The Criterion Collection has released its January DVD/Blu-Ray releases. Check it out below
The Sword of Doom
Kihachi Okamoto
1966 • 121 minutes • 2.35:1 • Japan
Spine: #280 Editions: DVD, Hulu Plus, iTunesTatsuya Nakadai and Toshiro Mifune star in the story of a wandering samurai who exists in a maelstrom of violence. A gifted swordsman—plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule—Ryunosuke kills without remorse, without mercy. It’s a way of life that leads to madness.
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
1972 • 124 minutes • 1.37:1 • West Germany
Spine: #740 Editions: DVD, Blu-Ray, Hulu PlusThis is an unforgettable, unforgiving dissection of the imbalanced relationship between a haughty fashion designer (Margit Carstensen) and a beautiful but icy ingenue (Hanna Schygulla).
13 Jan 2015 Learn more »
My Winnipeg
Guy Maddin
2007 • 80 minutes • 1.33:1
Spine: #741 Editions: DVD, Blu-RayA work of memory and imagination, Maddin’s film burrows into what the filmmaker calls “the heart of the heart” of the continent, conjuring a city as delightful as it is fearsome, populated by sleepwalkers and hockey aficionados.
20 Jan 2015 Learn more »
The Palm Beach Story
Preston Sturges
1942 • 88 minutes • 1.37:1 • United States
Spine: #742 Editions: DVD, Blu-RayA mix of the witty and the utterly absurd, The Palm Beach Story is a high watermark of Sturges’s brand of physical comedy and verbal repartee, featuring sparkling performances.
20 Jan 2015 Learn more »
La ciénaga
Lucrecia Martel
2001 • minutes • 1.85:1
Spine: #743 Editions: DVD, Blu-RayWith a radical take on narrative, disturbing yet beautiful cinematography, and a highly sophisticated use of on- and offscreen sound, Martel turns her tale of a decaying bourgeois family, whiling away the hours of one sweaty, sticky summer, into a cinematic marvel.
27 Jan 2015 Learn more »
