May releases from the Criterion Collection

An indie landmark, a modern cross-cultural romance, a spellbinding modernist mystery, and more THE CRITERION COLLECTION MAY 31, 2022 Our May Releases Today is your last day to save 30% on all discs, including preorders, until midnight ET! [Mr. Klein]( Joseph Losey’s spellbinding modernist mystery stars Alain Delon as Robert Klein, a decadent art dealer in World War II–era Paris who finds himself plunged into a Kafkaesque nightmare when he’s mistaken for a Jewish man with the same name. Special Features: Interviews from 1976 with Losey and Delon, a 1986 documentary on the real-life Vél d’Hiv Roundup, and more [The Funeral]( It’s death, Japanese style, in the rollicking and wistful first feature from maverick writer-director Juzo Itami (Tampopo), about a successful Tokyo actor who returns to her family home for her father’s funeral. Special Features: New interviews with actors Nobuko Miyamoto, Itami’s wife and frequent collaborator, and Manpei Ikeuchi, Itami's son; commercials for Ichiroku Tart by Itami; and more [Mississippi Masala]( Mira Nair’s luminous, bighearted look at the complexities of love in the modern melting pot stars Sarita Choudhury as Mina and Denzel Washington as Demetrius, whose passionate romance challenges the prejudices of both of their families. Special Features: New audio commentary by Nair, a new conversation between Choudhury and film critic Devika Girish, and more [Chan Is Missing]( A mystery man, a murder, and a wad of missing cash—in his wryly offbeat indie landmark, Wayne Wang updates the ingredients of classic film noir for the streets of contemporary San Francisco’s Chinatown. Special Features: A making-of documentary by Debbie Lum; conversations between Wang and critic Hua Hsu, filmmaker Ang Lee, and film programmer Dennis Lim; and more [Double Indemnity]( With its perfectly hard-boiled dialogue, deliciously wicked femme fatale, and seductively sordid 1940s Los Angeles setting, Billy Wilder’s adaptation of James M. Cain’s pulp novel is one of the most entertainingly perverse stories ever told and the standard by which all noir must be measured. Special Features: Audio commentary featuring critic Richard Schickel, a new conversation between film historians Eddie Muller and Imogen Sara Smith, 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.]( © 2022 The Criterion Collection :: 215 Park Ave S. New York, NY 10003