Surprisingly Criterion

We make the case for the first Park Chan-Wook film to be in the Criterion Collection!

Articles mentioned:

Sarah Waters interview in the Guardian

Jia Tolentino in The New Yorker

Laura Miller in Slate

Park Chan-Wook speaking about Extended version and other elements of adapting the script

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Jean Renoir's colourful and, at times, funny film about the building of the Moulin Rouge is the next edition of the Randomizer.

Criterion's listing and boxset:

Spine #243: French Cancan

Spine #241: Stage and Spectacle: Three Films by Jean Renoir

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Terrence Malick's re-telling of the story of Pocahontas and John Smith, the extended cut. It's a doozy.

Bonus Material: Indian Country Today review Imperialist Nostalgia essay Roger Ebert's review World Socialist Today review

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The latest in our I Can't Believe It's Not Criterion, we discuss one of the Greek Weird Wave's most significant films and its director (and co-writer) Yorgos Lanthimos.

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The martial arts masterpiece is part of a Bruce Lee box set on the Criterion Collection - does it kick ass? Or does it sink in a pool of acid?

Bonus Content: Original Hong Kong poster referenced

North American poster

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Our latest edition of the Randomizer: will it be magic, or will it go up in flames?

BONUS CONTENT Original Poster

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How is there no Steven Spielberg film in the Criterion Collection?

BONUS CONTENT Lessons From The Screenplay: Using Theme To Craft Character

Michael Crichton's Global Warming Legacy

Dinosaur Reimagining: All Yesterdays: Unique and Speculative Views of Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Animals

From a 99pi episode: Welcome To Jurassic Art

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The movie that made Boomers cool again — or maybe just Motown. We dig into the values and the problems with Lawrence Kasdan's 1983 ensemble film about … well about many things!

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We give Jim Jarmusch's vignettes a closer look as we travel across 5 time zones on one night in 1991, and experience 5 separate taxi rides.

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Essays: Los Angeles New York Paris Rome Helsinki

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The next edition of our Randomizer segment, the great wheel has fallen on Spine #463: IL GENERALE DELLA ROVERE by acclaimed Italian director Roberto Rossellini

We had a lot of fun with this one! And what's more fun than... Italian Neorealism Multe Salami AND Vittorio De Sica as a wartime rascal. ...oh and it's another prison-themed movie *we promise we are not doing this on purpose*

Bonus content: Essay: Rediscovering Roberto Rossellini

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