JANUARY 2008   NEW RELEASES
It's the start of a fresh year, and as we look forward to all that 2008 will bring, we can't resist taking a last look back at the slew of new directors we happily welcomed into the Criterion Collection in 2007 (including Lindsay Anderson, Monte Hellman, John Huston, Terrence Malick, David Mamet, Chris Marker, and Hiroshi Teshigahara, to name just a few). And we're looking forward to introducing a lot more in 2008—so keep your eyes peeled for Ang Lee, Anthony Mann, Claude Sautet, and a host of other estimable names.

Happy viewing!
4 BY AGNÈS VARDA
Angès Varda

“A full-fledged visual filmmaker . . . Varda sustains an unsentimental yet subjective tone that is almost unique in the history of movies.”
—Pauline Kael
 
  Agnès Varda's made some of the most indelible French films of the past fifty years and is also often credited with creating a cinematic style that anticipated the French new wave. And this month she’s the subject of a four-disc box set, 4 by Agnès Varda, which includes new, restored digital transfers of La Pointe Courte, Cléo from 5 to 7, Le bonheur, and Vagabond, supervised by the director herself, as well as a host of Varda’s documentary and fiction shorts, new and archival interviews with actors from the films, trailers, and much more! We’re so pleased to have collaborated with this unique film artist.
THE NAKED PREY
Cornel Wilde

“A classic epic of survival!”
—Time

 
MISS JULIE
Alf Sjöberg

“Powerful . . . Done with brilliant artistry.”
—Film Daily
THIS SPORTING LIFE
Lindsay Anderson

“A smashing victory . . . Tough and genuine.”
—New York Times

COMING IN FEBRUARY

Pierrot le fou
Walker
The Last Emperor
Eclipse Series 8: Lubitsch Musicals
 
  TOP TEN CRITERIONS BY TOM SCHNABEL
  Music director at Los Angeles’s KCRW radio station, Tom Schnabel started the daily program Morning Becomes Eclectic in the 1980s, first bringing world music to U.S. radio with such artists as Buena Vista Social Club, Ravi Shankar, and Caetano Veloso. Schnabel is also currently the program adviser for the Hollywood Bowl and the Walt Disney Concert Hall.

1. Trouble in Paradise
2. La strada
3. Children of Paradise
4. M. Hulot’s Holiday
5. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
6. The Wages of Fear
7. Woman in the Dunes
8. Tokyo Olympiad
9. Unfaithfully Yours
10. And God Created Woman

Click here to read Schnabel's thoughts on his top ten.
   
 
  MUGS AND LONG SLEEVES
 


Now available for the first time at the Criterion store: long-sleeved Criterion and Janus T-shirts! These fitted, lightweight cotton shirts come printed with either the Janus Films coin or the Criterion C logo on the front. Also available now: Criterion coffee mugs, with a superchic matte finish. Get one, or a pair, and curl up with Fanny and Alexander and a warm cup of cocoa.
 
  CONTEST
 

Congratulations to the winner of last month’s “wacky animal” contest, Stephen Royale, who will receive not only a free Criterion DVD of his choice but also an original wacky animal illustration, signed by the artist. Two runners-up, Joshua Ostrander and Mike Emmons, will receive Criterion T-shirts.
     
 
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