The Criterion Channel’s lineup for March includes works by Michael Mann, Alain Guiraudie, Dogme 95, and additional features.
No streaming platform offers a director retrospective quite like the Criterion Channel, and March presents two filmmakers at different levels of visibility. On one side is Michael Mann, with his works from Thief to Collateral (excluding The Keep) featured prominently; on the other hand, Alain Guiraudie has five of his films debuting in anticipation of Misericordia's release on March 21. Notably, his 2001 films That Old Dream That Moves and Sunshine for the Scoundrels might not have previously streamed in the U.S. Additionally, three noir films by Douglas Sirk (Lured, Shockproof, and Thunder on the Hill) are showcased alongside a retrospective of Lee Chang-dong featuring three new restorations.
There will also be exhibitions highlighting Dogme 95, Academy Award winners for Best Supporting Actor, and French Poetic Realism (including works by Renoir, Carné, and Duvivier). Welles’ The Trial receives a Criterion Edition, accompanied by Demon Pond, while Horace Ové’s freshly restored Pressure marks its streaming debut, along with updated versions of Amadeus, Love Is the Devil, Port of Shadows, Burning an Illusion, and the recent favorite Only the River Flows. Furthermore, all three segments of Penelope Spheeris’ The Decline of Western Civilization will have their own feature.
For a complete list of films streaming in February and additional details, visit the Criterion Channel:
Ali, Michael Mann, 2001
Amadeus, Miloš Forman, 1984
American Promise, Michèle Stephenson and Joe Brewster, 2013
The Bad and the Beautiful, Vincente Minnelli, 1952
Burning, Lee Chang-dong, 2018
Burning an Illusion, Menelik Shabazz, 1981
Collateral, Michael Mann, 2004*
The Crime of Monsieur Lange, Jean Renoir, 1936
Dancer in the Dark, Lars von Trier, 2000
The Decline of Western Civilization I, Penelope Spheeris, 1981
The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years, Penelope Spheeris, 1988
The Decline of Western Civilization Part III, Penelope Spheeris, 1998
Demon Pond, Masahiro Shinoda, 1979
Ed Wood, Tim Burton, 1994
The End of the Day, Julien Duvivier, 1939
A Fish Called Wanda, Charles Crichton, 1988
From Here to Eternity, Fred Zinnemann, 1953
Ghost, Jerry Zucker, 1990*
Glory, Edward Zwick, 1989
The Grapes of Wrath, John Ford, 1940
Green Fish, Lee Chang-dong, 1997
Hannah and Her Sisters, Woody Allen, 1986
Heat, Michael Mann, 1995
The Insider, Michael Mann, 1999
Le jour se lève, Marcel Carné, 1939
Julien Donkey-Boy, Harmony Korine, 1999
Key Largo, John Huston, 1948
The Killing Fields, Roland Joffé, 1984
L.A. Confidential, Curtis Hanson, 1997
Ladies’ Paradise, Julien Duvivier, 1930
The Last of the Mohicans, Michael Mann, 1992
The Last Picture Show, Peter Bogdanovich, 1971
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon, John Maybury, 1998*
Lured, Douglas Sirk, 1947
Manhunter, Michael Mann, 1986*
Mifune, Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, 1999
Mother Hummingbird, Julien Duvivier, 1929
Nobody’s Hero, Alain Guiraudie, 2022
Oasis, Lee Chang-dong, 2002
Only the River Flows, Wei Shujun, 2023
Peppermint Candy, Lee Chang-dong, 1999
Poetry, Lee Chang-dong, 2010
Port of Shadows, Marcel Carné, 1938
Shampoo, Hal Ashby, 1975
Shockproof, Douglas Sirk, 1949
Slaying Goliath, Michèle Stephenson and Joe Brewster, 2008
Stateless, Michèle Stephenson, 2020
Staying Vertical, Alain Guiraudie, 2016
Stranger By the Lake, Alain Guiraudie, 2013*
Such a Pretty Little Beach, Yves Allégret, 1949
Sunshine for the Scoundrels, Alain Guiraudie, 2001
T, Keisha Rae Witherspoon, 201
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The Criterion Channel’s lineup for March includes works by Michael Mann, Alain Guiraudie, Dogme 95, and additional features.
No streaming platform presents a director retrospective quite like the Criterion Channel, and March features two esteemed filmmakers from different levels of visibility. On one hand, there's Michael Mann, whose films from Thief to Collateral (excluding The Keep) are highlighted; on the other hand, there's Alain Guiraudie, who is in the spotlight ahead of the release of Misericordia on March 21.