When the past comes knocking

Charles Burnett’s slow-burning family portrait TO SLEEP WITH ANGER is out now on Blu-ray and DVD. THE CRITERION COLLECTION - FEBRUARY 26, 2019 [A Southern Visitation]( Charles Burnett enters the collection this week with one of the great films of the 1990s, To Sleep with Anger, a sublime portrait of an African American family, shot through with mysticism and haunting poetic-realist images. Danny Glover delivers a sly, charismatic performance as a southern drifter who lands on the doorstep of some old friends living in South Central Los Angeles, turning their peaceful domestic life upside down. Newly restored in 4K, the film is featured in our edition alongside new interviews and an hour-long conversation between Burnett and director Robert Townsend. Out now on Blu-ray and DVD! Peek Inside - “To Sleep with Anger’s startling flirtation with magic realism in an identifiably middle-class setting signaled a fresh departure for a filmmaker hitherto associated with brusquely naturalistic portraits of working-class African American families.” —Critic Ashley Clark - “Charles has amazing understanding of people. It’s also an understanding of African Americans and where we are—you see it in his work, you see it in his art.” —Actor Sheryl Lee Ralph - “It’s just a simple story that seems inconsequential, then as things develop you can see it’s more complicated. Because people invite trouble in.” —Charles Burnett [The Current]( [ESSAY]( [Ashley Clark on To Sleep with Anger]( [CRITERION DESIGNS]( [Sculpting Tadzio]( [SONGBOOK]( [Uriah Heep Brings a Touch of the Uncool to Cold Water]( For further information on Criterion and our products, please visit our website at [criterion.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.]( © 2019 The Criterion Collection.