Tuesday | January 19, 2010 | 1:34 pm
Criterion Unveils Releases For April Criterion just keeps on stealing my money. Month after month I find myself buying at least one or two of their new releases. Is it really worth it for a broke college kid like myself? Absolutely. The digital transfers on Criterion discs are impeccable, and the movies they’ve been picking up recently are far too enticing to pass. Now having struck up a deal with IFC, I know for a fact there’s going to be plenty more Criterion DVDs in my collection in the near future. This month alone I plan on getting my hands on Wim Wender’s Paris, Texas when it comes out on the 26th. Then in March I’ve got Steve McQueen’s award winning Hunger to look forward to, and the extraordinary 2008 thriller Revanche the month after that. Now Criterion have released their list of DVDs for the month of April, and all four are fantastic films worthy of the prestigious collection. Check out the list below as well as synopses for all the films. Vivre Sa Vie: Jean Luc Godard. Apr 20 Vivre sa vie was a turning point for Jean-Luc Godard and remains one of his most dynamic films, combining brilliant visual design with a tragic character study. Anna Karina plays Nana, a young Parisian who aspires to be an actress but instead ends up a prostitute. Ride With The Devil: Ang Lee. Apr 27 With this new director’s cut, Ang Lee reconstructs his original vision for his Civil War epic, Ride with the Devil, an intimate, harrowing look at a country torn in half, told from a daringly unorthodox perspective, starring Tobey Maguire and Jeffrey Wright. The Fugitive Kind: Sidney Lumet. Apr 27 Four Academy Award–winning actors—Marlon Brando, Anna Magnani, Joanne Woodward, and Maureen Stapleton—sink their teeth into this enthralling drama, which brings together the legendary talents of director Sidney Lumet and writer Tennessee Williams. Summer Hours: Oliver Assayas. Apr 20 Three siblings must decide what to do with the country estate and objects they’ve inherited from their mother. From this simple story, Olivier Assayas creates a nuanced, exquisitely made drama about the material of globalized modern living. -William Gutheil

Criterion Unveils Releases For April

Criterion just keeps on stealing my money. Month after month I find myself buying at least one or two of their new releases. Is it really worth it for a broke college kid like myself? Absolutely. The digital transfers on Criterion discs are impeccable, and the movies they’ve been picking up recently are far too enticing to pass. Now having struck up a deal with IFC, I know for a fact there’s going to be plenty more Criterion DVDs in my collection in the near future. This month alone I plan on getting my hands on Wim Wender’s Paris, Texas when it comes out on the 26th. Then in March I’ve got Steve McQueen’s award winning Hunger to look forward to, and the extraordinary 2008 thriller Revanche the month after that. Now Criterion have released their list of DVDs for the month of April, and all four are fantastic films worthy of the prestigious collection. Check out the list below as well as synopses for all the films.

Vivre Sa Vie: Jean Luc Godard. Apr 20

Vivre sa vie was a turning point for Jean-Luc Godard and remains one of his most dynamic films, combining brilliant visual design with a tragic character study. Anna Karina plays Nana, a young Parisian who aspires to be an actress but instead ends up a prostitute.

Ride With The Devil: Ang Lee. Apr 27

With this new director’s cut, Ang Lee reconstructs his original vision for his Civil War epic, Ride with the Devil, an intimate, harrowing look at a country torn in half, told from a daringly unorthodox perspective, starring Tobey Maguire and Jeffrey Wright.

The Fugitive Kind: Sidney Lumet. Apr 27

Four Academy Award–winning actors—Marlon Brando, Anna Magnani, Joanne Woodward, and Maureen Stapleton—sink their teeth into this enthralling drama, which brings together the legendary talents of director Sidney Lumet and writer Tennessee Williams.

Summer Hours: Oliver Assayas. Apr 20

Three siblings must decide what to do with the country estate and objects they’ve inherited from their mother. From this simple story, Olivier Assayas creates a nuanced, exquisitely made drama about the material of globalized modern living.


-William Gutheil

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