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I can finally watch this!!!

1. Finally getting to see Withnail & I.
2. Had red curry with tofu at my friend's birthday gathering.
3. My boss is on vacation all next week and we don't have to talk to him.

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A new thread, as I (re) subscribed to The Criterion Channel

If I watch the entire movie I liked it.

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Remember My Name--"Geraldine Chaplin delivers a chillingly effective performance as an unstable woman just out of prison and hell-bent on getting even with the husband (Anthony Perkins) who abandoned her years ago. Produced by Robert Altman, this spellbinding homage to the female-driven noir melodramas of the 1940s à la MILDRED PIERCE amps up their frayed-nerve energy and seething sense of unrest." #AmWatching #Criterion

https://www.criterionchannel.com/alan-rudolph-s-dramas-of-desire/season:1/videos/remember-my-name

#NowWatching "A Bigger Splash" (1973) on The Criterion Channel Blu-ray: amzn.to/43FPbdz A documentary-style biopic of British artist David Hockney. After a difficult break-up, Hockney is left unable to paint, much to the concern of his friends #streaming #ad #Criterion #biography #LGBTQ

A Bigger Splash [Blu-ray]

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THX 1138 (1971)
The Tenant (1976)
How I Won the War (1967)
S. O. B. (1981)
The T. A. M. I. Show (1964)

Some of these are held hostage by the rights owners; no version of any kind available, but maybe #criterion can free them up with offers of quality special editions.

What are four non-Criterion movies you'd add to the Criterion Collection?

Casino Royale (1968)
Frank Capra/Bell Labs 1950s educational films (Our Mr. Sun, Hemo the Magnificent, etc.)
Truly Madly Deeply (1990)
The Farmer’s Wife (1998 Frontline documentary)

(Most of my picks aren't currently available in HD at all.)

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Barbara Bouchet and David Niven in "Casino Royale" (1968)

Poster art (a mid-century-styled cartoon of the Sun speaking with Father Time) for "Frank Capra's OUR MR. SUN"

Alan Rickman in a scene from "Truly Madly Deeply"

Juanita and Buschkoetter stands in the middle of a dirt road, surrounded by flat Nebraska farmland, in an image from the PBS Frontline documentary "The Farmer's Wife"

I just spent an -entire- afternoon watching Criterion Closet vids. This is where celebrities go to a closet full of Criterion disc cases. And they pick a few. And they gEEEEk out about their picks. And it is so enriching.

I really do adore these. I.... -miss- doing this at a movie store. ~SWIMMING~ in movies. Just.. :blobaww:

This is a list of them. Find your fav celeb, and watch them go.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7D89754A5DAD1E8E

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Why are people waiting for six or seven hours to get into a van full of DVDs, Blu-rays and 4Ks — many of which are easy to buy online? Film critic Bilge Ebiri investigates the appeal of the Criterion Closet, a retrofitted truck containing the boutique home-video label's collection. “I knew it was a once-in-a-lifetime experience,” says film critic Francisco “Fico” Cangiano. “Any fan of Criterion who hasn’t wished, hoped, or dreamt about being inside the closet is straight-up lying.”

https://flip.it/Rkcy.U

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Good morning ☕💜

20° C / 68° F and sunny ☀️ with 55% humidity and 5 km/h wind in Fremont, California.

Illustration:

https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/2648-godzilla-the-showa-era-films-1954-1975

#GrandCoffee #GrandCoffeeRoasters #LasPilasEspresso #Coffee #Latte #PSL #PumpkinSpiceLatte #CoffeeBeans #SanFrancisco #Oakland #California #Espresso #SFBayArea #Fremont #Tuesday #Huehuetenango #Guatemala #Tolima #Colombia #MorningCoffee #EastBay #HabibiCeramics #Habibi #WabiSabi #Godzilla #Criterion #CriterionCollection #TheCriterionCollection #Showa

12-ounce, handle-less, off-white ceramic cup with a coffee pumpkin-spice latte, on a gray diatomaceous-earth coaster on a black deskmat on a cherry-veneer desk. The clay of the cup has many tiny flecks of black and blue. The interior of the cup has a dark-colored glaze. To the left of the cup is the cover of Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954–1975, a deluxe hardcover book that is approximately 14.5"(height) by 10.75" (width). The cover features an illustration by Yuko Shimizu, showing the upper-torso of Gozilla ("a colossal prehistoric reptilian or dinosaurian monster") with glowing red eyes and breathing a blue flame from its mouth (highlighted with jagged yellow lines). The book is positioned in such a way to make it look like Gozilla is breathing flames on the coffee latte. Godzilla has black serrated plates along its back, highlighted in yellow. The background is shades of bright pink. The title and subtitle appear in small yellow block letters at bottom-center.

In late 2023, while grappling with the illness that would take my Grandmother’s life a few short months later, I started compiling every visit to the Criterion Closet in the form of @letterboxd lists.

360+ lists later, the account I made to do this just hit 10K followers. #letterboxd #film #Criterion https://letterboxd.com/closetpicks/

If you are a Wes Anderson fan and are a #physicalmedia fan, Criterion just announced preorders of a ten film box set to be released on Sept. 30. #cinema #cinemastodon #movies #Criterion :

https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/8208-the-wes-anderson-archive-ten-films-twenty-five-years

June Criterion Channel Lineup

It’s clearly the beginning of summer because Criterion’s June lineup is even more summery than last month’s. And last month they did a whole collection of Coastal Thrillers.

It kicks off with In The Deep End: Swimming Pools On-Screen. Brilliant theme, raises to whoever thought of that one. This is not really about nice swimming pools; the sense of dread you’d get from watching The Swimmer, La Piscine, and Deep End in a row is substantial. There’s some Breillat and a deeply uneasy Martel — La Ciénaga — just to drive the point home. Great theme, great movies.

Then we rotate right into Ripley Films. Yep, it’s four out of five of the existing Tom Ripley movies, leaving out only Ripley Under Ground. Probably the right choice, no offense to Barry Pepper. I’ve seen (and liked) all four of these and look forward to watching Ripley’s Game again, since it’s been a while.

Next up is a tribute to Gene Hackman. This looks like everything’s new to the Channel, or at least it’s all movies that aren’t on the Channel right now. I appreciate the effort. Great movies, everything from The French Connection to The Royal Tenenbaums.

It wouldn’t be the Criterion Channel without a new collection focusing on some classic film history; this month it’s a René Clair collection. I know nothing about the gentleman. His movies look like a ton of frothy fun — and hey, I Married a Witch stars Veronica Lake, so I’ll add that to my mental watchlist. But his work in his home country of France also seems worthwhile.

The Johnnie To Essentials collection is something I’ve been low key hoping for. It’s worthy of the name — there are a couple of movies I wish were here but yeah, watch these and you’ll get what To is all about. A friend asked me which ones I’d prioritize: Heroic Trio because the cast is amazing and it’s goofy fun, even if it’s not typical of To’s work; Breaking News for an opening one-shot so good I just watched it again; and Election for being a perfect crime movie. Also now that I’m thinking about it, Throw Down for a look at To’s more contemplative work, inspired by Kurosawa.

LGBTQ+ Favorites is sort of a grab bag, as the writeup admits. Fassbinder, Araki, and hey, Mala Noche. I’m in for more early Gus van Sant. I don’t have a ton to say here but I like the curation.

Nothing blows me away among the premiers and Criterion editions. Great timing for Jean de Florette/Manon of the Spring, which are very good movies starring a dude who was just found guilty of sexual assault. You know, if I’d been Criterion, I might have wanted to put an extra addressing that on the physical release.

Anyhow, there’s also an Alan Rudolph collection which, while small, includes Trouble In MInd. I am unreasonably fond of that movie and I’ve always been curious about Breakfast of Champions. Low expectations, but the cast is ridiculous.

As for the other two small director collections this month, I am intrigued by the descriptions of Ougie Pak‘s work and Amy Holden Jones did interesting things with Slumber Party Massacre so why not check out Love Letters? (Yeah, I probably won’t have time, but that’s OK.)

Finally, among the random movies at the bottom of the list, I am surprised to see Kill Zone 2 but also excited. I wonder if this wasn’t somehow connected to the Johnnie To rights, given that it’s got Simon Yam and Louis Koo, two of To’s regulars? It’s not from To’s production company, though. Well, anyhow, it’s got Tony Jaa and that’s all I need to know to watch it.

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May Criterion Channel Lineup

The May Criterion lineup is, in my book, timely and exceptional. I am going to be excited for perhaps controversial reasons; let’s dig in! (Man, and I completely forgot to post this in a timely manner. Had it ready days ago.)

In fact, let’s hit the tough topic head on. The Channel is featuring Three by Kathryn Bigelow, and those three include the superb Strange Days plus her two other early movies that I haven’t seen. Pity Near Dark didn’t make it in, but this lets me catch up on one of my favorite directors plus Strange Days is rarely available on streaming.

Bigelow earned a lot of criticism for making a pro-torture movie with Zero Dark Thirty, of course. I have mixed opinions there which I need to solidify with a rewatch; until then I’m simply going to acknowledge the issues, note that Strange Days ultimately shies away from engaging with the question of police forces as fascist enablers, and move on.

Speaking of political, we also have a Noir and the Blacklist collection, from anti-fascist World War II movies on through movies made by blacklisted filmmakers. Lots of good movies I’ve seen; I think the context of censorship and repression is great here. The New Hollywood of the 70s had its roots in these movies; I’m mentally pairing them with Italian social dramas of the post-World War II era, as well. Great theme.

Speaking of New Hollywood, it’s a Terry Southern collection! I’ve seen a couple of these, so I think it’s a good opportunity to round out my Southern experience. Probably my top interest is The Magic Christian, since I’m on a minor Peter Sellers kick and I haven’t seen it before.

OK. Let’s breathe. I feel like Criterion enjoys putting a less weighty genre collection in each month; if so, Coastal Thrillers is May’s. This is a really wide range of movies — everything from the unabashedly sleazy 90s erotic thriller Wild Things to the satirical 70s neo-noir The Long Goodbye to the classic Bogart and Bacall Key Largo. Oh, cool, and the Insomnia remake! I’ve been meaning to catch that, I loved the original.

Back to political: hello, Spike Lee’s Adventures in Moviegoing! It’s a really cool curation. If I had to pick one to see, I’d say The Battle of Algiers, which is groundbreaking and fresh. But there’s not a dud on the list.

The final major collection is Directed by Jia Zhangke. One of these, Ash is Purest White, is already part of last month’s Chinese Crime Thrillers collection so that’s probably where I’ll start. It’s cool to have a whole mass of Jia’s movies available for further discovery, assuming I like the first one.

OK, on the the usual mix of restorations and Criterion Collection editions. I’m curious about Il grido, since I just watched L’avventura so seeing more early Antonioni would be cool. The Runner, an 1980s Iran film, seems like it’ll give me more context on the modern Iranian cinema I’ve been enjoying so much. Oh, and hey, Touchez pas au grisbi stars Jean Gabin, Lino Ventura, and is that Jeanne Moreau I see? Directed by Jacques Becker? That’s promising.

And as always, a lot of fascinating stuff I probably won’t get to down in the bottom. Jem Cohen is clearly one of those interesting directors; as I keep saying, “I should check out some of those shorts to get a sense for his style.” We will see. Every single one of those movies directed by Tim Blake Nelson has a good cast. Oh, hey, spotlight for Joan Chen, that’s got good stuff in it! And Abel Ferrara’s Turn in the Wound, a documentary about the Ukraine War with a Patti Smith performance is pretty intriguing.

I would not, however, call Mann’s The Keep a triumph. Still, it’s awfully pretty.

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April Criterion Channel Lineup

I’m going to start keeping track of how many New York themed collections Criterion runs before they get around to Boston. Which I suppose would need to be Boston Crime — it’s a low hanging fruit, y’all. Or Boston Journalism but that’s not quite as rich a topic. Anyhow I did wind up watching Carol from New York Love Stories so I can’t complain too hard. So, April’s lineup:

Despite my regional bias, April’s a great month. Fun City: NYC Woos Hollywood, Flirts with Disaster has a few classics at the top and in general is the sort of deep dive into a specific moment in cinematic history that I love. I’ll choose Cotton Comes to Harlem to spotlight because I recently read the Chester Himes novel it’s based on; if it comes even close to the book it’ll be excellent.

And then as the primary actor-focused collection of the month, we have Starring Penélope Cruz. I’m thrilled to be able to easily catch up on Open Your Eyes and I might even rewatch Vanilla Sky for the sake of comparison. It’s not a huge collection, but it spans a lot of her career. Nothing really recent, which is kind of a pity — she’s been doing interesting work around the maternal role recently (I really liked L’immensità), but you take what you can license.

Legacies of War: Vietnam Across the Divides looks amazing. It’s got many of the significant American Vietnam movies, and also Vietnamese movies about the war. I’m interested in lots of this; On the Same River stands out for me as a Vietnamese movie about the French-Indochina War and it has not been very available previously.

Next, Jacques Rivette gets a director spotlight. Well, after I loved Duelle, this is a slam dunk for me. Will I carve out the time necessary for most of Rivette’s long movies? Don’t ask mean questions. Criterion included at least one of his early shorts, anyhow. Also Love on the Ground stars Jane Birkin which is a draw for me.

Buried way down in fifth place on the post: Chinese Crime Thrillers. Not Hong Kong, mainland China. I literally want to see all of these; I’ve watched a couple of neo-noirs and thrillers from China and enjoyed them, and this looks like one of the sort of deep dives I was mentioning earlier. Reviews on Letterboxd compare Chongqing Hot Pot to Johnnie To’s work, which is high praise, so maybe I’ll start there. Very jazzed.

Then among the Criterion Collections and Rediscoveries, we have Dead Ringers. The Cronenberg commentary track isn’t new but I haven’t heard it, so that’s exciting for me. Céline and Julie Go Boating promises a documentary on Rivette by Claire Denis, which is also pretty exciting. I’d assume that’s Jacques Rivette, the Watchman.

Down to the minor collections. Predictably, given Dead Ringers, there’s a Cronenberg collection — it’s the early movies that are already on the Channel, plus Dead Ringers and Fast Company. In fact, this is just an expansion of an existing collection. That’s cheating but I suppose they wanted to highlight it.

Three Noirs by John Farrow isn’t something you need to run out to watch, based on my recent viewing of Alias Nick Beal at Noir City, but it’s likely to be a bit of fun. The Big Clock is supposed to be excellent and Farrow directed Ray Milland very well in Alias Nick Beal.

Three Melodramas by Ray Yeung give us queer melodrama out of Hong Kong — these seem like the kind of thing I might tune in to randomly and then regret not watching all of? Letterboxd reviews are positive, so there you go.

Finally, I’ll note that I saw Resynator at SIFF last year and I quite enjoyed it. It’s sort of about music but it’s really about exploring the true history of family, and how that can be liberating and painful.

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