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Evening viewing recommendation? On the Criterion Channel, watch Whit Stillman's METROPOLITAN (1990)—a sparkling comedic chronicle of a young man’s romantic misadventures while trying to fit in to New York City’s debutante society. 🎄 Stillman’s deft, literate dialogue and hilariously highbrow observations earned this first film an Academy Award nomination for best original screenplay. Beneath the wit and sophistication, though, lies a tender tale of adolescent anxiety.

✨Pamela Anderson's Closet Picks!✨The actor and star of THE LAST SHOWGIRL talks about being profoundly inspired by Barbara Loden’s WANDA, shares her passion for the poetry of Abbas Kiarostami, and praises the style and craft of actors like Romy Schneider, Katharine Hepburn, and Jeanne Moreau.✨ THE LAST SHOWGIRL is now playing in Los Angeles and will open in theaters across the country January 10 c/o @roadsideattractionsfilms. @pamelaanderson @lastshowgirl

Jacques Rivette's L'AMOUR FOU (1969) • Now playing on the Criterion Channel! Starring Bulle Ogier and Jean-Pierre Kalfon, this epic portrait of a relationship in breakdown found the French New Wave’s most uncompromising auteur pushing the conventions of cinema to their limit to explore his trademark obsessions with the boundaries between performance and reality, stage and cinema, structure and improvisation, and the modern and the mythic.

A great visit from Harris Dickinson! ✨ You can see Harris in Halina Reijn’s BABYGIRL alongside Nicole Kidman and Antonio Banderas — in theaters this Christmas c/o @a24! Harris's Picks here: MANILA IN THE CLAWS OF LIGHT THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY LIFE IS SWEET

Wishing a very happy birthday to the one and only Gregg Araki! ❤️‍🔥🎞️ Celebrate the New Queer Cinema renegade by watching his TEEN APOCALYPSE TRILOGY on the Criterion Channel — featuring TOTALLY F***ED UP, NOWHERE, and THE DOOM GENERATION alongside a wealth of new interviews, behind the scenes, and so much more!

Our new Janus Contemporaries edition of Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s EVIL DOES NOT EXIST (2023) has entered the collection! 💿 Now 30% OFF during our Holiday sale! Hamaguchi’s much-anticipated follow-up to his Academy Award–winning DRIVE MY CAR is a haunting, suspenseful meditation on humankind’s thorny relationship with nature, consumerism, and itself. Inspired by a collaboration with composer Eiko Ishibashi, the director showcases his masterful command of pacing and atmosphere to uncover the destructive forces lurking beneath the thin veneer of civilization. Our release features a new interview with Hamaguchi and more!

Our new edition of EASTERN CONDORS (1987) has entered the collection! 💿 Now 30% OFF during our Holiday Sale! Legendary actor-director Sammo Hung delivers a bazooka blast of pure adrenaline in this exemplar of Hong Kong action cinema at its most entertaining. Propelled by a dynamic ensemble cast that includes the ever-charismatic Yuen Biao as a black-market trader and a superhuman Yuen Wah as a giggling martial-arts monster, this rip-roaring spectacle offers a nonstop barrage of turbocharged set pieces that defy death, logic, and gravity itself. Featured on our release: •A commentary featuring film critic Tony Rayns •A new interview with actor-director Sammo Hung •Interviews from 2001 with Hung and Yuen Wah •EASTERN CONDORS LIVE!, an onstage performance from the 1987 Miss Asia Pageant •Teaser and trailers •An essay by film critic Sean Gilman •New illustration by @sam.hadley.illustration and more!

Evening viewing recommendation? On Noël Coward’s birthday, watch BRIEF ENCOUNTER (1945) on the Criterion Channel! 🖤 With its evocatively fog-enshrouded setting, swooning Rachmaninoff score, and pair of remarkable performances by Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard, this film, directed by David Lean and based on Coward’s play “Still Life” deftly explores the thrill, pain, and tenderness of an illicit romance, and has influenced many a cinematic brief encounter since its release.

✨Norman Reedus's Closet Picks!✨ The actor and author raves about the visual beauty of THE COLOR OF POMEGRANATES, shares his love for Debbie Harry and her performance in VIDEODROME, and reflects on the formative experience of seeing River Phoenix in MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO as a young actor. ✨ You can see Norman in the first two seasons of THE WALKING DEAD: DARYL DIXON now with the new season coming in 2025. @bigbaldhead

✨Announcing our JANUARY 2025 Criterion Channel lineup!✨ Start the new year with some of our favorite actors: a celebration of Nicole Kidman’s boldness, a new original program exploring Ethan Hawke’s artistry, a sampling of David Bowie’s chameleonic performances, and a collection of surprisingly villainous turns from beloved leading men and women. That’s just the beginning of a slate that also includes paranoid thrillers where someone’s always watching; swoonworthy romantic comedies that turn on deception and disguise; Gen X classics by Cameron Crowe; early work by awards contenders Sean Baker, RaMell Ross, and Brady Corbet; and so much more!

💗💗💗Happy birthday to the truly incomparable Norwegian actor and director Liv Ullmann! 💗💗💗

Evening viewing recommendation? On the Criterion Channel, watch Joel and Ethan Coen's TRUE GRIT (2010)! The Coens deliver a rollicking, masterfully crafted take on the old-fashioned oater, enhanced by the superb performances and Roger Deakins’s beautifully expressive cinematography.