r/CriterionChannel

okay the fireworks are still torturing me and my dog (one year they went for 21 days in a row 🫩)

what is a movie on the channel right now that is loud (either through action or soundtrack) but isn’t wuxia/samurai/martial arts? i just watched bullet in the head on the actual fourth and i don’t think i can do any more of that right away.

looking for tonight and probably every night this week sadly

Was surprised to see this blast from the past on the channel. I won't lie, I saw this a bunch as a teenager which was definitely a bit of an awakening for me - you could say "Bad Influence" was a bad influence on me back then haha. But was interesting to revisit as an adult. Not a great film by any means - kind of emotionally shallow, you never really get to know either lead on a deeper level - but still has way more cinematic style, mood or tone than I had remembered. You can definitely feel an auteur (Curtis Hanson) made this movie. Interesting to watch it as a precursor to other neo-noir like "Hand That Rocks the Cradle" and "LA Confidential." Was also surprised by the understated performances from both Spader and Lowe. Interesting to remember that this was a bit of a meta-play on the videotape sex scandal that rocked Lowe's career at the time. And a throwback to the kind of erotic thriller we just don't get anymore. Curious if anyone else had early memories of this movie and has now revisited it on the Channel.

i’m looking for the best noir films on the channel currently in english or spanish.

i’ve seen a lot but want more recs. thanks in advance!

I had high expectations since it's Ray, but wow! This one really knocked my socks off! James Mason (who I can generally take or leave) is *perfection* as a nice, dull, suburban elementary schoolteacher who begins taking cortisone for a serious illness and becomes psychotic. It's quite ahead of it's time in *how* this plays out, with Mason's Ed Avery going from nice 50s dad to iron-fisted despot, with the movie going to a much darker place than you'd expect from the era. It ends up being (like Rebel) quite a scathing critique of suburban conformity and its edict to "maintain the surface appearance of normality at any cost."
Barbara Rush turns in a fine performance as the harried wife, the kid actor is not annoying, and finally Walter Matthau adds some needed lightness as the trusty family friend.

I often do other things while watching a film but this one had me glued to the screen.

Check it out.

“And what The Prisoner is—as made apparent by the remastered version of the series that’s now streaming on Criterion Channel—is immediately fun and thematically ahead of its time. It’s not just a show that taught future TV creators it was okay to be weird; it’s a show that speaks to the issues of 2026 even more than it did to those of 1967”

Excerpt From
“The Prisoner didn't just predict the next 60 years of TV—it predicted the next 60 years, period”
Brian Tallerico
The A.V. Club
https://apple.news/AUdjjlu6GRBGuGHsfQbHVrg
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Same thing happened with Repo Man. 😞

People's Hero (1987) was just added to the Criterion Channel today and of course I had to watch it because Tony Leung is one of the leads, but the subtitles are some of the worst I've ever seen. I can barely focus on the movie because they're so distracting. They look AI generated or something - just filled with broken grammar, incorrect words (on instead of in, let instead of let's, off instead of out), nonsensical sentences...This is supposed to be a tense thriller but I'm sitting here giggling the whole time because how can I not with gems such as:

"Right...they won't let your girlfriend out. If you don't scare them."

"I am not searing them. If necessary, I will kill!"
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"Won't your stop? Stop!"
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"Maybe you try to do with me, see if you can be."
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"Are you afraid of die?"
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"Afraid of me to killing him?"
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"Do you know how many policeman outside?"
"(...) I can make it. Relieve me!"
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People's Hero is more of a "B" film but it deserves so much better than this slop tier subtitle job.

Just curious what everyone is picking!

I just finished "Graduate First" and was pleasantly surprised by it, and will either try to squeeze a bunch of shorts or choose between "Bacurau", "Cane River", and "Speaking Parts"

I really enjoyed the first generative Eno doc. I wonder when this month's will appear? Also, will it just replace the one that's there, or will we still have the option to watch the first one?

UPDATE: it is a newly generated version, but it includes major sequences from the first one. I wonder if the generative algorithm gives weight to footage that includes core concepts of his creative ideas. Anyway, it was still a pleasure to watch.

What did I learn? Don't trust the previously viewed bar. This July generation is also almost the same length as June.

I tried streaming this tonight but found that the closed caption was off from the spoken dialogue by about 5 seconds. I don't know why, is this a known issue?

Just looking for suggestions. Any genre. Just good movies.

Since monday i cant watch the Channel via Google cast from my ipad to my smart TV (Phillips) Does anyone else has this Problem recently?