The Criterion Assortment has introduced their July 2025 slate of titles, delivering Stanley Kubrick, a movie noir basic, an underrated New Hollywood gem, and extra. Let’s take a look at what Criterion has in retailer:
First up is Fritz Lang’s The Massive Warmth (backbone #1269), a scorcher of a noir that gives Glenn Ford and femme fatale Gloria Grahame in a few of their best performances (and don’t neglect Lee Marvin!). With stellar black and white cinematography by Charles Lang (no relation), The Massive Warmth stands out in a decade crowded with a few of the best movie noirs ever. Particular options embrace two new commentaries, an archival audio interview with director Lang (co-conducted by Peter Boganovich) and interviews with filmmakers Michael Mann and Martin Scorsese.
A nice addition is 1971’s Carnal Data (backbone #1270), one among simply three Mike Nichols movies featured within the assortment. I at all times thought-about Carnal Data one of the underappreciated movies to come back out of the New Hollywood, with a top-tier Jack Nicholson efficiency and a flip from Ann-Margret that ought to have received an Oscar. And who doesn’t like seeing this bizarre little performances from Artwork Garfunkel? Particular options embrace a brand new audio commentary by filmmaker Neil LaBute, a brand new program centering round Nichols, a brand new interview with historian Bobbie O’Steen, a 2011 dialog between Nichols and Jason Reitman, and a Q&A with screenwriter Jules Feiffer.
One of many early Mark Ruffalo standout performances comes within the type of 2000’s You Can Depend on Me (backbone #1271), the place he stars alongside Laura Linney as a brother-sister pair making do within the aftermath of their mother and father’ demise. Particular options embrace an audio commentary with author/director Kenneth Lonergan in addition to new interviews with Lonergan and actors Matthew Broderick, Laura Linney and Mark Ruffalo.
Rounding out the brand new additions in Criterion’s July lineup is final 12 months’s All We Think about as Mild, which hit their streaming service, The Criterion Channel, simply final month. Particular options are slim on this title, with solely an interview with director Payal Kapadia.
Main the 4K upgrades is Stanley Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon, which as soon as stood as one among his most underseen however has, even up to now decade, gone on to be one among his most important movies. Whereas Criterion did a terrific job with the unique launch again in 2017, that it’s lastly hitting 4K to indicate off a few of the most beautiful cinematography you’ll ever discover makes it one of the anticipated dwelling video releases of the 12 months. There aren’t any new particular options.
And rounding out Criterion’s July slate is the field set Adventures of Antoine Doinel, which tracks the life, loves and losses of François Truffaut’s signature character. The movie consists of all 4 options – The 400 Blows (backbone #5), Stolen Kisses (backbone #186), Mattress and Board (backbone #187), and Love on the Run (backbone #188) – in addition to the 1962 brief movie Antoine and Colette.
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