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#251 Post by albucat » Thu Jun 20, 2019 5:41 pm

re: "...will only be available for three days?" - I only relay what they write. I'll hope that things aren't so dumb, but hard to say. I will also mention that I've noticed these haven't been 100% correct in the past, which has surprised me a bit.

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#252 Post by Scott Nye » Thu Jun 20, 2019 5:45 pm

The email I received says they will be available until July 31st.

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#253 Post by FrauBlucher » Thu Jun 20, 2019 7:02 pm

Nice. All those Pedro Almodóvars. I could see Criterion start cranking them out on disc much like they did with the Fassbinders.

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#254 Post by jedgeco » Fri Jun 21, 2019 2:41 pm

Thanks. Just noticed I now have a "leaving June 30" category:

In a Lonely Place
The Virgin Suicides
Baby Face
In a Better World
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Bugsy Malone
Ace in the Hole
Buena Vista Social Club
Hollywood Shuffle
To Sleep with Anger
Paths of Glory
Mildred Pierce
Mulholland Dr.
Pushover
Jubal

...Plus what looks like all of the "Columbia Noir" titles.

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#255 Post by starmanof51 » Fri Jun 21, 2019 3:06 pm

So re: the July slate, I imagine a fistful will be bound up as a “Jack Cardiff” collection

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#256 Post by albucat » Fri Jun 21, 2019 3:36 pm

Yes, it is part of that:

Fever-dream reds. Blazing blues. Hallucinatory greens. The all-time master of Technicolor, British cinematographer Jack Cardiff used the process as no one before or since to achieve images of delirious beauty. Renowned for his contributions to the masterpieces of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger--visual triumphs like The Red Shoes, Black Narcissus, and A Matter of Life and Death--he went on to become an in-demand international cameraman. Whether shooting on the Spanish coast for the offbeat fantasy Pandora and the Flying Dutchman, in the East African jungle for John Huston’s adventure classic The African Queen, or among the Norwegian fjords for the epic action spectacle The Vikings, he enhanced every film he worked on with his magisterial eye. Also a director, Cardiff’s intriguing filmography includes the psychedelic Euro-cult curio The Girl on a Motorcycle, the first film ever to receive an X rating in the United States.

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 1943
A Matter of Life and Death, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 1946
Black Narcissus, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 1947
The Red Shoes, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 1948
The African Queen, John Huston, 1951
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman, Albert Lewin, 1951
War and Peace, King Vidor, 1956
The Vikings, Richard Fleischer, 1958
Fanny, Joshua Logan, 1961
The Girl on a Motorcycle, Jack Cardiff, 1968
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff, Craig McCall, 2010

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#257 Post by dwk » Sat Jun 22, 2019 7:48 pm

Credit to Reddit for this list of tiles expiring July through November
Leaving end of July 2019
A Woman's Face (George Cukor, 1941)
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (Paul Mazursky, 1969)
Bottle Rocket (Wes Anderson, 1996)
Camille (George Cukor, 1936)
Dinner at Eight (George Cukor, 1933)
Easy Rider (Dennis Hopper, 1969)
Gaslight (George Cukor, 1944)
Girlfriends (Claudia Weill, 1978)
Little Women (George Cukor, 1933)
Midnight Cowboy (John Schlesinger, 1969)
Moonrise (Frank Borzage, 1948)
Mother (Albert Brooks, 1996)
Our Betters (George Cukor, 1933)
Robin and Marion (Richard Lester, 1976)
Sylvia Scarlett (George Cukor, 1935)
The Last Emperor (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1987)
The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955)
The Women (George Cukor, 1939)
Two-Faced Woman (George Cukor, 1941)
Uptight (Jules Dassin, 1968)
What Price Hollywood? (George Cukor, 1932)
White Heat (Raoul Walsh, 1949)

Leaving at end of August 2019
Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (Akira Kurosawa, 1990)
Christopher Strong (Dorothy Arzner, 1933)
Craig's Wife (Dorothy Arzner, 1936)
Damn the Defiant! (Lewis Gilbert, 1962)
Dance, Girl, Dance (Dorothy Arzner, 1940)
Don't Look Now (Nicholas Roeg, 1973)
My Beautiful Laundrette (Stephen Frears, 1985)
Our Man in Havana (Carol Reed, 1959)
Performance (Donald Cammell & Nicholas Roeg, 1970)
Ran (Akira Kurosawa, 1985)
Scanners (David Cronenberg, 1981)
Something Wild (Jack Garfein, 1961)
The Card (Ronald Neame, 1952)
The Man Who Fell to Earth (Nicholas Roeg, 1976)
The Prisoner (Peter Glenville, 1955)
The Scapegoat (Robert Hamer, 1959)

Leaving at end of September 2019
A Room with a View (James Ivory, 1985)
Adua and Her Friends (Antonio Pietrangeli, 1960)
After the Wedding (Susanne Bier, 2006)
Hoop Dreams (Steve James, 1994)
Kaili Blues (Bi Gan, 2015)
Nights of Cabiria (Federico Fellini, 1957)
Othello (Orson Welles, 1952)
Quiet as Kept (Charles Burnett, 2007)
Rocco and His Brothers (Luchino Visconti, 1960)
Room at the Top (Jack Clayton, 1959)
Several Friends (Charles Burnett, 1969)
Sightseers (Ben Wheatley, 2012)
The Final Insult (Charles Burnett, 1997)
The Horse (Charles Burnett, 1973)
The Widow Couderc (Pierre Granier-Deferre, 1971)
When it Rains (Charles Burnett, 1995)

Leaving at end of October 2019
Archipelago (Joanna Hogg, 2010)
Claire's Camera (Hong Sang-soo, 2017)
Daddy Longlegs (Safdie Brothers, 2009)
Exhibition (Joanna Hogg, 2013)
I Killed My Mother (Xavier Doland, 2009)
Kaos (Tavania Brothers, 1984)
Meek's Cutoff (Kelly Reichardt, 2010)
On the Beach at Night Alone (Hong Sang-soo, 2017)
Padre Padrone (Tavania Brothers, 1977)
River of Grass (Kelly Reichardt, 1994)
The Day He Arrives (Hong Sang-soo, 2011)
The Fallen Idol (Carol Reed, 1948)
The Night of Shooting Stars (Tavania Brothers, 1982)
The Pleasure of Being Robbed (Josh Safdie, 2008)
The Shooting (Monte Hellman, 1966)
The Third Man (Carol Reed, 1949)
Time Bandits (Terry Gilliam, 1981)
Unrelated (Joanna Hogg, 2007)
Wendy and Lucy (Kelly Reichardt, 2008)

Leaving at end of November 2019
The Love Witch (Anna Biller, 2016) (LEAVES NOVEMBER 7TH)
Viva (Anna Biller, 2007) (LEAVE NOVEMBER 7TH)
Battle in Heaven (Carles Reygadas, 2005)
Cemetary of Splendor (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2015)
Kind Hearts and Coronets (Robert Hamer, 1949)
Marwencol (Jeff Malmberg, 2010)
Silent Light (Carlos Reygadas, 2007)
Suburbia (Penelope Spheeris, 1983)
Syndromes and a Century (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2006)
The Captain's Paradise (Anthony Kimmins, 1953)
The Decline of Western Civilization (Penelope Spheeris, 1981)
The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (Penelope Spheeris, 1988)
The Decline of Western Civilization Part III (Penelope Spheeris, 1998)
The Hours and Times (Christopher Munch, 1991)
The Lavender Hill Mob (Charles Crichton, 1951)
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (Alberto Cavalcanti, 1947)
The Maids (Christopher Miles, 1975)
The Man in the White Suit (Alexander Mackendrick, 1951)
The Plague Dogs (Martin Rosen, 1982)
The Tales of Beatrix Potter (Reginald Mills, 1971)
The Wicker Man (Robin Hardy, 1973)
Tropical Malady (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2004)
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2010)
Yeelen (Souleymane Cissé, 1987)

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Re: The Criterion Channel -- Film and Content Discussion

#258 Post by DaBargainHunta » Fri Jun 28, 2019 6:00 pm

I've been trying to get through some of the movies expiring on June 30th...

What I've watched so far:

In a Lonely Place: Absolutely brilliant and a Bogart performance for the ages, not to mention Gloria Grahame.

Drive a Crooked Road: Really underrated Columbia Noir with a nice performance from Mickey Rooney in the type of role I haven't really seen him from before (I haven't watched everything, so it's possible this led to a string of similar parts).

So Dark the Night: A b-picture elevated by some nice acting and camerawork. However,
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the ending seems to come out of nowhere. Very little builds to it. It was probably an awesome shocker at the time, but it feels like a bit of a "cheat" to me.
Flawed but enjoyable movie.

Bugsy Malone: *Groan* This bored me to tears. I like gangster pictures. I like what the movie was trying to go for. But there just wasn't enough substance here for me. Everyone mentions Jodie Foster because she's the only real star in this, but her role is pretty small and inconsequential.

What else would you guys recommend from the movies expiring on June 30th? Hoping to get in 2-3 before the "deadline." (I've already seen To Sleep With Anger. I own Mildred Burke and In A Better World on DVD - not Blu-ray, unfortunately - so as nice as it would be to see those in HD on The Criterion Channel, they're not a priority because I have other ways to watch them.) Thanks!

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#259 Post by dwk » Fri Jun 28, 2019 6:05 pm

Murder By Contract, The Lineup, Pushover, The Burglar, and Baby Face

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#260 Post by HinkyDinkyTruesmith » Fri Jun 28, 2019 6:06 pm

DaBargainHunta wrote:
Fri Jun 28, 2019 6:00 pm
What else would you guys recommend from the movies expiring on June 30th? Hoping to get in 2-3 before the "deadline."
I highly recommend Ace in the Hole––Wilder's acidic temperament at its most natural and uninhibited (with a great central performance by Douglas and a very unusual but interesting setting)––My Name is Julia Ross––a very quick but tense and rather terrifying b-thriller, which is about a hundred times better than So Dark the Night, in my opinion––and while I've never seen it myself, Murder by Contract gets quite a lot of high praise from what I've seen (though I can't personally vouch for it).

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#261 Post by ando » Fri Jun 28, 2019 11:12 pm

DaBargainHunta wrote:
Fri Jun 28, 2019 6:00 pm
What else would you guys recommend from the movies expiring on June 30th? Hoping to get in 2-3 before the "deadline." (I've already seen To Sleep With Anger. I own Mildred Burke and In A Better World on DVD - not Blu-ray, unfortunately - so as nice as it would be to see those in HD on The Criterion Channel, they're not a priority because I have other ways to watch them.) Thanks!
Paths of Glory is one of Kubrick's (and Kirk Douglas's) best, imo. In sum, an Allied Forces commanding officer during WWI orders a foolhardy attack on a German trench position. A colonel, played by Douglas, sees the folly of the order but carries out with it and calls out the colonel for its failure. I'd love to see what Kubrick would have done with Pickett's charge. But American studios seem reluctant to touch the Civil War (recall Spielberg's hedging on a release date for Lincoln uninfluenced by the Presidential vote) though the potential for intrigue as well as box office is limitless, as I see it. Paths is my pick for tonight. Thanks for the reminder.

Re: Pickett's Charge
I forgot about Ronald Maxwell's 1993 4 hour film, Gettysburg, which culminates in the infamous charge. Might be a good time to watch it this weekend. Gene Siskel called it Southern propaganda, which leads me to believe e that it's a completely different take on the man who orders this charge (General Lee), but it's intriguing to see how Maxwell handled it.
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All About Almodóvar

#262 Post by ando » Fri Jul 05, 2019 11:44 pm

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The channel is promoting a retrospective of his films this month. Don't forget to include the accented ó in your Almodóvar film search or you won't see them. :?

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#263 Post by Michael Kerpan » Fri Jul 12, 2019 11:18 pm

The Gay Divorcee looks stunning in its present incarnation -- nothing like the videotape my wife and I watched eons ago. Fred and Ginger's dancing is great -- and its nice to get first glimpses of the F&G repertory company -- but definitely not nearly as good as the best of the later films. Sadly only one Porter song (from his Broadway show The Gay Divorce) made it into the movie -- and the non-Porter music is mostly pretty mediocre at best -- and the choreography NOT involving Fred and Ginger is pretty poor. Still a must-watch for F&G fans..

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#264 Post by albucat » Mon Jul 22, 2019 2:18 pm

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

24 Frames Per Century, Athina Rachel Tsangari, 2013
Aguirre, the Wrath of God, Werner Herzog, 1972
America America, Elia Kazan, 1963
American Gigolo, Paul Schrader, 1980
And You Act Like One Too, Susan Seidelman, 1976
Angst Isst Seele Auf, Shahbaz Noshir, 2002
Aria Diva, Agnieszka Smoczyńska, 2007
Ars, Jacques Demy, 1959
Attenberg, Athina Rachel Tsangari, 2010
Baby, D. A. Pennebaker, 1954
Baby Face, Alfred E. Green, 1933
Ballad of the Little Soldier, Werner Herzog, 1984
Beauty and the Devil, René Clair, 1950
Best Offer, Lisa Krueger, 1993
Bezhin Meadow, Sergei Eisenstein, 1937
Black Jack, Ken Loach, 1979
Blackmail, Alfred Hitchcock, 1929
Blancanieves, Pablo Berger, 2012
The Capsule, Athina Rachel Tsangari, 2012
Cassis, Jonas Mekas, 1966
A Chairy Tale, Claude Jutra and Norman McLaren, 1957
Champagne, Alfred Hitchcock, 1928
Chevalier, Athina Rachel Tsangari, 2015
Chiefs, Richard Leacock and Noel E. Parmentel Jr., 1968
Close to Home, Erik Skjoldbjærg, 1994
Cobra Verde, Werner Herzog, 1987
Creative Nonfiction, Lena Dunham, 2009
Crisis, Ingmar Bergman, 1946
Diary of a Country Priest, Robert Bresson, 1951
Diary of Yunbogi, Nagisa Oshima, 1965
Dog, Andrea Arnold, 2001
The Emigrants, Jan Troell, 1971
The Enigma of Kasper Hauser, Werner Herzog, 1974
Entr’acte, René Clair, 1924
Europa—The Faecal Location, Thomas Gislason, 2005
Even Dwarfs Started Small, Werner Herzog, 1970
Ever in My Heart, Archie Mayo, 1933
The Face, Piotr Studzinski, 1966
A Farewell to Arms, Frank Borzage, 1932
The Fat and the Lean, Roman Polanski, 1961
Fata Morgana, Werner Herzog, 1971
Fatherland, George Sikharulidze, 2017
Female Trouble, John Waters, 1974
Fit, Athina Rachel Tsangari, 1994
Fitzcarraldo, Werner Herzog, 1982
For Me and My Gal, Busby Berkely, 1942
Forbidden, Frank Capra, 1932
The Fountain, Lena Dunham, 2007
Gambling Lady, Archie Mayo, 1934
Geometria, Guillermo del Toro, 1987
A Girl’s Own Story, Jane Campion, 1983
Godard 1980, Jon Jost, Donald Ranvaud, and Peter Wollen, 1980
The Hall Runner, Guy Maddin, 2014
Hare Krishna, Jonas Mekas, 1966
Heart of Glass, Werner Herzog, 1976
Hooker on Campus, Lena Dunham, 2007
Illicit, Archie Mayo, 1931
The Immigrant, Charlie Chaplin, 1917
Interlude in the Marshland, Jan Troell, 1965
Jamaica Inn, Alfred Hitchcock, 1939
Jonas Mekas in Kodachrome Days, Ken Jacobs, 2009
L’amour existe, Maurice Pialat, 1960
La luxure, Jacques Demy, 1962
La villa Santo-Sospir, Jean Cocteau, 1951
Ladies of Leisure, Frank Capra, 1930
Ladies They Talk About, Howard Bretherton, 1933
Land of Silence and Darkness, Werner Herzog, 1971
Le coup du berger, Jacques Rivette, 1956
Le sabotier du Val de Loire, Jacques Demy, 1956
Les escargots, Rene Laloux and Roland Topor, 1966
Les horizons morts, Jacques Demy, 1951
Les temps morts, Rene Laloux and Roland Topor, 1965
Lessons of Darkness, Werner Herzog, 1992
Letter to Jane, Jean-Luc Godard, 1972
Little Dieter Needs to Fly, Werner Herzog, 1997
Lost Lost Lost, Jonas Mekas, 1976
Louis Riel for Dinner, Guy Maddin, 2014
M le maudit, Claude Chabrol, 1982
Mammals, Roman Polanski, 1962
The Manchurian Candidate, John Frankenheimer, 1962
Man’s Castle, Frank Borzage, 1933
Manny & Lo, Lisa Krueger, 1996
Marseille, Marcel Pagnol, 1935
Max by Marcel, Marcel Ophuls, 2009
Milk, Andrea Arnold, 1998
The Miracle Woman, Frank Capra, 1931
Murder, Roman Polanski, 1957
Murder!, Alfred Hitchcock, 1930
The Musicians, Kazimierz Karabasz, 1960
My Best Fiend, Werner Herzog
Near Winter, Erik Skjoldbjærg, 1993
The New Land, Jan Troell, 1972
Nice and Friendly, Charlie Chaplin, 1922
A Night in the Show, Charles Chaplin, 1915
Night Nurse, William A. Wellman, 1931
No C4 for Daniel-Daniel, Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, and Benoit Poelvoorde, 1989
No Greater Glory, Frank Borzage, 1934
Nosferatu the Vampyre, Werner Herzog, 1979
Notes on the Circus, Jonas Mekas 1966
On purge bébé, Jean Renoir, 1931
Only Dream Things, Guy Maddin, 2012
Open the Door, Lena Dunham, 2007
Paradise: Faith, Ulrich Seidl, 2012**
Paradise: Hope, Ulrich Seidl, 2013**
Paradise: Love, Ulrich Seidl, 2012**
Physical Pinball, David Gordon Green, 1998
Pleasant Grove, David Gordon Green, 1996
Police Story 1, Jackie Chan, 1985
Police Story 2, Jackie Chan, 1988
Pressure, Lena Dunham, 2006
The Purchase Price, William Wellman, 1932
Report from Millbrook, Jonas Mekas, 1966
Rich and Strange, Alfred Hitchcock, 1931
The Rink, Charles Chaplin, 1916
Sacrilège, Christophe M. Saber
Sculptures by Sofu—Vita, Hiroshi Teshigahara, 1963
Shall We Go to Your or My, Place or Each Go Home Alone?, Lasse Hallström, 1973
Sinclair, Guy Maddin, 2010
The Skin Game, Alfred Hitchcock, 1931
The Slow Business of Going, Athina Rachel Tsangari, 2000
So Big!, William A. Wellman, 1932
Spanky: To the Pier and Back, Guy Maddin, 2008
Stereo, David Cronenberg, 1969
Stroszek, Werner Herzog, 1977
Teeth Smile, Roman Polanski, 1957
Time and Fortune Vietnam Newsreel, Jonas Mekas, 1969
Trainspotting, Danny Boyle, 1996
Travel Songs, Jonas Mekas, 1981
The Triplets of Belleville, Sylvain Chomet, 2003**
True Stories, David Byrne, 1986
Two Men and a Wardrobe, Roman Polanski, 1958
Viva Maria!, Agnieszka Smoczyńska, 2010
Waiting Women, Ingmar Bergman, 1952
Walden, Jonas Mekas, 1968
When Angels Fall, Roman Polanski, 1959
Where the Green Ants Dream, Werner Herzog, 1984
Wild Reeds, André Téchiné, 1994
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Jonas Mekas, 2003
The Witnesses, André Téchiné, 2007**
Women of the Resistance, Liliana Cavani, 1965
Woyzeck, Werner Herzog, 1979
You Can’t Do Everything at Once, But You Can Leave Everything at Once, Marie-Elsa Sgualdo, 2013
Yours Truly, Andrea G. Stern, Susan Seidelman, 1979
Zorgon: The H-Bomb Beast from Hell, Kevin Feman, 1972

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Re: The Criterion Channel -- Film and Content Discussion

#265 Post by ando » Mon Jul 22, 2019 4:00 pm

Very nice list. Thanks.

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#266 Post by albucat » Tue Aug 20, 2019 4:12 pm

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

35 Shots of Rum, Claire Denis, 2008**
A Dry White Season, Euzhan Palcy, 1989
A Kind of Loving, John Schlesinger, 1962
All Screwed Up, Lina Wertmüller, 1974
Barbara, Christian Petzold, 2012
Behind the White Glasses, Valerio Ruiz, 2015
Billy Liar, John Schlesinger, 1963
Bob le flambeur, Jean-Pierre Melville, 1956
The Chicken, Una Gunjak, 2014
Darling, John Schlesinger, 1965
David Lynch: The Art Life, Jon Nguyen, Rick Barnes, and Olivia Neergaard-Holm, 2016
Escape from New York, John Carpenter, 1981
The Falcon and the Snowman, John Schlesinger, 1985
Ferdinando and Carolina, Lina Wertmüller, 1999
Fishing with John, John Lurie, 1992
Fire over England, William K. Howard, 1937
Grand Illusion, Jean Renoir, 1937
Honky Tonk Freeway, John Schlesinger, 1981**
Jerichow, Christian Petzold, 2008**
Le cercle rouge, Jean-Pierre Melville, 1970
Le doulos, Jean-Pierre Melville, 1962
Le trou, Jacques Becker, 1960
Leon Morin, Priest, Jean-Pierre Melville, 1961
Les misérables, Raymond Bernard, 1934
Love and Anarchy, Lina Wertmüller, 1973
Marathon Man, John Schlesinger, 1976
Midnight Cowboy, John Schlesinger, 1969
Mobilize, Caroline Monnet, 2015**
Of Mice and Men, Lewis Milestone, 1939
Oh! What a Lovely War, Richard Attenborough, 1969
On the Border, Wei Shujun, 2018
Perfect Understanding, Cyril Gardner, 1933
Phantom India, Louis Malle, 1969
The Seduction of Mimi, Lina Wertmüller, 1972
Seven Beauties, Lina Wertmüller, 1975
Sparrows Can't Sing, Joan Littlewood, 1963
Stalag 17, Billy Wilder, 1953
Summer Night, Lina Wertmüller, 1986
Sunday Bloody Sunday, John Schlesinger, 1971
Swept Away, Lina Wertmüller, 1974
Two Men in Manhattan, Jean-Pierre Melville, 1959
Un flic, Jean-Pierre Melville, 1972
Upstream Color, Shane Carruth, 2013
War Requiem, Derek Jarman, 1989
When You Read This Letter, Jean-Pierre Melville, 1953**
Wuthering Heights, William Wyler, 1939
Yella, Christian Petzold, 2007**

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#267 Post by ntnon » Thu Aug 22, 2019 12:27 pm

...Grand Illusion?

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#268 Post by albucat » Thu Aug 22, 2019 3:58 pm

It's part of their "Jailbreak!" series on September 8. I wouldn't read much into it considering that we've had The Third Man available for some time now.

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Re: The Criterion Channel -- Film and Content Discussion

#269 Post by jwd5275 » Mon Sep 02, 2019 11:08 pm

In case we needed confirmation, Milestone's Of Mice and Men is playing on the channel with both Criterion and Janus logos.

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#270 Post by 4xblu » Sat Sep 14, 2019 11:22 pm

Apologies if this has already been addressed and I missed it, but “Billy Liar” (confirmed by Kino as forthcoming) as well as “Le Doulos” and “Leon Morin, Priest” (both released on Blu-ray by Kino within the past three months) are streaming on The Criterion Channel with the spinning C Criterion logo at the beginning. I was under the impression that the spinning C at the beginning meant that Criterion had the rights. Is this not the case?

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#271 Post by JakeStewart » Sun Sep 15, 2019 7:08 am

4xblu wrote:
Sat Sep 14, 2019 11:22 pm
Apologies if this has already been addressed and I missed it, but “Billy Liar” (confirmed by Kino as forthcoming) as well as “Le Doulos” and “Leon Morin, Priest” (both released on Blu-ray by Kino within the past three months) are streaming on The Criterion Channel with the spinning C Criterion logo at the beginning. I was under the impression that the spinning C at the beginning meant that Criterion had the rights. Is this not the case?
I'm pretty sure the films you mention (at least the two Melville ones) are with Kino and Studiocanal. I'm not positive, but it seems to me that if they"re streaming a film they had the rights to in the past but no longer do, you"ll sometimes see the "C" at the beginning regardless.

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#272 Post by Yaanu » Sun Sep 15, 2019 11:43 pm

I would assume that the spinning C means that Criterion has the copyright to that particular digital transfer or restoration, regardless of if they own the actual distribution rights.

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#273 Post by movielocke » Mon Sep 16, 2019 12:01 am

But for out of print titles they may have just uploaded their in house master and didn’t take off the criterion logo

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#274 Post by albucat » Fri Sep 20, 2019 1:03 pm

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

24 Frames Per Second, Shirley Clarke, 1977
The Adventures of Prince Achmed, Lotte Reiniger, 1926
Arsenic and Old Lace, Frank Capra, 1944
Bad at Dancing, Joanna Arnow, 2015
The Beaning, Sean McCoy, 2017
Bedlam, Mark Robson, 1946
Blood Feast, Herschell Gordon Lewis, 1963
The Body Snatcher, Robert Wise, 1945
Bridges-Go-Round 1, Shirley Clarke, 1958
Bridges-Go-Round 2, Shirley Clarke, 1958
Brussels Film Loops/Gestures/World Kitchen, D. A. Pennebaker and Shirley Clarke, 1957
Bullfight, Shirley Clarke, 1955
Burn!, Gillo Pontecorvo, 1969
Butterfly, Shirley Clarke, 1967
Carving Magic, Herschell Gordon Lewis, 1959
Cat People, Jacques Tourneur, 1942
Christopher and Me, Richard Leacock, 1960
Color Me Blood Red, Herschell Gordon Lewis, 1965
The Connection, Shirley Clarke, 1961
The Curse of the Cat People, Robert Wise, Gunther von Fritsch, 1944
Dance in the Sun, Shirley Clarke, 1953
The Devils, Ken Russell, 1971
The Devil’s Backbone, Guillermo del Toro, 2001**
Fast, Cheap & Out of Control, Errol Morris, 1997
The Fog of War, Errol Morris, 2003
Four Journeys into Mystic Time: Initiation, Shirley Clarke, 1978
Four Journeys into Mystic Time: Mysterium, Shirley Clarke, 1978
Four Journeys into Mystic Time: One-Two-Three, Shirley Clarke, 1978
Four Journeys into Mystic Time: Trans, Shirley Clarke, 1978
Freaks, Tod Browning, 1932
Frida, Julie Taymor, 2002
The Ghost Ship, Mark Robson, 1943
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, Ana Lily Amirpour, 2014
The Gore Gore Girls, Herschell Gordon Lewis, 1972
The Gruesome Twosome, Herschell Gordon Lewis, 1967
Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore, Frank Henenlotter and Jimmy Maslon, 2010
I Walk Alone, Byron Haskin, 1947
I Walked with a Zombie, Jacques Tourneur, 1943
In Paris Parks, Shirley Clarke, 1954
Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Don Siegel, 1956
Isle of the Dead, Mark Robson, 1945
A Japanese Tragedy, Keisuke Kinoshita, 1953
The Leopard Man, Jacques Tourneur, 1943
The Living Idol, Albert Lewin and René Cardona, 1957
A Moment in Love, Shirley Clarke, 1956
The Old Dark House, James Whale, 1932
Ornette: Made in America, Shirley Clarke, 1985
Out of the Past, Jacques Tourneur, 1947
Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud, 2007
Portrait of Jason, Shirley Clarke, 1967
Robert Frost: A Lover’s Quarrel with the World, Shirley Clarke, 1963
Robinson Crusoe on Mars, Byron Haskin, 1964
Savage/Love, Shirley Clarke, 1981
A Scary Time, Shirley Clarke and Robert Hughes, 1960
The Seventh Victim, Mark Robson, 1943
Skyscraper, Shirley Clarke and Willard Van Dyke, 1959
Stars in My Crown, Jacques Tourneur, 1950
Tabloid, Errol Morris, 2010
Tongues, Shirley Clarke, 1982
Two Thousand Maniacs!, Herschell Gordon Lewis, 1964
Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows, Kent Jones, 2007
Vernon, Florida, Errol Morris, 1981
The War of the Worlds, Byron Haskin, 1953
Weekends, Trevor Jimenez, 2017
The Wizard of Gore, Herschell Gordon Lewis, 1970

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Re: The Criterion Channel -- Film and Content Discussion

#275 Post by schellenbergk » Sat Sep 21, 2019 9:37 am

Cool stuff.

I'm particularly looking forward to seeing "The Devils" - which somehow I have missed through the years. I did read the Huxley book. . .

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