CCU20: Criterion March Releases & the Best Blu-Rays of 2015
Aaron, Mark and Martin Kessler discuss the March 2016 Criterion Collection releases, and then go further by talking about our favorite Blu-Ray releases of the year. These include Criterions, but we also discuss many other boutique labels including Twilight Time, Kino Lorber, Flicker Alley, Masters of Cinema, Shout Factory, and many others.
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Show notes:
Special Guest: Martin Kessler from Flixwise. You can find him on IMDB, Twitter and Letterboxd.
Outline:
0:00 – Intro, Post-Surgery, Podcasts
18:15 – News
30:15 – March 2016 Criterion Releases
45:45 – The Best Blu-Rays of 2015
Intro:
Criterion Cast – Best of 2015 Podcast
InSession – Settling the Score
Vice Piece on Mexican Narco Cinema
News:
Mike Leigh and Roger Pratt on Criterion Instagram
Godard’s Une Femme Mariee coming from Cohen Media
March 2016 Criterion Collection Releases
Where to Find Us:
Mark Hurne: Twitter | Letterboxd
Aaron West: Twitter | Blog | Letterboxd
Criterion Close-Up: Twitter | Email
Posted on December 20, 2015, in Criterions, Film, Podcast. Bookmark the permalink. 6 Comments.
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Thank you for that trailer for A Poem is a Naked Person. I loved Leon Russell growing up, have many of his albulms, and I never heard of the documentary.
I’m sure if people pay attention to what has been added to the National Film Registry but I wanted to pass on this news: SECONDS & SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXIPLASM were the two Criterion titles added to the NFR this year.
http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2015/15-216.html?loclr=ealn
Sirk’s IMITATION OF LIFE which Martin discussed on this episode was also named to the NFR this year. The 1934 version was named to the NFR in 2005.
One more note on the NFR to pass on, the Library of Congress does not get a large collection of film nominations from the American public each year so please try to nominate films.
Information on how to nominate films can be found here:
https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry
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