Criterion Discussion and Random Speculation Volume 7

[Finch]

[What A Disgrace]

I wonder if there's any way to procure "Director Approved" stickers. I used to collect them but lately they adhere so well to the plastic, the only ones I was able to salvage from last sale were Mike Mills and Leos Carax.

[guyetgenevieve]

Real Women Have Curves incoming from Criterion. The 4K restoration will be premiering at the 2027 Sundance Film Festival.

Director: Patricia Cardoso, Screenwriters: George LaVoo, Josefina López, Producers: George Lavoo, Effie Brown — Ana, a first-generation Mexican American teenager, fights for her independence and her curves in a war of wills with her mother. Based on the play by Josefina López. Cast: America Ferrera, George Lopez, Ingrid Oliu, Lupe Ontiveros, Brian Sites. Real Women Have Curves premiered at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival as part of the U.S. Dramatic Competition and took home the Audience Award: Dramatic and the Special Jury Prize for Acting for America Ferrera and Lupe Ontiveros. Supervised by director Patricia Cardoso and director of photography Jim Denault, this new 4K restoration was undertaken by Criterion in collaboration with Warner Bros. Pictures, Sundance Institute, and the Academy Film Archive from the 35 mm original camera negative.

[hearthesilence]

I never thought to save these until maybe a year ago. I usually just cut them out of the plastic so they just stick to a disc shaped piece of the wrap.