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Fashion Week Γ  la Robert Altman's PRÊT-Γ€-PORTER (1994) Now playing on the Channel!

07.10.2025 12:57 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You're correct!

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Evening viewing recommendation?
Adapted from actor and musician Christiane Felscherinow's harrowing account of her teenage years, CHRISTIANE F. depicts the impact of West Berlin's 1970s heroin epidemic on one of its youngest and luckiest survivors.

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Robert Stack as Lieutenant Stanislav Sobinski and Carole Lombard as Maria Tura in Ernst Lubitsch's TO BE OR NOT TO BE (1942)

Robert Stack as Lieutenant Stanislav Sobinski and Carole Lombard as Maria Tura in Ernst Lubitsch's TO BE OR NOT TO BE (1942)

Today we remember Carole Lombard, BOTD in 1908.
You can watch her in TO BE OR NOT BE (1942), now playing on Criterion Channel
www.criterionchannel.com/videos/to-be...

06.10.2025 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow, awesome fact.

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Don't miss out! Get a year of the best in classic and contemporary cinema for less than $7 per month with the code FALLSPECIAL. Sale ends at midnight tonight!
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05.10.2025 16:40 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Evening viewing recommendation? Watch THEY LIVE (1988).

A subversive science-fiction satire, Carpenter's antiestablishment classic boasts one of the greatest fight scenes ever, as well as Piper's immortal line: "I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."

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Don't miss out! Get a year of the best in classic and contemporary cinema for less than $7 per month with the code FALLSPECIAL. Sale ends at midnight tonight!
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05.10.2025 16:40 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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The Crow - The Criterion Channel Directed by Alex Proyas β€’ 1994 β€’ United States Starring Brandon Lee, Rochelle Davis, Ernie Hudson This seductively grungy, operatically stylized thriller has achieved cult immortality both for its sl...

There's a white cat (called Gabriel) in The Crow (1994, Alex Proyas) as well.

www.criterionchannel.com/the-crow

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A fluffy white cat sits on a person's lap while another person holds a sandwich nearby. Subtitle reads β€œOnly a witch cat can close a door.”
A still from the movie House (1977).

A fluffy white cat sits on a person's lap while another person holds a sandwich nearby. Subtitle reads β€œOnly a witch cat can close a door.” A still from the movie House (1977).

Morning β˜•πŸˆ courtesy of HOUSE (1977)

Now playing in our Arthouse Horror collection on the Criterion Channel! ✨

05.10.2025 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

It happens to all of us πŸ«‚

04.10.2025 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Saturday morning recommendation? Become one with your bed or couch and immerse in our Body Horror collection! Featuring films by David Cronenberg, Claire Denis, David Lynch, and Ishiro Honda, these fleshy nightmares render the human form unstable, uncanny, and sublimely grotesque.

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Cillian Murphy’s Closet Picks
YouTube video by CRITERION Cillian Murphy’s Closet Picks

You can watch some of Cillian's great Closet Picks on the Criterion Channel! ✨

LA PISCINE
ROSETTA
JOHN CASSAVETES: FIVE FILMS
CODE UNKNOWN

03.10.2025 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Features:
KILLER OF SHEEP (1977)
MY BROTHER'S WEDDING (1983)
TO SLEEP WITH ANGER (1990)
THE GLASS SHIELD (1994)
THE FINAL INSULT (1997)
THE ANNIHILATION OF FISH (1999)
NAT TURNER: A TROUBLESOME PROPERTY (2003)

Shorts:
SEVERAL FRIENDS (1969)
THE HORSE (1973)
WHEN IT RAINS (1995)
QUIET AS KEPT (2007)

Plus:
A WALK WITH CHARLES BURNETT (Robert Townsend, 2019)

Features: KILLER OF SHEEP (1977) MY BROTHER'S WEDDING (1983) TO SLEEP WITH ANGER (1990) THE GLASS SHIELD (1994) THE FINAL INSULT (1997) THE ANNIHILATION OF FISH (1999) NAT TURNER: A TROUBLESOME PROPERTY (2003) Shorts: SEVERAL FRIENDS (1969) THE HORSE (1973) WHEN IT RAINS (1995) QUIET AS KEPT (2007) Plus: A WALK WITH CHARLES BURNETT (Robert Townsend, 2019)

This career-spanning collection shows the versatility and singular lyrical sensibility of this essential artist.

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Evening viewing recommendation? Celebrate the work of Charles Burnett. A true trailblazer of independent cinema who has brought images of Black American life to the screen with authenticity, empathy, and stirring poetry.

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Reminder that you can sign up now through october 5 and new annual subscribers can save 20% on their first year with the code FALLSPECIAL. πŸ‚ There's no better time to join!

02.10.2025 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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🚨🚨🚨 The @criterionchannl.bsky.social had added a John Carpenter Collection to its October lineup and it’s almost his whole filmography including the bad (Memoirs of an Invisible Man) and the great (pretty much everything else) 🚨🚨🚨

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Featuring:
DARK STAR (1974)
ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (1976)
THE FOG (1980)
ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (1981)
CHRISTINE (1983)
STARMAN (1984)
BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA (1986)
PRINCE OF DARKNESS (1987)
THEY LIVE (1988)
MEMOIRS OF AN INVISIBLE MAN (1992)
IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS (1994)
ESCAPE FROM L.A. (1996)
VAMPIRES (1998)
GHOSTS OF MARS (2001)

Featuring: DARK STAR (1974) ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (1976) THE FOG (1980) ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (1981) CHRISTINE (1983) STARMAN (1984) BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA (1986) PRINCE OF DARKNESS (1987) THEY LIVE (1988) MEMOIRS OF AN INVISIBLE MAN (1992) IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS (1994) ESCAPE FROM L.A. (1996) VAMPIRES (1998) GHOSTS OF MARS (2001)

Immerse yourself in the singular universe of this horror legend with the new collection on the Criterion Channel ❀️
@thehorrormaster.bsky.social

02.10.2025 15:33 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 6
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DIRECTED BY JOHN CARPENTER ⚑ Now playing on the Criterion Channel!

A master at turning B-movie premises into dazzlingly artful nightmares, Carpenter mixes pulse-pounding thrills and subversive social commentary into some of the smartest, most stylish, and electrifying genre films of all time.

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ANOHNI: TURNING and Five Music Videos - The Criterion Channel Built around her ineffably plaintive voice, the music of ANOHNI speaks to the soul like no other, entwining aching human emotion with a cutting political edge. Curated by ANOHNI herself, this selectio...

You can also check out our program ANOHNI: TURNING and Five Music Videos!

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ANOHNI’s Closet Picks
YouTube video by CRITERION ANOHNI’s Closet Picks

Check out some of ANOHNI's great Closet Picks on the Criterion Channel! ✨

JUBILEE
NIGHT AND FOG
THE TIMES OF HARVEY MILK
PARIS IS BURNING
SCIENCE IS FICTION: 23 FILMS BY JEAN PAINLEVÉ.

01.10.2025 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

So coooool…

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A promotional poster for the Criterion Channel featuring film categories for October, including horror, Hong Kong action classics, body horror, and films by John Woo and Jean Rollin.

A promotional poster for the Criterion Channel featuring film categories for October, including horror, Hong Kong action classics, body horror, and films by John Woo and Jean Rollin.

πŸ‘»β€οΈβ€πŸ”₯ October has arrived. Now playing on the criterion channel πŸ‘»β€οΈβ€πŸ”₯

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From a chilling collection of 2000s Horror and John Carpenter genre classics to Sexy Scary sensations by Jean Rollin and Body Horror shockers, we've got your Spooky Season cover on the Criterion Channel. πŸ‘»β€οΈβ€πŸ”₯

01.10.2025 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3

Ghosts of mars sneaking into the 2000’s horror cuz we love John carpenter hell yeah we do

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