Luckily, it also means a new round of programming onThe Criterion Channel.
This month sees collections honoring movies about football, snowy westerns, and more.
Lets look at seven of the best offerings.
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Those are the depression-era twists on the traditional rom-com.
At the time, they served as counter-programming to the comparatively grittier film noir populating American cinemas.
They even share surface stylistic qualities.
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A scientist accidentallyand in a screwball manner, one might saydiscovers a chemical that repels wood.
Excited, he takes the logical next step in his careerpitching for a professional baseball team.
No points for guessing that hijinks ensue.
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It takes place in the time when the wild west jutted up against the age of the automobile.
Its tone is elegiac.
With its two veteran lead actors, its energy is wistfully end-of-an-era.
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Its about three cowboys hired to escort a bunch of gold to its final destination.
Those whove attempted the journeywithouthired guns have been murdered.
Its a comedy that its star,Dustin Hoffman, has suggested he played as a drama.
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He gets the job, a steady gig on a soap opera.
Tomfoolery of mistaken identities, genders, and intentions then transpire.
Its heroes are of the anti variety.
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It makes great use of competing color palettes and a plot whose machinations feel almost incidental.
His films are often thoughtful, unconventional family dramas.
It stands out from his other works in that its a documentary.
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Camillo didnt take the bait, telling his twin that Marx can wait.
Soon after, Camilo died by suicide.
Interspersed with footage of the telegenic Camilo,Marxis an exorcism and a tribute.
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Its sadness is effective, and its filmmaking is appropriately cinematic.
There are, of course, many other differences.
For one, Clara, our protagonist, is 40 years old.
This miraculous witnessing has given her a reputation as a spiritual healer and a mystic.
His presence ignites a sense of wanting in Clara, which in turn births a need to rebel.
The film is the story of Clara coming into her power.
She meets a con man and falls for him, as one does.
Thus begins the education of the films title.
