Martin Scorsese’s preservation powerhouse . . . Plus: Claire Denis and B ill Forsyth

We’re celebrating The Film Foundation’s thirtieth anniversary with thirty of their most revelatory restorations. NEWSLETTER - NOVEMBER 13, 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. [30 Years of The Film Foundation]( In 1990, Martin Scorsese founded an organization whose stated mission told the world, in no uncertain terms, that movies matter, that the art of cinema and its history is a legacy worth preserving. Three decades later, The Film Foundation is an indispensable pillar of moving-image culture, helping to make possible over 850 restorations so far and raising much-needed awareness of the necessity of film preservation as central to the safeguarding of our cultural heritage. In recognition of thirty years of vital work, the Criterion Channel looks back at a selection of the many brilliant films from around the world that, thanks to the efforts of The Film Foundation and their collaborators, have been rescued from the ravages of time for future generations to discover. Beginning with these thirty films, the series will expand over the next year, with new additions to be announced monthly. Plus: check out a new [conversation]( between Scoresese and filmmaker Ari Aster. Looking for a place to start? Some of these restorations have never been widely available theatrically or on home video in the U.S. Check out our exclusive streaming premieres of Jia Zhangke’s revelatory feature debut Xiao Wu, Francesco Rosi’s Palme d’Or–winning political thriller The Mattei Affair, and Shadi Abdel Salam’s The Night of Counting the Years—a film long championed for its “unusual tone–stately, poetic, with a powerful grasp of time and the sadness it carries” by Scorsese himself. You Won’t Want to Miss This On Monday, November 16, the Criterion Channel is proud to copresent a virtual conversation between Cheryl Dunye (The Watermelon Woman) and Ra Malika Imhotep hosted by San Francisco’s City Arts & Lectures. Buy your tickets at [cityarts.net,]( and head over to the Channel to watch Dunye’s [brilliantly self-reflexive films.]( [Directed by Claire Denis]( No one makes movies like Claire Denis, a poet of rhythm and mood who balances intimate human stories with themes of postcolonial tension, modern alienation, and the complexities of love and sex. [Dark Days]( Marc Singer’s acclaimed documentary explores the subterranean world of a homeless community living in a train tunnel beneath New York City, with a score by the legendary DJ Shadow. [Three by Bill Forsyth]( Charm, whimsy, and humanism abound in the lovably offbeat works of Bill Forsyth, a pivotal figure in Scottish cinema whose films resonate with bittersweet moral truths. [Killer Kiddies]( The kids are very much not all right in two chilling tales of demonic children whose innocent faces conceal shocking evil—the perfect double bill for a shiver-inducing Friday the thirteenth. [Lovers and Lollipops]( Directors Morris Engel and Ruth Orkin followed up Little Fugitive with an equally charming slice-of-life fable that, like its predecessor, captures 1950s New York City through the eyes of a child. EDITION #505  [Make Way for Tomorrow]( Leo McCarey’s unsung Hollywood masterpiece is an enormously moving Depression-era depiction of the frustrations of family, aging, and the generation gap. SUPPLEMENTAL FEATURES: Interviews with filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich and critic Gary Giddins. 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