Criterion and IFC

[Harmonov]

Paul Schrader's much-buzzed (and not necessarily positively) The Canyons has been picked up by IFC.

Lindsay Lohan's eagerly anticipated entrance into the Collection? [-o<

[tavernier]

James Deen too

[bamwc2]

James Deen too

Funny, I always thought that he'd enter the collection through this cinematic milestone.

Edit: Oops I should have included a NSFW tag in there for a couple of curse words and some sexual suggestiveness.

[ianungstad]

Some IFC acquisition news out of Cannes:

Sils Maria (Olivier Assayas) - Set to star Juliette Binoche, Mia Wasikowsa and Chloe Grace Moretz.
Two Days, One Night (Dardenne Bros.) - Marion Cotillard stars.

Both films are in pre-production and shoot over the summer.

[ryannichols7]

Some IFC acquisition news out of Cannes:

Sils Maria (Olivier Assayas) - Set to star Juliette Binoche, Mia Wasikowsa and Chloe Grace Moretz.
Two Days, One Night (Dardenne Bros.) - Marion Cotillard stars.

Both films are in pre-production and shoot over the summer.

both surely going to be future Criterions.

Something in the Air should be a fall release I'm betting.

[CSM126]

Saw Ken Loach's new film The Angels' Share last night and noticed that its distributed under IFC's Sundance Selects banner. I'm taking it that we can reasonably expect it to be a Criterion in the future?

[ianungstad]

I doubt it. They passed on the other recent Loach films including Looking for Eric. I think most of the reviews for The Angel's Share were mediocre/poor. Did you feel it was Criterion worthy?

[CSM126]

I thought it was pretty damn great, personally. Very funny, very charming and nicely shot, too. I haven't seen any harsh negative reviews for it (in fact I've only seen positive ones so far). Plus, the fact that it's Loach and they've only done one of his movies so far would lead me to suspect they would want more, and this would be a very fine one to go with. I don't really go in for the whole "Criterion worthy" argument (after Border Radio and Maidstone nothing else could be considered unworthy ever again, anyway). I just figure A) Director they like, B) Good movie, C) easy to obtain the rights = obvious pick.

[ryannichols7]

I really wish they would do more Loach, considering how great of a job they did with Kes. I'd love to see some more of his early work (Poor Cow, Family Life) or even something later like Riff-Raff.

if they can issue The Forgiveness of Blood, they can issue the Angel's Share.

[tavernier]

I just got the UK Blu of the latest Loach, so Criterion should be announcing it soon.

[Lowry_Sam]

I just got the UK Blu of the latest Loach, so Criterion should be announcing it soon.

Nope. The dvd is being released on MPI (& no blu-ray for region A).

My favorites so far are Sweet Sixteen and The Navigators, but no chance of Criterions (or Region A blu-rays) for those. I also like Hidden Agenda, which is MGM, so maybe there's a chance for that one.

Wind That Shakes The Barley is IFC & dvd-only....maybe we can hope for a Criterion blu-ray after it goes OOP.

[Lowry_Sam]

Paul Schrader's much-buzzed (and not necessarily positively) The Canyons has been picked up by IFC.

Lindsay Lohan's eagerly anticipated entrance into the Collection? [-o<

...and I was hoping that Paul Schrader's 1st Criterion Blu (providing that they haven't seen fit to upgrade Mishima) would be Blue Collar.

[bainbridgezu]

Sundance Selects just acquired Blue Is the Warmest Color, the new film by Abdellatif Kechiche (The Secret of the Grain).

[johnnysnatchclub7]

...and now winner of the Palme d'Or.

[ianungstad]

IFC just announced it bought North American rights to Jury Prize winner Like Father, Like Son from director Hirokazu Kore-eda. Reviews for this film have been pretty solid.

[Finch]

I was floored by the trailer for Aint Them Bodies Saints yesterday and seem to recall it was bought by IFC? I'd LOVE a Criterion BD of this next year.

[ryannichols7]

very glad to see the Kore-eda get picked up by IFC as Magnolia did a pretty bad job with I Wish (seriously, it didn't play within 400 miles of me, and nearly every IFC movie comes to Raleigh) and it's not even getting a Bluray release in the US. now, we're sure to see one come from Criterion.

now, if only they'd get to work on Nobody Knows...

[Aunt Peg]

very glad to see the Kore-eda get picked up by IFC as Magnolia did a pretty bad job with I Wish (seriously, it didn't play within 400 miles of me, and nearly every IFC movie comes to Raleigh) and it's not even getting a Bluray release in the US. now, we're sure to see one come from Criterion.

now, if only they'd get to work on Nobody Knows...

I Wish has just been released on Blu Ray (Region Free) to a less then glowing review from DVD Times in the UK.

To be fair to the Blu Ray (which I have ordered but has yet to arrive) I Wish didn't look too good on the big screen, whereas Still Walking, Nobody Knows and other Kore-eda works all looked great. So I'm not surprised at the lack of quality of the Blu Ray quite frankly.

[bainbridgezu]

IFC has acquired Abel Ferrara's Welcome to New York and Claire Denis' Bastards

[ellipsis7]

Philip French on Byzantium in 'The Observer'...

In his fine-looking new fable, Neil Jordan deals with two themes that have recurred in his work since Angel, the brilliant thriller about the Troubles with which he made his auspicious debut 31 years ago. One concerns the position of people who find themselves simultaneously pursuer and pursued; the other is about someone who takes on weighty responsibilities for the safety and welfare of others.

In this case, they are a mother and daughter, the ruthless, beautiful, unscrupulous Clara (Gemma Arterton) and the kind, principled, vulnerable Eleanor (Saoirse Ronan). Both have been vampires since the early 19th century when Clara was raped and abandoned by the naval officer who fathered Eleanor. During this time, they've been pursuing their own bloody agendas while in flight from a different, less forgiving group of the undead. Currently, they've escaped their latest killings and found refuge in a deserted art nouveau hotel in a run-down seaside resort (in reality Hastings, photographed as the last stop on the road to hell by Sean Bobbitt, the cinematographer who recently shot The Place Beyond the Pines in the US).

Byzantium is a complex film that combines a traditional gothic horror story (though not one that sticks to traditional vampire law), social history and a realistic account of dealing with authentic physical distress. I have no particular liking for vampire movies, usually finding them morbid, and rarely erotic or illuminating. I can, however, see differences in quality and recognise that Byzantium is superior to Jordan's lugubrious, self-important Interview With the Vampire of 20 years ago, and in an altogether different class from the Twilight series based on Stephenie Meyer's novels.

[ianungstad]

IFC has picked up the rights to Roman Polanski's Venus In Fur. The film scored solid reviews at Cannes. Criterion has a strong enough relationship with Polanski that I imagine they'll handle the eventual dvd/blu.

[MongooseCmr]

So Criterion's IFC releases for 2014 seem loaded, but what's on their plate for the rest of this year?

[eerik]

So Criterion's IFC releases for 2014 seem loaded, but what's on their plate for the rest of this year?

Still waiting for Y tu mamá también.... :-"

[johnnysnatchclub7]

I once would have thought On the Road a given but that doesn't seem the case. Um, probably Something in the Air and the two by Cristian Mungiu, Beyond the Hills and 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days.

[jwd5275]

Hadewijch.