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"Quiet Days in Clichy" (not rated, 1 hour, 40 minutes DVD, Blu-ray) Danish artist Jens Jorgen Thorsen's explicit 1970 French New Wave-style comedic drama, based on Henry Miller's semi-autobiographical novella, is notorious for its sexuality, not for its fine filmmaking. It concerns an American writer and his French friend as they share an apartment in the Parisian district of Clichy and enjoy numerous sexual adventures. Originally declared obscene in the U.S., the film was eventually was cleared, then mysteriously disappeared. This is a restored version assembled from a recently disc...

The best labor movies, union movies, and worker movies you can watch at home on streaming services like Netflix and others.

MoMA’s series on film restorations, To Save and Project, is highlighting Black cinema, including what may be the earliest example of African American intimacy onscreen.

We’re thrilled to be celebrating Black History Month on the Criterion Channel with a lineup that salutes African American filmmaking pioneers like Gordon Parks and Madeline Anderson, spotlights the brilliant career of actor and activist Ruby Dee, presents newly restored works by William Greaves and Bill Duke, and offers introductions to contemporary Black directors like Mahamat-Saleh Haroun and Akosua Adoma Owusu. That’s just the beginning—we’ve also got Marlene Dietrich, Lana Turner, a new installment of Adventures in Moviegoing with Wyatt Cenac, and much more—check out the full ca...