Criterion Announcement Day sneaked up on us again -- and it was technically three days ago! They're late even and I didn't notice. Gosh it's almost like there are distracting things happening in the world? Well let's not focus on those, and instead focus on the movies that Criterion is releasing onto 4K blu-ray this upcoming February of the year 2025... yeah we're especially going to need some distractions right then I wager. Argh. Anyway! Criterion! First up is Gus Van Sant's 1989 druggie drama Drugstore Cowboy starring a very pretty Matt Dillon alongside Kelly Lynch, Heather Graham, and James Le Gros. Oh and William S. Burroughs! He's in this too. I haven't seen this movie in a very very long time (like at least twenty years) so it's definitely due a revisit -- I have a feeling I'll have grown to appreciate it more because I was never that much of a fan but it feels like a movie I'll get more now than I did when I was younger.
Next up we have a pair of movies I've never seen -- Jean-Luc Godard's King Lear from 1987 starring Peter Sellers and Molly Ringwald (wtf) and Joan Macklin Silver's 1988 romance Crossing Delancey with Amy Irving torn between two fellas in late-80s Manhattan. The Godard sounds bonkers; the JMS sounds sweet and perfect for a Saturday afternoon, and I am excited to watch them both.
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I love Crossing Delancey so much! I will say, though I liked it on my first watch it took a couple of viewings to really captivate me with its quirky charms. Amy Irving and Peter Riegert are adorable together but the film is owned by Reizl Bozyk every moment she's on screen as Amy's Bubbie. The film also provides a lovely, now nostalgic look at a certain part of Manhattan in the mid-80's, has a great score by The Roches and a fab supporting cast.
Never liked Punch Drunk Love. Did not understand the Emily Watson character, why she would even go for Adam Sandler's character. There wasn't enough info to me. She had to be messed up somewhere to accept such a low standard. I agree that Phantom Thread is PTA's best. It reminded me of Vertigo in both its filmic perfection, and also its presentation of the worship of a perceived female perfection from a straight male perspective.
Absolutely, the word for Performance is brilliant!
Drugstore Cowboy was excellent and had a great soundtrack. Cronos was excellent also, a really interesting take on vampires.
How is it I have never heard of Godard’s King Lear? I’m skeptical, but still, Godard and Peter Sellers, it’s probably worth watching. ,
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