April releases from the Criterion Collection

Werckmeister Harmonies, I Am Cuba, Dogfight, La haine, Picnic at Hanging Rock THE CRITERION COLLECTION APRIL 30, 2024 Our April Releases [La haine]( Mathieu Kassovitz’s gritty, unsettling, and visually explosive 1990s landmark examines the racial and cultural volatility in modern-day France, giving human faces to France’s immigrant populations in the low-income banlieue districts on Paris’s outskirts. Special Features: 4K UHD release, audio commentary by Kassovitz, an introduction by actor Jodie Foster, a documentary featuring cast and crew members, and more [Picnic at Hanging Rock]( Peter Weir’s gorgeous, disquieting work of poetic horror, about a small group of students from an all-female college who vanish, put Weir on the map and helped usher in a new era of Australian cinema. Special Features: 4K UHD release; an interview with Weir; a program on the making of the film; an introduction by film scholar David Thomson; Homesdale (1971), a black comedy by Weir; and more [Werckmeister Harmonies]( This mesmeric parable of societal collapse by auteur Béla Tarr and codirector-editor Ágnes Hranitzky unfolds in an unknown time in an unnamed village, in ghostly black and white, conjuring an apocalyptic vision of dreamlike dread and fathomless beauty. Special Features: 4K UHD release; Family Nest (1979), Tarr’s first feature film; a new interview with Tarr by film critic Scott Foundas; and more [I Am Cuba]( Capturing Cuban life on the brink of transformation, director Mikhail Kalatozov’s landmark of radical political cinema is one of the most visually ravishing films ever made, shimmering across the screen like a fever dream of rebellion. Special Features: 4K UHD release, a 2004 documentary on the making of the film, an interview with filmmaker Martin Scorsese, a new appreciation of the film by cinematographer Bradford Young, and more [Dogfight]( Nancy Savoca’s funny, sensitive tale of love and war in the 1960s stars Lili Taylor as an aspiring San Francisco folk singer and River Phoenix as a hotheaded, Vietnam-bound marine, and features music by folk legends Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, and Pete Seeger. Special Features: A new interview with Savoca and Taylor by filmmaker Mary Harron; new interviews with the film’s cinematographer, production designer, music supervisor, editor, and others; and more For further information on Criterion and our products, please visit our website at [criterion.com.]( To start streaming the Criterion Channel, please visit [criterionchannel.com.]( If you are not already on our mailing list and would like to be added, please [click here]( to register at [criterion.com.]( To unsubscribe, [click here.]( © 2024 The Criterion Collection :: 215 Park Ave S. New York, NY 10003