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NewsNew Godard Bio: Everything Is Cinema Everything Is Cinema: The Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard, the new biography by New Yorker editor and critic Richard Brody (who also wrote liner notes for the recent Criterion release of Pierrot le fou), won’t hit bookshelves until May 13, but it's already gaining accolades. Publishers Weekly calls it "comprehensive and fascinating," while filmmaker Wes Anderson says, "Just at the moment when the New Wave turns fifty, Brody has given us a remarkable book which describes with sharp intelligence a great and elusive artist's times, intellect, passions, and work." Everything Is Cinema is available for preorder now from Amazon.com. Meanwhile, the film series Godard's 60s begins at New York’s Film Forum on May 2 and runs until June 5; click here for ticket and screening info. Tribeca 2008 This year's edition of the Tribeca Film Festival begins Friday, April 25, in downtown New York, and some of our favorite filmmakers will be represented. First of all, there will be the U.S. premieres of new films from David Mamet (Redbelt), whose House of Games we released in 2007, and Guy Maddin (My Winnipeg), whose Brand Upon the Brain! is slated for release this summer. And Tribeca will also unveil a gorgeous new restoration of Federico Fellini's classic 1968 Edgar Allan Poe adaptation Toby Dammit, supervised by cinematographer Giuseppe Rotunno. The festival runs through Sunday, May 4; click here for more info. Glass Documentary Opens in New York Modern composer Philip Glass, whose highly influential score for Paul Schrader’s Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters is one of that film’s most integral components, is the subject of a new documentary, from Australian director Scott Hicks. Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts, which follows a year in the life of the musician as he composes four film scores and prepares a new opera and symphony, opened Friday, April 18, at New York’s IFC Center and will expand to theaters around the country. STACK OUR SHELVESSend in suggestions for ways to group Criterion titles for our front-page shelves feature (see top right) and win a $25 Criterion gift certificate. Thanks for your great suggestions so far, and keep 'em coming. Remember, you need to be the first to suggest the idea, and you need to include a list of at least forty titles that fit the criteria, to win. Click here for a tally of all the shelves we've got spinning already.Win a $25 gift certificate!Each week we'll conduct a random drawing from all orders placed during the previous week, and the winner will be sent, by email, a $25 gift certificate to the Criterion Collection store. Only orders with valid email addresses are eligible. For more information click here. Good luck and happy viewing! |
New from Eclipse Now available from Eclipse, Series 10: Silent Ozu— Three Family Comedies, featuring three classic early works from one the most acclaimed Japanese filmmakers of all time--Tokyo Chorus, I Was Born, But . . . , and Passing Fancy.
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ON FIVE: The Criterion BlogThere's Treasure EverywhereJudging from many of the reactions we get from viewers, there’s a gratifying sense of discovery that accompanies each new Eclipse release. That comes as little surprise to us, since that same feeling is as alive and well here in the Criterion offices. One of the most pleasurable things about embarking on each new Eclipse series is the excitement of delving into a chapter of film history that’s been cobwebbed by years of neglect. Though throughout our first ten releases there have been a number of known quantities (Kurosawa, Bergman, Ozu), there have also been as many true revelations, some from filmmakers of whom we only had cursory prior knowledge, if even that. Click here to read more from the Criterion blog, On Five. PRESS NOTES William Klein exciting, funny, visionary . . . Silent Ozu in Brooklyn Rail . . . 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. 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.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! |