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Sept-2009_festival

The Criterion Collection presents

Sep 2009 First Films

Whereas some filmmakers cut their teeth on works they might rather forget, the artists whose films we’re presenting in this month’s festival burst out of the gate with panache. Marco Bellocchio, Jane Campion, Samuel Fuller, Roman Polanski, Lynne Ramsay, Agnès Varda—all of their debut features are elegant, fully formed expressions of their creators’ artistic and emotional worldviews, audacious, auspicious films like <i>Fists in the Pocket</i> and <i>Sweetie.</i> Take a look. It's on us!

Films

Knife in the Water

Knife in the Water

Poland 1962

94 Min

Dir Roman Polanski

1118 Views

Venice (FIPRESCI Prize)

  • Currently 4.0/5 Stars.
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Fists in the Pocket

Fists in the Pocket

Italy 1965

108 Min

Dir Marco Bellocchio

373 Views

  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
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La Pointe Courte

La Pointe Courte

France 1956

80 Min

Dir Agnès Varda

417 Views

  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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Ratcatcher

Ratcatcher

France, United Kingdom 1999

94 Min

Dir Lynne Ramsay

827 Views

Edinburgh (New Directors Award)

  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
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Sweetie

Sweetie

Australia, New Zealand 1989

99 Min

Dir Jane Campion

863 Views

  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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I Shot Jesse James

I Shot Jesse James

United States 1949

81 Min

Dir Samuel Fuller

450 Views

  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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Films in previous Criterion festivals are available to watch for $5.

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Joshua Kish

29Mar10

"Festival" section now deleted from Criterion website. Looks like the end of this wonderful free service.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Ivana Rodrigu​ez

19Feb10

I agree, French film festival sound like a great idea!&nbsp;&nbsp;

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Duane Jones

4Feb10

No updates since October...is something wrong?&nbsp;&nbsp;

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Luke Moses

3Feb10

How about a French film festival before Criterion loses those StudioCanal films?&nbsp;&nbsp;

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