Filmstruck / Criterion Channel

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)

Most of the films expiring in a few hours appeared in September, according to post upthread.

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.

Yeah, pretty much love every single Melville I’ve seen, might watch Le Circle Rouge before the chimes at midnight take it away.

That and/or Barbara. Just sped-rewatched Jerichow, not sure if I can get to Yella. the films of CHRISTIAN PETZOLD

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.

Surprising number of Melville’s - or Melvilles- survived the purge.

I thought An Elephant Sitting Still was supposed to leave after January but it's still just sitting there.

Army of Shadows is leaving this month, along with Shirley Clarke, Susan Seidelman and Danny Kaye, among others.

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),

otm

But you like Barbara, I think, don’t you?

He's uneven for me, but yes.

And Jerichow? Also, what about her, Nina Hoss?

Not challenging you, just curious

Barbara's my favorite, and Transit gripped me after a second viewing. Jerichow's good.

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.

Mackenna's Gold is one of the worst movies I've seen on a Criterion-affiliated streamer. What a load of crap.

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]

Complete list of films premiering on the Criterion Channel in April:

5 Against the House, Phil Karlson, 1955
8th Continent, Yorgos Zois, 2017
The Adventures of Marco Polo, John Ford and Archie Mayo, 1938
Affair in Trinidad, Vincent Sherman, 1952
Alps, Yorgos Lanthimos, 2011**
Anatomy of a Murder, Otto Preminger, 1959
Angels Over Broadway, Ben Hecht and Lee Garmes, 1940
Annie Hall, Woody Allen, 1977
Arizona, Wesley Ruggles, 1940
Ball of Fire, Howard Hawks, 1941
The Big Heat, Fritz Lang, 1953
Blind Alley, Charles Vidor, 1939
Bonjour tristesse, Otto Preminger, 1958
The Brothers Rico, Phil Karlson, 1957
Bunny Lake Is Missing, Otto Preminger, 1965
The Burglar, Paul Wendkos, 1957
Captains Courageous, Victor Fleming, 1937
The Cowboy and the Lady, H. C. Potter, 1938
The Crimson Kimono, Samuel Fuller, 1959
The Crossing Guard, Sean Penn, 1995
Dead Reckoning, John Cromwell, 1947
The Devil and Miss Jones, Sam Wood, 1941
Dogtooth, Yorgos Lanthimos, 2009**
Down to Earth, Alexander Hall, 1947
Drive a Crooked Road, Richard Quine, 1954
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep, Jun Fukuda, 1966
Europa Europa, Agnieszka Holland, 1990
Experiment in Terror, Blake Edwards, 1962
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford, Stephen Roberts, 1936
The Eyes of Laura Mars, Irvin Kershner, 1978
A Farewell to Arms, Frank Borzage, 1932
Fire at Sea, Gianfranco Rosi, 2016
The Fits, Anna Rose Holmer, 2015
The Fountainhead, King Vidor, 1949
Foxy Brown, Jack Hill, 1974
Friendly Persuasion, William Wyler, 1956
Godzilla vs. Gigan, Jun Fukuda, 1972
Godzilla vs. Hedorah, Yoshimitsu Banno, 1971
Graduate First, Maurice Pialat, 1978
The Hanging Tree, Delmer Daves, 1959
The Harder They Fall, Mark Robson, 1956
Here Comes Mr. Jordan, Alexander Hall, 1941
Human Desire, Fritz Lang, 1954
I Am Not a Witch, Rungano Nyoni, 2017**
If You Could Only Cook, William A. Seiter, 1935
The Impatient Years, Irving Cummings, 1944
In a Lonely Place, Nicholas Ray, 1950
Irma Vep, Olivier Assayas, 1996
Johnny O’Clock, Robert Rossen, 1947
Kinetta, Yorgos Lanthimos, 2005
Klute, Alan J. Pakula, 1971
Lilac Time, George Fitzmaurice, 1928
The Lineup, Don Siegel, 1958
Listen, Rungano Nyoni, Hamy Ramezan, 2014
Little Lord Fauntleroy, John Cromwell, 1936
Loulou, Maurice Pialat, 1980
Love in the Afternoon, Billy Wilder, 1957
Lured, Douglas Sirk, 1947
Man of the West, Anthony Mann, 1958
The Man Who Fell to Earth, Nicolas Roeg, 1976
Mifune: The Last Samurai, Steven Okazaki, 2015
The Mob, Robert Parrish, 1951
The More the Merrier, George Stevens., 1943
The Mouth Agape, Maurice Pialat, 1974
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Frank Capra, 1936
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Frank Capra, 1939
Murder by Contract, Irving Lerner, 1958
My Name Is Julia Ross, Joseph H. Lewis, 1945
Nightfall, Jacques Tourneur, 1957
Party Wire, Erle C. Kenton, 1935
The Pawnbroker, Sidney Lumet, 1964
Performance, Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg, 1970
Pixote, Héctor Babenco, 1981
Police, Maurice Pialat, 1985
The Pride of the Yankees, Sam Wood, 1942
Public Hero Number One, J. Walter Ruben, 1935
Pushover, Richard Quine, 1954
Raging Bull, Martin Scorsese, 1980
The Real Glory, Henry Hathaway, 1939
Red Sun, Terence Young, 1971
Salome, William Dieterle, 1953
A Scandal in Paris, Douglas Sirk, 1946
The Scar, Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1976
Shaft, Gordon Parks, 1971
Shampoo, Warren Beatty, 1975
Shockproof, Douglas Sirk, 1949
Slightly French, Douglas Sirk, 1949
The Small Back Room, Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, 1949
The Sniper, Edward Dmytryk, 1952
So Dark the Night, Joseph H. Lewis, 1946
A Star Is Born, Frank Pierson, 1976
Staying Vertical, Alain Guiraudie, 2016
The Stranger, Orson Welles, 1946
The Strawberry Blonde, Raoul Walsh, 1941
The Talk of the Town, George Stevens, 1942
Task Force, Delmer Daves, 1949
Taxi, Jafar Panahi, 2015
Thank God It’s Friday, Robert Klane, 1978
This Is Not a Film, Jafar Panahi, 2011**
Three Days of the Condor, Sydney Pollack, 1975
Tight Spot, Phil Karlson, 1955
The Two of Us, Claude Berri, 1967
Under the Sun of Satan, Maurice Pialat, 1987
Van Gogh, Maurice Pialat, 1991
Vera Cruz, Robert Aldrich, 1954
Wadjda, Haifaa al-Mansour, 2012**
We Won’t Grow Old Together, Maurice Pialat, 1972
The Wedding Night, King Vidor, 1935
Welcome to L.A., Alan Rudolph, 1976
The Westerner, William Wyler, 1940
What’s Up, Doc?, Peter Bogdanovich, 1972
Whirlpool, Roy William Neill, 1934
The Whole Town’s Talking, John Ford, 1935
The Winning of Barbara Worth, Henry King, 1926
You Can’t Take It With You, Frank Capra, 1938
**Available in the US only

The Eyes of Laura Mars, Irvin Kershner, 1978

siiiick

They really blew it out for their first birthday. Looking forward to seeing Irma Vep, Kinetta, loads more.

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.

Pialat rules

"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

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

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."

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?

ive seen and liked it, yes

"an absolutely devastating performance by Richard Conte" is enough for me, if I had CC

James Darren, not so much

I have a list of 6 movies I want to watch before they expire in 4 days, can I do it? The suspense.

cough em up

Day of the Locust, Light Sleeper, The Connection (Shirley Clarke), A Place in the Sun, From Here to Eternity, Patty Hearst -- rank 'em

I just watched Sorry, Wrong Number as it's about to leave too--good stuff!

If you all want to go full film snob experience:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54JuDuxouqg

have seen all those; love Day of the Locust (megabummer, of course)

i'm unemployed and broke but this criterion channel thing is starting to look urgent and key

$10 GC for the Criterion store:
BTX6JD

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?

Is Under the Sun of Satan the most acclaimed?

Think so.

That one does appeal--I think I've really only ever seen the bad Depardieu

I really loved We Won’t Grow Old Together but it was kicking me where i was hurting, and À Nos Amours.

Yeah reading more about his work, there's a strong possibility I will wimp out on watching any of these and watch, idk, Shampoo or something instead

I signed up for a 2-week Criterion trial. I might keep it, but I really have to boot Amazon next month if so.

Pialat: I most prize A Nos Amour, Police, and Mouth Agape. Under the Sun of Satan was booed at Cannes, which doesn't mean much, but it's second-tier to me. Haven't seen Loulou in forever.

also I remember thinking Graduate First was slept on

signed up for this a week ago. already watched maybe 6 films (ok 7)? probably not a lot for some of you but way more than what i usually watch

l'atalante - 10 / 10. incredible. the old sailor has got to be one of my favorite characters / performances ever. super queer too.
gilda. 6 / 10. weird cornball noir w psychosexual daddy issues. a lot of lol lines from rita hayworth.
lady from shanghai. 6 / 10. was this heavily fucked with? very disjointed. weirdest courtroom scene / finale ever.
elevator to the gallows. 8 / 10. seen it a bunch, always a treat.
vanya on 42nd st. 7 / 10. used to love this, now i like it. still some very nice scenes.
playtime. 9 / 10. genius, still don't get some of the humor though.
foxy brown. 7 / 10. revenge flicks aren't my thing but this was pretty undeniable.

looking for recommendations for lighter fare i guess. interested in the rest of the 70s fashion collection. might watch the man who fell to earth next. have a boyfriend who's allergic to really syrupy romantic scores, we started watching a nicholas ray with humphrey bogart and the score was too much lol.

i haven't seen any of the varda films and they're definitely on my list.

That N Ray film is a masterwork, dude.

Playtime makes a lot more sense in a theater (in fact, I only ever watch it there).

Yeah, Welles said the studio cut almost an hour from TLfS. I still love it.

Michel Simon is the L'Atalante sailor (he was about 38). A standout in many Renoir films too.