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We love you, David Lynch. ❤️ Goodnight to a truly once-in-a-lifetime artist, who not only changed cinema forever but altered how we experience the world and showed us what it really means to dream. No more blue tomorrows.
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✨Katya Zamolodchikova’s Closet Picks!✨
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We're proud to announce our first collaboration with @Pixar: WALL•E (2008), directed by Andrew Stanton, entering the Collection on 4K this November! criterion.com/films/33246-wa…
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✨Carrie Coon's Closet Picks!✨
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✨ Walter Salles’s Closet Picks!✨ The director of I'M STILL HERE shares why ANDREI RUBLEV and STRANGER THAN PARADISE consistently renew his faith in cinema, talks about the unique mix of documentary and fiction in MEMORIES OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT, and praises how Garrett Bradley’s TIME shows love and memory as a form of resistance.
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✨Willem Dafoe’s Closet Picks ✨ The acclaimed actor—now starring in POOR THINGS—shares his deep connection to ONIBABA, praises Isabelle Huppert, recalls GATE OF FLESH's influence on the Wooster Group, and selects a few of his collaborations with Wes Anderson and Martin Scorsese.
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✨Willem Dafoe’s Closet Picks ✨ The acclaimed actor—now starring in POOR THINGS—shares his deep connection to ONIBABA, praises Isabelle Huppert, recalls GATE OF FLESH's influence on the Wooster Group, and selects a few of his collaborations with Wes Anderson and Martin Scorsese.
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✨Ryan Coogler's Closet Picks!✨
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We are saddened to announce the passing of a giant of American cinema, Melvin Van Peebles, who died last night, at home with family, at the age of 89. In an unparalleled career, Van Peebles made an indelible mark on the international cultural landscape. He will be deeply missed.
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A wonderful visit from Ayo Edebiri!✨
You can see her next in the third season of THE BEAR, starting June 27!
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Willem Dafoe x THE LIFE AQUATIC (2004) ❤️
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❤️🔥 Gael Garcial Bernal x YU TU MAMÁ TAMBIÉN (2001) ❤️🔥
Shop all Criterion films for 50% OFF at criterion.com until 12pm today!
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🚨 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 THE CRITERION CLOSET IS GOING MOBILE! 🚚 ❤️
In honor of our 40th anniversary, we’re taking the Criterion Closet on the road – and we're opening the door to everyone! FIRST STOP: the 62nd New York Film Festival! The Criterion Collection Mobile Closet will be coming to Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center during @TheNYFF opening and centerpiece weekends (September 28-29 and October 5-6). Come in, explore the Collection, and make your own closet video!
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✨ Winona Ryder's Closet Picks! ✨ The iconic actor shares her profound connection to Hirokazu Kore-eda's AFTER LIFE, recalls the deep impact Gena Rowlands had on her life and career, and selects favorites by Gordon Parks, Jim Jarmusch, Albert Brooks, and John Sayles.
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"Sublime eternal love is a possibility for human beings, and every human being should know that – it exists within each one of us." Happy birthday, David Lynch. We love you. ☕ ❤️🔥🥧🌲✨🌹
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😎 Criterion Merch Sale! 😎
Outfit your summer with Criterion and Janus Films! All T-shirts, hats, beach towels, totes, and more are 30% OFF, now through June 24. bit.ly/45ofPGW
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Goodnight to the endlessly captivating French screen star and icon, Jean-Paul Belmondo ❤️💙❤️ (1933-2021)
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Take a cue from Cillian — do not miss your chance to get THE WES ANDERSON ARCHIVE for 50% OFF during our Flash Sale at criterion.com! ⚡
This gorgeous new 20-disc collector’s box set includes new 4K masters of 10 films, over 25 hours of special features, and ten illustrated books, presented in a deluxe clothbound edition.
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✨ Pamela Anderson's Closet Picks! ✨The actor and star of THE LAST SHOWGIRL talks about being profoundly inspired by Barbara Loden’s WANDA, shares her passion for the poetry of Abbas Kiarostami, and praises the style and craft of actors like Romy Schneider, Katharine Hepburn, and Jeanne Moreau.
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A very special message from Wong Kar Wai 🌹
Premiering exclusively on @criterionchannl later this year: BLOSSOMS SHANGHAI, Wong Kar Wai's first-ever original series — all 30 episodes! Get ready.
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Before we share Ayo Edebiri's wonderful closet video in full, enjoy her lovely shoutout to favorite films on @criterionchannl. ❤️
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If you've loved the adventurous, curated programming we've been doing with our friends at FilmStruck, we have good news for you! bit.ly/2K9qPP4
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Remembering the incomparable Philip Seymour Hoffman, born on this day in 1967. No one better. ❤️
PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE (2002)
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Remembering the truly peerless and beloved Philip Seymour Hoffman on his birthday ❤️
Here he is in Paul Thomas Anderson's giddily off-kilter masterpiece PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE (2002).
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✨Mikey Madison’s Closet Picks!✨ The actor and star of ANORA talks about FIVE EASY PIECES and being drawn to morally ambiguous characters, praises Isabelle Huppert’s performance in THE PIANO TEACHER as one of the greatest of all time, and selects TAKE OUT, one of her collaborator Sean Baker’s early New York films.
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Goodnight, Dean Stockwell (1937-2021) 💙
Here's the legendary actor in two of his iconic performances: Walt Henderson in PARIS, TEXAS (1984) and Ben in BLUE VELVET (1986).
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🔥🖤 Mark your calendars: '80s HORROR—our 30-film collection featuring films by Dario Argento, Kathryn Bigelow, John Carpenter, Larry Cohen, David Cronenberg, Tobe Hooper, Michael Mann, Ken Russell, Paul Schrader, and more—is coming to the @criterionchannl on October 1! 🔥🖤
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A wonderful visit today from the great Willem Dafoe! ✨ You can see him in Yorgos Lanthimos's POOR THINGS — opening in theaters tomorrow, December 8!
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GODZILLA actors Katsuhiko Sasaki (GODZILLA VS. MEGALON, GODZILLA VS. BIOLLANTE, and GODZILLA VS. KING GHIDORAH) and Tomoko Ai (TERROR OF MECHAGODZILLA) wish you a Happy #GodzillaDay! ⚡❤️ Watch their films - and more! - @criterionchannl! bit.ly/3YzKuxZ
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We're deeply saddened to hear that the incomparable Sidney Poitier has passed away at the age of 94. A transformative cultural icon, he continually forged new paths to become one of the greatest actors to ever grace the stage and screen.
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Remembering the peerless Philip Seymour Hoffman on his birthday ❤️
Here he is in Paul Thomas Anderson's giddily off-kilter masterpiece PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE (2002).
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We're heartbroken to hear that truly singular performer Michael K. Williams has passed away.
We're remembering him and his galvanizing spirit by revisiting his trip to our films closet back in March 2011. ❤️
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"I’m most touched when I meet people in the streets who say, ‘Thank you, you gave me a lot of happiness.’ More than when they say ‘Bravo.’ I think it’s more touching to get a ‘Thank you,’ no?"
Thank you, Agnès, our dear friend. ❤️
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Gregg Araki x John Waters ❤️🔥
#CriterionFlashSale
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A great visit from Vince Staples! ✨
Season 2 of THE VINCE STAPLES show is now streaming on @netflix!
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Happy birthday to the marvelous @lauradern! 💗💗💗
Here she is lighting up the screen—from her revelatory breakout roles in SMOOTH TALK and BLUE VELVET to her award-winning contemporary performances in INLAND EMPIRE, CERTAIN WOMEN and MARRIAGE STORY!
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Coming next March: a lavish box-set tribute to the most romantic filmmaker in the world, featuring new 4K digital restorations of AS TEARS GO BY, DAYS OF BEING WILD, CHUNGKING EXPRESS, FALLEN ANGELS, HAPPY TOGETHER, IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE, and 2046! 💚✨
bit.ly/WongKarWai2021
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Kyle Maclachlan’s Closet Picks! ☕ 🎞️ 💙 This summer, we were delighted to have the great actor @Kyle_MacLachlan stop by our office for a trip inside our films closet!
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Goodnight to Jean-Luc Godard, a titan of cinema whose work introduced the world to a new cinematic lexicon and exerted an incalculable influence on modern cinema that refused to wane in his more than six decades of filmmaking.
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We’re thrilled to announce that CITIZEN KANE will lead Criterion’s first slate of 4K Ultra HD releases along with MENACE II SOCIETY, THE PIANO, MULHOLLAND DR., THE RED SHOES, and A HARD DAY'S NIGHT! bit.ly/3xH9WCi
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Goodnight, Max von Sydow, one of the greatest actors to ever grace the stage and screen, whose vigorous performances in films like THE SEVENTH SEAL will forever be carved into cinema history. 🖤
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❤️🔥 Gael Garcial Bernal x YU TU MAMÁ TAMBIÉN (2001) ❤️🔥
Shop all Criterion films for 50% OFF at criterion.com until 12pm today!
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All hail the King! Announcing #1000: a monster edition! This October, we’re bringing you a collector’s set fit for the granddaddy of all movie monsters. Our landmark edition gathers for the first time all the Godzilla films from Japan’s Showa era! bit.ly/Godzilla1000 🔥
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✨ Paul Giamatti’s Closet Picks✨ The award-winning actor talks about his childhood experience seeing CARNIVAL OF SOULS and his love for low-budget horror, shares how BLUE VELVET ignited his desire to become an actor and why RASHOMON always moves him to tears, and much more!
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✨John David Washington and Malcolm Washington’s Closet Picks!✨ The actor joins the director of his new film THE PIANO LESSON, where they shout out the importance of MENACE II SOCIETY, reflect on the beauty of Jacques Demy and Agnès Varda’s artistic relationship, and praise Spike Lee’s MALCOLM X as the "greatest achievement in American filmmaking."
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Goodnight, Bruno Ganz, an actor whose empathy on-screen was always palpable & whose presence in such films as WINGS OF DESIRE will always live on in our hearts.
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