The Criterion Collection has released its May releases for their films in 2014. Check it out below.
Ace in the Hole
Billy Wilder
1951 • 111 minutes • 1.33:1 • United States
Spine: #396 Edition: Dual Format Blu-ray/DVDKirk Douglas gives the fiercest performance of his career as Chuck Tatum, an amoral newspaper reporter who washes up in dead-end Albuquerque, happens upon the scoop of a lifetime, and will do anything to keep getting the lurid headlines.
6 May 2014 Learn more »
Overlord
Stuart Cooper
1975 • 84 minutes • 1.66:1 • United Kingdom
Spine: #382 Editions: DVD, Blu-Ray, Hulu Plus, iTunesSeamlessly interweaving archival war footage and a fictional narrative, this immersive account by Stuart Cooper of one twenty-year-old’s journey from basic training to the front lines of D-day brings to life all the terrors and isolation of war with jolting authenticity.
13 May 2014 Learn more »
Like Someone in Love
Abbas Kiarostami
2013 • 109 minutes • 1.66:1
Spine: #708 Editions: Dual Format Blu-ray/DVD, DVDKiarostami has constructed an enigmatic but crystalline investigation of affection and desire as complex as his masterful Close-up and Certified Copy in its engagement with the workings of the mercurial human heart.
20 May 2014 Learn more »
Red River
Howard Hawks
1948 • 127 minutes • 1.33:1
Spine: #709 Edition: Dual Format Blu-ray/DVDNo matter what genre he worked in, Howard Hawks played by his own rules, and never was this more evident than in his first western, the rowdy and whip-smart Red River.
27 May 2014 Learn more »
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Wes Anderson
2004 • 118 minutes • 2.35:1 • United States
Spine: #300 Editions: DVD, Blu-RayInternationally famous oceanographer Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) and his crew—Team Zissou—set sail on an expedition to hunt down the mysterious, elusive, possibly nonexistent Jaguar Shark that killed Zissou’s partner during the documentary filming of their latest adventure.
27 May 2014 Learn more »