne, Lars von Trier, 1980
Oh Doctor!, Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, 1917
One Hour with You, Ernst Lubitsch, 1932
One Week, Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline, 1920
Orthodontics, Mohammadreza Mayghani, 2021
Our Hospitality, Buster Keaton and John G. Blystone, 1923
Out West, Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, 1918
The Playhouse, Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline, 1921
Police Story 3: Supercop, Stanley Tong, 1992
The Rough House, Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle and Buster Keaton, 1917
Royal Warriors, David Chung, 1986
The Scarecrow, Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline, 1920
Shanghai Express, Josef von Sternberg, 1932
She Done Him Wrong, Lowell Sherman, 1933
The Smiling Lieutenant, Ernst Lubitsch, 1931
So Late So Soon, Daniel Hymanson, 2020
Something Like a War, Deepa Dhanraj, 1991
Spring Blossom, Suzanne Lindon, 2021*
Steamboat Bill, Jr., Buster Keaton and Charles Reisner, 1928
The Stunt Woman, Ann Hui, 1996*
Sudesha, Yugantar, 1983
Things to Come, Mia Hansen-Løve, 2016
Three Ages, Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline, 1923
Tobacco Embers, Yugantar, 1982
Touch of Evil, Orson Welles, 1958*
The Wayward Bus, Victor Vicas, 1957
What Happened to This City?, Deepa Dhanraj, 1986
Who I Am and What I Want, Chris Shepherd and David Shrigley, 2005
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, Frank Tashlin, 1957
Witchhammer, Otakar Vávra, 1970
Written on the Wind, Douglas Sirk, 1956*
Yes, Madam!, Corey Yuen, 1985*

*Available in the U.S. only

Yes to Executioners and The Heroic Trio. Epidemic too.

Best month in a while IMO.

The High Sign, Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline, 1921

My fave Keaton!

Was the answer to a recent trivia question

Michelle Yeoh retrospective really needs Wing Chun, but don't miss Magnificent Warriors. Really want to see Abuse of Weakness and the other dozen or so Huppert movies I haven't gotten around to.

Oh, Wing Chun is great, yeah.

Anyone have any non-Lubitsch recommendations from this month's "Pre-Code Paramount" program?

The arzners are prob more historically interesting than actually interesting imo. If you havent seen all the lubitsch’s def start w those

The arzners are prob more historically interesting than actually interesting imo. If you havent seen all the lubitsch’s def start w those

I watched the delightful Big Brown Eyes (1936)

I just watched this, what a crazy screwball gangster comedy drama. Featuring a dead baby!

Anyone have any non-Lubitsch recommendations from this month's "Pre-Code Paramount" program?

― niall horanburger (cryptosicko), Saturday, March 4, 2023 11:53 AM (two weeks ago) bookmarkflaglink

If anyone here has not seen Shanghai Express, If I Had a Million, or Night After Night, do so ASAP. Also watch Wild Girl (part of the Joan Bennett package and expiring at the end of March)--it's not perfect but I'm intrigued that Disney is allowing Criterion to screen at least some of the old Fox films.

Criterion is not obliged to report viewership stats. But I am curious how many views the silent and precode programming gets, as compared to the contemporary world film programming.

Y’all should post more on Morb’s thread: Raoul Walsh, "craftsmanlike picturemaker": S/D

Morbs’s

Joan Bennett’s wearing some very contemporary looking jorts in Wild Girl. Or at least 1990s-looking.

a manic pixie mountain girl

Heh