{"id":381642,"date":"2026-04-16T01:00:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T01:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/381642\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T01:00:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T01:00:26","slug":"the-crying-game-the-elephant-man-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/381642\/","title":{"rendered":"The Crying Game, The Elephant Man and More"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tClassic films from David Lynch, Martin Scorsese<\/a> and Neil Jordan, and more are among the new titles anchoring the announced Criterion<\/a> Collection\u2019s July slate. <\/p>\n

\n\tFrom the legendary late auteur David Lynch, the poignant drama \u201cThe Elephant Man<\/a>\u201d drops with a new 4K restoration of the late director\u2019s Oscar-nominated portrait of John Merrick (John Hurt) and Dr. Frederick Treves (Anthony Hopkins). The release comes with archival material and newly assembled materials, including cast and crew interviews, documentary footage on the real Merrick and readings from Lynch\u2019s memoir \u201cRoom to Dream.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tMartin Scorsese took the 1970s by storm with his take on the maternal melodrama with \u201cAlice Doesn\u2019t Live Here Anymore, anchored by Ellen Burstyn\u2019s Oscar-winning turn as a widowed mother chasing independence. Criterion will release a new 4K edition that enhances the film\u2019s warmth through a filmmaker-approved restoration, an ensemble audio commentary, and new conversations and interviews.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHud\u201d starring Paul Newman as a ruthless rancher and with Oscar-winning performances by Patricia Neal and Melvyn Douglas, is a continuously revisited classic by cinephiles. The new 4K release will highlight James Wong Howe\u2019s legendary black-and-white cinematography, alongside new interviews and archival materials.<\/p>\n

\n\tAhead of its time, \u201cThe Crying Game<\/a>,\u201d Neil Jordan\u2019s genre-defying exploration of identity and desire set against the Troubles, is presented in a director-approved 4K restoration, complemented by commentary, new interviews with Jordan and Oscar-nominated star Stephen Rea, and archival making-of material that revisits the film\u2019s seismic cultural resonance and its unforgettable breakout performance from Jaye Davidson. The film went on to win the Oscar for best original screenplay for Jordan.<\/p>\n

\n\tAlso coming down the pike is \u201cCruel Story of Youth,\u201d Nagisa Oshima who announced himself as a radical voice in postwar cinema. Part of the Criterion Premieres line, \u201cThe Love That Remains,\u201d from Hlynur P\u00e1lmason, is a tender, quietly surreal study of a dissolving relationship unfolding across Iceland\u2019s shifting seasons, presented with filmmaker interviews and a companion short (\u201cJoan of Arc\u201d).<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCriterion Collection<\/p>\n

\n\tThe box set \u201cI\u2019ll Remind You of Everything: The Films of Mike Mills\u201d gathers the deeply personal trilogy \u201cBeginners,\u201d \u201c20th Century Women,\u201d and \u201cC\u2019mon C\u2019mon,\u201d tracing Mike Mills\u2019s reflections on family, identity, and generational change through standout performances from Oscar winner Christopher Plummer, Annette Bening and Joaquin Phoenix. It also includes commentaries, documentaries, and Mills\u2019s short-form work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Classic films from David Lynch, Martin Scorsese and Neil Jordan, and more are among the new titles anchoring…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":381643,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[135673,156,2793,409,111,139,69,198405,198406],"class_list":["post-381642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-criterion","tag-entertainment","tag-martin-scorsese","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-the-crying-game","tag-the-elephant-man"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}