#criterion edition

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Charlie Chaplin might have looked like he was in danger of falling over a ledge in Modern Times, but the shot was actually achieved using a matte painting (Animation from a making of documentary on the Criterion edition of Modern Times) pic.twitter.com/QTLz81Kbfp

ABBAtar’s are so insanely cool.

Stream ABBA’s 2022 album Voyage

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KaptainKristian’s incredible, unlisted Calvin & Hobbes video

Bill Watterson and Bill Kascht on their recent collaboration

These Beatle Goobers

The Beatles’ weird music video for their new song.

Mallory & I were part of a play that had a wild site specific run in April 2023 and then went on to the Hollywood Fringe Festival

The Florestine Collection - a beautiful film about filmmaker Helen Hill and her life in New Orleans, LA.

After our death questions, prepare for sex questions, Casey. I have been called out lol. 

I’m not gonna link to Ari Aster’s stuff. Y’all know it lol

Leo McCarey’s Love Affair

Damian Lewis as Steve McQueen in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood lol 

woot!

The Criterion release will include both the 1954 Japanese original as well as the 1956 American reworking starring Raymond Burr. Like all Criterion discs, Godzilla will also include a slew of juicy special features. Here’s the list, from the Criterion Collection website (via Shock Till You Drop):

New high-definition digital restoration (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition)

Audio commentary by David Kalat (A Critical History and Filmography of Toho’s Godzilla Series)

New high-definition digital restoration of Godzilla, King of the Monsters, Terry Morse’s 1956 reworking of the original, starring Raymond Burr

Audio commentary for Godzilla, King of the Monsters by Kalat

New interviews with actor Akira Takarada (Hideto Ogata), Godzilla performer Haruo Nakajima, and effects technicians Yoshio Irie and Eizo Kaimai

Interview with legendary Godzilla score composer Akira Ifukube

Featurette detailing Godzilla’s photographic effects

New interview with Japanese-film critic Tadao Sato

The Unluckiest Dragon, an illustrated audio essay featuring historian Greg Pflugfelder describing the tragic fate of the fishing vessel Daigo fukuryu maru, a real-life event that inspired Godzilla

Theatrical trailers

New and improved English subtitle translation