The Criterion Channel has unveiled their lineup for next month and it’s another strong slate, featuring retrospectives of Carole Lombard, John Waters, Robert Downey Sr., Luis García Berlanga, Jane Russell, and Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman. Also in the lineup is new additions to their Queersighted series, notably Todd Haynes’ early film Poison (Safe is also premiering in a separate presentation), William Friedkin’s Cruising, and Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Teorama.
The new restorations of Manoel de Oliveira’s stunning Francisca and Francesco Rosi’s Christ Stopped at Eboli will join the channel, alongside Agnieszka Holland’s Spoor, Bong Joon Ho’s early short film Incoherence, and Luc Dardenne & Jean-Pierre Dardenne’s Rosetta.
See the lineup below and explore more on criterionchannel.com.
#Blackmendream, Shikeith, 2014
12 Angry Men, Sidney Lumet, 1957
About Tap, George T. Nierenberg, 1985
The AIDS Show, Peter Adair and Rob Epstein, 1986
The Assignation, Curtis Harrington, 1953
Aya of Yop City, Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie, 2013**
Bells Are Ringing, Vincente Minnelli, 1960
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, Russ Meyer, 1970
The Blood of a Poet, Jean Cocteau, 1930
BPM (Beats Per Minute), Robin Campillo, 2017
A Cat in Paris, Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli, 2010**
The Celluloid Closet, Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, 1995
Christ Stopped at Eboli, Francesco Rosi, 1979
Clash By Night, Fritz Lang, 1952
The Class, Laurent Cantet, 2008**
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt, Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, 1989
Cruising, William Friedkin, 1980
Daddy and the Muscle Academy, Ilppo Pohjola, 1991
Dos monjes, Juan Bustillo Oro, 1934
Downpour, Bahram Beyzai, 1972
The Fall of the House of Usher, Curtis Harrington, 1942
Female Trouble, John Waters, 1974
The Four Elements, Curtis Harrington, 1966
Fragment of Seeking, Curtis Harrington, 1947
Francisca, Manoel de Oliveira, 1981
Freak Orlando, Ulrike Ottinger, 1981
Full of Life, Richard Quine, 1956
Funeral Parade of Roses, Toshio Matsumoto, 1969
Greaser’s Palace, Robert Downey Sr., 1972
Gypsy 83, Todd Stephens, 2001
Hands Across the Table, Mitchell Leisen, 1935
Heidi, Allan Dwan, 1937
His Kind of Woman, John Farrow, 1951
Howl, Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman, 2010
In Name Only, John Cromwell, 1939
Incoherence, Bong Joon-ho, 1994
It Should Happen to You, George Cukor, 1954
Macao, Josef von Sternberg, 1952
Mädchen in Uniform, Leontine Sagan and Carl Froelich, 1931
The Mark of Zorro, Rouben Mamoulian, 1940
The Marrying Kind, George Cukor, 1952
Men in War, Anthony Mann, 1957
The Middleman, Shira Geffen and Etgar Keret, 2020
Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Alfred Hitchcock, 1941
My Man Godfrey, Gregory La Cava, 1936
No Man of Her Own, Mitchell Leisen, 1950
No Maps on My Taps, George T. Nierenberg, 1979
Nothing Sacred, William A. Wellman, 1937
O Fantasma, João Pedro Rodrigues, 2000
Olivia, Jacqueline Audry, 1951
On the Edge, Curtis Harrington, 1949
The Ox-Bow Incident, William A. Wellman, 1943
Paragraph 175, Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, 2000
Personal Best, Robert Towne, 1982
Phffft, Mark Robson, 1954
Picnic, Curtis Harrington, 1949
Pink Flamingos, John Waters, 1972
Poison, Todd Haynes, 1991
The Queen, Frank Simon, 1968
The Revolt of Mamie Stover, Raoul Walsh, 1956
Rosetta, Luc Dardenne and Jean-Pierre Dardenne, 1999
Safe, Todd Haynes, 1995
Say Amen, Somebody, George T. Nierenberg, 1982
Scanners, David Cronenberg, 1981
The Solid Gold Cadillac, Richard Quine, 1956
Spoor, Agnieszka Holland, 2017
Sylvia Scarlett, George Cukor, 1935
Tales of the Night, Michel Ocelot, 2011**
Testament of Orpheus, Jean Cocteau, 1959
Tom of Finland, Dome Karukoski, 2017
Topsy-Turvy, Mike Leigh, 1999
True Confession, Wesley Ruggles, 1937
Usher, Curtis Harrington, 2000
Vigil in the Night, George Stevens, 1940
Virtue, Edward Buzzell, 1932
Western, Valeska Grisebach, 2017
We Will Always Be Here, Monique Walton, 2013
Where Are We? Our Trip Through America, Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, 1992
Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives, Mariposa Film Group, 1977
The Wormwood Star, Curtis Harrington, 1956
**Available in the U.S. only