Ms. Arthur goes to town . . . Plus: Unsung classics from Douglas Sirk

Our Jean Arthur retrospective pays tribute to the star whose eccentric charm was the very essence of screwball. NEWSLETTER APRIL 24, 2020 What’s Playing A guide to the Criterion Channel. If you haven’t already subscribed, [click here]( for a 14-day free trial and explore the more than 2,000 titles and thousands of supplemental features available to stream. [Starring Jean Arthur]( Though she came up through the silent era, Jean Arthur was truly made for talkies. With her wonderfully expressive voice, offbeat delivery, and impeccable comic timing, she quickly emerged among the greatest stars of the screwball genre. A famously private figure who shunned the spotlight throughout her career, Arthur endures as one of the most beloved and enigmatic personalities of Hollywood’s golden age. Looking for a place to start? Take your pick among some of Arthur’s most effervescent comic roles: as the renter of an overcrowded apartment during a wartime housing shortage in The More the Merrier; the third leg of a politically charged love triangle between Cary Grant and Ronald Colman in The Talk of the Town; or a selfless salesgirl working to unionize her department store in The Devil and Miss Jones. We’re Here to Help If you have questions, comments, or feedback about the Criterion Channel, please reach out to channelhelp@criterion.com! We’d love to hear from you. [Early Douglas Sirk]( Before he became known as the king of the subversive melodrama, German émigré director Douglas Sirk brought his sophisticated sensibility to these unsung gems of the 1940s. [Hairpieces]( From blue-collar Britain to jet-set Beverly Hills, hair salons provide the colorful backdrops to these trenchantly funny social studies by Mike Leigh and Hal Ashby. [Paper Moon]( With her memorable turn in Peter Bogdanovich’s sweetly unsentimental slice of dust-bowl Americana, Tatum O’Neal became the youngest person ever to win an Academy Award. [C’est Seberg]( Witness the inimitable Jean Seberg’s transformation from Hollywood ingenue to French New Wave icon in a sublimely melancholic melodrama and Jean-Luc Godard’s revolutionary debut. [Directed by Alice Rohrwacher]( Leaving April 30: Don’t miss these two clear-eyed coming-of-age stories from one of contemporary cinema’s most perceptive auteurs. EDITION #122 [Salesman]( This radically influential Direct Cinema classic uncovers painful truths about America through the lives of four dogged door-to-door Bible salesmen. SUPPLEMENTAL FEATURES: Interviews with the filmmakers and actor Bill Hader, and more. Leaving April 30 The clock is ticking on a number of great movies we’ve programmed on the Criterion Channel. Here are some of the most popular titles: The Hunger (Tony Scott, 1983) Sunset Boulevard (Billy Wilder, 1950) Near Dark (Kathryn Bigelow, 1987) Day for Night (François Truffaut, 1973) Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959) Jason and the Argonauts (Don Chaffey, 1963) [Click here]( for a full list of films leaving the service April 30. 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]( © 2020 The Criterion Collection :: 215 Park Ave S. New York, NY 10003