David Lynch’s ‘The Elephant Man,’ Neil Jordan’s ‘The Crying Game’ Among Criterion Collection’s July Physical Media Releases
Classic films from David Lynch, Martin Scorsese and Neil Jordan, and more are among the new titles anchoring the announced Criterion Collection’s July slate.
From the legendary late auteur David Lynch, the poignant drama “The Elephant Man” drops with a new 4K restoration of the late director’s Oscar-nominated portrait of John Merrick (John Hurt) and Dr. Frederick Treves (Anthony Hopkins). The release comes with archival material and newly assembled materials, including cast and crew interviews, documentary footage on the real Merrick and readings from Lynch’s memoir “Room to Dream.”
Martin Scorsese took the 1970s by storm with his take on the maternal melodrama with “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, anchored by Ellen Burstyn’s Oscar-winning turn as a widowed mother chasing independence. Criterion will release a new 4K edition that enhances the film’s warmth through a filmmaker-approved restoration, an ensemble audio commentary, and new conversations and interviews.
“Hud” starring Paul Newman as a ruthless rancher and with Oscar-winning performances by Patricia Neal and Melvyn Douglas, is a continuously revisited classic by cinephiles. The new 4K release will highlight James Wong Howe’s legendary black-and-white cinematography, alongside new interviews and archival materials.
Ahead of its time, “The Crying Game,” Neil Jordan’s genre-defying exploration of identity and desire set against the Troubles, is presented in a director-approved 4K restoration, complemented by commentary, new interviews with Jordan and Oscar-nominated star Stephen Rea, and archival making-of material that revisits the film’s seismic cultural resonance and its unforgettable breakout performance from Jaye Davidson. The film went on to win the Oscar for best original screenplay for Jordan.
Also coming down the pike is “Cruel Story of Youth,” Nagisa Oshima who announced himself as a radical voice in postwar cinema. Part of the Criterion Premieres line, “The Love That Remains,” from Hlynur Pálmason, is a tender, quietly surreal study of a dissolving relationship unfolding across Iceland’s shifting seasons, presented with filmmaker interviews and a companion short (“Joan of Arc”).
The box set “I’ll Remind You of Everything: The Films of Mike Mills” gathers the deeply personal trilogy “Beginners,” “20th Century Women,” and “C’mon C’mon,” tracing Mike Mills’s reflections on family, identity, and generational change through standout performances from Oscar winner Christopher Plummer, Annette Bening and Joaquin Phoenix. It also includes commentaries, documentaries, and Mills’s short-form work.
From the legendary late auteur David Lynch, the poignant drama “The Elephant Man” drops with a new 4K restoration of the late director’s Oscar-nominated portrait of John Merrick (John Hurt) and Dr. Frederick Treves (Anthony Hopkins). The release comes with archival material and newly assembled materials, including cast and crew interviews, documentary footage on the real Merrick and readings from Lynch’s memoir “Room to Dream.”
Martin Scorsese took the 1970s by storm with his take on the maternal melodrama with “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, anchored by Ellen Burstyn’s Oscar-winning turn as a widowed mother chasing independence. Criterion will release a new 4K edition that enhances the film’s warmth through a filmmaker-approved restoration, an ensemble audio commentary, and new conversations and interviews.
“Hud” starring Paul Newman as a ruthless rancher and with Oscar-winning performances by Patricia Neal and Melvyn Douglas, is a continuously revisited classic by cinephiles. The new 4K release will highlight James Wong Howe’s legendary black-and-white cinematography, alongside new interviews and archival materials.
Ahead of its time, “The Crying Game,” Neil Jordan’s genre-defying exploration of identity and desire set against the Troubles, is presented in a director-approved 4K restoration, complemented by commentary, new interviews with Jordan and Oscar-nominated star Stephen Rea, and archival making-of material that revisits the film’s seismic cultural resonance and its unforgettable breakout performance from Jaye Davidson. The film went on to win the Oscar for best original screenplay for Jordan.
Also coming down the pike is “Cruel Story of Youth,” Nagisa Oshima who announced himself as a radical voice in postwar cinema. Part of the Criterion Premieres line, “The Love That Remains,” from Hlynur Pálmason, is a tender, quietly surreal study of a dissolving relationship unfolding across Iceland’s shifting seasons, presented with filmmaker interviews and a companion short (“Joan of Arc”).
The box set “I’ll Remind You of Everything: The Films of Mike Mills” gathers the deeply personal trilogy “Beginners,” “20th Century Women,” and “C’mon C’mon,” tracing Mike Mills’s reflections on family, identity, and generational change through standout performances from Oscar winner Christopher Plummer, Annette Bening and Joaquin Phoenix. It also includes commentaries, documentaries, and Mills’s short-form work.