The latest in Criterion’s online magazine: Philip Seymour Hoffman in peak form

Plus: Jessica Pratt’s Top 10, treasures of Mexican punk culture, and highlights from Il Cinema Ritrovato 2024 [Current]( HIGHLIGHTS SEPTEMBER 1, 2024 A roundup of recent articles from Criterion’s online magazine. Happy reading! [Flaws and All]( The Heartbreaking Nuances of Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Artistry. The great actor creates an unforgettably world-weary character in Tamara Jenkins’s darkly funny family drama The Savages. By Isaac Butler WATCH [Ten of Hoffman’s films are now playing on the Criterion Channel.]( [Songs of Innocence and Extremity]( Revelatory Portraits of Mexican Punk Culture. In the late 1980s, filmmakers Gregorio Rocha and Sarah Minter set out to capture the lives of rebellious youth in Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, a slumlike suburb synonymous with the worst failures of urban expansion in Mexico. By Will Noah WATCH [Rocha’s and Minter’s films are now playing on the Criterion Channel.]( [Jessica Pratt’s Top]( 10 Among the Los Angeles–based singer-songwriter’s favorites are a music documentary she knows by heart, a Wes Anderson film with an iconic soundtrack, and a courtroom drama featuring brilliant character actors. WATCH [Pratt’s number-one pick is now playing on the Criterion Channel.]( [Bologna’s Cinematic Time Machine]( Highlights from Il Cinema Ritrovato 2024. This year, the annual feast of restorations and rediscoveries showcased one of the most ambitious masterpieces of the silent era, the melodramas of Japanese filmmaker Kozaburo Yoshimura, and other treasures of film history. By Imogen Sara Smith READ MORE [Columnist David Hudson surveys the full Il Cinema Ritrovato lineup.]( [Intimate Encounters]( A Conversation with Juan Pablo González. United by a meditative approach that captures the spiritual bounty of the natural landscape and the tolls of physical labor, this Mexican director’s films challenge stereotypical depictions of his country’s rural communities. By Beatrice Loayza WATCH [González’s films are now playing on the Criterion Channel.]( OLDIE BUT GOODIE [“]( series of glorious, almost blinding Technicolor close-ups brings up the high beams so intensely that her mysterious beauty nearly overwhelms the screen.”]( —Megan Abbott on Gene Tierney in Leave Her to Heaven, one of thirteen films now playing in the Criterion Channel’s Vacation Noir collection THE DAILY [Essential Film Books]( The Newest Must-Reads. The past month saw the publication of Carrie Rickey’s biography of Agnès Varda and collections of writing by Phillip Lopate and Jonathan Rosenbaum. READ MORE [David Hudson gathers tributes to the celebrated actor Gena Rowlands, who died last month at the age of ninety-four.]( 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