Filmstruck / Criterion Channel

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.

i probably liked it more than 6 / 10 just for the chinatown scenes alone. lots of brilliance. it was just a little heavy handed and overripe for my mood i guess.

i'll watch the nicholas ray film at some point (i might have already seen it?)

xp ah ok, thank you

thank you milo! (xp a dozen or so)

I just watched Au Hasard Balthazar. My heart hurts.

@map eyes of laura mars

oh for fashion

cuz it sure is a bad movie

Yeah but it’s watchable

Au hazard is too beautiful for this world

We watched Ozu’s Good Morning tonight - cute!

Eyes of Laura Mars is on my list

Just watched Man of the West for the first time -- rather more graphic than I expected.

I watched a few Kieślowski shorts. Wanted to watch a feature but I knew I'd fall asleep in the middle. Ulysses, he was the Frederick Wiseman of Poland for a few years, if that's an enticement to you.

I like some kieslowski!

Morbs would appreciate how jazzed I am for a new Criterion series that includes not only Eyes of Laura Mars but also Thank God It’s Friday.

I watched A Dandy in Aspic tonight and need to internalize this new mantra: if I haven't ever heard of it before, it's probably shit.

Or at least if it's full of famous hollywood names and I haven't heard of it, it's probably shit.

Watched Man of the West. Anthony Mann's most violent film? I'd never Gary Cooper so...manic.

yes E, I know you like glossy trash w/ bad music

Thank God It's Not Dylan

Coming to the channel in May:

The Age of Innocence, Martin Scorsese, 1993**
Anamorphosis, Stephen Quay and Timothy Quay, 1991
Anna Christie, Clarence Brown, 1930
Around the World in 80 Days, Michael Anderson, 1956
Audience, Barbara Hammer, 1982
La belle noiseuse, Jacques Rivette, 1991
Betty Tells Her Story, Liane Brandon, 1972
The Big Country, William Wyler, 1958
The Big House, George Hill, 1930
Black Beauty, James Hill, 1971
Bless Their Little Hearts, Billy Woodberry, 1983
Blondie of the Follies, Edmund Goulding, 1932
The Boy with Green Hair, Joseph Losey, 1948
The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer, Stephen Quay and Timothy Quay, 1984
Cane River, Horace B. Jenkins, 1982
Céline and Julie Go Boating, Jacques Rivette, 1974
The Champ, King Vidor, 1931
Children of the Century, Diane Kurys, 1999
Chris and Bernie, Bonnie Friedman and Deborah Shaffer, 1976
Clotheslines, Roberta Cantow, 1981
The Cloud-Capped Star, Ritwik Ghatak, 1960
The Comb, Stephen Quay and Timothy Quay, 1990
Conversations with Intellectuals About Selena, Lourdes Portillo, 1999
Cowboy, Delmer Daves, 1958
Cynara, King Vidor, 1932
Dinner at Eight, George Cukor, 1933**
Down in the Delta, Maya Angelou, 1998
Entre nous, Diane Kurys, 1983
The Facts of Life, Melvin Frank, 1960
The Fearless Hyena, Jackie Chan, 1979
Fearless Hyena 2, Chan Chuen, 1983
The Field, Sandhya Suri, 2018
Forever’s Gonna Start Tonight, Eliza Hittman, 2011
Friends with Money, Nicole Holofcener, 2006**
Gloria, John Cassavetes, 1980
Growing Up Female, Jim Klein, Julia Reichert, 1971
Guerillère Talks, Vivienne Dick, 1978
Half a Loaf of Kung Fu, Chen Chi-hwa, 1980
Hero, Stephen Frears, 1992
The Human Factor, Otto Preminger, 1979
I Am Wanda, Katja Raganelli, 1980
In a Year of 13 Moons, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1978
In Absentia, Timothy Quay and Stephen Quay, 2000
Inside Women Inside, Christine Choy and Cynthia Maurizio, 1978
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion, Elio Petri, 1970
It Felt Like Love, Eliza Hittman, 2013
It Happens to Us, Amalie R. Rothschild, 1972
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Stanley Kramer, 1963
Janie’s Janie, Geri Ashur, 1971
Joyce at 34, Joyce Chopra, 1972
Land Makar, Margaret Tait, 1981
The Limey, Steven Soderbergh, 1999
Little Fugitive, Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin, and Raymond Abrashkin, 1953
Lovely & Amazing, Nicole Holofcener, 2001
Loves of a Blonde, Miloš Forman, 1965
The Man with the Golden Arm, Otto Preminger, 1955
Martha, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1974
Mimi, Claire Simon, 2002 Min and Bill, George Hill, 1930
The Mirror, Jafar Panahi, 1997
Mulholland Dr., David Lynch, 2001
My Lucky Stars, Sammo Hung, 1985
Home Movie, Chantal Akerman, 2015
Ocean’s 11, Lewis Milestone, 1960
Peppermint Soda, Diane Kurys, 1977
The Phantom Museum, Stephen Quay and Timothy Quay, 2003
Phase IV, Saul Bass, 1974
Please Give, Nicole Holofcener, 2010**
Privilege, Yvonne Rainer, 1990
Rebels of the Neon God, Tsai Ming-liang, 1992
Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies, Timothy Quay and Stephen Quay, 1987
Riffraff, J. Walter Ruben, 1936
The Salt Mines, Susana Aikin and Carlos Aparicio, 1990
The Scarlet Letter, Victor Sjöström, 1926
Second Cousins Once Removed, Eliza Hittman, 2010
Seconds, John Frankenheimer, 1966
Secrets, Frank Borzage, 1933
Shakedown, Leilah Weinraub, 2018
Sidewalk Stories, Charles Lane, 1989
Soft Fiction, Chick Strand, 1979
Something Wild, Jack Garfein, 1961
Spiritual Kung Fu, Lo Wei, 1978
Stella Dallas, Henry King, 1925
Stella Dallas, King Vidor, 1937
Stille Nacht I: Dramolet, Stephen Quay and Timothy Quay, 1988
Stille Nacht III: Tales from the Vienna Woods, Stephen Quay and Timothy Quay, 1992
Stille Nacht IV: Can’t Go Wrong Without You, Stephen Quay and Timothy Quay, 1993
Storm Center, Daniel Taradash, 1956
Stray Dogs, Tsai Ming-liang, 2013
Street of Crocodiles, Stephen Quay and Timothy Quay, 1986
Suzanne, Suzanne, Camille Billops and James Hatch, 1982
Their Own Desire, E. Mason Hopper, 1929
The Third Generation, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1979
The Ties That Bind, Su Friedrich, 1985
The Transformation, Susana Aikin and Carlos Aparicio, 1995
Tremors, Dawid Bodzak, 2018
Unknown Pleasures, Jia Zhangke, 2002
This Unnameable Little Broom, Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay, and Keith Griffiths, 1985
Walk on the Wild Side, Edward Dmytryk, 1962
The Wayward Cloud, Tsai Ming-liang, 2005**
The Wind, Victor Sjöström, 1928
Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood, Bridget Terry, 2000
The World, Jia Zhangke, 2004
The Young Master, Jackie Chan, 1980
Yudie, Mirra Bank, 1974

That should be No Home Movie by Akerman.