Criterion and IFC

[doh286]

Sundance Selects has acquired the North American rights to Claire Denis' Let the Sunshine In.

[ianungstad]

IFC has picked up the rights to the new Lars Von Trier film The House that Jack Built.

[ianungstad]

IFC has picked up the rights to Paul Dano's directorial debut Wildlife. Dano is a big Criterion fan and I'm sure they will be happy to release the eventual blu.

[ianungstad]

Not sure if Criterion wants to do anything more with the Beales but IFC has picked up the rights to the documentary That Summer at the Berlin film festival from Swedish director Göran Hugo Olsson (The Black Power Mixtape); which is a found footage film that uses footage from 4 reels shot by the Maysles that were previously considered lost and footage shot by Andy Warhol of Little Edie hanging out with the Studio 54 crowd. (and a few other sources)

[ianungstad]

AMC Networks (Parent company of IFC Films) just made an offer today to buy RLJ Entertainment. (formerly Image Entertainment)

The sale of The Weinstein Company has fallen apart and the company is expected to file for bankruptcy. Once that happens the film library should transfer to AMC Networks. I wonder if they'll just rebrand all the Weinstein titles under IFC Films; IFC Midnight; Sundance Selects; etc.

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[FrauBlucher]

The story says TWC will still manage the library. That probably is not a favorable development for Criterion to pick up some titles.

[Ribs]

Plus whatever existant agreement TWC has with Lionsgate are probably going to remain valid for the duration of their contract anyway; why make unnescessary work by signing something new just because filing for bankruptcy could potentially allow either side to opt out?

[ianungstad]

AMC purchased the 200 Weinstein Company titles in 2015. The Weinstein Company HAS been managing them since then. Now that their toast is why I think the titles will transition to AMC.

They might stick at Lionsgate for awhile but the only reason Lionsgate has those titles currently is because they bought out the TWC's share of Starz (which includes the now defunct Anchor Bay) The distribution deal Lionsgate inherited from Anchor Bay is probably winding down sooner rather than later.

[ianungstad]

IFC has picked up the rights to Diane; the first narrative feature from film critic Kent Jones. It had strong reviews out of Tribeca where it won best feature, best screenplay and best cinematography. Kent Jones has been a regular contributor to Criterion extras over the years...I'm sure they will happily release his movie.

[domino harvey]

I mean, they didn't release ::you know who::'s film, so don't be so sure

[swo17]

Those are going to be some really unsavory words if you ever have to eat them

[hearthesilence]

I imagine I should know this, but who's ::you know who::?

[domino harvey]

What we know is mirrored by what we don't know, which shows how we all know and yet don't know what we do and do not know

[Big Ben]

I keep hoping for Criterion to do something with The Death of Stalin because, well, the Blu-Ray is MIA here in the States.

[Ribs]

Columbus wasn’t IFC, it was self-distributed in collaboration with Sundance. It, nonetheless, is probably still coming, probably as a December or January title if I were to guess.

[ianungstad]

NYFF announced their slate today in a press release that confirms that IFC is releasing Non Fiction (Olivier Assayas). No surprise here.

I have to wonder though, what does Criterion have against his wife? I'm a fan of Mia Hansen-Love who is also almost exclusively distributed by IFC in the US and Criterion has passed over ever single film.

[Omensetter]

I can see why they passed over her 2009 film, since Criterion wasn't much releasing anything from IFC at that time besides established auteurs and Cannes hits. It's possible they just didn't dig her 2011 film enough, although they apparently were smitten with The Forgiveness of Blood. Eden was Broadgreen.

The really baffling exclusion is the Huppert-starrer Things to Come, which picked up fantastic reviews and was released in the middle of Criterion's seeming commitment to releasing films directed by women. Unless Bergman Island is a horrorshow, they'll probably release that? It seems primed to be her first Cannes competition film, as well, but people have been pegging that for her for years.

I haven't seen it, but they probably should've released at least Things to Come (and Something in the Air).

[Ribs]

Hansen-Love and Assayas have not been together for two years now

[domino harvey]

I guess Assayas got the Criterion friends in the breakup

[swo17]

Also, they apparently were never actually married

[ianungstad]

IFC has picked up the rights to Paolo Sorrentino's Loro. They will be debuting the international cut at the TIFF. (as a single feature)

[colinr0380]

On the critics turned director idea it might also be worth noting that Gabe Klinger's Porto was recently released on DVD and Blu-ray by Kino, along with Klinger's documentary on James Benning and Richard Linklater, Double Play, included as an extra feature. Though Klinger unfortunately got mired in controversy at the time of the film's release.

[dda1996a]

Ever since I saw the beautiful trailer for Porto, with its super 8/16/35mm mixture I've been meaning to check it out (and also that Linklater/Benning doc which sounds interesting)

[371229]

Porto was available on Amazon Prime... but I'm not sure if it still is.

[FrauBlucher]

IFC acquired Kore-edas new film The Truth before it has screened anywhere. This should eventually get a Criterion release.