Janus Contemporaries May: All That Breathes
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 29 February 2024 19:09 (two months ago) link
JUNE: The Underground Railroad; Victims of Sin; Bound*; Querelle; and 4Ks of Blue Velvet & Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas.
*4K available
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 15 March 2024 17:16 (two months ago) link
Dear god, this is the best cover they've had in awhile.
― Rich E. (Eric H.), Friday, 15 March 2024 17:19 (two months ago) link
Victims of Sin looks pretty awesome
― Rich E. (Eric H.), Friday, 15 March 2024 17:29 (two months ago) link
An interesting angle for Criterion--usually this sort of title comes from Flicker Alley and the Film Noir Foundation. But I look forward to seeing this.
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Friday, 15 March 2024 18:19 (two months ago) link
My brother has noted that Fassbinder bookended his career with "Be gay, do crimes" films: One subtext ("Love is Colder Than Death) and one all text (Querelle).
― from a prominent family of bassoon players (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 15 March 2024 19:33 (two months ago) link
TIL Film Twitter hates the Querelle cover. Sounds about right
― Rich E. (Eric H.), Saturday, 16 March 2024 14:32 (two months ago) link
Think that's partly due to the dude who made it being an AI guy (though he says AI was not involved in this cover).
Will say that Criterion has fallen off hard in terms of bonus features over the years.
― Daniel_Rf, Monday, 18 March 2024 10:09 (two months ago) link
Yes, it's gotten quite bad on that front
― Rich E. (Eric H.), Monday, 18 March 2024 12:31 (two months ago) link
Honestly, when I saw that cover, the first thing I did was to check the hands as it looked very "AI" to me
― silverfish, Monday, 18 March 2024 14:36 (two months ago) link
In a weird coincidence I saw Victims of Sin on the big screen in the past weeks and although I liked it just fine there are a couple of real failings imo. The song and dance (dance in particular) are unsurprisingly (too) heavily featured and there are some huge plot jumps particularly toward the end that are very jarring. But it's great high melodrama when it hits the spot and very funny in places.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 09:16 (two months ago) link
The song and dance (dance in particular) are unsurprisingly (too) heavily featured
This criticism does not compute
― Rich E. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 13:18 (two months ago) link
Maybe it's just me but it's really unbalanced and the dance scenes are overly long for what they are, seemingly just to accommodate Ninon Sevilla's other fame. One of Rita Montaner's songs is particularly gratuitous as well, not plot related in the slightest.
Mind you, Santiago having a mariachi band follow him around just to accompany him as he picks up prostitutes is certainly an idea we can all relate to.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 13:53 (two months ago) link
Janus Contemporaries June: Orlando, My Political Biography
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 29 March 2024 23:11 (one month ago) link
JULY: Risky Business*; Farewell My Concubine*; Black God, White Devil; Perfect Days*; Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid*; and a 4K of Le samourai.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 15 April 2024 16:45 (one month ago) link
Bummed the title I'm most interested in picking up there isn't in 4K
― Rich E. (Eric H.), Monday, 15 April 2024 17:32 (one month ago) link
Can't imagine 4K really doing that much for a film as rough looking (complimentary) as BGWD
― Daniel_Rf, Monday, 15 April 2024 18:04 (one month ago) link
I saw a print of BGWD like 15+ years ago, and honestly a VHS transfer would be an improvement over what I saw then.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 16 April 2024 01:53 (one month ago) link
Risky Business 4k my dreams have come true!
― or something, Tuesday, 16 April 2024 08:58 (one month ago) link
Janus Contemporaries July: Anselm
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 25 April 2024 19:56 (four weeks ago) link
AUGUST: Mother (A. Brooks)*; Real Life*; Not A Pretty Picture; Brief Encounters / The Long Farewell: Two Films by Kira Muratova; and a 4K of The Last Emperor.
*4K Available
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 15 May 2024 18:19 (one week ago) link