June releases from the Criterion Collection

Marlon Riggs rediscovered, eight Olympic visions, and more THE CRITERION COLLECTION JUNE 29, 2021 Our June Releases [The Human Condition]( A raw indictment of Japan’s wartime mentality as well as a personal existential tragedy, this nine-and-a-half-hour humanist epic by Masaki Kobayashi is novelistic cinema at its best. Special Features: Interviews with Kobayashi and actor Tatsuya Nakadai and an appreciation by filmmaker Masahiro Shinoda. [Streetwise/Tiny: The Life of Erin Blackwell]( The fruit of a decades-long collaboration between filmmakers and subject, these two documentaries create a devastatingly frank, empathetic portrait of lost youth growing up in a world that has failed them. Special Features: A new audio commentary on Streetwise by director Martin Bell, a new interview with Bell about photographer Mary Ellen Mark, four short films by Bell, and more. [The Signifyin’ Works of Marlon Riggs]( This collection brings together the complete work of a trailblazing filmmaker who defied a culture of silence and shame to speak his truth with resounding joy and conviction, issuing an electrifying call for liberation. Special Features: Extensive new programs featuring interviews with filmmakers and collaborators, a documentary on Riggs’s life, his graduate thesis film, and more. [Visions of Eight]( In Munich in 1972, eight renowned filmmakers each brought their singular artistry to the spectacle of the Olympic Games, capturing the joy and pain of competition and the kinetic thrill of bodies in motion for an aesthetically adventurous sports film unlike any other. Special Features: A new audio commentary by the Ringer podcasters Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan; a new documentary on the film featuring footage from a lost sequence by Ousmane Sembène; and more. [Pariah]( The path to living as one’s authentic self is paved with trials and tribulations in Dee Rees’s revelatory, assured feature debut—the all-too-rare coming-of-age tale to honestly represent the experiences of queer Black women. Special Features: A new conversation between Rees and filmmaker Michelle Parkerson, a cast reunion featuring Rees, a program on the making of the film, and more. [Pickup on South Street]( With its dazzling cast and writer-director Samuel Fuller’s signature hard-boiled repartee and raw energy, Pickup on South Street is a true film noir classic by one of America’s most passionate cinematic craftspeople. Special Features: A new interview with critic Imogen Sara Smith, archival interviews with Fuller, and more. 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.]( © 2021 The Criterion Collection :: 215 Park Ave S. New York, NY 10003