The Criterion Channel Announces Launch Lineup
The Criterion Channel launches on April 8, and we're excited to share our first month's lineup! The April calendar of thematic programming highlights an eclectic mix of classic and contemporary films from Hollywood and around the world, many not streaming anywhere else.
The new service will host the Criterion Collection and Janus Films' ever-growing library of more than 1,000 feature films, 350 shorts, and 3,500 supplementary features, including trailers, introductions, behind-the-scenes documentaries, interviews, video essays, commentary tracks, and rare archival footage. It will also feature a constantly refreshed selection of films from a wide array of studio and independent licensors including Sony Pictures, Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures, Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM), Lionsgate, IFC Films, Kino Lorber, Cohen Media, Milestone Film and Video, Oscilloscope, Cinema Guild, Strand Releasing, Shout Factory, Film Movement, and Grasshopper Films. Additional licensors will be added in the coming months.
MONDAY, APRIL 8
Spotlight: Columbia Noir
Eleven dark gems from the studio that epitomized the hard-boiled essence of film noir:
My Name Is Julia Ross (Joseph H. Lewis, 1945);
So Dark the Night (Joseph H. Lewis, 1946);
The Big Heat (Fritz Lang, 1953);
Human Desire (Fritz Lang, 1954);
Drive a Crooked Road (Richard Quine, 1954);
Pushover (Richard Quine, 1954);
Nightfall (Jacques Tourneur, 1957);
The Burglar (Paul Wendkos, 1957);
The Lineup (Don Siegel, 1958);
Murder by Contract (Irving Lerner, 1958);
Experiment in Terror (Blake Edwards, 1962)