Beyond the Valley of the Dolls“It’s never meant to be an unwelcoming place,” said Hendrickson of Criterion. “It’s meant to show films that are exemplary of their kind. It’s not meant to define what is great and what is a classic, because classics can be many things. Genre films have their own integrity and we love them. The collection as a whole is meant to be representative of the breadth of filmmaking, not of a certain mentality in the office about what makes something part of a canon.
In addition to releasing more movies by women than it ever has and spotlighting women directors every Wednesday on its streaming platform, Criterion has been using its channel to “highlight films that focus on Black lives.
, with no subscription necessary. Because work cannot become canon without being seen, a move like tearing down a paywall facilitates the critical component of access .“The question then is: How do we sustain that so it doesn’t become a special thing?” said Clark, who’s worked with Criterion on multiple projects.
], and then was invited to introduce it at BAM. And then it hit the Criterion Channel. I am not taking credit for the canonization of, but it had this resurgence thanks to a synergy of programmers and writers supporting it . That was really cool to watch.
how about with this film cannon moment?