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1141) Sound of metal
Series
Criterion collection volume 1151
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Riz Ahmed [is] ... the volatile Ruben, who has found new purpose as a drummer in a noise-metal duo, playing blistering live shows with his singer girlfriend, Lou. When Ruben suddenly loses much of his hearing, he is launched on a profound odyssey ... as he comes to understand what it means to live as a deaf person and to discover deafness as not a disability but a rich culture and community"--Container.
1142) The tales of Hoffmann
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (12 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
English
Description
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger create a phantasmagoric marriage of cinema and opera in this one-of-a-kind take on a classic story. In Jacques Offenbach's fantasy opera, the poet Hoffmann dreams of three women a mechanical performing doll, a bejeweled siren, and the consumptive daughter of a famous composer all of whom break his heart in different ways. Powell and Pressburger's feverishly romantic adaptation is a feast of music, dance, and visual...
Series
Language
Southern Sotho
Formats
Description
Grieving and alone following the deaths of her husband and children, elderly Mantoa prepares for her death and to be buried alongside her ancestors. When plans for a new dam near her village in the landlocked kingdom of Lesotho threaten to wash away all she holds dear, Mantoa takes a last stand, mobilizing her neighbors to fight for their land and their way of life.
1144) Time
Series
Criterion collection volume 1109
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Director-approved DVD special edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (81 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (12 unnumbered pages : black and white illustrations ; 72 x 19 cm, folded to 19 x 12).
Language
English
Description
"What does the weight of time's passage feel like for a family caught in the jaws of a brutal carceral system? Both a breathtaking cinematic love story and a bruising indictment of American injustice, Garrett Bradley's Academy Award-nominated feature documentary debut traces the decades-long quest of Sibil Fox Richardson, an indefatigable mother of six and a fiercely outspoken prison abolitionist, to free her husband from the Louisiana State Penitentiary,...
1145) The Velvet Underground
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Director-approved two-DVD special edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (120 min.) : sound, color, with black & white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 bonus DVD + 1 booklet (24 pages : illustrations, some color ; 19 cm).
Language
English
Description
The Velvet Underground explores the multiple threads that converged to bring together one of the most influential bands in rock and roll.
1146) Walker
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
Director-approved Blu-ray special edition.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (44 pages : color illustrations ; 17 cm)
Language
English
Description
An unconventional retelling of the life of William Walker, a 19th century American mercenary leader who became the president of Nicaragua.
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
Director-approved Blu-ray special edition.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded booklet (folded : color illustrations ; 17 cm).
Language
Norwegian
Description
A young woman battles indecisiveness as she traverses the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path.
1149) Bergman island
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
In search of inspiration for their current filmmaking projects, Chris and her partner travel to the remote island of Faro, Sweden, where Bergman lived and worked for decades. There, the spirit of the cinema master looms as Chris confronts her complicated relationships with work, men, motherhood, and her artistic influences.
1150) Bo Widerberg's New Swedish cinema: Elvira Madigan ; The baby carriage ; Raven's end ; Ådalen 31
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Blu-ray edition.
Physical Desc
4 Blu-rays (399 minutes) : sound, black and white, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (32 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 17 cm).
Language
Swedish
Description
The baby carriage: Following his manifesto for a new Swedish cinema, director Widerberg started his career with this realist tale of young woman, Britt, who has two flings, but finds herself with difficult decisions when she finds herself pregnant.
Raven's End: An aspiring young writer lives in a bleak working class block in the late 1930s.
Elvira Madigan: The Danish tightrope dancer Elvira Madigan meets Lieutenant Sixten Sparre, a Swedish officer...
1151) Chilly scenes of winter
Series
Criterion collection volume 1176
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Blu-ray special edition.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The trailblazing Joan Micklin Silver one of only five women to direct a film for a Hollywood studio in the 1970s digs fearlessly into the psychology of a thorny relationship in this anti-romantic comedy, based on Ann Beattie's best-selling novel, about lovelorn civil servant Charles and his married-but-separated coworker Laura. Months after their affair has ended, Charles is haunted by memories as he desperately attempts to rekindle a love that perhaps...
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Director-approved Blu-ray edition.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (10 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 17 cm).
Language
English
Description
In San Francisco, an immigrant widow welcomes the new year with some unhappiness: she's sixty-two now, she wants to make a trip to China to pay last respects to her ancestors, a fortune teller has told her this is the year she'll die, and a daughter, Geraldine, remains unmarried. Geraldine does have a boyfriend, but she's not sure she's ready for marriage, and, anyway, he lives in Los Angeles and Geraldine doesn't want to leave her mother alone in...
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
Director-approved three Blu-ray special edition.
Physical Desc
3 Blu-rays (103 min., 106 min., 112 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (23 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 17 cm).
Language
English
Description
The element of crime: A cop in a dystopian Europe investigates a serial killings suspect using controversial methods written by his now disgraced former mentor.
Epidemic: A director and screenwriter pen a script and, in the process, blur the line between fiction and reality.
Europa: Just after W.W.II, an American takes a railway job in Germany, but finds his position politically sensitive with various people trying to use him.
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Two-Blu-ray special edition.
Physical Desc
2 Blu-rays (214 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (20 pages : color illustrations ; 17 cm).
Language
Français
Description
India song: Anne-Marie Stretter, wife of a French diplomat, lives in 1930s India. She takes many lovers as systems of oppression decay around her.
Baxter, Vera Baxter: In response to a new friend's queries, Vera recounts her life, starting with her no-good husband Jean, who has been using her to keep his failing building business afloat - up to the present affair she's having with Cayre.
1155) Nanny
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Aisha, a Senegalese immigrant, takes a job as a nanny for a wealthy white family in New York City. Separated from her son and casually exploited by her employers, Aisha finds herself consumed by unsettling visions and a growing rage, one that could either destroy or empower her.
1156) One false move
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
4K UHD + Blu-ray combo edition.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray + 1 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded booklet (unpaged ; 16 cm).
Language
English
Description
A small-town police chief concealing an explosive secret. A pair of ruthless drug dealers leave a bloody trail in their wake as they make their way from Los Angeles to Arkansas. And an enigmatic woman caught in the middle.
1157) Pasolini 101
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Special edition collector's set.
Physical Desc
9 Blu-rays (approximately 951 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (95 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm).
Language
Italiano
Description
Accattone: A graphic slice of Italian street life, this documentary-styled drama recounts a pimp's efforts to leave his past life behind him when he falls in love with a young woman.
Mamma Roma: Having renounced her ignominious past, a former streetwalker reunites with her son, but an extortion scheme endangers her aspirations for a decent bourgeois life.
Love meetings: Director Pasolini traverses Italy in 1963 with camera and microphone interviewing...
1158) Petite maman
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Français
Formats
Description
In the wake of her grandmother's death, eight-year-old Nelly accompanies her distraught mother to her childhood home. There, Nelly's encounter with another young girl brings mother and daughter together in a way neither could have ever imagined. Evoking childhood's perpetual state of wonder through luminous, richly textured images, the film takes viewers on a journey inward for a quietly miraculous tale of emotional time travel.
1159) Pinocchio
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
4K UHD + Blu-ray combo edition.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray + 1 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (32 pages : color illustrations ; 17 cm)
Language
English
Description
A father's wish magically brings a wooden boy to life in Italy, giving him a chance to care for the child.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1186
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
4K UHD + Blu-ray combo edition.
Physical Desc
3 Blu-rays + 3 4K Ultra HD Blu-rays (380 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (32 pages : illustrated ; 17 cm).
Language
English
Description
The tall T: An easygoing rancher who, along with the newlywed daughter of a wealthy mining baron, must use his wits to stay alive when he is taken hostage by a band of ruthless stagecoach robbers.
Decision at Sundown: A mysterious stranger who, consumed by hatred for the man he blames for his wife's suicide, rides into the corrupt town of Sundown hell-bent on vengeance. There, both he and the townspeople face a reckoning that forces them to confront...
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