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A singular, iconoclastic artist and philosopher, Robert Bresson illuminates the history of cinema with a spiritual yet socially incisive body of work. Famously dubbed a “transcendental” filmmaker (along with Yasujiro Ozu and Carl Dreyer) by Paul Schrader, Bresson is notable for >>>
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NewsCriterion Introduces Blu-ray 
Starting in November, you can own five Criterion Blu-ray titles, three classics (The Man Who Fell to Earth, The Third Man, and The Last Emperor) and two brand-new releases, Bottle Rocket and Chungking Express. Click here for the Blu-ray titles currently available for preorder.
Ken Ogata, 1937-2008 
Japanese actor Ken Ogata died this Sunday after a battle with liver cancer. The star of several films by Shohei Imamura, including The Ballad of Narayama and Vengeance Is Mine, in which he memorably played charismatic serial killer Iwao Enokizu, Ken Ogata is perhaps best known to American audiences for his searing portrayal of controversial writer Yukio Mishima in Paul Schrader's Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters. Ogata also worked with such other filmmakers as Peter Greenaway, Takashi Miike, and Kinji Fukasaku. He was 71 years old.THE MERCHANT IVORY COLLECTIONProducer Ismail Merchant, director James Ivory, and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala collaborated to create brilliant dramas of colliding cultures, trapped souls, and passionate romances for more than forty years. Click here to explore their body of work.THREE CHILDREN'S CLASSICS FROM JANUS FILMS
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New from Eclipse Now available from Eclipse, Series 12: Aki Kaurismäki's Proletariat Trilogy, featuring three delightfully dark comedies from the brilliant Finnish filmmaker: Shadows in Paradise, Ariel, and The Match Factory Girl.
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ON FIVE: The Criterion BlogBecause You Can Never Have Enough . . .A few months back, after we announced our upcoming release of Salò, or The 120 Days of Sodom, we received a note from a viewer asking us which version of the film we would be releasing, noting that a 2001 British Film Institute (BFI) release featured a brief scene not contained in the original Criterion DVD. Dealing with various versions of a film is a common situation for us, and as a producer it’s one of the first issues I address. Click here to read more from the Criterion blog, On Five. PRESS NOTES Ophuls in NY Times . . . Shepitko, Salò, and Vampyr in GreenCine . . . Salò in Time . . . Shepitko "a maestro at poetic visuals" . . . Salò in The Onion A.V. Club . . . Small Back Room in Variety . . . Extraordinary Shepitko . . . Shepitko in the Los Angeles Times . . . Brand upon the Brain! "one of this year's most enthralling DVDs" . . . Roger Ebert on Thief of Bagdad . . . Small Back Room in New York Sun . . . Trafic in the New Yorker . . . "Hypnotizing" Brand upon the Brain! . . . High and Low a "masterful crime thriller" . . . Film Threat on High and Low . . . "Unparalleled" High and Low in Asia Pacific Arts . . . 50 YEARS OF JANUS FILMS In celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of Janus Films, we're proud to offer Essential Art House: 50 Years of Janus Films, a magnificent linen-bound box set featuring fifty classic films on DVD and a 240-page illustrated book. Click here for details. Our DealAt the Criterion store each DVD is already discounted 20% every day, with free shipping on domestic orders over $50. Register for an account with a valid email address and you'll get a $50 gift certificate for every $500 you spend! |