The Cannes 2024 market saw a thrilling revival with nine movies — including four movies in the main competition — selling to specialized distributors in domestic deals. However, this wasn’t exactly a return to business as normal: The buyers weren’t stalwarts like A24, or Focus, or IFC. Instead Mubi, Metrograph Pictures, and Sideshow (in partnership with Janus Films) established themselves as major buyers.
Mubi bought three titles in the main competition: “The Girl With the Needle,” “The Substance,” and added North American rights on Andrea Arnold’s “Bird.” (It came to the festival with UK rights.) “The Substance” starring Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley represents a major swing for the upstart, with one source placing the deal in the low-eight figures.
Sideshow picked up Indian drama “All We Imagine As Light” in the main competition, the animated “Flow” from Un Certain Regard, and “Misericordia” and Leos Carax’s “It’s Not Me,...
Mubi bought three titles in the main competition: “The Girl With the Needle,” “The Substance,” and added North American rights on Andrea Arnold’s “Bird.” (It came to the festival with UK rights.) “The Substance” starring Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley represents a major swing for the upstart, with one source placing the deal in the low-eight figures.
Sideshow picked up Indian drama “All We Imagine As Light” in the main competition, the animated “Flow” from Un Certain Regard, and “Misericordia” and Leos Carax’s “It’s Not Me,...
- 5/29/2024
- by Brian Welk
- Indiewire
“The donkey is cute, but this is not a Disney movie,” said Jonathan Sehring, the former IFC Films head whose young distribution outlet Sideshow, with Janus Films, presents Jerzy Skolimowski’s Cannes Jury Prize winning Eo at two NYC theaters this weekend. “We launched Sideshow for great movies that would otherwise get overlooked to give them the best release that they can possibly get,” he told Deadline.
Eo hits the big screen a year after the partners opened Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car, tenderly leading the three hour-long Japanese film about a bereft theater director overseeing a production of Uncle Vanya through a decorated awards season expansion that garnered four Oscar nominations, a win for Best International Feature and some solid box office coin.
“It’s not something we invented. It was a very traditional platform release for, what we hoped when we acquired it, would be a critically acclaimed film.
Eo hits the big screen a year after the partners opened Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car, tenderly leading the three hour-long Japanese film about a bereft theater director overseeing a production of Uncle Vanya through a decorated awards season expansion that garnered four Oscar nominations, a win for Best International Feature and some solid box office coin.
“It’s not something we invented. It was a very traditional platform release for, what we hoped when we acquired it, would be a critically acclaimed film.
- 11/18/2022
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
As Drive My Car sped from a best screenplay win and stellar reviews at Cannes to four Oscar nominations, distributor credits for the three-hour Japanese drama went to Sideshow/Janus Films – the former a little known new venture from Jonathan Sehring.
The longtime head of IFC Films said he launched Sideshow with “a group of friends.” Drive is its first project. Other are coming but “nothing we are ready to talk about yet.” The friends include Jonathan Turell and Peter Becker, partners in Janus Films. Turell is also CEO and Becker president of The Criterion Collection, a separate company that shares a leadership team and frequently works in concert with Janus. Their fathers, the late William Becker and Saul Turell, acquired Janus Films in 1965 and, Sehring said, gave him his first job out of college. “I worked for their dads. It’s almost like family to me,...
The longtime head of IFC Films said he launched Sideshow with “a group of friends.” Drive is its first project. Other are coming but “nothing we are ready to talk about yet.” The friends include Jonathan Turell and Peter Becker, partners in Janus Films. Turell is also CEO and Becker president of The Criterion Collection, a separate company that shares a leadership team and frequently works in concert with Janus. Their fathers, the late William Becker and Saul Turell, acquired Janus Films in 1965 and, Sehring said, gave him his first job out of college. “I worked for their dads. It’s almost like family to me,...
- 2/27/2022
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
The Criterion Collection on Thursday joined the wave of industry supporters who’ve come out in the past week to help fight systemic racism, and help advocate for police reform and support protesters across America. From A24 to Bad Robot, film’s leading voices are stepping up in response to current events. In an email from Criterion president Peter Becker and CEO Jonathan Turell, the company announced a $25,000 initial contribution, followed by an ongoing $5,000 monthly commitment for organizations supporting Black Lives Matter.
But Criterion also announced that it’s lifting the paywall on select titles from Black filmmakers, and white filmmakers who’ve captured the Black experience through documentary, so that audiences at home can stream them for free, with no need for a subscription.
Titles streaming for free on Criterion Channel include Julie Dash’s “Daughters of the Dust,” Maya Angelou’s “Down in the Delta,” Shirley Clarke’s “Portrait of Jason,...
But Criterion also announced that it’s lifting the paywall on select titles from Black filmmakers, and white filmmakers who’ve captured the Black experience through documentary, so that audiences at home can stream them for free, with no need for a subscription.
Titles streaming for free on Criterion Channel include Julie Dash’s “Daughters of the Dust,” Maya Angelou’s “Down in the Delta,” Shirley Clarke’s “Portrait of Jason,...
- 6/4/2020
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Over the past several days, we’ve seen a number of big companies respond to the death of George Floyd and the continued protests that have occurred all over the country in response to yet another unarmed Black person being killed by a police officer. And now, Criterion has joined the discussion.
Criterion President Peter Becker and CEO Jonathan Turell recently penned a statement to the film community about the steps the company is taking to help support the Black Lives Matter movement, along with the various other organizations that are fighting against systemic racism.
Continue reading Criterion Channel Makes A Number Of Films From Black Filmmakers Available For Free & Establishes Fund To Help Fight Racism at The Playlist.
Criterion President Peter Becker and CEO Jonathan Turell recently penned a statement to the film community about the steps the company is taking to help support the Black Lives Matter movement, along with the various other organizations that are fighting against systemic racism.
Continue reading Criterion Channel Makes A Number Of Films From Black Filmmakers Available For Free & Establishes Fund To Help Fight Racism at The Playlist.
- 6/4/2020
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
About the hour:
I really enjoy doing this podcast. Not so much that I need to work on it every day, but it is a personal joy to come back to this every few weeks and put down some more thoughts on our modern wax cylinders about why the Criterion Collection means so much to me and to others. Every episode has been a joy, but I have to say that this ninth hour seems particularly special to me due to the topics and wonderful conversation.
This hour allows me to share some general details about my recent trip to The Criterion Collection offices in Manhattan. Don’t get excited, there are no spoilers or scoops here, just a few minutes of me going on and on about how it was such a pleasure to visit the place and to spend a short amount of time letting Jonathan Turell know...
I really enjoy doing this podcast. Not so much that I need to work on it every day, but it is a personal joy to come back to this every few weeks and put down some more thoughts on our modern wax cylinders about why the Criterion Collection means so much to me and to others. Every episode has been a joy, but I have to say that this ninth hour seems particularly special to me due to the topics and wonderful conversation.
This hour allows me to share some general details about my recent trip to The Criterion Collection offices in Manhattan. Don’t get excited, there are no spoilers or scoops here, just a few minutes of me going on and on about how it was such a pleasure to visit the place and to spend a short amount of time letting Jonathan Turell know...
- 10/23/2017
- by Keith Enright
- CriterionCast
The first wave of Criterion Collection titles to be launched in the UK includes Sydney Pollack’s Tootsie and the Maysles brother’s Grey Gardens [pictured].
Sony Home Entertainment has struck a deal with The Criterion Collection to relase a range of Criterion features in the UK.
The first selection of titles, which will be available in April, are: Grey Gardens, It Happened One Night, Macbeth, Only Angels Have Wings, Speedy and Tootsie.
Previously, Criterion Collection releases, which are known for their remastered picture and sound quality, were only available in the Us and Canada on the Region A format.
Criterion Collection CEO Jonathan Turell said: “Starting with these six great titles, we are happy to be able to bring selections from Criterion to our very devoted audience in the UK. We are thrilled to build upon our strong relationship with Sony and look forward to expanding the Criterion audience.”
Additional titles are expected to be released under the...
Sony Home Entertainment has struck a deal with The Criterion Collection to relase a range of Criterion features in the UK.
The first selection of titles, which will be available in April, are: Grey Gardens, It Happened One Night, Macbeth, Only Angels Have Wings, Speedy and Tootsie.
Previously, Criterion Collection releases, which are known for their remastered picture and sound quality, were only available in the Us and Canada on the Region A format.
Criterion Collection CEO Jonathan Turell said: “Starting with these six great titles, we are happy to be able to bring selections from Criterion to our very devoted audience in the UK. We are thrilled to build upon our strong relationship with Sony and look forward to expanding the Criterion audience.”
Additional titles are expected to be released under the...
- 3/7/2016
- ScreenDaily
Last month, various home media forums began passing around rumors that the Criterion Collection would expand to the United Kingdom in 2016. Several films which are part of the Criterion Collection were being submitted to the British Board of Film Classification.
Back in September, Jonathan Turell guested on the CrowdSource Studios podcast “The Gloves are Off”, in which he mentioned that the Criterion Collection was interested in expanding to new regions.
We discussed this idea back in The Newsstand episode 53 last month. You can find the Criterion UK thread on the Criterion Forum here.
Earlier today, Sight & Sound magazine released the digital version of their latest issue for April 2016, and in it they confirm the news that the Criterion Collection will begin releasing discs in the UK on April 18th:
The Us home cinema label that set the bar for high-quality, extras-laden DVD and Blu-ray packages is launching in the UK on 18 April,...
Back in September, Jonathan Turell guested on the CrowdSource Studios podcast “The Gloves are Off”, in which he mentioned that the Criterion Collection was interested in expanding to new regions.
We discussed this idea back in The Newsstand episode 53 last month. You can find the Criterion UK thread on the Criterion Forum here.
Earlier today, Sight & Sound magazine released the digital version of their latest issue for April 2016, and in it they confirm the news that the Criterion Collection will begin releasing discs in the UK on April 18th:
The Us home cinema label that set the bar for high-quality, extras-laden DVD and Blu-ray packages is launching in the UK on 18 April,...
- 3/5/2016
- by Ryan Gallagher
- CriterionCast
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The Coen brothers will attend the 59th San Francisco International Film Festival to screen Blood Simple and have a conversation with Peter Becker and Jonathan Turell of Janus Films and the Criterion Collection, Anne Thompson reports.
Watch a video of side-by-comparisons for remakes, from Solaris to The Departed:
After reading our feature on The Metrograph, dive into their first batch of articles:
Which is surely why movies about movies are almost as old as movies themselves, as if we felt an urgency right from the start to get a handle on how this incredible medium was reshaping our minds and imaginations. Larger-than-life characters and the stars who play...
The Coen brothers will attend the 59th San Francisco International Film Festival to screen Blood Simple and have a conversation with Peter Becker and Jonathan Turell of Janus Films and the Criterion Collection, Anne Thompson reports.
Watch a video of side-by-comparisons for remakes, from Solaris to The Departed:
After reading our feature on The Metrograph, dive into their first batch of articles:
Which is surely why movies about movies are almost as old as movies themselves, as if we felt an urgency right from the start to get a handle on how this incredible medium was reshaping our minds and imaginations. Larger-than-life characters and the stars who play...
- 3/2/2016
- by TFS Staff
- The Film Stage
Plus: Participant Media promotes Sam Neswick to COO; FilmRise acquires Holy Hell; and more
The San Francisco Film Society will present the Mel Novikoff Award on April 30 to international art house cinema sister companies Janus Films and the Criterion Collection at the 59th San Francisco International Film Festival, set to run from April 21–May 5.
Peter Becker and Jonathan Turell of Janus Films and the Criterion Collection will take part in an on-stage conversation followed by a screening of Criterion’s most recent restoration, Joel and Ethan Coen’s Blood Simple. The Coen brothers are expected to participate in the presentation.
Participant Media has promoted Sam Neswick to COO. Neswick joined in 2014 as svp of strategic planning and was promoted last year to chief strategy officer. He recently drove Participant’s investment in Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners. Neswick will report to CEO David Linde.FilmRise has acquired Us rights from Donaldson Califf and Andrew Herwitz to [link...
The San Francisco Film Society will present the Mel Novikoff Award on April 30 to international art house cinema sister companies Janus Films and the Criterion Collection at the 59th San Francisco International Film Festival, set to run from April 21–May 5.
Peter Becker and Jonathan Turell of Janus Films and the Criterion Collection will take part in an on-stage conversation followed by a screening of Criterion’s most recent restoration, Joel and Ethan Coen’s Blood Simple. The Coen brothers are expected to participate in the presentation.
Participant Media has promoted Sam Neswick to COO. Neswick joined in 2014 as svp of strategic planning and was promoted last year to chief strategy officer. He recently drove Participant’s investment in Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners. Neswick will report to CEO David Linde.FilmRise has acquired Us rights from Donaldson Califf and Andrew Herwitz to [link...
- 3/2/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The Coen brothers, who recently participated in a Berlin Film Festival tribute to their old friend Ben Barenholtz, who helped them start their long careers, will show on April 30 at the Castro Theatre a recent restoration of their first feature "Blood Simple" (1984) at the 59th San Francisco International Film Festival (April 21-May 5). They will celebrate sibling international art-house cinema pioneers Janus Films and the Criterion Collection with an onstage conversation with partners Peter Becker and Jonathan Turell of Janus Films and the Criterion Collection. Every self-respecting cinephile knows the Janus and Criterion logos. Founded in 1956 as a theatrical distribution company that brought the best of international art-house cinema to American audiences, Janus has presented seminal works by Antonioni, Eisenstein, Bergman, Fellini, Kurosawa, Truffaut and Ozu. Janus's sister company the Criterion Collection also stands for outstanding quality and curatorial...
- 3/2/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
The Criterion Collection and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Sphe) on Wednesday announced a multi-year extension to their distribution agreement.
Under the deal, Sphe will continue to distribute Criterion titles in the Us market. Upcoming titles include Two Days, One Night (pictured).
“We are thrilled to extend our relationship with Sphe,” said Criterion Collection CEO Jonathan Turell.
“Working together over the past year – both on the distribution of Criterion’s titles and on adding new Sony titles to the Collection – has been rewarding on every front. We look forward to a successful collaboration for many more years.”
“We are pleased to build upon the partnership with Criterion and view this extension as an affirmation of our efforts as a world-class distributor of content in the home entertainment industry,” said Sphe president Man Jit Singh.
Under the deal, Sphe will continue to distribute Criterion titles in the Us market. Upcoming titles include Two Days, One Night (pictured).
“We are thrilled to extend our relationship with Sphe,” said Criterion Collection CEO Jonathan Turell.
“Working together over the past year – both on the distribution of Criterion’s titles and on adding new Sony titles to the Collection – has been rewarding on every front. We look forward to a successful collaboration for many more years.”
“We are pleased to build upon the partnership with Criterion and view this extension as an affirmation of our efforts as a world-class distributor of content in the home entertainment industry,” said Sphe president Man Jit Singh.
- 7/15/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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