{"id":29084,"date":"2021-07-15T14:04:23","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T18:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/?p=29084"},"modified":"2021-07-15T14:09:26","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T18:09:26","slug":"the-criterion-collection-announces-october-2021-releases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2021\/07\/15\/the-criterion-collection-announces-october-2021-releases\/","title":{"rendered":"The Criterion Collection Announces October 2021 Releases"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Criterion Collection has announced what they’ll be releasing in October 2021. There are six new releases, among which we get two upgrades — Onibaba<\/em> and Ratcatcher<\/em>. I’m excited for each of these!<\/p>\n

The blurbs are from The Criterion Collection\u2019s website (so are the links)\u00a0\u2014 go there to see the details on the supplements.<\/p>\n

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October 5, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Onibaba<\/i><\/b>\u00a0(1964)
\n<\/i><\/b>d. Kaneto Shindo<\/p>\n

From The Criterion Collection<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n

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Deep in the windswept marshes of war-torn medieval Japan, an impoverished older woman and her daughter-in-law murder lost samurai and sell their belongings for the most meager of sustenance. When a bedraggled neighbor returns from battle, lust, jealousy, and rage threaten to destroy the trio\u2019s tenuous existence, before an ominous, ill-gotten demon mask seals their horrifying fate. Driven by primal emotions, dark eroticism, a frenzied score by Hikaru Hayashi, and stunning images both lyrical and macabre, the chilling folktale Onibaba<\/em> by Kaneto Shindo conjures a nightmarish vision of humankind\u2019s deepest desires and impulses.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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October 12, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"High Sierra<\/i>\u00a0<\/strong>(1941)
\n<\/em>d. Raoul Walsh<\/p>\n

From\u00a0The Criterion Collection<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n

Marking the moment when the gritty gangster sagas of the 1930s began giving way to the romantic fatalism of 1940s film noir, High Sierra<\/em> also contains the star-making performance of Humphrey Bogart, who, alongside top-billed Ida Lupino, proved his leading-man mettle with his tough yet tender turn as Roy Earle. A career criminal plagued by his checkered past, Earle longs for a simpler life, but after getting sprung on parole, he falls in with a band of thieves for one last heist in the Sierra Nevada. Directed with characteristic punch by Raoul Walsh\u2014who makes the most of the vertiginous mountain location\u2014Roy and Lupino\u2019s Marie, a fellow outcast also desperate to escape her past, hurtle inexorably toward an unforgettable cliffside climax and a rendezvous with destiny.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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October 19, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"The Incredible Shrinking Man<\/i><\/b>\u00a0(1957)
\n<\/em>d. Jack Arnold<\/p>\n

From\u00a0The Criterion Collection<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n

Existentialism goes pop in this benchmark of atomic-age science fiction, a superlative adaptation of a novel by the legendary Richard Matheson that has awed and unnerved generations of viewers with the question, What is humanity\u2019s place amid the infinity of the universe? Six months after being exposed to a mysterious radiation cloud, suburban everyman Scott Carey (Grant Williams) finds himself becoming smaller . . . and smaller . . . and smaller\u2014until he\u2019s left to fend for himself in a world in which ordinary cats, mousetraps, and spiders pose a mortal threat, all while grappling with a diminishing sense of himself. Directed by the prolific creature-feature impresario Jack Arnold with ingenious optical effects and a transcendent metaphysical ending, The Incredible Shrinking Man<\/em>gazes with wonder and trepidation into the unknowable vastness of the cosmic void.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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October 19, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Ratcatcher<\/b><\/em> (1999)
\n<\/em>d. Lynne Ramsay<\/p>\n

From\u00a0The Criterion Collection<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n

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In her breathtaking and assured debut feature, Lynne Ramsay creates a haunting evocation of a troubled Glasgow childhood. Set during Scotland\u2019s national garbage strike of the mid-1970s, Ratcatcher<\/em>explores the experiences of a poor adolescent boy as he struggles to reconcile his dreams and his guilt with the abjection that surrounds him. Utilizing beautiful, elusive imagery, candid performances, and unexpected humor, Ramsay deftly contrasts urban decay with a rich interior landscape of hope and perseverance, resulting in a work at once raw and deeply poetic.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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October 26, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Uncut Gems\u00a0<\/i><\/b>(2019)
\n<\/em>d. Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie<\/p>\n

From\u00a0The Criterion Collection<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n

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This jolt of pure cinematic adrenaline affirmed directors Josh and Benny Safdie as heirs to the gritty, heightened realism of Martin Scorsese and John Cassavetes. Adam Sandler delivers an almost maniacally embodied performance as Howard Ratner, a fast-talking New York jeweler in relentless pursuit of the next big score. When he comes into possession of a rare opal, it seems Howard\u2019s ship has finally come in\u2014as long as he can stay one step ahead of a wife (Idina Menzel) who hates him, a mistress (Julia Fox) who can\u2019t quit him, and a frenzy of loan sharks and hit men closing in on him. Wrapping a vivid look at the old-school Jewish world of Manhattan\u2019s Diamond District within a kinetic thriller, Uncut Gems<\/em> gives us one of the great characters in modern cinema: a tragic hero of competing compulsions on a shoot-the-moon quest to transcend his destiny.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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October 26, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Devi\u00a0<\/i><\/b>(1960)
\n<\/em>d. Satyajit Ray<\/p>\n

From\u00a0The Criterion Collection<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n

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Master filmmaker Satyajit Ray explores the conflict between fanaticism and free will in Devi <\/em>(The Goddess<\/em>), <\/em>issuing a subversively modern challenge to religious orthodoxy and patriarchal power structures. In the waning days of mid-nineteenth-century India\u2019s feudal system, after his son Soumitra Chatterjee) leaves for Kolkata to complete his studies, a wealthy rural landowner (Chhabi Biswas) is seized by the notion that his beloved daughter-in-law (a hauntingly sad-eyed Sharmila Tagore) is the reincarnation of the goddess Kali\u2014a delusion that proves devastating to the young woman and those around her. The opulently stylized compositions and the chiaroscuro lighting by cinematographer Subrata Mitra heighten the entrancing expressionistic intensity of this domestic tragedy, making for an experience that is both sublime and shattering.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n