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Today, The Criterion Collection announced their March 2022 releases. Other than Le cercle rouge<\/em>, which re-enters the collection in 4K, I haven’t seen any of them! See them below!<\/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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March 8, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Adoption<\/i><\/b>\u00a0(1975)
\n<\/i><\/b>d. M\u00e1rta M\u00e9sz\u00e1ros<\/p>\n

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

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Trailblazing auteur M\u00e1rta M\u00e9sz\u00e1ros gives aching expression to the experiences of women in 1970s Hungary in this sensitive and absorbing drama, which became the first film directed by a woman to win the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival. Through intimate camera work, Adoption <\/em>immerses the viewer in the worlds of two women, each searching for fulfillment: Kata (Katalin Berek), a middle-aged factory worker who wants to have a child with her married lover, and Anna (Gy\u00f6ngyv\u00e9r V\u00edgh), a teenage ward of the state determined to emancipate herself in order to marry her boyfriend. The bond that forms between the two speaks quietly but powerfully to the social and political forces that shape women\u2019s lives, as each navigates the realities of love, marriage, and motherhood in her quest for self-determination.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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March 15, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Le cercle rouge<\/i>\u00a0<\/strong>(1970) – 4K
\n<\/em>d. Jean-Pierre Melville<\/p>\n

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

Alain Delon plays a master thief, fresh out of prison, who crosses paths with a notorious escapee (Gian Maria Volont\u00e8) and an alcoholic ex-cop (Yves Montand). The unlikely trio plot a heist, against impossible odds, until a relentless inspector and their own pasts seal their fates. With its honorable antiheroes, coolly atmospheric cinematography, and breathtaking set pieces, Le cercle rouge<\/em> is the quintessential film by Jean-Pierre Melville\u2014the master of ambiguous, introspective crime cinema.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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March 22, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"The Flight of the Phoenix<\/i><\/b>\u00a0(1965)
\n<\/em>d. Robert Aldrich<\/p>\n

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

A downed airplane is a motley group of men\u2019s only protection from the relentless desert sun, in this psychologically charged disaster epic, one of the all-time great survival movies. James Stewart is the veteran pilot whose Benghazi-bound plane\u2014carrying passengers played by an unshaven ensemble of screen icons including Richard Attenborough, Ernest Borgnine, Ian Bannen, Dan Duryea, Peter Finch, and George Kennedy\u2014crash-lands in the remote Sahara. As tensions simmer among the survivors, they find themselves forced to trust a coldly logical engineer (Hardy Kr\u00fcger) whose plan to get them out may just be crazy enough to work\u2014or could kill them all. Directed with characteristic punch by Hollywood iconoclast Robert Aldrich, The Flight of the Phoenix<\/em> balances adventure with human drama as it conducts a surprising and complex examination of authority, honor, and camaraderie among desperate men.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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March 29, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"The Last Walz<\/i><\/b> (1978) 4K
\n<\/em>d. Martin Scorsese<\/p>\n

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

More than just one of the greatest concert films ever made, The Last Waltz <\/em>is an at once ecstatic and elegiac summation of a vital era in American rock music. Invited to document the farewell performance of the legendary group the Band at San Francisco\u2019s Winterland Ballroom on Thanksgiving, 1976, Martin Scorsese conceived a new kind of music documentary. Enlisting seven camera operators (including renowned cinematographers Vilmos Zsigmond, L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Kov\u00e1cs, and Michael Chapman) and art director Boris Leven to design the strikingly theatrical sets, Scorsese created a grandly immersive experience that brings viewers onstage and inside the music itself. That music\u2014as performed by the Band and a host of other generation-defining artists, including Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, the Staple Singers, Muddy Waters, and Neil Young\u2014lives on as an almost religious expression of the transcendent possibilities of rock and roll.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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March 29, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"love jones<\/i><\/b> (1997)
\n<\/em>d. Theodore Witcher<\/p>\n

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

Steeped in the bohemian cool of Chicago\u2019s 1990s Black creative scene, love jones\u2014<\/em>the smart, sexy, and stylish debut feature of writer-director Theodore Witcher\u2014is a love story for anyone who has ever wondered: How do I know when I\u2019ve found the one? Larenz Tate and Nia Long have magnetism and chemistry to burn as the striving, artistically talented twentysomethings\u2014he\u2019s a poet, she\u2019s a photographer\u2014who spark over their love of literature and jazz, but whose mutual reluctance to commit to a relationship leaves them both navigating an emotional minefield of confusion, jealousy, and regrets. Velvety cinematography; an unforgettable, eclectic soundtrack; sophisticated dialogue; and refreshingly low-key, naturalistic performances by an ensemble cast that also includes Isaiah Washington, Lisa Nicole Carson, Bill Bellamy, Bernadette Speakes, and Leonard Roberts come together in an intoxicating, seductively moody romance that engages both the heart and the mind.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n