BLACHEFAN Posted June 16 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BLACHEFAN Posted June 16 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BLACHEFAN Posted June 16 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BLACHEFAN Posted June 16 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TikiSoo Posted July 6 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BLACHEFAN Posted July 16 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BLACHEFAN Posted July 16 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BLACHEFAN Posted July 16 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sukhov Posted July 21 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
