The latest in Criterion’s online magazine: Spotlight on Ida Lupino, an actor for the ages

Plus: Ray Yeung’s Top 10 and a close look at Dennis Hopper’s OUT OF THE BLUE [Current]( HIGHLIGHTS DECEMBER 8, 2024 A roundup of recent articles from Criterion’s online magazine. Happy reading! [Ida Lupino’s On-Screen Glory]( A Captivating Performer in Her Prime. Before she won acclaim as a trailblazing director, the Hollywood icon made her name as a gritty and powerfully vivid actor in films by such masters as Raoul Walsh, Nicholas Ray, and Michael Curtiz. By Farran Smith Nehme WATCH [Twelve of Lupino’s films are now playing on the Criterion Channel.]( [A Nightmare of Youth]( Dennis Hopper’s Tragic Tour de Force Out of the Blue. This bleakly nihilistic drama struggled to find an audience after it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 1980, but time has revealed it to be one of cinema’s most hardcore portraits of disaffected adolescence. By Rebecca Bengal WATCH [Out of the Blue is now playing on the Criterion Channel.]( [Ray Yeung’s Top]( 10 The director of All Shall Be Well chooses a selection of films that reflect the joys and sorrows of life and explore themes of love, grief, ambition, and sacrifice. WATCH [Yeung’s number-one favorite is now playing on the Criterion Channel.]( [Designing Gummo]( A Visit with Artist Joao Rosa. In this video, the creative director of the Miami-based studio EDGLRD, which he cofounded with filmmaker Harmony Korine, describes his experimental approach to the cover artwork for Criterion’s recently released Gummo edition. READ MORE [Critic Carlos Aguilar explores Korine’s entrancingly deviant debut feature in the liner notes for our release.]( [A Star Was Born]( Barbra Streisand’s Unforgettable Film Debut. In William Wyler’s adaptation of Funny Girl, the actor delivers an incandescent and remarkably vulnerable performance as vaudeville legend Fanny Brice. By Michael Koresky WATCH [A 2020 interview with Streisand is now playing on the Criterion Channel.]( OLDIE BUT GOODIE [“]( the years, it has come to seem an exaltation of life’s bittersweet balances and trade-offs—of unexpected triumphs made richer by the dashed hopes that offset them.”]( —Jim Ridley on The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, which is now playing at New York City’s Film Forum in a new 4K restoration THE DAILY [Tributes to Quincy Jones]( The Late, Great Musician’s Multi-Genre Legacy. As a composer, arranger, and producer, Jones was one of the most vital artists of the past seventy years. READ MORE [Critic Carol Cooper dives into Jones’s brilliant work as a film composer.]( For further information on Criterion and our products, please visit our website at [criterion.com.]( To start streaming the Criterion Channel, please visit [criterionchannel.com.]( If you are not already on our mailing list and would like to be added, please [click here]( to register at [criterion.com.]( To unsubscribe, [click here.]( © 2024 The Criterion Collection :: 215 Park Ave S. New York, NY 10003