One of the films playing at SXSW this year was Steven Soderbergh’s And Everything Is Going Fine. His latest being a documentary about the life of actor, playwright and performance artist Spalding Gray. This documentary had its world premiere a few months earlier in Park City, Utah. Not at Sundance but rather [...]]]>

One of the films playing at SXSW this year was Steven Soderbergh’s And Everything Is Going Fine. His latest being a documentary about the life of actor, playwright and performance artist Spalding Gray. This documentary had its world premiere a few months earlier in Park City, Utah. Not at Sundance but rather at Slamdance, the other Park City film festival.

After the screening in Austin, Texas, there was a Q&A with the films producers where they answered questions about their plans for the DVD release and the release of other Gray performances to DVD. “We hope to see a box set come out through the Criterion Collection in 2011, but the deal’s not done yet.” Gary’s widow/producer, Kathie Russo chimed in, “it’s a real shame that not even Swimming To Cambodia is out on DVD, so this is a great opportunity to finally get this stuff out there.”

The set is rumored to include other works like Swimming To Cambodia (Jonathan Demme), Monster In A Box (Nick Broomfield), Gray’s Anatomy (Steven Soderbergh) and And Everything Is Going Fine (Steven Soderbergh).

Both Soderbergh (Schizopolis, Traffic, Che) and Demme (Silence of The Lambs) are already in the Criterion Collection so it’s not out of reach to think a box set is forthcoming. (Especially when producers are in talks with Criterion.)

Spalding Gray committed suicide in 2004 by presumingly jumping off the Staten Island Ferry and drowning in the East River. He went missing on January 10, 2004 and was found dead on March 7, 2004. It is believed that the last movie he watched was Tim Burton’s Big Fish.

In my opinion, when this set will come out, it seems like it will be most likely an Eclipse boxed set. A set of films focusing around a center theme, writer or figure by different filmmakers sounds like an Eclipse set to me. Nevertheless, this still would be a great addition to the Criterion, Janus, Eclipse family and I am looking forward to more news about this release.

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For all of you following me on Facebook and Twitter, you know that my week here in Austin has been a whirlwind of film watching, panel going, and meeting those titans of industry, known as the film writers of the internet. Rest assured that there will be a small flood of reviews going up over [...]]]>

For all of you following me on Facebook and Twitter, you know that my week here in Austin has been a whirlwind of film watching, panel going, and meeting those titans of industry, known as the film writers of the internet. Rest assured that there will be a small flood of reviews going up over the course of the next few days: everything from Kick Ass, to Tiny Furniture, to a super secret screening of Centurion.

Tonight in Austin, the SXSW 2010 Awards were given out to those films that wowed both the Audiences and the Judges. I am especially pleased that Lena Dunham’s Tiny Furniture won the Narrative Feature award, as it truly was one of my favorites of the festival. I’ll have my review up within the next few days. I’m sure it will be picked up for distribution, if it hasn’t been already. It featured some of the most inspired camera work, art direction, and dialogue that I saw this past week.

Also, congratulations are in order for Criterion Alum, Guy Maddin, for winning the Experimental Short category, with Night Mayor.

Below you’ll find all of the winners of the awards given out tonight. As I post my reviews, I’ll be sure to edit this post, linking to them.

I cannot begin to tell you what an amazing experience this festival was. For those long time listeners/readers, this festival featured all of the aspects that we talk about week in and week out (although surprisingly, no Ninja Turtles).

For the 2010 SXSW Film Festival, 134 feature-length films, including 64 world premieres, were selected from a record 1,572 feature-length film submissions composed of 1,206 U.S. and 366 international feature-length films. 130 shorts were selected from 2,312 short film submissions. In its inaugural year, the Title Design Competition included 18 finalists selected from 101 submissions. The 2010 SXSW Film Festival Awards were hosted by Ovation TV.

The 2010 SXSW Film Festival Award Winners:

Feature Film Jury Awards

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Winner: Marwencol
Director: Jeff Malmberg

Runner-up: War Don Don
Director: Rebecca Richman Cohen

NARRATIVE FEATURE

Winner: Tiny Furniture
Director: Lena Dunham

Special Jury Award – Best Ensemble: Myth of the American Sleepover
Director: David Robert Mitchell

Special Jury Award – Best Individual Performance: Brian Hasenfus in Phillip the Fossil
Director: Garth Donovan

Feature Film Audience Awards

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Winner: For Once in My Life
Director: Jim Bigham & Mark Moormann

NARRATIVE FEATURE

Winner: Brotherhood
Director: Will Canon

*Audience Awards for Spotlight Premieres, Emerging Visions, 24 Beats Per Second, Lone Star States, and Midnighters will be announced on Monday, March 22, 2010.

Short Film Jury Awards

NARRATIVE SHORTS

Winner: Cigarette Candy
Director: Lauren Wolkstein

Runner Up: Teleglobal Dreamin‘
Director: Eric Flanagan

DOCUMENTARY SHORTS

Winner: Quadrangle

Director: Amy Grappell

Runner Up: White Lines and The Fever: The Death of DJ Junebug
Director: Travis Senger

ANIMATED SHORTS

Winner: The Orange
Director: Nick Fox-Gieg

Runner Up: One Square Mile of Earth
Director: Jeff Drew

EXPERIMENTAL SHORTS

Winner: Night Mayor
Director: Guy Maddin

Runner Up: Kids Might Fly
Director: Alex Taylor

MUSIC VIDEOS

Winner: Cinnamon Chasers, “Luv Deluxe”
Director: Saman Keshavarz

Runner Up: Grizzly Bear, “Forest”
Director: Allison Schulnik

TEXAS SHORTS

Winner: Petting Sharks
Director: Craig Elrod

Runner Up: The Big Bends
Director: Jason William Marlow

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Winner: Give the Dog a Bone
Director: Edward Kelley

Runner Up: The Sleep Project
Director: Whitney Bennett & Matthew Cunningham

SXSW Film Design Awards

EXCELLENCE IN POSTER DESIGN

Winner: Feeder
Designer: Joseph Ernst

Runner Up: Amer
Designer: Gilles Vranckx

Audience Award Winner: Richard Garriott: Man on a Mission
Designer: Michael Anderson

Special Jury Award: Equestrian Sexual Response
Designers: Martim Vian & Zeke Hawkins

EXCELLENCE IN TITLE DESIGN

Winner: Zombieland
Designer: Ben Conrad

Runner Up: earthwork
Designer: Stan Herd

Audience Award Winner: earthwork
Designer: Stan Herd

Special Jury Award: Enter the Void
Designer: Gaspar Noé and Tom Kam

SXSW Special Awards

SXSW WHOLPHIN AWARD

Winner: Quadrangle

Director: Amy Grappell

SXSW CHICKEN & EGG EMERGENT NARRATIVE WOMAN DIRECTOR AWARD

Winner: Lena Dunham for Tiny Furniture

Special Award – The Chicken & Egg Pictures “We Believe in You” Award:

Martha Stephens for Passenger Pigeons

Earlier today, Tribeca organizers have announced their lineup for the films not in festival competition. Some of these films are world premieres or have already premiered at other film festivals like Sundance and SXSW. Organizers have created four separate categories for these films. Encounters, Discovery, Cinemania and Spotlight are the sections of [...]]]>

Earlier today, Tribeca organizers have announced their lineup for the films not in festival competition. Some of these films are world premieres or have already premiered at other film festivals like Sundance and SXSW. Organizers have created four separate categories for these films. Encounters, Discovery, Cinemania and Spotlight are the sections of interest for non-competition films.

The Encounters section contains films from already established filmmakers. Chuck Workman will be premiering his documentary “Visionaries” and filmmaker Edward Burns is premiering his film, “Nice Guy Johnny” as well.

The Discovery section provides an audience to first time or new filmmakers. There are 17 films in all and highlights new talents like Bryan Goluboff, whose film, “Beware the Gonzo” will be making its world premiere.

The Cinemania section feature flumes that slant towards the eclectic and strange. From outrageous, hyper-real comedies to Hong Kong action violent rampage films, this section is exactly what the name suggests.

“We are proud of how the entire program reflects the scope of filmmaking that is happening in the world today. Cinemania is a great cross-section of genre films. Asia has a strong presence with horror and action, while the Americans and Irish deliver the out-there humor,” said David Kwok, Director of Programming, according to the Tribeca Film Festival press release.

The Spotlight section highlights acting performance from Casey Affleck, Kate Hudson and Jessica Alba in Michael Winterbottom’s “The Killer In Me”. Films starring Robert Duvall, Colin Farrell, Amanda Peet and Rebecca Hall will also be showcased.

The Tribeca short film selection will be announced on March 18th.

2010 TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL:

ENCOUNTERS

• “The Chameleon (“Le Cameleon”),” directed by Jean-Paul Salomé, written by Jean-Paul Salomé and Natalie Carter. (France, USA) – World Premiere, Narrative.
• “Climate of Change,” directed by Brian Hill. (USA/UK) – North American Premiere, Documentary.
• “Every Day,” directed and written by Richard Levine. (USA) – World Premiere, Narrative.
• “Last Play at Shea,” directed by Paul Crowder and Jon Small (concert footage). (USA) – World Premiere, Documentary.
• “Meet Monica Velour,” directed and written by Keith Bearden. (USA) – World Premiere, Narrative.
• “Monogamy,” directed by Dana Adam Shapiro, written by Dana Adam Shapiro and Evan Weiner. (USA) – World Premiere, Narrative.
• “My Trip to Al-Qaeda,” directed by Alex Gibney, Documentary. (USA) – World Premiere.
• “Nice Guy Johnny,” directed and written by Edward Burns. (USA) – World and TFF Virtual Premiere, Narrative.
• “RUSH: Beyond the Lighted Stage,” directed by Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn. (Canada) – World Premiere, Documentary.
• “sex & drugs & rock & roll,” directed by Mat Whitecross, written by Paul Viragh. (UK) – North American Premiere, Narrative.
• “The Space Between,” directed and written by Travis Fine. (USA) – World Premiere, Narrative.
• “Tetsuo: The Bulletman,” directed by Shinya Tsukamoto, written by Shinya Tsukamoto and Hisakatsu Kuroki. (Japan) – North American Premiere, Narrative.
• “Vidal Sassoon The Movie,” directed by Craig Teper. (USA) – World Premiere, Documentary.
• “Visionaries,” directed by Chuck Workman. (USA) – World Premiere, Documentary.

DISCOVERY

• “Arias With a Twist: The Docufantasy,” directed by Bobby Sheehan. (USA) – North American Premiere, Documentary.
• “Beware the Gonzo,” directed and written by Bryan Goluboff. (USA) – World Premiere, Narrative.
• “brilliantlove,” directed by Ashley Horner, written by Sean Conway. (UK) – World Premiere, Narrative.
• “Elvis & Madona” (“Elvis e Madona”), directed and written by Marcelo Laffitte. (Brazil) – North American and TFF Virtual Premiere, Narrative.
• “Gerrymandering,” directed by Jeff Reichert. (USA) – World Premiere, Documentary.
• “The Infidel,” directed by Josh Appignanesi, written by David Baddiel. (UK) – International Premiere, Narrative.
• “Into the Cold,” directed by Sebastian Copeland. (USA) – World and TFF Virtual Premiere, Documentary.
• “Just Like Us,” directed by Ahmed Ahmed. (USA) – World Premiere, Documentary.
• “Keep Surfing,” directed by Björn Richie Lob. (Germany) – International Premiere, Documentary.
• “Legacy,” directed and written by Thomas Ikimi. (UK/Nigeria) – International Premiere, Narrative.
• “Meskada,” directed and written by Josh Sternfeld. (USA) – World Premiere, Narrative.
• “No Woman, No Cry,” directed by Christy Turlington Burns. (USA) – World Premiere, Documentary.
• “The Other City,” directed by Susan Koch. (USA) – World Premiere, Documentary.
• “The Sentimental Engine Slayer,” directed and written by Omar Rodriguez Lopez. (USA, Mexico) – North American and TFF Virtual Premiere, Narrative.
• “Snowmen,” directed and written by Robert Kirbyson. (USA) – World Premiere, Narrative.
• “The Travelogues,” directed and written by Dustin Thompson. (USA) – World Premiere, Narrative.
• “The Trotksy,” directed and written by Jacob Tierney. (Canada) – US Premiere, Narrative.

CINEMANIA

• “Clash” (“Bay Rong”), directed by Le Thanh Son, written by Johnny Tri Nguyen, Le Thanh Son, Ho Quang Hung. (Vietnam) – International Premiere, Narrative.
• “Dream Home,” directed by Pang Ho-Cheung, written by Pang Ho-Cheung, Kwok Cheung Tsang, and Chi-Man Wan. (Hong Kong) – North American Premiere, Narrative.
• “Possessed” (“Bulshinjiok”), directed and written by Lee Yong-ju. (South Korea) – North American and TFF Virtual Premiere, Narrative.
• “Spork,” directed and written by J.B. Ghuman, Jr. (USA) – World and TFF Virtual Premiere, Narrative.
• “Ticked-Off Trannies With Knives,” directed and written by Israel Luna. (USA) –World Premiere, Narrative.
• “Zonad,” directed and written by John Carney and Kieran Carney. (Ireland) – International Premiere, Narrative.

SPOTLIGHT

• “Cairo Time,” directed and written by Ruba Nadda. (Canada, Ireland, Egypt) – US Premiere, Narrative.
• “The Disappearance of Alice Creed,” directed and written by J Blakeson. (UK) – US Premiere, Narrative.
• “Get Low,” directed by Aaron Schneider, written by Chris Provenzano and C. Gaby Mitchell. (USA) – New York Premiere, Narrative.
• “Joan Rivers – A Piece of Work,” directed by Ricki Stern, Annie Sundberg. (USA) – New York Premiere, Documentary.
• “The Killer Inside Me,” directed by Michael Winterbottom, written by John Curran. (USA) – New York Premiere, Narrative.
• “Micmacs” (“Micmacs a` tire-larigot”), directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, written by Anne Wermelinger. (France) – New York Premiere, Narrative.
• “Ondine,” directed and written by Neil Jordan. (Ireland, USA) – US Premiere, Narrative.
• “Please Give,” directed and written by Nicole Holofcener. (USA) – New York Premiere, Narrative.
• “Soul Kitchen,” directed by Fatih Akin, written by Fatih Akin and Adam Bousdoukos. (Germany) – US Premiere, Narrative.

TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL VIRTUAL

The following are the films featured in the online extension of the Festival, Tribeca Film Festival Virtual

• “Nice Guy Johnny”
• “Elvis & Madona” (“Elvis e Madona”)
• “Spork, Buried Land”
• “Into the Cold”
• “Possessed” (“Bool-sin-ji-ok”)
• “Freetime Machos”
• “The Sentimental Engine Slayer”

Captain Nemo. Humbert Humbert. Brutus. Eduard Seibert.  Richard Straker. Phillip Vandamm. All are classic and iconic characters played by none other than one of the great actors of the 20th century, James Mason. But it’s his role as Ed Avery in the film Bigger Than Life that sent shock waves in the film industry, broke [...]]]>

Captain Nemo. Humbert Humbert. Brutus. Eduard Seibert.  Richard Straker. Phillip Vandamm. All are classic and iconic characters played by none other than one of the great actors of the 20th century, James Mason. But it’s his role as Ed Avery in the film Bigger Than Life that sent shock waves in the film industry, broke down the idealistic nature of the nuclear family and has been highly praised by critics and filmmakers alike for the last 50 years.

Ed Avery is the ideal father, husband and friend. He’s a schoolteacher and also does a few nights a week as a cabbie dispatcher, but he doesn’t tell his wife Lou (Barbara Rush) about the job, instead lying that he has school meetings to go to. She becomes suspicious and after a fight, Ed passes out from severe pain, which he’s been having periodically for the last 6 months. He comes clean about his other job with Lou and this is when the doctor tells him the bad news. Ed has a rare inflammation of his arteries and he probably has about 6 months to a year to live. The only way to possibly survive is a new ‘miracle drug’, the hormone cortisone, which has done wonders in initial tests with other patients. So of course he chooses the drug because he can’t leave his wife and child all alone in the world.

Cortisone does the trick, giving Ed a new lease on life and the pain is the last thing on his mind. But we slowly see the cracks that are starting to become wider and more jagged throughout the film. He starts to take too many pills and starts to say irrational things to his own wife and son. He denounces the school system at a parent/teacher conference, saying that we are all raising ‘mental midgets’ in this world and if he had it his way, we’d go back to the old ways of teaching.

He’s unraveling at the seems, minute by minute, in this present day Jekyll and Hyde story. There’s even a shot of Ed, trying to look like a playboy, Hugh Hefner himself even, and becomes a bit too cocky at his wife, who slams the mirror and it shatters, showing Ed in a multitude of angles and a distorted visage. It’s partly thanks to the directing style of Nicholas Ray (who only a year before this, in 1955, unleashed to the world one James Dean and his iconic role of Jim Stark in Rebel Without a Cause).

Ultimately he becomes completely Hyde like, his wild mood swings becoming steadily more intense and in one of the more tense scenes ever put to film, has a psychotic episode which threatens the safety of his family, his friend Wally Gibbs (played wonderfully by Walter Matthau) and even himself.

The Criterion Collection is releasing this under-seen gem on DVD and Blu-ray. The Blu-ray has a newly restored high-definition print of the film, where the colors are as vibrant as ever. Bigger Than Life was shot in the always amazing Cinemascope, and its cinematography by Joe MacDonald, is nothing short of perfect.

This film was widely ignored in its theatrical run back in 1956 but now is highly regarded as one of the finest achievements in film from the 1950’s. Think of it as a distant cousin to Leave It To Beaver and Father Knows Best, showing what problems and obstacles middle class families of suburbia had in that era. It wasn’t always about apple pie on the windowsill in every household.

Photo courtesy of  The Criterion Collection

[Note from the Editor: you can find our initial announcment of this and all of the March 2010 Criterion Collection releases here.]

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I exhausted Criterion’s samurai flicks entirely too early — ravenously blew through them as if there were no tomorrow.  I suppose I assumed they’d just keep coming out here and there, but I was surely wrong.  Now, I spend my days pacing around in hurried circles, scratching at my skin and [...]]]>

I exhausted Criterion’s samurai flicks entirely too early — ravenously blew through them as if there were no tomorrow.  I suppose I assumed they’d just keep coming out here and there, but I was surely wrong.  Now, I spend my days pacing around in hurried circles, scratching at my skin and stopping only to cradle my knees in the corner and rock back and forth, slobbering.  Feudal Japan withdrawal is the most insatiable demon.

When I saw the cryptic sketch in this month’s Criterion newsletter, I first thought, “wow, that lion kinda looks like me.  I wonder if he misses samurai flicks, too.”  Then, I thought, “hey, could this be a hint at a release of Kihachi Okamoto’s AKAGE, also titled RED LION?  That’s got Toshiro Mifune in it…AS A SAMURAI!”  Then, I spent about thirty minutes licking my lips and laughing and talking to myself.

After that, though, I right-clicked the image and noticed that the file name was “thinredlion.jpg.” My fantasies of swordplay where thwarted, but my heart remained eager.  This could mean only one thing:

Terrence Malick’s THIN RED LINE is coming to the Criterion Collection on DVD and Blu-Ray

It makes perfect sense that Criterion would want to capitalize on the success and positive feedback they’ve been receiving from the Blu-Ray release of DAYS OF HEAVEN.  They’ve been using the Blu-Ray platform to showcase auteurs known for their arresting cinematography, and Malick is already an established director in the Collection.  We can officially look forward to the likes of George Clooney, Nick Nolte, Woody Harrelson, John C. Reilly, and a slew of others making their way into the club.

My level of certainty:  85%

While it would be extraordinary to receive some more Okamoto from Criterion (and while they should definitely still consider a RED LION release), all signs point to THIN RED LINE as the answer to our March clue.  Though I’m more than excited about this gem, it looks like I’ll be twitching and mumbling for the foreseeable future…

This year’s Tribeca Film Festival lineup was announced today in New York City.  The film festival will showcase 85 feature-length films and 47 short films from 38 countries.  46 of those are world premieres.  Most film festivals run an average of 120 feature-length films but this year at Tribeca, they decided [...]]]>

This year’s Tribeca Film Festival lineup was announced today in New York City.  The film festival will showcase 85 feature-length films and 47 short films from 38 countries.  46 of those are world premieres.  Most film festivals run an average of 120 feature-length films but this year at Tribeca, they decided to scale down the exhibition and competition.

According to Nancy Schafer, the festival’s executive director who spoke with Daily Variety, “We decided to go smaller.  This is New York City, so 120 films was overwhelming.  We feel our program reflects harder choices being made.  I’m energized by the strong lineup.”

The Tribeca Film Festival was started by Jane Rosenthal, Craig Hatkoff and Robert DeNiro in a response to the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center.  As a way to celebrate the multi-cultural power and experience of film.  And also a way to showcase New York City as a major filmmaking center during the recovery of lower Manhattan.

I’m actually getting really excited for this film festival.  I don’t have to travel too far to cover a film fest.  I just have to hop on a downtown 6 train.  We are still waiting to get word if we got our press credentials.  Rest to sure, The CriterionCast will cover the festival for all of our listeners and readers.

The Tribeca Film Festival will run between April 21st to May 2nd 2010.

Source:  Variety

The List of Films Being Showcased At The 9th Annual Tribeca Film Festival:

World Narrative Feature Competition:

“Buried Land,” Geoffrey Alan Rhodes, (U.S., U.K., Bosnia and Herzegovina)

“Dog Pound,” Kim Chapiron, (France)

“Loose Cannons,” Ferzan Ozpetek, (Italy)

“Lucky Life,” Lee Isaac Chung, (U.S.)

“My Brothers,” Paul Fraser, (Ireland)

“Open House,” Andrew Paquin, (U.S.)

“Paju,” Chan-ok Park, (South Korea)

“Gainsbourg, Je t’Aime… Moi Non Plus,” Joann Sfar, (France)

“Snap,” Carmel Winters, (Ireland)

“When We Leave,” Feo Aladag, (Germany)

“The White Meadows,” Mohammad Rasoulof, (Iran)

“William Vincent,” Jay Anania, (U.S.)

World Documentary Feature Competition:

“American Mystic,” Alex Mar, (U.S.)

“The Arbor,” Clio Barnard, (U.K.)

“Budrus,” Julia Bacha, (U.S., Palestine, Israel)

“Earth Made of Glass,” Deborah Scranton, (U.S.)

“Feathered Cocaine,” Thorkell Hardarsson and O¨rn Marino Arnarson, (Iceland)

“Freetime Machos,” Mika Ronkainen, (Finland, Germany)

“Into Eternity,” Michael Madsen, (Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Italy)

“Monica & David,” Alexandra Codina, (U.S.)

“Sons of Perdition,” Jennilyn Merten, Tyler Measom, (U.S.)

“Thieves By Law,” Alexander Gentelev, (Israel, Germany, Spain)

“The Two Escobars,” Jeff Zimbalist, Michael Zimbalist, (U.S., Colombia)

“The Woodmans,” C. Scott Willis, (U.S., Italy, China)

Showcase (not in competition):

“Blood and Rain,” Jorge Navas, (Colombia, Argentina)

“A Brand New Life,” Ounie Lecomte, (South Korea, France)

“Heartbreaker,” Pascal Chaumeil, (France)

“Lola,” Brillante Mendoza, (Philippines, France)

“Metropia,” Tarik Saleh, (Sweden, Denmark, Norway)

“Moloch Tropical,” Raoul Peck, (Haiti, France)

“Road, Movie,” Dev Benegal, (U.S., India)

Special Events (not in competition):

“Doctor Zhivago,” David Lean, (U.S., U.K., 1965)

“Untitled Eliot Spitzer Film,” Alex Gibney (U.S.)

“The Western Front,” Zachary Iscol, (U.S.)

Once or twice on the podcast we’ve mentioned our love for the incredible artwork that the Criterion Collection provides us with for their DVDs and Blu-rays. On occasion, we’ve also mentioned the posters available via the store on Criterion.com. Two new posters showed up on their website yesterday, and they are both certainly going to [...]]]>

Once or twice on the podcast we’ve mentioned our love for the incredible artwork that the Criterion Collection provides us with for their DVDs and Blu-rays. On occasion, we’ve also mentioned the posters available via the store on Criterion.com. Two new posters showed up on their website yesterday, and they are both certainly going to be beautiful additions to your home.

First off you can now purchase a poster from the 2009 theatrical run, and cover DVD/Blu-ray cover art, for Max Ophul’s Lola Montes. The painting is from the fashion artist David Downton, whose personal website can be found here (I’d highly recommend going through some of his illustrations of other people, he has an incredible style). This limited edition one sheet, measures 27 inches by 39.5 inches, with a matte finish. The poster is rolled and not available for gift wrap. You can hear some of my thoughts on the film on one of our recent Disc 2 episodes, found here.

Finally, you can now own a 27 inch by 40 inch poster from the 2009 theatrical run, and cover of the re-release DVD, for Federico Fellini’s Amarcord. Featuring artwork from Caitlin Kuhwald (you can find her personal website here), the poster has a glossy finish. Along with the poster, you can buy a print of the entire image, which has been available for some time now. Our podcast episode discussing Amarcord will be broadcast live next month, and available for download a couple of days afterwards. You can always find our schedule of upcoming episodes at CriterionCast.com/schedule.

As Travis has mentioned during our discussions of the poster art available, on our podcast, the one-sheets can be difficult to frame, unless you have it custom framed. I think we can all agree that artwork of this caliber deserve to be well taken care of, no matter the price, rather than thumb-tacking them to a wall.

Are you planning on purchasing either of these? Are there other Criterion covers that you’d like to own high quality posters for? Let us know in the comments below!

SPECIAL GUEST: Justin Vactor – The Host of Entertainment Overload and The Geekland Podcast.

Disc 2 episodes are bonus/supplement episodes of The CriterionCast. Rudie Obias, Ryan Gallagher & Travis George ramble on and on about movies and movie experiences. “On The Screen” is where they discuss anything and everything that has [...]]]>

SPECIAL GUEST: Justin Vactor – The Host of Entertainment Overload and The Geekland Podcast.

Disc 2 episodes are bonus/supplement episodes of The CriterionCast. Rudie Obias, Ryan Gallagher & Travis George ramble on and on about movies and movie experiences. “On The Screen” is where they discuss anything and everything that has been on their screens in the week. So anything from TV & movies to music & web junk, everything “On The Screen” is up for grabs. This is what they recommend to you, their listeners.

Topic of Discussion:

Do Top Tier Directors Get A Critical “Pass”?

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Show Notes:

(00:00 – 00:10; “Rush Apart” by The Rural Alberta Advantage)

(00:11 – 02:06; The CriterionCast – Episode 026.5 – Disc 2)

(02:07 – 08:34; Cop Out – Justin Vactor)

(08:35 – 09:54; Bioshock 2 – Justin Vactor)

(09:55 – 14:04; Heavy Rain – Justin Vactor)

(14:05 – 22:09; LOST – Justin Vactor, Rudie Obias & Ryan Gallagher)

(22:10 – 25:59; Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans – Travis George)

(26:00 – 28:04; 10,000 B.C. – Travis George)

(28:05 – 29:34; The Worst Movie Travis George Has Ever Seen!!)

(29:35 – 33:38; Cloverfield – Travis George)

(33:39 – 39:47; The Hurt Locker – Ryan Gallagher)

(39:48 – 42:26; Precious: Based On The Novel “Push” by Sapphire – Ryan Gallagher)

(42:27 – 47:17; The Secret of Kells – Ryan Gallagher)

(47:18 – 50:34; Lola Montes – Ryan Gallagher)

(50:35 – 54:16; Archer – Rudie Obias)

(54:17 – 55:57; Frisky Dingo – Rudie Obias)

(55:58 – 57:59; Shutter Island – Rudie Obias)

(58:00 – 1:05:52; Listener Feedback)

(1:05:53 – 1:09:23; Wrap Up & Contact Info)

(1:09:24 – 1:09:37; Music Credits)

(1:09:38 – 1:09:51; Broadcasting Live Every Friday On Ustream)

(1:09:52 – 1:10:03; Next – Jean Renoir’s Boudu Saved From Drowning – Criterion #305)

(1:10:04 – 1:10:44; Follow Along With Us @ CriterionCast.com/Schedule)

(1:10:45 – 1:11:53; “Sperm & Egg” by Flotation Walls)

(1:11:54 – 1:13:16; Outtakes)

Also Mentioned:

Michelle Trachtenberg Rappin’ – YouTube Video

Music Credits:

Opening Music:

“Rush Apart” by The Rural Alberta Advantage. Learn more @ TheRAA.com

Closing Music:

“Sperm & Egg” by Flotation Walls. Learn more @ FlotationWalls.com