Criterion on Social Media

News on Criterion and Janus Films
Post Reply
Message
Author
User avatar
cdnchris
Site Admin
Joined: Tue Nov 02, 2004 6:45 pm
Location: Washington
Contact:

Re: Criterion on Social Media

#3351 Post by cdnchris »


domino harvey wrote: Real ones remember her in Slums of Beverly Hills (which, actually, would fit right in with Criterion’s recent focus areas, if they can pry it away from Disney) first
I had this on DVD but can't find it to my dismay. I remember liking it a lot (Lyonne, Arkin, Tomei and Krumholtz were all great). Keep hoping for a Blu-ray because I can't bring myself to rebuy a non-anamorphic DVD.
User avatar
jazzo
Joined: Sun Nov 17, 2013 4:02 am

Criterion on Social Media

#3352 Post by jazzo »

domino harvey wrote:
knives wrote: Mon May 19, 2025 9:22 pm
TechnicolorAcid wrote: Mon May 19, 2025 8:56 pm
Different strokes indeed (I assume you view Peter Falk’s shtick in a similar way), although I must ask if you’ve seen But I’m a Cheerleader because to me it’s the one that made me fall in love with her with her delivering a wonderfully campy & lovely performance.
TIL that the lead there is Lyonne. There’s no overlap in her recent stuff and that.
Real ones remember her in Slums of Beverly Hills (which, actually, would fit right in with Criterion’s recent focus areas, if they can pry it away from Disney) first— she actually had a lot of buzz with that film that never really materialized into the more belated success she’s enjoying these days. She’s also the narrator of Everyone Says I Love You
Every couple of months I’ll list my hypothetical Tamara Jenkins box in the quarantined monthly guessing thread, containing Slums, The Savages and Private Life. Figure if I do it often enough, I’ll will it into existence.

Maybe Natasha’s closet visit is this finally happening.



User avatar
colinr0380
Joined: Mon Nov 08, 2004 8:30 pm
Location: Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire, UK

Re: Criterion on Social Media

#3353 Post by colinr0380 »

I'd definitely second a box set especially if it included Jenkins' shorts Fugitive Love and Family Remains.
User avatar
Lowry_Sam
Joined: Mon Jul 05, 2010 7:35 pm
Location: San Francisco, CA

Re: Criterion on Social Media

#3354 Post by Lowry_Sam »

Now that's how to do a closet appearance! Has anyone pulled more titles than her? If so, not likely to have beaten the rate at which she pulls them down. Hopefully this indicates Slums Of Beverly Hills which I have been begging for years, but unfortunately I fear it might be But I'm A Cheerleader which seems to get thrown on to the channel for Pride month every year (with so many neglected queer films, the fall back to this title all the time is a bit irksome).
User avatar
brundlefly
Joined: Fri Jun 13, 2014 4:55 pm

Re: Criterion on Social Media

#3355 Post by brundlefly »

FrauBlucher wrote: Mon May 19, 2025 11:01 pm
cdnchris wrote: Mon May 19, 2025 9:25 pm I like the fact she just keeps grabbing one after the other and has a large pile going there.
Did they run out of totes

Want to think she grabbed those by the handful as well and flew down the street like Elsbeth Tascioni's terminally hip chaotic evil twin.
User avatar
Feego
Joined: Thu Aug 16, 2007 11:30 pm
Location: Texas

Re: Criterion on Social Media

#3356 Post by Feego »

Lowry_Sam wrote:Now that's how to do a closet appearance! Has anyone pulled more titles than her?
The Safdie brothers.
User avatar
bdsweeney
Joined: Mon Apr 07, 2008 11:09 pm

Re: Criterion on Social Media

#3357 Post by bdsweeney »

Feego wrote:
Lowry_Sam wrote:Now that's how to do a closet appearance! Has anyone pulled more titles than her?
The Safdie brothers.
Barry Jenkins, too.
User avatar
FrauBlucher
Joined: Tue Jul 16, 2013 12:28 am
Location: Greenwich Village

Re: Criterion on Social Media

#3358 Post by FrauBlucher »

User avatar
Roger Ryan
Joined: Wed Apr 28, 2010 4:04 pm
Location: A Midland town spread and darkened into a city

Re: Criterion on Social Media

#3359 Post by Roger Ryan »

Funniest (or drollest - take your pick) closet video yet - Cavett came prepared with quips.
User avatar
Michael Kerpan
Spelling Bee Champeen
Joined: Wed Nov 03, 2004 5:20 pm
Location: New England
Contact:

Re: Criterion on Social Media

#3360 Post by Michael Kerpan »

Lovely clip.
User avatar
FrauBlucher
Joined: Tue Jul 16, 2013 12:28 am
Location: Greenwich Village

Re: Criterion on Social Media

#3361 Post by FrauBlucher »

Just a thought but could CC be planning a set of all of Cavett's interviews :-k
User avatar
Lowry_Sam
Joined: Mon Jul 05, 2010 7:35 pm
Location: San Francisco, CA

Re: Criterion on Social Media

#3362 Post by Lowry_Sam »

How many have already been included as extras? Maybe it’s just a thank you.
beamish14
Joined: Fri May 18, 2018 7:07 pm

Re: Criterion on Social Media

#3363 Post by beamish14 »

Lowry_Sam wrote: Tue Jul 08, 2025 6:49 pm How many have already been included as extras? Maybe it’s just a thank you.

Husbands certainly has the most infamous one

I think Cavett might be the only person Woody Allen has provided a book blurb for
User avatar
hearthesilence
Joined: Fri Mar 04, 2005 8:22 am
Location: NYC

Re: Criterion on Social Media

#3364 Post by hearthesilence »

FWIW, Dick Cavett taped something like 470 episodes of a show that generally ran 90 minutes. They could do a 'best of" compilation which is what you get from the out-of-print DVD's, but it wouldn't be feasible to do anything approaching a complete set.
User avatar
Lowry_Sam
Joined: Mon Jul 05, 2010 7:35 pm
Location: San Francisco, CA

Re: Criterion on Social Media

#3365 Post by Lowry_Sam »

There is a Dick Cavett Show YouTube channel featuring many of his interviews, don’t think they would duplicate it on disc, particularly when there’s so much more of the Golden Age Of Television to mine if they want to rescue old television.
User avatar
FrauBlucher
Joined: Tue Jul 16, 2013 12:28 am
Location: Greenwich Village

Re: Criterion on Social Media

#3366 Post by FrauBlucher »

I wouldn’t be entirely dismissive of the idea. YouTube is one thing but having a physical set of upgraded to 2k or higher of these shows/interviews would be right up Criterion’s alley. Especially with Cavett still around to give his input. Who else but him has given the world a glimpse of these stars of film and music that didn’t really exist at that time. It would make a terrific time capsule. Besides CC just released The Big Heat for the umpteenth time. Even though I bought it was it really needed on the market once more?
Zot!
Joined: Wed Jan 20, 2010 4:09 am

Re: Criterion on Social Media

#3367 Post by Zot! »

Seems like a better fit for the Criterion Streaming service. They could even cycle them, to keep up interest.
User avatar
FrauBlucher
Joined: Tue Jul 16, 2013 12:28 am
Location: Greenwich Village

Re: Criterion on Social Media

#3368 Post by FrauBlucher »

Another good closet picks... Cronenberg


Just a heads up to ALL you Lena Dunham fans....There is a Instagram pic from 2 days ago of her in the closet. Video to follow
User avatar
Matt
Joined: Tue Nov 02, 2004 4:58 pm

Re: Criterion on Social Media

#3369 Post by Matt »

It's actually really sweet to hear Cronenberg talk about his friendship with David Lynch and for him to say Lynch died too young.

Here's Lena Dunham's video and picks. Also Charles Burnett and Ryan Coogler.
User avatar
yoloswegmaster
Joined: Tue Nov 01, 2016 7:57 pm

Re: Criterion on Social Media

#3370 Post by yoloswegmaster »

User avatar
brundlefly
Joined: Fri Jun 13, 2014 4:55 pm

Re: Criterion on Social Media

#3371 Post by brundlefly »

User avatar
hearthesilence
Joined: Fri Mar 04, 2005 8:22 am
Location: NYC

Re: Criterion on Social Media

#3372 Post by hearthesilence »

That's a pretty amazing story. (As is the one on The Manchurian Candidate.)

Not surprisingly one of them has a "Library Copy" sticker on it. I imagine they have more copies otherwise they wouldn't have let it go.
User avatar
Lowry_Sam
Joined: Mon Jul 05, 2010 7:35 pm
Location: San Francisco, CA

Re: Criterion on Social Media

#3373 Post by Lowry_Sam »

Peter Wolf in the closet. Not aware of any film credits for him offhand outside of possible soundtrack inclusions.
User avatar
hearthesilence
Joined: Fri Mar 04, 2005 8:22 am
Location: NYC

Re: Criterion on Social Media

#3374 Post by hearthesilence »

Lowry_Sam wrote: Mon Aug 25, 2025 11:33 pm Peter Wolf in the closet. Not aware of any film credits for him offhand outside of possible soundtrack inclusions.
Living with David Lynch and marrying Faye Dunaway are probably his two biggest claims to fame in cinema history, which ain't too shabby for something that doesn't actually involve filmmaking.
User avatar
FrauBlucher
Joined: Tue Jul 16, 2013 12:28 am
Location: Greenwich Village

Re: Criterion on Social Media

#3375 Post by FrauBlucher »

Post Reply