Intermission

During the next few days, I hope to post my thoughts on the 11 films I saw in June, which includes two French films and (count 'em) three Superman movies!

In the meantime, here's the newest Criterion Collection release, the 9+ hour documentary Shoah (1985), which went on sale June 25. As of this writing, the blu-ray review has not appeared at Blu-ray.com, but I feel sure this monumental film will stand as one of Criterion's crowning achievements of 2013. I haven't seen it, so I hope our library purchases at least one copy.

Criterion's next release will be Kenji Mizoguchi's The Life of Oharu (1952), available July 9. The film is currently streaming on Hulu Plus. It also received a "highly recommended" review on Blu-ray.com.