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New York Post
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
NYC in the summer is at hot as these savings—Criterion Collection is 50% off and we love these NYC movies
New York Post may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you click or buy through our links. Featured pricing is subject to change. The latest Criterion Collection sale is a cinephile's dream, especially for lovers of New York City on film. For a limited time, Amazon is price-matching the annual Barnes & Noble sale on Criterion Collection titles, slashing the prices on all available titles by 50%. The Criterion Collection, currently sitting at over 1,200 titles strong, is a film distribution company that focuses on restoring and distributing 'important classic and contemporary films' for the masses. Advertisement These repackaged Blu-ray and 4K UHD discs come with loads of extras in addition to the feature film (that's often restored or remastered), including commentaries, behind-the-scenes documentaries, supplementary television material, interviews, trailers, and essays. Basically, it's a film lover's dream. You might be thinking: people still buy physical movies? Well, yes! Some prefer a physical alternative to owning movies digitally, where there's always the chance that rights may be revoked and you'll lose that digital access. Additionally, older movies can be hard to find on streaming. These physical discs are tangible proof that, as long as you have a player to play it, you'll be able to watch the movie you own. It's never too late to begin collecting, and this curated list of Criterion's best NYC films is a great place to start. Amazon Set in the insular Little Italy neighborhood of Martin Scorsese's youth, 'Mean Streets' follows guilt-ridden small-time ringleader Charlie (Harvey Keitel) as he deals with the debts owed by his dangerously volatile best pal, Johnny Boy (Robert De Niro), and pressure from his headstrong girlfriend, Teresa (Amy Robinson). As Charlie and Johnny Boy's intertwined lives spiral out of control, Scorsese creates an electrifying vision of sin and redemption. Director: Martin Scorsese | Cast: Harvey Keitel, Robert De Niro, Amy Robinson Amazon Over the course of a single day on one block of Brooklyn's Bed-Stuy Do or Die neighborhood during the Summer of 1989, the easygoing interactions of a cast of unforgettable characters—Da Mayor, Mother Sister, Mister Señor Love Daddy, Tina, Buggin Out, Radio Raheem, Sal, Pino, Vito, and Mookie among them—give way to heated confrontations as tensions rise along racial fault lines, ultimately exploding into violence. Directed by: Spike Lee | Cast: Ossie Davis, Danny Aiello, Spike Lee, Bill Nunn, John Turturro, Rosie Perez Amazon A quintessential New York documentary, 'Paris Is Burning' offers an intimate portrait of rival fashion 'houses,' from fierce contests for trophies to house mothers offering sustenance in a world rampant with homophobia, transphobia, racism, AIDS, and poverty. Where does voguing come from, and what, exactly, is throwing shade? This landmark documentary provides a vibrant snapshot of the 1980s through the eyes of New York City's African American and Latinx Harlem drag-ball scene. Director: Jennie Livingston | Cast: Willi Ninja, Pepper LaBeija, Dorian Corey, and Venus Xtravaganza Amazon This New York-set drama follows Joe Buck, a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy city women finding a companion in Enrico 'Ratso' Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to Florida. 'Midnight Cowboy' is notable for being the first movie with an MPAA X rating to win Best Picture at the Academy awards. Director: John Schlesinger | Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight Amazon Another major New York movie genre is the rom-com; Cher's Oscar-winning turn in 'Moonstruck' is the central performance in a film that looks at a multigenerational Italian American family in Brooklyn, wrestling with the complexities of love and marriage at every stage of life. Director: Norman Jewison | Cast: Cher, Nicolas Cage, Danny Aiello, Olympia Dukakis Amazon The reigning Best Picture winner (which also counts Best Actress and Best Director among its trophies) is Brooklyn through-and-through. Shot on location all over the borough, 'Anora' is an audacious anti-Cinderella story that follows sex worker Ani, who thinks she found her ticket out of the life she's currently when she impulsively marries the wild-child son of a Russian oligarch. Director: Sean Baker | Cast: Mikey Madison, Yura Borisov, Mark Eydelshteyn Amazon Documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras, alongside artist Nan Goldin, made this documentary that charts Goldin's life, from her years in the NYC underground arts scene to her personal experiences with addiction and the AIDS epidemic — all while raising awareness about the Sackler family's integral role in the ongoing opioid crisis. Director: Laura Poitras | Cast: Nan Goldin, Patrick Radden Keefe Amazon Royal Tenenbaum and his wife Etheline had three children and then they separated. All three children are extraordinary, but virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums was subsequently erased by two decades of betrayal, failure, and disaster. Most of this was generally considered to be their father's fault. 'The Royal Tenenbaums' is the story of the family's sudden, unexpected reunion one recent winter in New York City. Director: Wes Anderson | Cast: Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Ben Stiller, Gwyneth Paltrow, Luke Wilson Amazon Frances is a woman in her late twenties in contemporary New York trying to sort out her ambitions, her finances, and, above all, her intimate but shifting bond with her best friend, Sophie. The wry and sparkling city romance gets at both the frustrations and the joys of being young and unsure of where to go next. Director: Noah Baumbach | Cast: Greta Gerwig, Mickey Sumner Amazon It's 1961 in New York City and folk singer Llewyn Davis (Oscar Isaac) is at a crossroads. Guitar in hand, he struggles to make a name for himself in the music world; so far, success remains elusive. Relying on the kindness of both friends and strangers, Llewyn embarks on an odyssey that takes him from the streets of Greenwich Village to a Chicago club, where he meets a music mogul who could give him the big break that he desperately needs. Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Cast: Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Justin Timberlake, Adam Driver Amazon John Shaft is a streetwise New York City private eye who is as tough with criminals as he is tender with his lovers. After Shaft is recruited to rescue the kidnapped daughter of a Harlem mob boss (Moses Gunn) from Italian gangsters, he finds himself in the middle of a rapidly escalating uptown vs. downtown turf war. Shft Director: Gordon Parks | Cast: Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn Amazon Another classic 'love letter to NYC' rom-com is Joan Micklin Silver's 'Crossing Delancey,' which follows happily independent bookstore manager Izzy isn't looking for love, but she's forced to reevaluate her desires when she catches the eye of two very different men: a self-centered novelist and the mild-mannered Lower East Side pickle seller with whom her old-fashioned bubbie sets her up. Director: Joan Micklin Silver | Cast: Amy Irving, Jeroen Krabbé, Peter Riegert, Reizl Bozyk Amazon Revisit New York's 1960s underground culture with this documentary on the Velvet Underground, a band that redefined music with its at once raw and exalted blend of experimentation and art-damaged rock and roll. Todd Haynes vividly evokes the band's world: the creative origins of the twin visionaries Lou Reed and John Cale, Andy Warhol's fabled Factory, and the explosive tension between pop and the avant-garde that propelled the group and ultimately consumed it. Never-before-seen performances, interviews, and rare recordings come together in an ecstatic swirl of sound and image that is to the traditional music documentary what the Velvets were to rock: utterly revolutionary. Director: Todd Haynes Amazon 'The Age of Innocence' is set in a much older, Gilded Age-era New York City and tells the story of Newland Archer, whose engagement to an innocent socialite binds him to the codes and rituals of his upbringing. When her cousin arrives in town on a wave of scandal after separating from her husband, she ignites passions in Newland he never knew existed. Director: Martin Scorsese | Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder Amazon It wouldn't be a NYC collection without Broadway. Bob Fosse co-wrote and directed this musical based on his own life. Roy Scheider is Joe Gideon (the Fosse self-insert), a demanding musical director trying to balance his work on a Broadway production with his hectic personal life and a consuming drug habit. Dazzling dance numbers include appearances by Ben Vereen, Jessica Lange, and Ann Reinking. Director: Bob Fosse | Cast: Roy Scheider, Ann Reinking, Jessica Lange Amazon Built around an extraordinary performance from Denzel Washington, 'Malcolm X' draws on the iconic civil rights leader's autobiography to trace his journey of empowerment, from a childhood riven by white-supremacist violence to a life of petty crime to his conversion to Islam and rebirth as a fearless fighter for Black liberation, whose courage and eloquence inspired oppressed communities the world over. 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Gizmodo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Gizmodo
The Criterion Channel Is Beefing Up Its Anime Content
The Criterion Collection, aka your cinephile friends' favorite thing to yap about alongside their Letterboxd ratings, has announced it is adding a special anime section to its illustrious streaming catalog. Criterion made the announcement at the very end of a new blog post with reserved and refined excitement. 'Look out for a new section on the Channel highlighting restlessly creative, stylistically flamboyant gems from Japan's juggernaut animation industry,' Criterion Collection wrote. It goes without saying that the company wouldn't build on this announcement—which further ushers in the mainstreamification of anime in pop culture—by adding any old podunk anime to the Criterion Channel. Featured titles include Mamoru Oshii's Ghost in the Shell, studio Madhouse's Redline, legendary anime director Satoshi Kon's Paprika, and Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat In Space. ANIME 📺 Coming to @criterionchannl in August! — Criterion Collection (@Criterion) July 17, 2025Criterion's embrace of anime on its streaming service comes at a time when streamers like Netflix are noticeably beefing up their libraries with more anime. Earlier this month, Variety released a report drawing on Netflix's typically guarded internal user data that found 'more than 50 percent of its members—amounting to over 150 million households, or an estimated 300 million viewers—now watch anime. The company says anime viewership on the platform has tripled over the past five years, with 2024 marking a record-breaking year: 33 anime titles appeared in Netflix's Global Top 10 (Non-English) rankings, more than double the number in 2021.' Variety reported that Netflix's anime content was viewed over 1 billion times globally in 2024. Notably for longtime anime fans, 80 to 90 percent of viewers choose dubbed anime. In short, if Netflix's data is saying 300 million anime fans are tuning into new exclusive shows like Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, Sakamoto Days, and, in some cases, preferring its format for returning shows like Dan Da Dan, it's a no-brainer that Criterion would want to get in on the fun. It also doesn't hurt that Ghost in the Shell and Paprika served as inspirations for modern-day Hollywood classics, such as the Wachowskis' Matrix and Christopher Nolan's Inception. To further sweeten the pot, Criterion is offering a seven-day free trial for new members to get their anime on. Given Criterion's knack for reviving movies from the past, it's a welcome change of pace for the service to extend its hand to anime as a cornerstone of art and entertainment as well. Plus, it would do folks good to have some Redline in their lives. Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, what's next for the DC Universe on film and TV, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who.
Geek Vibes Nation
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Geek Vibes Nation
No Streaming Required: Physical Media Spotlight For The Week Of July 15th
We at GVN aim to keep you informed of the newest and best in the world of physical media. Over on our YouTube Channel, you can find us talking about everything you need to know on No Streaming Required, our weekly guide to all the latest 4K UHD, Blu-Ray, and DVD releases. For the week of July 15th, we have some incredible releases making their way to our shelves. Read on to get a brief overview of what you should have on your wishlist, then be sure to dive into the full rundown in the video below. This week, we spotlight the 4K UHD Blu-Ray debut of the action-comedy Novocaine from Paramount. The film starring Jack Quaid comes with Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos audio along with a trio of featurettes. Also debuting on 4K UHD Blu-Ray are Batman Ninja and Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League from Warner Bros. Both are presented in Dolby Vision with Japanese and English audio options, plus a smattering of supplemental features. The fine folks at The Criterion Collection have a pair of wonderful new releases this month. First, we have the Oscar-nominated drama You Can Count On Me starring Laura Linney and Mark Ruffalo hitting 4K UHD Blu-Ray from a new 4K scan of the 35mm Interpositive in Dolby Vision supervised by director Kenneth Lonergan. The release comes with a commentary track, new interviews, and more. We also have a 4K UHD Blu-Ray upgrade of Fritz Lang's iconic film noir The Big Heat from a 4K restoration of the 35mm Original Camera Negative and a Fine Grain Master Positive in Dolby Vision with a new commentary track, a visual essay, interviews, and more. The folks at Shout! Studios have rescued another indie gem with the Blu-Ray debut of the cult comedy Strangers with Candy newly restored in 4K from the 35mm Interpositive. This release includes a commentary track, deleted scenes, and more. The comedy gets a bit darker with the incredible, award-winning A Different Man starring Sebastian Stan on Blu-Ray from A24. The release includes a Dolby Atmos audio track, a commentary track, deleted scenes, featurettes, and more. The heroes at Arrow Video continue to deliver quality work with an exciting slate of titles this month. Action fans can celebrate the 4K UHD Blu-Ray upgrade of Cobra starring Sylvester Stallone, derived from a 4K restoration of the 35mm Original Camera Negative in Dolby Vision with three commentary tracks, an extended TV version of the feature in standard definition, a visual essay, interviews, and more. This is not the only 4K UHD upgrade as the Larry Cohen cult horror favorite The Stuff gets a 4K restoration of the 35mm Original Camera Negative in Dolby Vision with commentary tracks, documentaries, interviews, and more. Perhaps most importantly, there is a remastered Pre-Release cut of the film included with over 30 minutes of never-before-seen footage. Finally, the label has the thrilling Nightwatch Collection double feature on Blu-Ray starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. This release includes a commentary track, visual aids, interviews, and more. The thrills continue over at Shudder and their release of Ash from director Flying Lotus on Blu-Ray. The release is loaded with interviews, featurettes, a making-of documentary, and more. Fans of Japanese cinema can look to 88 Films and their release of Teruo Ishii's motorcycle exploitation drama Detonation! Violent Riders on Blu-Ray which includes a commentary track, a video essay, and more. This is only a taste of what you can discover on No Streaming Required this week, so be sure to check out the full video below. What releases are you planning on picking up? Let us know over on Twitter. Before we let you go, we have officially launched our merch store! Check out all of our amazing apparel when you click here and type in GVN15 at checkout for a 15% discount! Make sure to check out our podcasts each week including Geek Vibes Live , Top 10 with Tia , Wrestling Geeks Alliance and more! For major deals and money off on Amazon , make sure to use our affiliate link !
New York Times
13-07-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
When Streaming Won't Cut It and You Need the DVD
Last month, a young man walked into Night Owl, a store in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn that sells Blu-rays, DVDs and even a few video cassettes of movies and television shows, and browsed for several minutes. Eventually he plucked a case from a shelf: A handsome Criterion Collection release of 'The Royal Tenenbaums,' the first Wes Anderson movie he had ever seen. 'I had a ton of DVDs growing up,' Noah Snyder, 27, said. But reading about the way contemporary conglomerates treat films and television programs on their streaming services had prodded him to acquire physical media again. Snyder cited the actress Cristin Milioti's recent comments about 'Made for Love,' her show that was not only canceled, but removed altogether from the HBO Max streaming platform. 'The stuff the CEOs do, they're bad decisions,' Snyder said. 'I don't want something I love to be taken away like that.' In the last decade or two, the story of physical copies of movies and television has been overwhelmingly one of decline. Blockbuster is essentially gone, streaming is ascendant, Netflix no longer sends DVDs through the mail, and Best Buy no longer stocks them in its stores. Many manufacturers have ceased making disc players. Retail sales of new physical products in home entertainment fell below $1 billion last year, according to the Digital Entertainment Group, an industry association. Yet amid the streaming deluge, there are signs — small, tenuous and anecdotal, but real — of a rebellion. Alex Holtz, a media and entertainment analyst at International Data Corporation, compared Blu-rays to vinyl albums. Holtz, an audiophile, gladly streams new music while on walks, but he buys records he loves. 'We're in a back-to-the-future moment,' he said. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Time of India
12-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Restored Do Bigha Zamin to premiere at Venice
Do Bigha Zamin (1953) marked a turning point in . While most films of that era were shot within the confines of a studio, director broke the mould and took the camera to the streets, paving the way for realism in Indian filmmaking. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Now the film, restored by the Film Heritage Foundation (FHF), the Criterion Collection and Janus Films, will be screened at the Venice Film Festival's Classics section. Gulzar, who worked with Roy, spoke to us about the film's legacy. 'It's amazing that Do Bigha Zamin is restored and will be shown in Venice. The most important element is that all of his films were based on literature. Not many people know that Do Bigha Zamin is based on a poem by Rabindranath Tagore, with the same title.' How was the film restored Do Bigha Zamin was restored in 4K by the Criterion Collection and Janus Films, in collaboration with Film Heritage Foundation, at L'Immagine Ritrovata and Resillion, and in association with the Bimal Roy family. The restoration process took over three years. It began in 2022, when the Criterion Collection/Janus Films and Film Heritage Foundation initiated the project. The FHF accessed the original camera negative and sound negative, which had been deposited by the Bimal Roy family at the NFDC–National Film Archive of India (NFAI) for preservation. However, the sound negative presented several issues, including poor audio quality, interrupted dialogues, and missing sections. The original camera negative was also incomplete. A combined dupe negative - on Dupont/Kodak stock from 1954–55 was found at the British Film Institute (BFI) which was also used for the restoration The restoration drew from the best surviving elements the 35 mm picture and sound negatives preserved at NFAI and the 35 mm combined dupe negative from the BFI. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Bimal da was the coolest director I have ever seen: Gulzar I started working with Bimalda, who we used to call Dada, from the film 'Kabuliwala' when I was his chief assistant. I have very fond memories of that time. People would say that Bimal-da was like a married print. In those days, the picture and sound negatives were separate and when they were brought together optically to make the release print, it would be called a married print. Bimal-da would shoot two shifts in a day – 7 am to 2 pm and 2 pm to 10 pm and would then sit in the editing room working till late night at Mohan Studios. People would say that he is married to films. Bimal da was the coolest director I have ever seen. I learnt not only filmmaking from him, but the art of patience and stamina. I am sharing a poetic portrait that I wrote on Bimal-da. "The softly flowing river face shrouded in the evening mists Eyes burning in the mistiness of a tawny visage The spiral of smoke from the endlessly burning cigarette The faraway voice heavy with sleep. Shadowed below unknown thoughts that flew above A face that seemed etched out of molten wax The sound of every new dream transforms him Making it seem he would neither sleep, nor wake, nor speak A silent flowing river shrouded in evening mists." (From the book 'Caged . . .Memories Have Names') Do Bigha Zamin changed the face of Indian cinema 'Do Bigha Zamin changed the face of Indian cinema: Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, director of Film Heritage Foundation Do Bigha Zamin changed the face of Indian cinema that brought filmmakers out of the studio to begin shooting on the streets. I am so happy that we were able to collaborate with The Criterion Collection / Janus Films to restore not only Do Bigha Zamin, but other classics of Bimal Roy like Devdas, Madhumati and Bandini, which are in the process of being restored.' Do Bigha Zamin, is an unspoken autobiography of Bimal Roy: Rinki Roy Bhattacharya, Aparajita Roy Sinha, Joy Bimal Roy After watching Vittorio De Sica's film Bicycle Thieves, our father hoped Indian films would follow its deeply moving humanist vision. Do Bigha Zamin, is an unspoken autobiography of Bimal Roy who was cast off from his home in East Bengal in a similar episode like the hero, peasant, Sambhu Mahato. He never recovered from this cruel separation from his beloved birthplace. Satyajit Ray on 'Do Bigha Zamin' 'With his very first film Udayer Pathe (Humrahi in Hindi), Bimal Roy was able to sweep aside the cobwebs of the old tradition and introduce a realism and subtlety that was wholly suited to the cinema. He was undoubtedly a pioneer. He reached his peak with a film that still reverberates in the minds of those who saw it when it was first made. I refer to Do Bigha Zamin, which remains one of the landmarks of Indian cinema.' Raj Kapoor on 'Do Bigha Zamin' Perhaps the best compliment came from Raj Kapoor, who upon watching the film, reportedly said, 'I wish I had made this film.'
