Scandalous Stanwyck

One of Hollywood’s fiercest icons takes the spotlight in a series of risqué pre-Code classics. NEWSLETTER - AUGUST 16, 2019 What’s New A guide to the latest from the Criterion Channel. If you haven’t already subscribed, [click here]( for a 14-day free trial and explore the more than 1,800 titles and thousands of supplemental features available to stream. [Pre-Code Barbara Stanwyck]( Brassy yet vulnerable, tough but tender, equally adept at drama, comedy, and romance: Barbara Stanwyck had an edgy, refreshingly naturalistic screen presence that made her a perfect star for the early sound era, when sex and sin were as yet unrestrained by the Hays Code. A new series on the Criterion Channel showcases the best of these early-career performances, which made her one of classic Hollywood’s most beloved and enduring screen legends. Looking for a place to start? Stanwyck leaves a trail of broken hearts and marriages in her role as a lusty, savvy social climber in Alfred E. Green’s Baby Face, one of the most notoriously salacious films of the pre-Code era. Among her conquests: a young John Wayne! [Paradise Trilogy]( Not for the faint of heart, Ulrich Seidl’s triptych—introduced on the Channel by cinematographer Ed Lachman—is a shockingly explicit look at life on the margins of European society. [Party Politics]( From sixties Czechoslovakia to modern-day Georgia, Eastern European filmmakers interrogate the Kafkaesque political climates of their homelands. [Three by Frank Borzage]( Critic Farran Smith Nehme introduces a trio of essential films by one of Hollywood’s greatest romanticists: A Farewell to Arms, Man’s Castle, and No Greater Glory. [The Three Musketeers]( Oliver Reed, Richard Chamberlain, and Frank Finlay step into the knee-high boots of Alexandre Dumas’s iconic swashbucklers in this adventure classic, directed by Richard Lester. EDITION #846 [Heart of a Dog]( This cinematic tone poem by artist Laurie Anderson is a sustained meditation on death that imbues the everyday with a sense of dreamlike wonder. SPECIAL FEATURES: A conversation between Anderson and coproducer Jake Perlin, deleted scenes, footage of Anderson’s 2016 Concert for Dogs, and more. [Last Call!]( The clock is ticking on a number of great movies we’ve programmed on the Criterion Channel: Volver (Pedro Almodóvar, 2006) The Man Who Fell to Earth (Nicolas Roeg, 1976) Swing Time (George Stevens, 1936) Christopher Strong (Dorothy Arzner, 1933) My Beautiful Laundrette (Stephen Frears, 1985) Our Man in Havana (Carol Reed, 1959) [Click here]( for a full list of films leaving the service on August 31. 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.]( © 2019 The Criterion Collection.