As a Minnesotan, I feel seen by The Criterion Channel’s streaming choices for November 2024. Alongside their usual Noir choices for the month of Noirvember, Criterion is showcasing the best movies from the decades-long careers of Joel and Ethan Coen. They’ve also got a new entry into their Adventures in Moviegoing, this time starring frequent Coens collaborator John Turturro.
Needless to say, there’s a lot coming to The Criterion Channel in November. Here’s everything streaming there next month:
The Coen Brothers
This 9 film playlist highlights many of Joel and Ethan Coen‘s best movies during their illustrious career. Spanning a multitude of genres, this collection includes:
- Blood Simple (1984)
- Raising Arizona (1987)
- Miller’s Crossing (1990)
- Barton Fink (1991)
- The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
- The Big Lebowski (1998)
- A Serious Man (2009)
- True Grit (2010)
- Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
Columbia Noir
The Criterion Channel has a new noir playlist nearly every month. In November, that playlist commemorates the 100 year anniversary of Columbia Pictures. This 13 film collection includes:
- The Face Behind the Mask (1941)
- Ladies in Retirement (1941)
- Gilda (1946)
- The Killer That Stalked New York (1950)
- The Sniper (1952)
- Strange Fascination (1952)
- The Big Heat (1953)
- Human Desire (1954)
- Pickup Alley (1957)
- Nightfall (1957)
- Murder by Contract (1958)
- The Crimson Kimono (1959)
- Experiment in Terror (1962)
Queersighted: Queer Noir
Sticking with the theme of Noirvember, this 7 movie playlist highlights the boiling eroticism and ambiguous sexual motives during a time where Hollywood studios were required to avoid “any inference of sexual perversion.” This playlist includes:
- The Maltese Falcon (1941)
- Laura (1944)
- Double Indemnity (1944)
- Gilda (1946)
- Desert Fury (1947)
- The Big Clock (1948)
- Cry of the Hunted (1953)
Directed by Catherine Breillat
Catherine Breillat is known for her unflinching willingness to explore female sexuality and the corporeal realms of eroticism and violence. This is an 8 film playlist highlighting her biggest accomplishments and includes:
- A Real Young Girl (1976)
- Nocturnal Uproar (1979)
- 36 fillette (1988)
- Dirty Like an Angel (1991)
- Perfect Love (1996)
- Fat Girl (2001)
- Sex Is Comedy (2002)
- Anatomy of Hell (2004)
John Turturro’s Adventures in Moviegoing
A frequent collaborator with this month’s director highlight (the Coen Brothers), John Turturro has been a virtuoso performer capable of tearing through the screen at a moment’s notice. This 7 film playlist features a few of his favorite movies, and includes:
- Brute Force (1947)
- On the Waterfront (1954)
- Seven Samurai (1954)
- Wild Strawberries (1957)
- Divorce Italian Style (1961)
- Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
- Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)
What Else is Coming to The Criterion Channel in November 2024
The other additions to the streaming service next month include a playlist dedicated to Ida Lupino, the exclusive premiere of The Shadowless Tower, and a few Hollywood hits like The King of Comedy and Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead. See the full upcoming lineup here.
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