A Fassbinder marathon, a Chaplin milestone, a candid talk with Charles Burnett, and more

Check out highlights from our programming on the Criterion Channel this week! NEWSLETTER - APRIL 19, 2019 Criterion Channel News A guide to the latest from the Criterion Channel. If you haven’t already subscribed, [click here]( for a 14-day free trial and explore the more than 1,500 titles and thousands of supplemental features available to stream. [Meet the Filmmakers: Charles Burnett]( In the latest episode of the Channel-exclusive series Meet the Filmmakers, a great American director returns to the Los Angeles neighborhood where he grew up, and joins another trailblazer, Robert Townsend, for a conversation about what it means to tell stories that center people of color. Watch this hour-long original documentary alongside seven of Burnett’s films (including To Sleep with Anger and a selection of rarely shown shorts) and Townsend’s Hollywood Shuffle. [Being and Nothingness]( The humanist side of Iranian cinema is beautifully expressed in a heartrending short about a Kurdish refugee and a Palme d’Or winner by Abbas Kiarostami. [Directed by Susanne Bier]( The films of this acclaimed Danish director are intense, morally complex examinations of people and families driven to extremes. [The Play’s the Thing]( Laurence Olivier’s Oscar-winning take on Hamlet plays alongside an audacious Lubitsch satire in which Shakespeare’s masterpiece figures as a comic motif. [The Kid]( The Tramp rescues an orphan from the streets in Charlie Chaplin’s first feature, streaming on the Channel with a commentary, deleted scenes, interviews, and more. EDITION #946 [Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day]( This sprawling working-class family drama is one of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s earliest and most tender experiments with the possibilities of melodrama. SPECIAL FEATURES: an 2017 documentary featuring interviews with members of the cast and an interview with film scholar Jane Shattuc 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. This email was sent to {EMAIL} [why did I get this?]( [unsubscribe from this list]( [update subscription preferences]( The Criterion Collection · 215 Park Ave S · New York, NY 10003 · USA