Celebrate Past Olympics and More on The Criterion Channel in July – Cord Cutters News, LLC

Summer is heating up and so is the Criterion Channels lineup of content. The Tokyo Olympics may be postponed this summer, but you can still celebrate with 100 Years of Olympic Films: 19122012, or get your dose of drama with the Marriage Stories feature on Sunday, July 12.

Heres whats on the Criterion Channel in July:

Friday, July 10

Double Feature: Loving on the Edge

Mala NocheandMy Own Private Idaho

Touchstone works in the evolution of the New Queer Cinema movement, these twin tales of aimless youth by Gus Van Sant are swooning expressions of his signature concern: the emotional journeys of young men adrift on the margins of society. While editing his boldly original debut featureMala Noche,about a romantic deadbeats wayward crush on a handsome Mexican immigrant,Van Sant met Mike Parker, a Portland street kid who became the inspiration for the young hustler played by River Phoenix inMy Own Private Idaho.Further developing the themes of queer identity, transience, and unrequited longing,Van Sant created an intoxicating anthem of outsiderhood that stands as one of the defining independent films of the 1990s.

Saturday, July 11

Saturday Matinee:The White Balloon

Jafar Panahis revelatory debut feature is a childs-eye adventure in which a young girls quest to buy a goldfish leads her on a detour-filled journey through the streets of Tehran on the eve of the Iranian New Year celebration. Cowritten by Panahi with his mentor Abbas Kiarostami, this beguiling, prizewinning fable unfolds in documentary-like real time as it wrings unexpected comedy, suspense, and wonder from its seemingly simple premise.

Sunday, July 12

Marriage Stories

Bad marriages make great movies, as evidenced by these gloriously messy, cuttingly perceptive portraits of some of the most dysfunctional relationships ever captured on-screen. With raw emotion, dramatic blowups, and soul-baring self-reflection baked into the premise, these tales of marital breakups and shakeups explore everything from jealousy, infidelity, and betrayal to the procedural complexities of divorce and separation to the myriad, sometimes barely perceptible ways in which couples drift apart. They also happen to be vehicles for some of the most personal and revealing statements from major directors like Ingmar Bergman, John Cassavetes, Ida Lupino, Mike Nichols, Noah Baumbach, Lars von Trier, Asghar Farhadi, and others, each of whom brings fresh insight to that most universal of subjects: the mysterious intricacies of human intimacy.

Come Back, Little Sheba,Daniel Mann, 1952

The Bigamist,Ida Lupino, 1953

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,Richard Brooks, 1958

La notte,Michelangelo Antonioni, 1961

Juliet of the Spirits,Federico Fellini, 1965

Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,Mike Nichols, 1966

Faces,John Cassavetes, 1968

A Married Couple,Allan King, 1969

Scenes from a Marriage,Ingmar Bergman, 1973

California Suite,Herbert Ross, 1978

Kramer vs. Kramer,Robert Benton, 1979

52,Franois Ozon, 2004

The Squid and the Whale,Noah Baumbach, 2005

Antichrist,Lars von Trier, 2009

Certified Copy,Abbas Kiarostami, 2010

Tuesday, After Christmas,Radu Muntean, 2010

A Separation,Asghar Farhadi, 2011

45 Years,Andrew Haigh, 2015

Monday, July 13

Nostalgia for the Light

Master documentarian Patricio Guzmn travels ten thousand feet above sea level to the driest place on earth: Chiles Atacama Desert, where astronomers from all over the world gather to observe the stars in a sky so translucent that it allows them to see to the boundaries of the universe. The Atacama is also a place where the harsh heat of the sun keeps human remains intact, including those of political prisoners disappeared by the Chilean army after the 1973 military coup. Just as astronomers search for distant galaxies, surviving relatives of the disappeared search for the remains of their loved ones in a quest to reclaim their families histories. Melding the celestial and the earthly,Nostalgia for the Lightis a gorgeous, moving, and deeply personal odyssey into both Chilean history and the furthest reaches of space.

Tuesday, July 14

Short + Feature: Lost Pets

PickleandGates of Heaven

Featuring an introduction by Criterion Channel programmer Penelope Bartlett

Do all dogs go to heaven? Two documentary filmmakers explore mortality and mourning through the experiences of pet owners. InPickle,Amy Nicholson profiles a couple of extreme animal lovers, interviewing them about the menagerie theyve cared for and buried over the years, including paraplegic possums, emaciated cats, and morbidly obese chickens. Errol Morriss debut feature,Gates of Heaven,immerses viewers in the community surrounding two pet cemeteries in Napa Valley, California, blending sincerity and satire to spin its quirky subject into a surprisingly expansive study of human nature.

Wednesday, July 15

Directed by Miranda July

Featuring the 2019 documentaryMiranda July: Where It Began

The fearless, brilliantly idiosyncratic films of writer-director-actor and all-around polymath Miranda July combine arrestingly oddball whimsy with astute, emotionally penetrating observations on intimacy, sexuality, loneliness, and human connection. Beginning her career as a performance artist immersed in the riot grrrl scene of 1990s Portland, Oregon, July found her way to film with her pioneeringJoanie 4 Jackieproject, in which she curated and distributed feminist video chain letters of underground movies made by women across the country. With her acclaimed featuresMe and You and Everyone We KnowandThe Future,July established herself as one of American independent cinemas most distinctive voices, a bold, relentlessly imaginative artist who finds cosmic insight in the everyday.

Features

Me and You and Everyone We Know,Miranda July, 2005

The Future,Miranda July, 2011

Shorts

The Amateurist,Miranda July, 1998

Nest of Tens,Miranda July, 2000

Shorts fromJoanie 4 Jackie

Transeltown,Myra Paci, 1992

Dear Mom,Tammy Rae Carland, 1995

The Slow Escape,Sativa Peterson, 1998

Hawai,Ximena Cuevas, 1999

No Place Like Home #1 and #2,Karen Yasinsky, 1999

Gigi (from 9 to 5),Joanne Nucho, 2001

Ophelias Opera,Abiola Abrams, 2001

La Llorona,Stephanie Saint Sanchez, 2003

untitled video,Sujin Lee, 2002

Joanie 4 Jackie: A Quick Overview,Shauna McGarry, 2008

Thursday, July 16

Three Starring Jane Fonda

Few actors have dominated an erafor their work both on- and offscreenthe way Jane Fonda did in the 1960s and 70s, when she emerged as one of the most acclaimed performers of her generation as well as a zeitgeist-defining cultural icon for her fierce political activism. All made at the peak of her career, these three films showcase Fondas nuance, impeccable comic timing, and versatility: shes larger than life as an intergalactic bombshell in the cult sci-fi extravaganzaBarbarella;riotously funny as a bourgeois housewife who takes up armed robbery in the barbed slapstick satireFun with Dick and Jane;and at once prickly and disarming as a divorced woman fighting for custody of her daughter in the Neil Simonpenned ensemble farceCalifornia Suite.

Barbarella,Roger Vadim, 1968

Fun with Dick and Jane,Ted Kotcheff, 1977

California Suite,Herbert Ross, 1978

Friday, July 17

Double Feature: Girls and the Gang

Mona LisaandGloria

Featuring an audio commentary forMona Lisaby director Neil Jordan and actor Bob Hoskins

Two gritty 1980s crime classics distinguish themselves with ingredients all too rare for the genre: heart, humor, and strong female protagonists. Set in Londons sordid criminal underworld, Neil JordansMona Lisastars Cathy Tyson, Bob Hoskins, and Michael Caine in a surprisingly affecting, romantic neonoir about the complex relationship that develops between a glamorous call girl and a small-time mobster. Then, the great Gena Rowlands goes from gangsters girlfriend to gun-toting action hero in John Cassavetess offbeat, New York-set thrillerGloria,in which she acts as avenging angel for a young boy on the run from the mob.

Saturday, July 18

Saturday Matinee:Miss Annie Rooney

As Shirley Temple grew up before the eyes of America, this delightful comeback vehicle offered her a chance to shine in a new kind of film: a charming teenage romance, complete with jive-talking, jitterbug-mad bobby soxers. She displays her patented pluck (and receives her first on-screen kiss) as starry-eyed fourteen-year-old Annie Rooney, who pines for nerdy classmate Marty (Dickie Moore) even though his wealthy family looks down on her working-class background. When Annies father (William Gargan) invents a new form of synthetic rubber, however, it may just be her ticket to love.

Sunday, July 19

100 Years of Olympic Films: 19122012

Originally scheduled to begin this month, the Tokyo Olympic Games have been postponed, but you can still celebrate a century of Olympic glory with this monumental collection. Spanning fifty-three movies and forty-one editions of the Olympic Games,100 Years of Olympic Films: 19122012is the culmination of a massive, award-winning archival project encompassing dozens of restorations by the International Olympic Committee. The documentaries collected here cast a cinematic eye on some of the most iconic moments in the history of modern sports, spotlighting athletes who embody the Olympic motto of Faster, Higher, Stronger: Jesse Owens shattering world records on the track in 1936 Berlin, Jean-Claude Killy dominating the Grenoble slopes in 1968, Joan Benoit breaking away to win the Games first womens marathon in Los Angeles in 1984. In addition to the impressive ten-feature contribution of Bud Greenspan, this stirring collective chronicle of triumph and defeat includes such documentary landmarks as Leni RiefenstahlsOlympiaand Kon IchikawasTokyo Olympiad,along with captivating lesser-known works by major directors like Claude Lelouch, Carlos Saura, and Milo Forman. It also offers a fascinating glimpse of the development of film itself, and of the technological progress that has brought viewers ever closer to the action. Traversing continents and decades, reflecting the social, cultural, and political changes that have shaped our recent history, this remarkable movie marathon showcases a hundred years of human endeavor.

The Games of the V Olympiad Stockholm, 1912,Adrian Wood, 2016

The Olympic Games Held at Chamonix in 1924,Jean de Rovera, 1924

The Olympic Games as They Were Practiced in Ancient Greece,Jean de Rovera, 1924

The Olympic Games in Paris 1924,Jean de Rovera, 1924

The White Stadium,Arnold Fanck and Othmar Gurtner, 1928

The IX Olympiad in Amsterdam,dir. unknown, 1928

The Olympic Games, Amsterdam 1928,Wilhelm Prager, 1928

Youth of the World,Carl Junghans, 1936

Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations,Leni Riefenstahl, 1938

Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty,Leni Riefenstahl, 1938

Fight Without Hate,Andr Michel, 1948

XIVth Olympiad: The Glory of Sport,Castleton Knight, 1948

The VI Olympic Winter Games, Oslo 1952,Tancred Ibsen, 1952

Where the World Meets,Hannu Leminen, 1952

Gold and Glory,Hannu Leminen, 1953

Memories of the Olympic Summer of 1952,dir. unknown, 1954

White Vertigo,Giorgio Ferroni, 1956

Olympic Games, 1956,Peter Whitchurch, 1956

The Melbourne Rendez-vous,Ren Lucot, 1957

Alain Mimoun,Louis Gueguen, 1959

The Horse in Focus,dir. unknown, 1956

People, Hopes, Medals,Heribert Meisel, 1960

The Grand Olympics,Romolo Marcellini, 1961

IX Olympic Winter Games, Innsbruck 1964,Theo Hrmann, 1964