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TIFF Cinematheque To Screen Several Criterion Films This Summer

To celebrate its 20th Anniversary, it appears as though the TIFF Cinematheque is set to pull out all the stops.

According to Criterion, the TIFF, formerly known as the Cinematheque Ontario, will be bringing out a rather superb and cartoonishly awesome summer schedule, that will include films ranging from Kurosawa pieces, to films from Pier Paolo Pasolini. Other films include a month long series dedicated to James Mason, Eric Rohmer’s Six Moral Tales, a tribute to Robin Wood, and most interesting, a retrospective on the works of one Catherine Breillat.

Personally, while the Kurosawa, Pasolini, and Rohmer collections sound amazing, the Breillat series is ultimately the collective that I am most interested in. Ranging from films like the brilliant Fat Girl, to the superb and underrated Anatomy of Hell, these are some of the most interesting and under seen pieces of cinema of recent memory, and are more than deserving of an in depth retrospective.

For a full list of films, check out their website.

Source: Criterion

June

DATE FILM TITLE TIME DIRECTOR PROGRAMME
03/06/2010 BIGGER THAN LIFE
7:00 PM Nicholas Ray THE MAN BETWEEN: JAMES MASON
04/06/2010 THE RECKLESS MOMENT
7:00 PM Max Ophüls THE MAN BETWEEN: JAMES MASON
04/06/2010 5 FINGERS
8:45 PM Joseph L. Mankiewicz THE MAN BETWEEN: JAMES MASON
05/06/2010 CAUGHT
7:00 PM Max Ophüls THE MAN BETWEEN: JAMES MASON
05/06/2010 AGE OF CONSENT
8:45 PM Michael Powell THE MAN BETWEEN: JAMES MASON
06/06/2010 BIGGER THAN LIFE
4:00 PM Nicholas Ray THE MAN BETWEEN: JAMES MASON
06/06/2010 NORTH BY NORTHWEST
7:00 PM Alfred Hitchcock THE MAN BETWEEN: JAMES MASON
07/06/2010 LOLITA
7:00 PM Stanley Kubrick THE MAN BETWEEN: JAMES MASON
08/06/2010 JULIUS CAESAR
7:00 PM Joseph L. Mankiewicz THE MAN BETWEEN: JAMES MASON
10/06/2010 THE SEVENTH VEIL
7:00 PM Compton Bennett THE MAN BETWEEN: JAMES MASON
11/06/2010 RASHOMON
7:00 PM Akira Kurosawa AKIRA KUROSAWA: CENTENARY OF A SENSEI
11/06/2010 THRONE OF BLOOD
8:45 PM Akira Kurosawa AKIRA KUROSAWA: CENTENARY OF A SENSEI
12/06/2010 DRUNKEN ANGEL
7:00 PM Akira Kurosawa AKIRA KUROSAWA: CENTENARY OF A SENSEI
12/06/2010 STRAY DOG
9:00 PM Akira Kurosawa AKIRA KUROSAWA: CENTENARY OF A SENSEI
13/06/2010 LOLITA
4:00 PM Stanley Kubrick THE MAN BETWEEN: JAMES MASON
13/06/2010 SEVEN SAMURAI
7:00 PM Akira Kurosawa AKIRA KUROSAWA: CENTENARY OF A SENSEI
14/06/2010 ODD MAN OUT
7:00 PM Carol Reed THE MAN BETWEEN: JAMES MASON
15/06/2010 SANSHIRO SUGATA
7:00 PM Akira Kurosawa AKIRA KUROSAWA: CENTENARY OF A SENSEI
17/06/2010 THE MAN BETWEEN
7:00 PM Carol Reed THE MAN BETWEEN: JAMES MASON
17/06/2010 THE DEADLY AFFAIR
9:00 PM Sidney Lumet THE MAN BETWEEN: JAMES MASON
18/06/2010 RIO BRAVO
7:00 PM Howard Hawks PERSONAL VIEWS: A TRIBUTE TO ROBIN WOOD
18/06/2010 WRONG AGAIN
7:00 PM Leo McCarey PERSONAL VIEWS: A TRIBUTE TO ROBIN WOOD
19/06/2010 SANJURO
7:00 PM Akira Kurosawa AKIRA KUROSAWA: CENTENARY OF A SENSEI
19/06/2010 THE CHASE
9:15 PM Arthur Penn PERSONAL VIEWS: A TRIBUTE TO ROBIN WOOD
20/06/2010 SANJURO
4:00 PM Akira Kurosawa AKIRA KUROSAWA: CENTENARY OF A SENSEI
20/06/2010 THE IDIOT
7:00 PM Akira Kurosawa AKIRA KUROSAWA: CENTENARY OF A SENSEI
22/06/2010 PANDORA AND THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
7:00 PM Albert Lewin THE MAN BETWEEN: JAMES MASON
24/06/2010 THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
7:00 PM Akira Kurosawa AKIRA KUROSAWA: CENTENARY OF A SENSEI
24/06/2010 CODE INCONNU
8:45 PM Michael Haneke PERSONAL VIEWS: A TRIBUTE TO ROBIN WOOD
25/06/2010 LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN
7:00 PM Max Ophüls PERSONAL VIEWS: A TRIBUTE TO ROBIN WOOD
25/06/2010 YOJIMBO
9:00 PM Akira Kurosawa AKIRA KUROSAWA: CENTENARY OF A SENSEI
26/06/2010 NO REGRETS FOR OUR YOUTH
7:00 PM Akira Kurosawa AKIRA KUROSAWA: CENTENARY OF A SENSEI
26/06/2010 DAY OF THE DEAD
9:15 PM George Romero PERSONAL VIEWS: A TRIBUTE TO ROBIN WOOD
27/06/2010 LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN
4:00 PM Max Ophüls PERSONAL VIEWS: A TRIBUTE TO ROBIN WOOD
27/06/2010 IKIRU
6:00 PM Akira Kurosawa AKIRA KUROSAWA: CENTENARY OF A SENSEI
28/06/2010 MARNIE
7:00 PM Alfred Hitchcock PERSONAL VIEWS: A TRIBUTE TO ROBIN WOOD
29/06/2010 THE QUIET DUEL
7:00 PM Akira Kurosawa AKIRA KUROSAWA: CENTENARY OF A SENSEI
29/06/2010 THEY WHO TREAD ON THE TIGER’S TAIL
7:00 PM Akira Kurosawa AKIRA KUROSAWA: CENTENARY OF A SENSEI
30/06/2010 THE FAR SHORE
7:00 PM Joyce Wieland THE FAR SHORE

July

01/07/2010 THE LOWER DEPTHS
7:00 PM Akira Kurosawa AKIRA KUROSAWA: CENTENARY OF A SENSEI
01/07/2010 LOYALTIES
9:30 PM Anne Wheeler PERSONAL VIEWS: A TRIBUTE TO ROBIN WOOD
02/07/2010 DAYS AND NIGHTS IN THE FOREST
7:00 PM Satyajit Ray PERSONAL VIEWS: A TRIBUTE TO ROBIN WOOD
02/07/2010 LIFE CLASSES
9:15 PM William MacGillivray PERSONAL VIEWS: A TRIBUTE TO ROBIN WOOD
03/07/2010 SCANDAL
7:00 PM Akira Kurosawa AKIRA KUROSAWA: CENTENARY OF A SENSEI
03/07/2010 SANSHO THE BAILIFF
9:15 PM Kenji Mizoguchi PERSONAL VIEWS: A TRIBUTE TO ROBIN WOOD
04/07/2010 I LIVE IN FEAR
4:00 PM Akira Kurosawa AKIRA KUROSAWA: CENTENARY OF A SENSEI
04/07/2010 RED BEARD
6:30 PM Akira Kurosawa AKIRA KUROSAWA: CENTENARY OF A SENSEI
05/07/2010 A STAR IS BORN
7:00 PM George Cukor THE MAN BETWEEN: JAMES MASON
06/07/2010 ONE WONDERFUL SUNDAY
7:00 PM Akira Kurosawa AKIRA KUROSAWA: CENTENARY OF A SENSEI
08/07/2010 MAMMA ROMA
7:00 PM Pier Paolo Pasolini PIER PAOLO PASOLINI: THE POET OF CONTAMINATION
08/07/2010 MARNIE
9:15 PM Alfred Hitchcock PERSONAL VIEWS: A TRIBUTE TO ROBIN WOOD
09/07/2010 ACCATTONE
7:00 PM Pier Paolo Pasolini PIER PAOLO PASOLINI: THE POET OF CONTAMINATION
09/07/2010 MEDEA
9:15 PM Pier Paolo Pasolini PIER PAOLO PASOLINI: THE POET OF CONTAMINATION
10/07/2010 TEOREMA
7:00 PM Pier Paolo Pasolini PIER PAOLO PASOLINI: THE POET OF CONTAMINATION
10/07/2010 DREAMS
9:00 PM Akira Kurosawa AKIRA KUROSAWA: CENTENARY OF A SENSEI
11/07/2010 MAMMA ROMA
4:00 PM Pier Paolo Pasolini PIER PAOLO PASOLINI: THE POET OF CONTAMINATION
11/07/2010 THE BAD SLEEP WELL
6:30 PM Akira Kurosawa AKIRA KUROSAWA: CENTENARY OF A SENSEI
12/07/2010 LA RABBIA DI PASOLINI
7:00 PM Pier Paolo Pasolini PIER PAOLO PASOLINI: THE POET OF CONTAMINATION
13/07/2010 HIGH AND LOW
7:00 PM Akira Kurosawa AKIRA KUROSAWA: CENTENARY OF A SENSEI
14/07/2010 MAMMA ROMA
7:00 PM Pier Paolo Pasolini PIER PAOLO PASOLINI: THE POET OF CONTAMINATION
15/07/2010 SEEKING LOCATIONS IN PALESTINE FOR THE FILM THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW
7:00 PM Pier Paolo Pasolini PIER PAOLO PASOLINI: THE POET OF CONTAMINATION
15/07/2010 THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW
7:00 PM Pier Paolo Pasolini PIER PAOLO PASOLINI: THE POET OF CONTAMINATION
16/07/2010 HAWKS AND SPARROWS
7:00 PM Pier Paolo Pasolini PIER PAOLO PASOLINI: THE POET OF CONTAMINATION
16/07/2010 LOVE MEETINGS
9:00 PM Pier Paolo Pasolini PIER PAOLO PASOLINI: THE POET OF CONTAMINATION
17/07/2010 RHAPSODY IN AUGUST
7:00 PM Akira Kurosawa AKIRA KUROSAWA: CENTENARY OF A SENSEI
17/07/2010 LA RICOTTA
9:15 PM Pier Paolo Pasolini PIER PAOLO PASOLINI: THE POET OF CONTAMINATION
17/07/2010 NOTES FOR AN AFRICAN ORESTEIA
9:15 PM Pier Paolo Pasolini PIER PAOLO PASOLINI: THE POET OF CONTAMINATION
17/07/2010 WALLS OF SANA’A
9:15 PM Pier Paolo Pasolini PIER PAOLO PASOLINI: THE POET OF CONTAMINATION
18/07/2010 RAN
4:00 PM Akira Kurosawa AKIRA KUROSAWA: CENTENARY OF A SENSEI
18/07/2010 THE HIDDEN FORTRESS
7:30 PM Akira Kurosawa AKIRA KUROSAWA: CENTENARY OF A SENSEI
19/07/2010 DODES’KA-DEN
7:00 PM Akira Kurosawa AKIRA KUROSAWA: CENTENARY OF A SENSEI
20/07/2010 OEDIPUS REX
7:00 PM Pier Paolo Pasolini PIER PAOLO PASOLINI: THE POET OF CONTAMINATION
22/07/2010 BARBE BLEUE
7:00 PM Catherine Breillat CATHERINE BREILLAT’S ANATOMIES OF DESIRE
22/07/2010 THE CANTERBURY TALES
9:00 PM Pier Paolo Pasolini PIER PAOLO PASOLINI: THE POET OF CONTAMINATION
23/07/2010 FAT GIRL
7:00 PM Catherine Breillat CATHERINE BREILLAT’S ANATOMIES OF DESIRE
23/07/2010 SEX IS COMEDY
9:00 PM Catherine Breillat CATHERINE BREILLAT’S ANATOMIES OF DESIRE
24/07/2010 THE DECAMERON
7:00 PM Pier Paolo Pasolini PIER PAOLO PASOLINI: THE POET OF CONTAMINATION
24/07/2010 UNE VRAIE JEUNE FILLE
9:15 PM Catherine Breillat CATHERINE BREILLAT’S ANATOMIES OF DESIRE
25/07/2010 KAGEMUSHA
4:00 PM Akira Kurosawa AKIRA KUROSAWA: CENTENARY OF A SENSEI
26/07/2010 THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
7:00 PM Pier Paolo Pasolini PIER PAOLO PASOLINI: THE POET OF CONTAMINATION
27/07/2010 DERSU UZALA
7:00 PM Akira Kurosawa AKIRA KUROSAWA: CENTENARY OF A SENSEI
29/07/2010 BARBE BLEUE
7:00 PM Catherine Breillat CATHERINE BREILLAT’S ANATOMIES OF DESIRE
29/07/2010 LA CARRIÈRE DE SUZANNE PRECEDED BY LA BOULANGÈRE DE MONCEAU
8:45 PM (various) IN MEMORIAM: ERIC ROHMER (1920-2010) — ROHMER’S SIX MORAL TALES
30/07/2010 MA NUIT CHEZ MAUD
7:00 PM Eric Rohmer IN MEMORIAM: ERIC ROHMER (1920-2010) — ROHMER’S SIX MORAL TALES
30/07/2010 SALE COMME UN ANGE
9:15 PM Catherine Breillat CATHERINE BREILLAT’S ANATOMIES OF DESIRE
31/07/2010 LA COLLECTIONNEUSE
7:00 PM Eric Rohmer IN MEMORIAM: ERIC ROHMER (1920-2010) — ROHMER’S SIX MORAL TALES
31/07/2010 POLICE
9:00 PM Maurice Pialat CATHERINE BREILLAT’S ANATOMIES OF DESIRE

August

01/08/2010 THE DECAMERON
4:00 PM Pier Paolo Pasolini PIER PAOLO PASOLINI: THE POET OF CONTAMINATION
01/08/2010 THE CANTERBURY TALES
7:00 PM Pier Paolo Pasolini PIER PAOLO PASOLINI: THE POET OF CONTAMINATION
01/08/2010 THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
9:15 PM Pier Paolo Pasolini PIER PAOLO PASOLINI: THE POET OF CONTAMINATION
02/08/2010 MADADAYO
7:00 PM Akira Kurosawa AKIRA KUROSAWA: CENTENARY OF A SENSEI
03/08/2010 SALÃ’, OR THE 120 DAYS OF SODOM
7:00 PM Pier Paolo Pasolini PIER PAOLO PASOLINI: THE POET OF CONTAMINATION
05/08/2010 LE GENOU DE CLAIRE
7:00 PM Eric Rohmer IN MEMORIAM: ERIC ROHMER (1920-2010) — ROHMER’S SIX MORAL TALES
05/08/2010 PARFAIT AMOUR!
9:00 PM Catherine Breillat CATHERINE BREILLAT’S ANATOMIES OF DESIRE
06/08/2010 PORCILE
7:00 PM Pier Paolo Pasolini PIER PAOLO PASOLINI: THE POET OF CONTAMINATION
06/08/2010 L’AMOUR L’APRÈS-MIDI
9:15 PM Eric Rohmer IN MEMORIAM: ERIC ROHMER (1920-2010) — ROHMER’S SIX MORAL TALES
07/08/2010 MA NUIT CHEZ MAUD
7:00 PM Eric Rohmer IN MEMORIAM: ERIC ROHMER (1920-2010) — ROHMER’S SIX MORAL TALES
07/08/2010 36 FILLETTE
9:15 PM Catherine Breillat CATHERINE BREILLAT’S ANATOMIES OF DESIRE
08/08/2010 LE GENOU DE CLAIRE
4:00 PM Eric Rohmer IN MEMORIAM: ERIC ROHMER (1920-2010) — ROHMER’S SIX MORAL TALES
08/08/2010 IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES
6:30 PM Nagisa Oshima CATHERINE BREILLAT’S ANATOMIES OF DESIRE
09/08/2010 UNE VIEILLE MAÃŽTRESSE
7:00 PM Catherine Breillat CATHERINE BREILLAT’S ANATOMIES OF DESIRE
10/08/2010 L’AMOUR L’APRÈS-MIDI
7:00 PM Eric Rohmer IN MEMORIAM: ERIC ROHMER (1920-2010) — ROHMER’S SIX MORAL TALES
12/08/2010 ROMANCE
7:00 PM Catherine Breillat CATHERINE BREILLAT’S ANATOMIES OF DESIRE
13/08/2010 TAPAGE NOCTURNE
7:00 PM Catherine Breillat CATHERINE BREILLAT’S ANATOMIES OF DESIRE
14/08/2010 BRÈVE TRAVERSÉE
7:00 PM Catherine Breillat CATHERINE BREILLAT’S ANATOMIES OF DESIRE
14/08/2010 ANATOMY OF HELL
8:45 PM Catherine Breillat CATHERINE BREILLAT’S ANATOMIES OF DESIRE
15/08/2010 LAST TANGO IN PARIS
4:00 PM Bernardo Bertolucci CATHERINE BREILLAT’S ANATOMIES OF DESIRE
26/08/2010 PIXOTE
7:00 PM Hector Babenco JULIAN SCHNABEL: CARTE BLANCHE
26/08/2010 BEFORE NIGHT FALLS
9:30 PM Julian Schnabel JULIAN SCHNABEL: CARTE BLANCHE

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