Criterion Additions

Indeed both of those things are annoying. Is there an instantwatcher for Hulu?

Mrs. Redd just sent me a link to Richard Brody's picks: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/movies/2013/02/criterion-for-all-ten-to-watch.html

Morbs, I talked about this on one of the Criterion threads and also the Hulu thread -- I was sick of that cover art thing too, tracked down a list of Hulu-streaming Criterions, and made this:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Alm9ijj_zohtdEd2blozRllOSjlqSVpLd1MxbkNUTVE

I printed it out two ways, sorted alphabetically by title and by director. Very handy if I do say so.

Thanks, William. Clicked on the director column but couldn't find the Sort function.

Watched A Married Couple yesterday and got completely bummed out. Maybe will watch Zorn's Lemma in a bit.

OK, changed the view from Spreadsheet to List and had more success.

Click on the column you want to sort by and left-click -- "sort A > Z" and "sort Z > A" will be available options. Column C is the average IMDB ratind, D is the runtime, E is the year of release.

*rating

I guess that would be right-click for most users -- I have my mouse buttons set up opposite from the common usage.

Hahahaha we watched Married Couple, too, although loved it / turned it off 3/4 of the way through since it looked like it'd just be another 25 minutes of fighting (watched Woman Under the Influence before that, so had kinda reached a yelling tap-out point.

The website seemed to constantly recommend it and I kept wondering what it was: some Ingmar Bergman film I'd forgotten I had seen?

Probably has something to do w/ being so familiar w/ Netflix's user interface, but using Hulu is kind of a drag, esp. on the Wii. Also, seems bonkers not to have some mention of CCollection on the Hulu frontpage?

All this will be just a dream soon, like those incredible 99 cent deals on Magma box sets on Amazon once long ago.

Wouldn't let me watch In The Realm of the Senses without signing up, in case I wasn't mature enough.

I know this freebie thing is waning but the fave Criterion I have found through HUlu is The Devil And Daniel Webster. Really great RKO film full of excellent characters and amazing suspense. It made me want to go back to church ––– I don't know that any other movie has literally put the fear of God in me like this one did.

This sounds SUPER DUMB but a lot of Criterions are right out for me because of subs – I watch movies mainly to get schooled on some bit of culture, to have some fun, but also to have something going on while I knit, so I just can't catch all the subtitles. I am sure the more filmically pure are vicariously committing hari-kari here.

I would also recommend EQUINOX very highly if you like stop otion effects, B flicks with a heart, or occult phenomenon! It's a wonderful labor of backyard love and just a genuinely good movie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mE1UlPPId-o

"but also to have something going on while I knit"

we have a cauldron of boiling oil ready.

still can't watch anything through ads, I can get all these at the library.

damn, shoah on blu

also - things to come, safety last!, Marketa Lazarová

...and Wild Strawberries on blu.

counting down for Repo Man

april plz hurry up

shoah hasn't had a decent north american dvd release yet. i'm glad criterion got it.

Advance Confirmation for what appears to be Baumbach's new Frances Ha (from IFC) in the latest newsletter.

August:The Life of Oharu, Babette's Feast, The Devil's Backbone & blus for The Ice Storm and Lord of The Flies (which also gets a standard def upgrade).

(Oharu was annoyingly missing from the recent mizuguchi reissues here in the uk - was in neither the eureka 8xdvd nor the artificial eye 4xdvd boxes)

Just realized I had a brain fart when writing the list: these are JULY titles--not August.

So what's the eyeball and the witch doodle?

Presumably "I Love" something? I dunno, I'm crap at these...

Twitter theory that it's "I Married a Witch"

^^That's what the forum says too. IIRC, the film is on their hulu channel.

AUGUST (for real this time): Seconds, The Big City, Charulata, To Be or Not To Be (Lubitsch), and Eclipse Series 39: Early Fassbinder (Love Is Colder Than Death, Katzelmacher, Gods of The Plague, The American Soldier & Beware of A Holy Whore), plus The Earrings of Madame de... on blu.

Also: The Big City comes with Ray's The Coward as a bonus feature.

To Be or Not To Be is a very funny movie

As they go.

For its time.

Charulata!

You are saying that because you are don't think it deserves the Criterion treatment or because you are happy?

Me, I watched scratched up, possibly duped library copy so I'll take it.

Confirmation of Rossellini/Bergman collection in latest newsletter.

Buncha titles on sale:

http://tinyurl.com/lvds5uw

I got some DVD vouchers at overstock.com for giving blood -- gonna use them on Repo Man and a couple others.

natzees!

glad to see them coming down in price.

September: La Cage Aux Folles, Bergman/Rossellini box (Stomboli, Europa '51 & Journey To Italy; 5 dvds/4 blurays total), and blu upgrades for Autumn Sonata, Slaker & The Spy Who Came In From The Cold.

God, that's one schizo slate. Still, that box might be the first thing I actually spring to buy from them in nearly a year.

cowabunga on B/R

schizo? well rounded?

Just talking about the two new titles.

Covers have leaked for OCTOBER: I Married A Witch, The Uninvited, LA Notte, and blue upgrades for the Cassavettes box & Eyes Without A Face.

Nashville confirmed in latest newsletter.

Too bad it looks like they're just releasing Scanners and The Brood digitally...

Trust me, those are coming. CC Cronenbergs=$$$$££££ for the company.

Just looked at the "recently added" group in Hulu and it includes Gimme Shelter.

November: City Lights, Zatoichi, Frances Ha