Criterion Channel features another great lineup of amazing classic and contemporary films, plus curated collections featuring select subgenres, filmmakers, and more. Among some of the collections Criterion is showing this month are Beyond Blacksploitation, featuring 21 films and a new introduction by Racquel J. Gates; a selection of films selected by Ethan Hawke that celebrate Texas creators and stories; Asian-American Films 2000-2009, with presentations by Brian Hu and Chi-hui Yang; 7 movies from Guru Dutt, often described as “the Orson Welles of Indian cinema”; and 17 films with Delphine Seyrig.
The full list of new movies on Criterion Channel in April 2022 is below.
3 Villains, John Ford, 1926
Aar paar, Guru Dutt, 1954
Crash, Joseph Losey, 1967
ACROSS 110TH STREET, Barry Shear, 1972
Adam, Maryam Touzani, 2019
Baaz, Guru Dutt, 1953
Balikbayan, Laryn Sanchez and Riza Manalo, 2004
Barrier Device, Grace Lee, 2002
Baxter, Vera Baxter, Marguerite Duras, 1977
Be pretty and shut up!, Delphine Seyrig, 1981
Betrayal, Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath, 2008
Black Belt Jones, Robert Clouse, 1974
black caesar, larry cohen, 1973
The Black Watch, John Ford, 1929
BLUE VELVET, David Lynch, 1986
Body in dissidence, Ufuoma Essi, 2021
Boom for Real: The End of Adolescence by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Sara Driver, 2017*
Born Reckless, John Ford, 1930
Tearing down the walls, Phil Collins, 2020
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson, Robert Altman, 1976
Cavite, Ian Gamazon, Neill Dela Llana, 2005
The maid, Lila Avilés, 2018
Chaudhvin ka chand, Mr Sadiq, 1960
Colma: The Musical, Richard Wong, 2006
Daughters of Darkness, Harry Kümel, 1971
Deep Blues, Robert Mugge, 1992
A demonstration, Sasha Litvintseva and Beny Wagner, 2020
Doctor Bull, John Ford, 1933
A Doll‘s House, Joseph Losey, 1973
First person plural, Deann Borshay Liem, 2000
FOUR SONS, John Ford, 1928
France, Bruno Dumont, 2021
Friday Foster, Arthur Marks, 1975
Go Home, Hung Nguyen, 2006
Hawks and Sparrows, Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1966
One Hell of a Note, Eagle Pennell, 1977
How Green Was My Valley, John Ford, 1941
I was born, but . . . , Roddy Bogawa, 2004
Between the Days, So Yong Kim, 2006
In Search of Guru Dutt, Nasreen Munni Kabir, 1989
In space, Visra Vichit-Vadakan, 2009
Indian song, Marguerite Duras, 1975
JD’s Revenge, Arthur Marks, 1976
Jane Eyre, Robert Young, 1997
Journey from the Fall, Ham Tran, 2006
Judge Priest, John Ford, 1934
Paper flowers, Guru Dutt, 1959
Pride of Kentucky, John Ford, 1925
THE KING OF TEXAS, Rene Pinnell, Claire Huie, 2008
LAST NIGHT AT THE ALAMO, Eagle Pennell, 1983
The Last Picture Show, Peter Bogdanovich, 1971
Last year in Marienbad, Alain Resnais, 1961
Letter from your distant country, Suneil Sanzgiri, 2020
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, John Huston, 1972
Loose Corner, Anita Thacher, 1986
Maat, Fox Maxy, 2020
Mamartuile, Alejandro Saïvitch, 2017
MANHUNT, Fritz Lang, 1941
Melting Snow, Janah Elise Cox, 2021
MEN WITHOUT WOMEN, John Ford, 1930
The Milky Way, Luis Buñuel, 1969
ministry of fear, fritz lang, 1944
Mr & Mrs ’55, Guru Dutt, 1955
my favorite software is being here, Alison Nguyen, 2021
My worst nightmare, Anne Fontaine, 2011
A New England Document, Che Applewhitee, 2020
Original Gangstas, Fred Williamson and Larry Cohen, 1996
Pilgrimage, John Ford, 1933
Hacked!, Hoang Tan Nguyen, 2000
Punch in the sun, Tanuj Chopra, 2006
Pyaasa, Guru Dutt, 1957
Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog, Yoichi Sai, 2004
Reckless Eyeballing, Christopher Harris, 2004
Refugee, Spencer Nakasako, 2003
The Dress, Henry Koster, 1953
Sahib bibi aur ghulam, Abrar Alvi, 1962
Sangam, Prashant Bhargava, 2004
Saving Face, Alice Wu, 2004*
Seven Women, Seven Sins, Maxi Cohen, Laurence Gavron, Bette Gordon, Helke Sander, Ulrike Ottinger, Chantal Akerman and Valie Export, 1986
Shaft’s big score! , Gordon Parks, 1972
Steamboat Round the Bend, John Ford, 1935
SUGAR HILL, Paul Maslansky, 1974
Summer of the Snake, Kimi Takesue, 2004
Thomasine and Bushrod, Gordon Parks Jr., 1974
Three the Hard Way, Gordon Parks Jr., 1974
Thriller, Sally Potter, 1980
Through the night, Loira limbal, 2020
TOBACCO ROAD, John Ford, 1941
Top of the Heap, Christopher St. John, 1972
Trouble Man, Ivan Dixon, 1972
TRUCK TURNER, Jonathan Kaplan, 1974
Two Sons and a River of Blood, Amber Bemak and Angelo Madsen Minax, 2021
WHAT PRICE GLORY, John Ford, 1952
Wheel of fortune and fantasy, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, 2021
All the Shooting Match, Eagle Pennell, 1978
Window Breakers, Tze Chun, 2006
THE WORLD GOES ON, John Ford, 1934
YOUNG MR LINCOLN, John Ford, 1939
*Available in the United States only
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