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Ibexaz posted:Anyone able to confirm if the version of Come And See on the Criterion Channel is the recent restoration? It definitely is. I tried to watch it a year ago on there and it was pretty obv a videotape transfer. I tried again a month ago and it was a revelation.
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Origami Dali posted:It definitely is. I tried to watch it a year ago on there and it was pretty obv a videotape transfer. I tried again a month ago and it was a revelation. Ah that's great to hear! That just sold a sub, haha. I've been meaning to catch this forever but as soon as word came out about the restoration I put it off.
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It’s the middle of the month so I’d like to know what movies are leaving the channel that we should be sure to watch. Leviathan has been on my list for a while so that’s one. There are several particularly old movies leaving & I don’t know how easy they are to see, so if any of them are fun or interesting don’t hesitate, but I do have Nosferatu on physical media so I’m not worried about it.
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Chakan posted:It’s the middle of the month so I’d like to know what movies are leaving the channel that we should be sure to watch. Leviathan has been on my list for a while so that’s one. There are several particularly old movies leaving & I don’t know how easy they are to see, so if any of them are fun or interesting don’t hesitate, but I do have Nosferatu on physical media so I’m not worried about it. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? The Hands of Orlac Losing Ground Stop Making Sense Cat on a Hot Tin Roof The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
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Origami Dali posted:Still waiting on that Kurosawa set wong box when
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You can keep your Wong and Tarkovsky boxes, just give me the Heisei/Millennium follow-up to the Showa Godzilla set 
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Chakan posted:It’s the middle of the month so I’d like to know what movies are leaving the channel that we should be sure to watch. Leviathan has been on my list for a while so that’s one. There are several particularly old movies leaving & I don’t know how easy they are to see, so if any of them are fun or interesting don’t hesitate, but I do have Nosferatu on physical media so I’m not worried about it. Husbands and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? are both uniquely engrossing and emotionally violent movies.
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf is one of the best stage to screen adaptations ever, if not the best. The history and chemistry between the cast is electric, music is used sparingly and well, and the photography is some of Haskell Wexler's finest.
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Chakan posted:It’s the middle of the month so I’d like to know what movies are leaving the channel that we should be sure to watch. Leviathan has been on my list for a while so that’s one. There are several particularly old movies leaving & I don’t know how easy they are to see, so if any of them are fun or interesting don’t hesitate, but I do have Nosferatu on physical media so I’m not worried about it.
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fenix down posted:I'm making sure to check out The Sacrifice before it goes, but I haven't seen it yet so I'm not sure how good it is! I thought it was pretty good; beautifully shot, sort of meandering and abstract, older man's meditation on life, death, and faith under the threat of Mutually Assured Destruction
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf is one of my all-time favorite films.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:You can keep your Wong and Tarkovsky boxes, just give me the Heisei/Millennium follow-up to the Showa Godzilla set So many of the Heisei movies aren't in print in any form anymore 
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Ghost Dog, heck yes.
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Chakan posted:It’s the middle of the month so I’d like to know what movies are leaving the channel that we should be sure to watch. Leviathan has been on my list for a while so that’s one. There are several particularly old movies leaving & I don’t know how easy they are to see, so if any of them are fun or interesting don’t hesitate, but I do have Nosferatu on physical media so I’m not worried about it. All three of the Harvard Sensory Ethnography movies are great, not just Leviathan (Sweetgrass and Caniba are the other two). All the Tarkovsky movies. Both the Kelly Reichardt movies (River of Grass and Meek’s Cutoff)
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The only Tarkovsky's leavint are Nostalghia and The Sacrifice, right?
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Does crit have The Mirror?
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BeanpolePeckerwood posted:Does crit have The Mirror? CC or the collection? CC has it for streaming right now. The Criterion Collection does not have it on disc.
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Franchescanado posted:CC or the collection? Roger that. Yeah, I meant disc.
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Thought this article was worth sharing here: How the Criterion Collection Crops Out African-American Directors
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Cloks posted:Thought this article was worth sharing here: How the Criterion Collection Crops Out African-American Directors Yeah, I saw that this morning since someone posted that in the Criterion FB group. A lot of butt hurt white people in that group.
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Reddit has been acting the same way but c'mon, this reflects incredibly poorly on Criterion and if they want to act like they're the canon of film they need to work on shaping it to include diverse voices. I believe they're working on that now but wew, is that a revealing article.
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VoodooXT posted:Yeah, I saw that this morning since someone posted that in the Criterion FB group. A lot of butt hurt white people in that group. Like, what is there for white people to be defensive about. They've made a mistake, they admit to it, and they say they're going to do better. Oh no, we'll get more good films like Do the Right Thing and A Dry White Season. Oh no. It's good to have the conversation. It's good to think about. I don't think about the race of the people who direct my films, but if you're running a video company, you should make sure you have more representation. Anyone complaining about the article needs to grow up.
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Sorry To Bother You, Beale Street, Moonlight, Malcolm X, Fruitvale Station, Shame, 12 Years A Slave plz
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BeanpolePeckerwood posted:Sorry To Bother You, Beale Street, Moonlight, Malcolm X, Fruitvale Station, Shame, 12 Years A Slave plz Me, cultured: The Watermelon Woman
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BeanpolePeckerwood posted:Sorry To Bother You, Beale Street, Moonlight, Malcolm X, Fruitvale Station, Shame, 12 Years A Slave plz Most of these already have excellent releases. They should be using their brand to promote lesser-known but culturally significant films by POC, not just recent critical darlings. What was most shocking in that piece was that Becker had never seen To Sleep With Anger until recently. 
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FitFortDanga posted:Most of these already have excellent releases. They should be grabbing them right off the bat BEFORE they get excellent releases by someone else.
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BeanpolePeckerwood posted:Sorry To Bother You, Beale Street, Moonlight, Malcolm X, Fruitvale Station, Shame, 12 Years A Slave plz No Steve McQueen collection can be complete without Widows, the Heat of our time. It would be nice if Criterion had Bullitt too.
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Cacator posted:No Steve McQueen collection can be complete without Widows, the Heat of our time. It would be nice if Criterion had Bullitt too. I was really excited for Widows but it just didn't land for me. Pacing felt like it was originally a miniseries. But that tracking shot  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6NXtzAyjds
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Cacator posted:It would be nice if Criterion had Bullitt too.
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For what it's worth, Peter Becker isn't exactly the cineaste a lot of Criterion's regular producers. Which is fine, his job is to keep the company going. While it's obviously an oversight, it is kind of silly to blame Criterion for not getting films from studios that have never been keen on licensing out titles. A lot of the films mentioned are with Disney or Lionsgate, which means it's unlikely. At the same time, there's a ton of great titles from Kino Lorber, Vinegar Syndrome, and Milestone that are probably getting overlooked because they don't use spine numbers. Criterion was previously criticized for not having much from women directors, which they've made up for considerably. Just this year, nine films directed/co-directed by women, plus the Varda box. I think they'll make good, but it's silly to focus on stuff that already have decent editions while there's plenty of overlooked films that need releases. The Criterion Channel has been focusing on a lot of great films lately (many of which aren't titles Criterion can get), but I'd love to see them do Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.
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I think Criterion could use a lot bigger comedy representation in their library. And for me, when it comes to iconic African America cinema specifically, a large number of those titles that pop in my head are comedy films. They on the app recently had highlighted some films including Hollywood Shuffle which is a film I love. But I digress...and I do agree.No need to re-release already stellar films. They should highlight lesser known films or films that haven't seen an adequate release in the past.
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Magic Hate Ball posted:Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf is one of my all-time favorite films. Great rec, thank you all. Frustratingly, they still haven’t posted the Sep channel lineup, but I saw it reported elsewhere that it includes Satantango. Never seen any Tarr, but if this is true, might have to hunt down a few of his other films also.
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I watched Tampopo. Movie good.
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Yeah they just posted the September lineup https://twitter.com/criterionchannl/status/1300467182262980609
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oh my loving god LENNY
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In my quest to watch every Kurosawa I had to buy a vhs copy of Rhapsody in August (and find the cables for my vcr). Wonder why it's not in the cc catalog
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Streetwise is my favorite doc and the restoration is a game-changer so please check it out!
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It’s been streaming on Prime, but Zama is an absolute gem from a year or two ago. About a losery 18th century Argentinian diplomat hanging around a small town waiting for a promotion. Very stylish, many surreal touches, quite wonderful.
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Ingmar terdman posted:In my quest to watch every Kurosawa I had to buy a vhs copy of Rhapsody in August (and find the cables for my vcr). Wonder why it's not in the cc catalog It tends to be one of his more controversial movies due to Kurosawa's efforts to minimize Japan's role in WWII.
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