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The Plot Against Harry (1971)

If you’ve never seen Michael Roemer’s Jewish mafia comedy, The Plot Against Harry, it’s wonderful. Now, finally streaming on @criterionchannl.bsky.social.

Saturday evening viewing recommendation?
Enjoy Daisy von Scherler Mayer's irresistible comedy PARTY GIRL (1995)—a perfect time capsule of its era. 💘 📚

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PRINCE OF BROADWAY
BLOOD SIMPLE
I AM CUBA
MEMORIES OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT

Let the Sunshine In - The Criterion Channel Directed by Claire Denis • 2017 • France Starring Juliette Binoche, Xavier Beauvois, Philippe Katerine Two luminaries of French cinema, Claire Denis and Juliette Binoche, unite for the first time in ...

if you're after films that evoke questions of love, intimacy, and existential longing, consider this:

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Claire Denis and Juliette Binoche craft a film that dives headfirst into the vulnerability and yearning of romantic pursuit.

Ashes and Diamonds - The Criterion Channel Directed by Andrzej Wajda • 1958 • Poland Starring Zbigniew Cybulski, Ewa Krzyzewska, Waclaw Zastrzezynski A milestone of Polish cinema, this electrifying international sensation by Andrzej Wajda—the...

Andrzej Wajda's postwar classic exudes the metaphysical chill and moral perplexity that would later characterize Kieslowski.

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three men are posing for a picture and one of them has a shirt on that says force Alt: three men are watching tv and one of them has a shirt on that says force. Gif from the movie Singles 1992.

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Have a Michael Mann marathon on the Criterion Channel before The Keep and Miami Viace leave tomorrow 🖤 bit.ly/3IZvwNL

Featuring:
THE MAGNIFICENT BUTCHER (Yuen Woo-ping, 1979)
ENCOUNTERS OF THE SPOOKY KIND (Sammo Hung, 1980)
MY LUCKY STARS (Sammo Hung, 1985)
EASTERN CONDORS (Sammo Hung, 1987)
PEDICAB DRIVER (Sammo Hung, 1989)

Jump into a collection of films that showcase his ability to reach heights of acrobatic transcendence while keeping the spectacle grounded via his down-to-earth screen presence.

THE BODYGUARD (Sammo Hung, 2016)

SAMMO HUNG KICKS ASS • Coming to criterion channel tomorrow! bit.ly/3UDSZql

A one-of-a-kind performer, choreographer, and director, the Hong Kong superstar reinvented action cinema as a space of exuberant physicality and unexpected grace.

Coming September 1st

A person with raised arms and an expressive face appears to be celebrating or relieved. The subtitle reads “¡Aleluya!”

Poster for KILLER OF SHEEP B&W shot of children running (L) through dirt field in L.A. (palm tree in background)

Late to this—very late—but I am an acolyte, a convert, a stan. I watched it & then watched it 2 more times in the following week, incl. w/ commentary, & then watched every bit of supplemental material there is on @criterionchannl.bsky.social. Honestly one of the most beautiful films I’ve ever seen

I cannot even begin to describe my excitement about this lineup, it is unreal.

MALLRATS and GROSSE POINTE BLANK!!! 🙌

MALLRATS (Kevin Smith, 1995)
SUBuRBIA (Richard Linklater, 1996)
TRAINSPOTTING (Danny Boyle, 1996)
GOOD WILL HUNTING (Gus Van Sant, 1997)
GROSSE POINTE BLANK (George Armitage, 1997)
LOST HIGHWAY (David Lynch, 1997)
VELVET GOLDMINE (Todd Haynes, 1998)
GHOST DOG: THE WAY OF THE SAMURAI Jim Jarmusch, 99

Featuring:
PUMP UP THE VOLUME (Allan Moyle, 1990)
UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD (Wim Wenders, 1991)
DEEP COVER (Bill Duke, 1992)
SINGLES (Cameron Crowe, 1992)
JUDGMENT NIGHT (Stephen Hopkins, 1993)
SO I MARRIED AN AXE MURDERER (Thomas Schlamme, 1993)

Watch a collection of films that form a must-listen playlist from a time when indie and mainstream cultures converged, allowing genuinely strange and exciting art to flourish on multiplex screens and Walkman headphones alike.

'90s SOUNDTRACK MOVIES • Coming to criterion channel on August 1!

Coprogrammed by Yasi Salek.

In the 1990s, underground music exploded into the pop-culture consciousness through some of the defining films of the era.

Casting them as a pair of estranged lovers, tracking these characters across an increasingly alien China as they age in real time, from the dawn of the millennium to the COVID-19 era

The latest feature from the visionary director is an entirely original, captivating epic that draws on a 23-year collaboration between Jia and actors Zhao Tao and Li Zhubin.

Premiering exclusively on criterion channel on August 5: Jia Zhangke's CAUGHT BY THE TIDES (2024), a kaleidoscopic odyssey across time and space.

Conspiracy Theories: The Shrouds (2024) Although his wife Becca (Diane Kruger) passed a few years before, Karsch (Vincent Cassel) is still grieving. In fact, he has made mourning and bodies his business, developing a new concept for buri…

A revolutionary new technology brings mourners closer to the departed than ever before. But does it threaten unknown parties? Director #DavidCronenberg grapples with mortality and paranoia in the sf thriller, THE SHROUDS. @criterionchannl.bsky.social consideringstories.wordpress.com/2025/07/28/s...

Don't miss OUT OF SIGHT (1998) before it leaves the Criterion Channel next month!

FEMALE PERVERSIONS is #nowstreaming on the @criterionchannl.bsky.social , @bealoayza.bsky.social dives in with director Susan Streitfeld for @criterion.bsky.social

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