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Criterion Channel @criterionchannl.bsky.social · 6h

Evening viewing recommendation? Watch A BETTER TOMORROW (1986) on our Hong Kong Action Classics collection! The box-office sensation that established director John Woo as the king of 1980s Hong Kong action cinema and set the standard for the heroic bloodshed genre.

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Criterion Channel @criterionchannl.bsky.social · 10h

Check out some of Luca's great Closet Picks on the Criterion Channel! ✨

WORLD OF WONG KAR WAI
THE NAKED KISS
FAT GIRL
SORCERER

Luca Guadagnino’s Closet Picks

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Criterion Channel @criterionchannl.bsky.social · 11h

Yes!

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Lucky McKee @luckymckee.bsky.social · 11h

Highly recommend this one. Loved it.

Criterion Channel @criterionchannl.bsky.social · 2d

☁️ Now streaming exclusively on the Criterion Channel: Kiyoshi Kurosawa's wild new thriller CLOUD! ☁️
Japan's master of suspense strikes again with this hypnotic, darkly funny action-thriller about a young black-market reseller whose online price gouging earns him dangerous enemies.

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Criterion Channel @criterionchannl.bsky.social · 14h

May, from the mind of @luckymckee.bsky.social it's available now on the Criterion Channel as part of the 2000s horror collection.

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Criterion Channel @criterionchannl.bsky.social · 1d

Playful, elegantly crafted, and brimming with some of the most unforgettable images in the director's filmography, Rollin's erotic masterpiece represents Rollin at his very best -venturing outside his usual comfort zones and extending the definition of his filmic universe in the process.

Fascination

Directed by Jean Rollin • 1979 • France Starring Franca Maï, Jean-Marie Lemaire, Brigitte Lahaie Jean Rollin’s erotic masterpiece is often described as a vampire film—yet, more than nearly any other ...

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Criterion Channel @criterionchannl.bsky.social · 1d

Evening viewing recommendation? Watch FASCINATION (1979) in our Scary Sexy: 6 Films by Jean Rollin collection!

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Criterion Channel @criterionchannl.bsky.social · 1d

You can watch Possession as a part of the body horror collection available on the channel.

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Criterion Channel @criterionchannl.bsky.social · 1d

Muy feliz cumpleaños a @realgdt.bsky.social ✨💛 On the channel you can dive into the haunting world of CRONOS (1993), then watch this fantastic conversation about some of his favorite films.

Guillermo del Toro’s Adventures in Moviegoing - The Criterion Channel

The Oscar-winning director of THE SHAPE OF WATER and PAN’S LABYRINTH sat down with MYTHBUSTERS’ Adam Savage to talk about the cinematic inspirations that fuel his flights of phantasmagoria—and to intr...

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Criterion Channel @criterionchannl.bsky.social · 1d

❤️‍🔥Now playing on the Criterion Channel ❤️‍🔥
With his new film MIROIRS NO. 3 playing at the NYFF, watch our edition of Christian Petzold's incandescent seaside summer idyll.

Afire - The Criterion Channel

Directed by Christian Petzold • 2023 • Germany Starring Thomas Schubert, Paula Beer, Langston Uibel While vacationing by the Baltic Sea, writer Leon (Thomas Schubert) and photographer Felix (Langston...

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Carlos Aguilar @carlosfilm.bsky.social · 2d

Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s CLOUD is now streaming on @criterionchannl.bsky.social Back when it played theaters I wrote a piece for NYT on the philosophical questions and concerns that permeate his films: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/m...

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Criterion Channel @criterionchannl.bsky.social · 2d

Once you've watched CLOUD, check out our edition of Kurosawa's horror masterpiece CURE (1997) - featuring interviews, a video essay, and more!
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Cure - The Criterion Channel

Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa • 1997 • Japan Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s arresting international breakthrough established him as one of the leaders of an emerging new wave of Japanese horror while pushing the ...

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Criterion Channel @criterionchannl.bsky.social · 2d

☁️ Now streaming exclusively on the Criterion Channel: Kiyoshi Kurosawa's wild new thriller CLOUD! ☁️
Japan's master of suspense strikes again with this hypnotic, darkly funny action-thriller about a young black-market reseller whose online price gouging earns him dangerous enemies.

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Criterion Channel @criterionchannl.bsky.social · 2d

Enjoy ❤️

Criterion Channel @criterionchannl.bsky.social · 2d

Hope you enjoy

Criterion Channel @criterionchannl.bsky.social · 2d

Next friday!

Criterion Channel @criterionchannl.bsky.social · 2d

Enjoy! ❤️

Criterion Channel @criterionchannl.bsky.social · 2d

Enjoy!

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Criterion Channel @criterionchannl.bsky.social · 2d

Revel in its dazzling color, playful Freudian excess, and the opera of the inner life. A perfect companion to “Lady in the Dark” musical dreamscapes.

Juliet of the Spirits - The Criterion Channel

Directed by Federico Fellini • 1965 • Italy Starring Giulietta Masina, Sandra Milo, Mario Pisu Cinematographer Gianni di Venanzo’s masterful use of Technicolor transforms JULIET OF THE SPIRITS, Felli...

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Criterion Channel @criterionchannl.bsky.social · 2d

Sweet and also bittersweet.

Smooth Talk - The Criterion Channel

Directed by Joyce Chopra • 1985 • United States Starring Laura Dern, Treat Williams, Mary Kay Place Suspended between carefree youth and the harsh realities of the adult world, a teenage girl experie...

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Criterion Channel @criterionchannl.bsky.social · 2d

Lucrecia Martel’s debut simmers with the kind of claustrophobic family tensions Fassbinder mined so relentlessly—here transported to the damp, decaying splendor of provincial Argentina.

La Ciénaga - The Criterion Channel

Criterion Collection Edition #743 Directed by Lucrecia Martel • 2001 • Argentina Starring Martín Adjemián, Diego Baenas, Leonora Balcarce The release of Lucrecia Martel’s LA CIÉNAGA heralded the arr...

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Criterion Channel @criterionchannl.bsky.social · 2d

Lady Snowblood - The Criterion Channel

Directed by Toshiya Fujita • 1973 • Japan Starring Meiko Kaji, Ko Nishimura, Toshio Kurosawa Gory revenge is raised to the level of visual poetry in Toshiya Fujita’s stunning LADY SNOWBLOOD. A major ...

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Criterion Channel @criterionchannl.bsky.social · 2d

This irreverent documentary channels similar fascination with british eccentricity, visual wit and the avant-garde.

The World of Gilbert & George - The Criterion Channel

Directed by Gilbert Prousch and George Passmore • 1981 • United Kingdom Starring Gilbert Prousch, George Passmore See the world through the beautiful, humorous, shocking, and absurd lens of British “...

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Criterion Channel @criterionchannl.bsky.social · 2d

Davies’s autobiographical film shares Leigh’s sensitivity to the textures of working-class life and his gift for finding resonance in the mundane.

The Long Day Closes - The Criterion Channel

Directed by Terence Davies • 1992 • United Kingdom Starring Leigh McCormack, Marjorie Yates, Anthony Watson THE LONG DAY CLOSES is the most gloriously cinematic expression of the unique sensibility o...

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Criterion Channel @criterionchannl.bsky.social · 2d

Myths, friendship, and dazzlingly designed creatures collide as a boy discovers that the world around him is teeming with hidden life and cosmic secrets.

Jellyfish Eyes - The Criterion Channel

Directed by Takashi Murakami • 2013 • Japan Starring Takuto Sueoka, Himeka Asami, Mayu Tsuruta The world-famous artist Takashi Murakami made his directorial debut with JELLYFISH EYES, taking his boun...

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