BLACHEFAN Posted June 16, 2020 Author Share Posted June 16, 2020 Lucía (1968) Directed by Humberto Solás Country: Cuba Duration: 160 minutes Language: Spanish Spine#1045 After the Curfew (1954) Directed by Usmar Ismail Country: Indonesia Duration: 101 minutes Language: Indonesian Spine #1046 Link to post Share on other sites
BLACHEFAN Posted June 16, 2020 Author Share Posted June 16, 2020 Pixote (1981) Directed by Héctor Babenco Country: Brazil Duration: 128 minutes Language: Portugese Spine #1047 Dos monjes (1934) Directed by Juan Bustillo Oro Country: Mexico Duration: 85 minutes Language: Spanish Spine #1048 Link to post Share on other sites
BLACHEFAN Posted June 16, 2020 Author Share Posted June 16, 2020 Soleil Ô (1970) Directed by Med Hondo Country: France, Mauritania Duration: 98 minutes Language: French, Arabic Spine #1049 Downpour (1972) Directed by Bahram Beyzaie Country: Iran Duration: 122 minutes Language: Persian Spine #1050 Link to post Share on other sites
BLACHEFAN Posted June 16, 2020 Author Share Posted June 16, 2020 The Elephant Man (1980) Directed by David Lynch Country: United States Duration: 123 minutes Language: English Spine #1051 DVD BONUS FEATURES Director David Lynch and critic Kristine McKenna reading from Room to Dream, a 2018 book they coauthored Archival interviews with Lynch, actor John Hurt, producers Mel Brooks and Jonathan Sanger, director of photography Freddie Francis, stills photographer Frank Connor, and makeup artist Christopher Tucker Audio recording from 1981 of an interview and Q&A with Lynch at the American Film Institute The Terrible Elephant Man Revealed, a 2001 documentary about the film Trailer and radio spots English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing More! PLUS: A booklet featuring excerpts from an interview with Lynch from the 2005 edition of filmmaker and writer Chris Rodley’s book Lynch on Lynch, and an 1886 letter to the editor of the London Times concerning Joseph Merrick, the “elephant man,” by Francis Culling Carr Gomm, chairman of the London Hospital at the time Link to post Share on other sites
TikiSoo Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 I'm watching a Criterion release of I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING. Amazing restoration of this great movie. Looking forward to the extras, including revisiting the locations. Link to post Share on other sites
BLACHEFAN Posted July 16, 2020 Author Share Posted July 16, 2020 Claudine (1974) Directed by John Berry Country: United States Duration: 92 minutes Language: English Spine #1052 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary from 2003 featuring actors Diahann Carroll, James Earl Jones, and Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs; filmmaker George Tillman Jr.; and Dan Pine, son of screenwriters Lester Pine and Tina Pine New conversation on the film between filmmaker Robert Townsend and programmer Ashley Clark Illustrated audio excerpts from a 1974 AFI Harold Lloyd Master Seminar featuring Carroll English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing PLUS: An essay by critic Danielle A. Jackson Link to post Share on other sites
BLACHEFAN Posted July 16, 2020 Author Share Posted July 16, 2020 The Gunfighter (1950) Directed by Henry King Country: United States Duration: 84 minutes Spine #1053 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interview about director Henry King and the film with filmmaker, writer, and archivist Gina Telaroli New video essay on editor Barbara McLean by film historian and author J. E. Smyth Audio excerpts of interviews with King and McLean from 1970 and ’71 English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing More! PLUS: An essay by film critic K. Austin Collins Link to post Share on other sites
BLACHEFAN Posted July 16, 2020 Author Share Posted July 16, 2020 Parasite (2019) Directed by Bong Joon Ho Country: South Korea Duration: 131 minutes Language: Korean Spine #1054 DVD BONUS FEATURES New audio commentary featuring Bong and critic Tony Rayns Black-and-white version of the film with a new introduction by Bong, and Dolby Atmos soundtrack on the Blu-ray New conversation between Bong and critic Darcy Paquet New interviews with Hong, production designer Lee Ha Jun, and editor Yang Jinmo New program about the New Korean Cinema movement featuring Bong and filmmaker Park Chan Wook (Oldboy) Cannes Film Festival press conference from 2019 featuring Bong and members of the cast Master class featuring Bong from the 2019 Lumière Festival in Lyon, France Storyboard comparison Trailers PLUS: An essay by critic Inkoo Kang Link to post Share on other sites
Sukhov Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 On 6/16/2020 at 8:47 AM, BLACHEFAN said: Soleil Ô (1970) Directed by Med Hondo Country: France, Mauritania Duration: 98 minutes Language: French, Arabic Spine #1049 Downpour (1972) Directed by Bahram Beyzaie Country: Iran Duration: 122 minutes Language: Persian Spine #1050 I saw Soleil O on the Criterion channel a few days ago. Boring as Hell and almost put me to sleep. Has that faux-Godard style in it too that was common during leftist movies of that period. Definitely not for me. Link to post Share on other sites
BLACHEFAN Posted August 19, 2020 Author Share Posted August 19, 2020 Girlfriends (1978) Directed by Claudia Weill Country: United States Duration: 88 minutes Language: English Spine #1055 DVD BONUS FEATURES New, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised by director Claudia Weill and director of photography Fred Murphy, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack New interview with Weill New interview with Weill and actors Melanie Mayron, Christopher Guest, and Bob Balaban New interview with screenwriter Vicki Polon New interview with Weill and writer and director Joey Soloway Joyce at 34, a 1972 short film by Weill and Joyce Chopra Commuters, a 1973 short film by Weill Trailer English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing PLUS: Essays by critic Molly Haskell and scholar Carol Gilligan Link to post Share on other sites
BLACHEFAN Posted August 19, 2020 Author Share Posted August 19, 2020 Moonstruck (1987) Directed by Norman Jewison Country: United States Duration: 104 minutes Language: English Spine #1056 DVD BONUS FEATURES New 4K digital restoration, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack New interview with screenwriter John Patrick Shanley New interview with scholar Stefano Albertini about the use of opera in the film Introduction from 2013 featuring Cher Interviews from 1987 with director Norman Jewison and actors Cher, Nicolas Cage, Vincent Gardenia, and Olympia Dukakis Interview from 2002 with actor Danny Aiello Audio interview from 1989 with Shanley about screenwriting and the development of Moonstruck At the Heart of an Italian Family, a 2006 program about the making of the film The Music of “Moonstruck,” a 2006 program featuring interviews with Jewison and composer Dick Hyman Audio commentary from 1998 with Cher, Jewison, and Shanley Trailer English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing PLUS: An essay by critic Emily VanDerWerff Link to post Share on other sites
BLACHEFAN Posted August 19, 2020 Author Share Posted August 19, 2020 Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999) Directed by Jim Jarmusch Country: United States Duration: 116 minutes Language: English Spine #1057 DVD BONUS FEATURES New, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Jim Jarmusch, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack Alternate isolated stereo music track New Q&A with Jarmusch, in which he responds to questions sent in by fans New conversation between actors Forest Whitaker and Isaach De Bankolé, moderated by film scholar Michael B. Gillespie New interview with casting director Ellen Lewis New interview with Shifu Shi Yan Ming, founder of the USA Shaolin Temple New video essay on RZA’s original score for the film The Odyssey: A Journey into the Life of a Samurai, a 2000 program on the making of the film Deleted scenes and outtakes Archival interviews Trailer More! English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing PLUS: An essay by critic Greg Tate and quotations from Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai, by the early-eighteenth-century monk Yamamoto Tsunetomo Link to post Share on other sites
BLACHEFAN Posted August 19, 2020 Author Share Posted August 19, 2020 Essential Fellini Films in this Set Variety Lights (1950) Directed by Federico Fellini and Alberto Lattuada Country: Italy Duration: 90 minutes Language: Italian The White Sheik (1952) Directed by Federico Fellini Country: Italy Duration: 86 minutes Language: Italian I Vitelloni (1953) Directed by Federico Fellini Country: Italy Duration: 108 minutes Language: Italian La Strada (1954) Directed by Federico Fellini Country: Italy Duration: 108 minutes Language: Italian Il Bidone (1955) Directed by Federico Fellini Country: Italy Duration: 113 minutes Language: Italian Nights of Cabiria (1957) Directed by Federico Fellini Country: Italy Duration: 117 minutes Language: Italian La Dolce Vita (1960) Directed by Federico Fellini Country: Italy Duration: 174 minutes Language: Italian 8½ (1963) Directed by Federico Fellini Country: Italy, France Duration: 138 minutes Language: English, French, Italian, German Juliet of the Spirits (1965) Directed by Federico Fellini Country: Italy Duration: 145 minutes Language: Italian Fellini Satyricon (1969) Directed by Federico Fellini Country: Italy Duration: 129 minutes Language: Italian Roma (1972) Directed by Federico Fellini Country: Italy Duration: 120 minutes Language: Italian Amarcord (1973) Directed by Federico Fellini Country: Italy Duration: 123 minutes Language: Italian And the Ship Sails On (1983) Directed by Federico Fellini Country: Italy Duration: 128 minutes Language: Italian Intervista (1987) Directed by Federico Fellini Country: Italy Duration: 106 minutes Language: Italian, Japanese, English DVD BONUS FEATURES New 4K restorations of 11 theatrical features, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks for all films New digital restorations of the short film Toby Dammit (1968) and the television film Fellini: A Director’s Notebook (1969), with uncompressed monaural soundtracks Feature documentaries Fellini: I’m a Born Liar (2002) and Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember (1997), the latter presented in its 193-minute version Two-hour, four-part 1960 interview with director Federico Fellini by filmmaker André Delvaux for Belgian television Four behind-the-scenes documentaries: Reporter’s Diary: “Zoom on Fellini” (1965), Ciao, Federico! (1969), The Secret Diary of “Amarcord” (1974), and Fellini racconta: On the Set of “And the Ship Sails On” (1983) Fellini racconta: Passegiatte nella memoria, a 2000 documentary featuring interviews with a late-in-life Fellini Giulietta Masina: The Power of a Smile, a 2004 documentary about Fellini’s wife and frequent collaborator Once Upon a Time: “La dolce vita,” a French television documentary about the film Audio commentaries on six of the films Program from 2003 on Fellini's 1980s television advertising work Archival interviews with Fellini stars and collaborators, including Mastroianni, Sandra Milo, Anouk Aimée, and Magali Noël Archival audio interviews by film critic Gideon Bachmann with Fellini, Mastroianni, and Fellini's friends and family Video essays, trailers, and more PLUS: Deluxe packaging, including two lavishly illustrated books with hundreds of pages of content: notes on the films by scholar David Forgacs, essays by filmmakers Michael Almereyda, Kogonada, and Carol Morley; film critics Bilge Ebiri and Stephanie Zacharek; and novelist Colm Tóibín, and dozens of images spotlighting Don Young’s renowned collection of Fellini memorabilia Link to post Share on other sites
BLACHEFAN Posted August 19, 2020 Author Share Posted August 19, 2020 The Irishman (2019) Directed by Martin Scorsese Country: United States Duration: 208 minutes Language: English Spine #1058 DVD BONUS FEATURES New 4K digital master, approved by director Martin Scorsese, with Dolby Atmos soundtrack Newly edited roundtable conversation among Scorsese and actors Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci, originally recorded in 2019 New documentary about the making of the film featuring Scorsese; the lead actors; producers Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Jane Rosenthal, and Irwin Winkler; director of photography Rodrigo Prieto; and others from the cast and crew New video essay written and narrated by film critic Farran Smith Nehme about The Irishman’s synthesis of Scorsese’s singular formal style The Evolution of Digital De-aging, a 2019 program on the visual effects created for the film Archival interview excerpts with Frank “the Irishman” Sheeran and International Brotherhood of Teamsters trade union leader Jimmy Hoffa Trailer and teaser PLUS: An essay by critic Geoffrey O’Brien Link to post Share on other sites
BLACHEFAN Posted September 17, 2020 Author Share Posted September 17, 2020 Crash (1996) Directed by David Cronenberg Country: Canada Duration: 100 minutes Language: English Spine #1059 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary from 1997 featuring Cronenberg Press conference from the 1996 Cannes Film Festival featuring Cronenberg; Suschitzky; author J. G. Ballard; producers Robert Lantos and Jeremy Thomas; and actors Rosanna Arquette, Holly Hunter, Elias Koteas, James Spader, and Deborah Kara Unger Q&A from 1996 with Cronenberg and Ballard at the National Film Theatre in London Behind-the-scenes footage and press interviews from 1996 Trailers Link to post Share on other sites
BLACHEFAN Posted September 17, 2020 Author Share Posted September 17, 2020 Amores perros (2000) Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu Country: Mexico Duration: 154 minutes Language: Spanish Spine #1060 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interview with Iñárritu and filmmaker Paweł Pawlikowski New conversation between Iñárritu and actors Adriana Barraza, Vanessa Bauche, and Gael García Bernal Perros, amores, accidentes, a new documentary on the making of the film featuring behind-the-scenes footage Rehearsal footage with narration by Iñárritu New interview with composer Gustavo Santaolalla New video essay by film scholar Paul Julian Smith Music videos for songs from the film’s soundtrack by Control Machete, Café Tacvba, and Julieta Venegas Trailer New English subtitle translation Link to post Share on other sites
BLACHEFAN Posted October 20, 2020 Author Share Posted October 20, 2020 Minding the Gap (2018) Directed by Bing Liu Country: United States Duration: 93 minutes Language: English Spine #1061 DVD BONUS FEATURES New audio commentary featuring Liu and documentary subjects Keire Johnson and Zack Mulligan New follow-up conversation between Liu and documentary subject Nina Bowgren New programs featuring interviews with professional skateboarder Tony Hawk and with Liu, Minding the Gap executive producer Gordon Quinn, and producer Diane Quon Four outtake scenes with introductions by Liu Nước (2010), a short film by Liu about two Vietnamese immigrants growing up American Trailer New English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing PLUS: An essay by critic Jay Caspian Kang Link to post Share on other sites
BLACHEFAN Posted October 20, 2020 Author Share Posted October 20, 2020 Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese (2019) Directed by Martin Scorsese Country: United States Duration: 142 minutes Language: English Spine #1062 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interviews with Scorsese, editor David Tedeschi, and writer Larry “Ratso” Sloman Restored footage of never-before-seen Rolling Thunder Revue performances of “Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here with You” and “Romance in Durango,” and of a never-before-seen cut of “Tangled Up in Blue” Trailer English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing PLUS: An essay by novelist Dana Spiotta and writing from the Rolling Thunder Revue tour by author Sam Shepard and poets Allen Ginsberg and Anne Waldman Link to post Share on other sites
BLACHEFAN Posted October 20, 2020 Author Share Posted October 20, 2020 The Ascent (1977) Directed by Larisa Shepitko Country: Soviet Union Duration: 109 minutes Language: Russian Spine #1063 DVD BONUS FEATURES New selected-scene commentary featuring film scholar Daniel Bird New video introduction by Anton Klimov, son of director Larisa Shepitko and filmmaker Elem Klimov New interview with actor Lyudmila Polyakova The Homeland of Electricity, a 1967 short film by Shepitko Larisa, a 1980 short film tribute to his late wife by Klimov Two documentaries from 2012 about Shepitko’s life, work, and relationship with Klimov Program from 1999 featuring an interview with Shepitko New English subtitle translation PLUS: An essay by poet Fanny Howe Link to post Share on other sites
BLACHEFAN Posted November 14, 2020 Author Share Posted November 14, 2020 The Parallax View (1974) Directed by Alan J. Pakula Country: United States Duration: 102 minutes Language: English Spine #1064 DVD BONUS FEATURES New introduction by filmmaker Alex Cox Interviews with director Alan J. Pakula from 1974 and 1995 New program on cinematographer Gordon Willis featuring an interview with Willis from 2004 New interview with Jon Boorstin, assistant to Pakula on The Parallax View Link to post Share on other sites
BLACHEFAN Posted November 14, 2020 Author Share Posted November 14, 2020 Mandabi (1968) Directed by Ousmane Sembène Country: Senegal Duration: 91 minutes Language: French, Wolof Spine #1065 DVD BONUS FEATURES Introduction by film scholar Aboubakar Sanogo Conversation from 2020 with author and screenwriter Boubacar Boris Diop and sociologist and feminist activist Marie Angélique Savané Praise Song, a new program about director Ousmane Sembène featuring outtakes from the 2015 documentary Sembène! of interviews with author and activist Angela Davis, musician Youssou N’Dour, filmmaker and scholar Manthia Diawara, and many others Tauw, a 1970 short film by Sembène Link to post Share on other sites
BLACHEFAN Posted November 14, 2020 Author Share Posted November 14, 2020 Man Push Cart (2005) Directed by Ramin Bahrani Country: United States Duration: 87 minutes Language: English, Urdu Spine #1066 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary from 2005 featuring Bahrani, director of photography Michael Simmonds, assistant director Nicholas Elliott, and actor Ahmad Razvi New conversation among Bahrani, Elliott, and Razvi on the making of the film New conversation between Bahrani and scholar Hamid Dabashi on the origins of the film and Bahrani’s cinematic influences Backgammon, a 1998 short film by Bahrani Trailer Link to post Share on other sites
BLACHEFAN Posted November 14, 2020 Author Share Posted November 14, 2020 Chop Shop (2007) Directed by Ramin Bahrani Country: United States Duration: 84 minutes Language: English Spine #1067 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary from 2006 featuring Bahrani, director of photography Michael Simmonds, and actor Alejandro Polanco New program featuring a conversation among Bahrani, Polanco, actor Ahmad Razvi, and assistant director Nicholas Elliott about the making of the film New conversation between Bahrani and writer and scholar Suketu Mehta on the immigrant experience in New York City and on film Rehearsal footage from 2006 featuring Polanco and actors Isamar Gonzales and Carlos Zapata Trailer Link to post Share on other sites
BLACHEFAN Posted November 14, 2020 Author Share Posted November 14, 2020 Smooth Talk (1985) Directed by Joyce Chopra Country: United States, United Kingdom Duration: 91 minutes Language: English Spine #1068 DVD BONUS FEATURES Conversation among Chopra, author Joyce Carol Oates, and actor Laura Dern from the 2020 New York Film Festival, moderated by TCM host Alicia Malone New interview with Chopra New interview with production designer David Wasco KPFK Pacifica Radio interview with Chopra from 1985 Joyce at 34 (1972), Girls at 12 (1975), and Clorae and Albie (1976), three short films by Chopra Audio reading of the 1966 Life magazine article “The Pied Piper of Tucson,” which inspired the short story by Oates Trailers Link to post Share on other sites
BLACHEFAN Posted December 18, 2020 Author Share Posted December 18, 2020 Céline and Julie Go Boating (1974) Directed by Jacques Rivette Country: France Language: French Duration: 193 minutes Spine #1069 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary from 2017 featuring critic Adrian Martin Jacques Rivette: Le veilleur, a 1994 two-part feature documentary by Claire Denis, featuring an extensive interview with Rivette by film critic Serge Daney New interviews with actor Bulle Ogier and producer and actor Barbet Schroeder New conversation between critic Pacôme Thiellement and Hélène Frappat, author of Jacques Rivette, secret compris Archival interviews with Rivette, Ogier, and actors Juliet Berto, Dominique Labourier, and Marie-France Pisier Link to post Share on other sites
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