Criterion Channel Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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@realjerrycalva If you love Paul Schrader, you should check out this Criterion Channel original documentary Alex Ross Perry made about the ever-iconoclastic auteur on the set of FIRST REFORMED! https://t.co/A0ErImY4WM

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This amazing collection also includes Stan Lathan's GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN (1985), a star-studded television film based on Baldwin’s first novel, one of the few screen adaptations of his fiction! https://t.co/qjkK1duYhq

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@StacyAtkinson We'd recommend another Delphine Seyrig gem, Marguerite Duras's INDIA SONG (1975). Sex, madness, and colonial guilt are interwoven into a hauntingly beautiful, almost incantatory experience with few stylistic precedents in the history of cinema. https://t.co/1Wj8hYEh6i

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@CHILDREBELZO Richard Linklater's innovative Philip K. Dick adaptation A SCANNER DARKLY (2006)—starring Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, and Woody Harrelson—which was filmed in live-action and then animated using the same groundbreaking process he employed in WAKING LIFE! https://t.co/Xep3CcfWHW

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Evening viewing? Before it leaves the Channel, watch Guy Maddin's DRACULA: PAGES FROM A VIRGIN’S DIARY 🖤 Beautifully transposing the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s Bram Stoker interpretation from stage to screen, Maddin forges a sumptuous feast of dance & drama. https://t.co/oWPOkoG5p9 https://t.co/VLQiWTnkOy

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In this week's Double Feature, it's cocktail hour with Nick and Nora! Based on a book by Dashiell Hammett, THE THIN MAN introduced William Powell and Myrna who make time for cocktails and copious banter as they take on the case of a missing inventor. 💖https://t.co/GqLqDgeJk9 https://t.co/SRmmhkzYgw

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🥊 Where do I start? Budd Schulberg's lacerating THE HARDER THEY FALL (1956). It's based on a real story of corruption in the boxing biz and it features Humphrey Bogart—in his last ever screen performance—as an anguished bystander. https://t.co/Dz2j84K4ag

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Writer and filmmaker Marguerite Duras explores the matrix of love, desire, and language in LE NAVIRE NIGHT (1979), a riveting expression of her experimental approach to filmmaking starring Bulle Ogier, Dominique Sanda, and Mathieu Carrière. https://t.co/5CBgq4Da9O https://t.co/Q2vtjIF8pe

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debbie tucker green’s EAR FOR EYE, an adaptation of her boundary-breaking play, traces stories of oppression and uprising across time and continents. https://t.co/2OY9W2qEgm https://t.co/kbtOxzi9n3

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Written and directed by Amy Seimetz, this tantalizingly enigmatic, sun-kissed noir follows Crystal and her boyfriend Leo on a tense and mysterious road trip through the desolate yet hauntingly beautiful landscape of central Florida. https://www.criterionchannel.com/sun-don-t-shine https://t.co/OuUkk8J9BM

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