Criterion Collection Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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In one of the best performances of his legendary career, Robert Mitchum plays small-time gunrunner Eddie “Fingers” Coyle in an adaptation by Peter Yates of George V. Higgins’s acclaimed novel THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE (1973). A perfect watch for Mitchum's birthday today! 💛 https://t.co/tWbhfncJmw

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#HBD, André Gregory! Share a meal with the theater director-writer-actor and enjoy MY DINNER WITH ANDRÉ (1981), in which he stars alongside his friend Wallace Shawn. Now on @criterionchannl alongside a conversation between Gregory, Shawn, & Noah Baumbach! https://www.criterionchannel.com/my-dinner-with-andre https://t.co/ys7jGcC5to

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For the latest entry in our First Person column, @jeanho (author of the novel FIONA AND JANE) looks back on a relationship that never quite solidified—and a future that never quite arrived—through the prism of Bi Gan’s LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT. https://t.co/jPdvjVSMdS

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For our latest Performances column, @Eng_Matthew writes on how, in the screen adaptation of Lorraine Hansberry’s classic play, Diana Sands radiantly embodies the conflicting impulses that define Beneatha Younger—a modern woman filled with hope and longing. https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/7705-doubly-dynamic-diana-sands-in-a-raisin-in-the-sun

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On our edition: a restoration demonstration featuring Martin Scorsese; a commentary featuring interviews with Moira Shearer, Jack Cardiff, Scorsese, and others; an interview with Thelma Schoonmaker Powell; a gallery of memorabilia from Scorsese’s collection; and much more! ❣️ https://t.co/9mL70HtZgj

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With our edition of Gordon Parks’s historic debut feature THE LEARNING TREE (1969) now on @criterionchannl, read @odienator on how the film imbues a coming-of-age story with the visual sensibility Parks developed in his celebrated career as a photographer. https://t.co/3h15SqqZvn

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In a new conversation to accompany our Exclusive Premiere of debbie tucker green's EAR FOR EYE on @criterionchannl, Ife Olujobi speaks with the celebrated playwright about bringing her uncompromising exploration of racism and resistance to the screen. https://t.co/LwJhEHHSWm

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Streaming exclusively on @criterionchannl: legendary cult film ARREBATO ('79) by underground Spanish filmmaker & movie-poster designer Iván Zulueta—a dimension-shattering blend of heroin, sex, & Super 8, hailed as “an absolute modern classic” by Almodóvar. https://www.criterionchannel.com/arrebato https://t.co/Z4g2bivHXX

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Campion returns to the kind of mythic frontier landscape—pulsating with both freedom and menace—that she traversed in THE PIANO (1993) in order to plumb the masculine psyche in THE POWER OF THE DOG, set against the plains of 1920s Montana and adapted from Thomas Savage’s novel. https://t.co/gioEHfwJCp

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Denzel Washington has charisma to burn in the richly atmospheric DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS ('95). Our new 4K edition—now 50% OFF at @BNBuzz—includes: • A commentary by Carl Franklin • New conversations with Franklin, Walter Mosley, & Don Cheadle & much more! https://t.co/swvkpUCbt6 https://t.co/AblueKODry