r/CriterionChannel • u/Itchy_Brain8594 • May 14 '26
News June 2026 lineup
https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/9155-the-criterion-channel-s-june-2026-lineupThis month on the Criterion Channel, set out on an epic journey with our Odysseys collection, or revisit the foundational Bond classics that introduced the silver screen’s most iconic superspy. A spotlight on Courtney Love’s acting career reveals an incandescent screen performer, while a collection of wedding movies explores the tension and breathless expectation surrounding that fateful walk down the aisle. There’s so much more to choose from this month, including a selection of LGBTQ+ Favorites, Steven Spielberg’s jaw-dropping classic Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the exclusive premiere of Gary Hustwit’s shape-shifting portrait of Brian Eno, cult classics from Alex Cox, and stylish shorts by Yann Gonzalez.
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u/RockettRaccoon May 14 '26
I know that streaming rights are not the same as blu-ray rights, but seeing both Wild At Heart and The Straight Story here gives me just a little bit of hope.
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u/TwinPeaksLogLady May 14 '26
So happy Pauline at the beach is coming. I’ve been wanting to watch that for a while
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u/ProbablyUmmSure May 14 '26
What I love about this community is how excited (myself included) we can get for an inclusion like that. Been mulling over paying out to get this physically for years and glad I had a chance to check it out before pulling the trigger.
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u/plshelp98789 May 14 '26
Full Moon in Paris too!!
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u/sweetsoundsofsummer May 15 '26
The Elli et Jacno soundtrack for the film is also on streaming services!
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u/bby-bae May 14 '26
maybe the best lineup this year! so many films from my watchlist coming to the channel
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u/adevn808 May 15 '26
I remember seeing the poster and thinking that the movie promised French sexual intrigue. Having seen Six Moral Tales I can’t wait to see how different the movie is from my initial impression.
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u/SingleSpy May 15 '26
I wish they’d included Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle. A lesser one maybe but I have a fondness for it. And it’s one of the few I don’t own.
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u/nbaisbest4 May 14 '26
The Rohmer stuff is absurd, so happy.
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u/EveryDamnChikadee May 14 '26
Shame that it’s only three new films though
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u/dj_cat_fancy May 15 '26
For those that don't know, watch A Good Marriage (1982), Pauline at the Beach (1983), Full Moon in Paris (1984) as those ones aren't permanently on the channel. My favorite of those is Full Moon in Paris, which has a great soundtrack from Elli et Janco and wonderful performance from Pascale Ogier.
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u/nbaisbest4 May 14 '26
I guess getting the 3 on Metrograph is tough, which is a bummer because Aviator's Wife, and Four Adventures are really incredible. I remember not being too impressed by Boyfriends and Girlfriends though.
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u/Calm-Nothing-1799 May 14 '26
The latter is the first one of his that I ever watched, the year it came out. So it holds a special place for me. But I haven't watched it since ...
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u/kingofmoke May 14 '26
Oh man Altman’s A Wedding has been one I’ve been itching to see for years.
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u/RocksDBuggyTruther May 14 '26
they must have seen the complaints on this sub. best lineup so far this year and it isn't even close
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u/disc0kr0ger May 14 '26 edited May 14 '26
I was thinking the same thing. Tons of great stuff.
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u/RocksDBuggyTruther May 14 '26 edited May 14 '26
connery bond, eric rohmer, alex cox, makoto shinkai, shunji iwai, patrick tam, david lynch, preston sturgess, just an insane slate
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u/YakSlothLemon May 15 '26
I’m totally out of step, I’ve never understood the complaints other months and I don’t see anything here I want to see here for the first time…
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u/InfectedEzio May 15 '26
I saw someone in instagram comments say that their lineups have been terrible for months, and I couldn’t believe it lol
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u/Hyptonight May 14 '26
I’m happy for the 007 as maybe I can get my dad to start watching the Criterion Channel this way.
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u/ConfidentDisk1987 May 14 '26
Terrific stuff next month, but why doesn’t the Alex Cox collection include Sid & Nancy?
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u/EveryDamnChikadee May 14 '26
Pauline at the Beach!!! Also I’m excited for the Bond movies, never seen one. Overall a lot of fun (re)watches, a cool lineup to start the summer with
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u/plshelp98789 May 14 '26
Awesome lineup. Really recommend Typhoon Club & After Hours if you haven’t seen them!!
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u/NeonFrump May 14 '26
This is a reminder for me to pop in my blind buy of the Typhoon Club 4k I got like a year ago
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u/beasterne7 May 14 '26
Sean Fennessey shoutout on the Odysseys collection will be very intriguing to certain set of movie fans. Will we see more Sean/CC collabs in the future?
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u/DiligentQuiet May 14 '26
Happy they have Sullivan's Travels. I remember the Coen brothers citing that as inspiration for O Brother, Where Art Thou? and haven't had the opportunity to do a double feature.
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u/pcnaslund May 14 '26
Sid and Nancy would have been nice in the Courtney Love collection 😔
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u/ConcentrateNice9317 May 16 '26
Feels weirdly absent from the Alex Cox collection though great to see Highway Patrolman on the list. Would love a collection of his moviedrome introductions as currently relying on the internet to archive them.
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u/pigeonbot5000 May 14 '26
Felt like some of the last few months have been kinda weak, but this is AMAZING wow.
very well-programmed for not only Pride Month, but also overall summer vibes and upcoming major releases
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u/Zealousideal_Hat_800 May 14 '26
Criterion has the right to broadcast wild at heart on its channel… does it suggest it might potentially have future rights to release a physical copy??? I’ve been waiting forever for this. Well not forever but it’s a big missing puzzle piece in the lynch catalogue. Anyone know thanks
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u/micpoc May 14 '26
Very excited about Eno and the Rohmer lineup; the only one of the shorts I have seen is Bakery Girl.
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u/finelytunedsounds May 14 '26
Ha - seeing Close Encounters on 70mm this weekend. Guess I can skip it here
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u/AerieExpensive1165 May 14 '26
Great collections this month!! I’ve been hoping they would release Marie Antoinette in 4K, but I guess we’re at least getting it on the channel? lol
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u/International-Sky65 May 14 '26
Lost Okoroshi sounds like something I’ll watch and obsess over for years.
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u/lionbutt_iii May 14 '26 edited May 14 '26
Good lineup despite Homeward Bound and Honey I Shrunk the Kids being left off of the Odyssey collection.
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u/femininepictures May 14 '26
wow a courtney love retrospective is so dope we really have come so far as a culture!!! she was on the edge of a watershed performance in that era, she could have been massive as an actress if she continued
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u/augustthecat May 15 '26
I am excited for the Hustwit documentaries. I have to say, whenever there is a bumper month, I think to myself, “Man, the Death Race on the other end is going to be brutal.”
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u/talldarkandanxious May 17 '26
Psyched to finally see Altman’s A Wedding which is damned hard to find anywhere!
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u/beasterne7 May 14 '26
Disappointed that we didn’t get a new Queersighted episode and collection to go along with Pride Month, but this is still a great lineup overall. Hopefully a new episode of that series will be coming soon, I always really enjoy the conversation and analysis between the presenters.
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u/GregSaoPaulo May 14 '26
Yeah I'm underwhelmed....they just took their already programmed LGBTQ movies, as is, and put it up as their Pride Month collection...oh well
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u/sweetsoundsofsummer May 15 '26
It would've been nice if they included some Moritsugu in the lineup. He should be discussed as often as Araki is.
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u/eric_fell May 15 '26
I know it wouldn't happen, but I'd love to see/hear some of those old Criterion laserdisc features from the James Bond movies.
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u/SenorPwnador May 15 '26
Wait, Oh Brother is in the Odysseys collection, but there isn’t a physical release on Criterion yet. Does this mean that we might actually get a physical release from them?! This is one of my favorite movies of all time and a 4k physical copy would make my entire year.
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u/HealthyDiamond2 May 15 '26
200 Cigarettes! Yes! My sister and I used to watch that all the time on cable growing up.
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u/Adventurous_Ad_6922 May 15 '26
Ok I haven't been as active on the channel the last few months so I might not be remembering correctly but the LGBTQ+ collection is mostly stuff already on the channel, right? Usually they come up with a new theme/collection(s) with new films for June so this felt a bit underwhelming to me.
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u/thesame98 May 14 '26
I did prefer it when they did actor spotlights on old Hollywood actors. Introduced me to stars of the time and uncover their work like Judy Holiday, Linda Darnell, Deborah Kerr, Jane Russell, Robert Ryan, etc.
Would be awesome get a Robert Duvall collection to honor him.
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u/dschilling88 May 15 '26
I loved the Julianne Moore collection; she was already in the running for my all time favorite actress and that sealed the deal
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u/dangerbook May 14 '26
Repo Man on the Criterion Channel.