This is only a curated representation of the new titles added to our various collections. For specific titles, search Discovery or ask Tania.
The Criterion Collection on Kanopy
Kanopy has bolstered their offerings to an astounding 454 titles from the world’s premiere prestige cinema distributor. Titles requested by SMPA instructors that were previously unavailable on any streaming platform (E.g. Harlan County, USA; Cameraperson) are now here.
The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema
“Slavoj Žižek, everyone’s favorite Slovenian cultural theorist, stars in The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema, two and a half hours of psychoanalysis applied to the likes of Blue Velvet and The Matrix. It sounds completely mad, but it hangs together because of the brilliant, hilarious decision to insert the garrulous philosopher into key scenes of the films he discusses.” — Miranda Siegel, New York Magazine
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Blood Quantum
Canadian indigenous cinema goes full-on genre in this delightfully grisly, politically poignant horror film by Jeff Barnaby. “Barnaby’s film rejects the default white gaze of so many horror films, choosing to tell a story through an unapologetically Indigenous lens.” — Matthew Monagle, Austin Chronicle
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Another Round
Thomas Vinterberg‘s academy award-winning satire is streaming now via Criterion-on-Demand.
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Exterminate All the Brutes
The latest by I Am Not Your Negro director, Raoul Peck, is a 4-part HBO documentary. “The groundbreaking series explores the lasting impact of exploitation and genocide on society today, pushing the boundaries of traditional documentary filmmaking…”
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Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
A documentary about the final days of a Las Vegas bar… or is it? Sundance award-winner from the Ross Brothers.
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Soul
Disney/Pixar Academy Award Winner!
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Gay USA
Arthur Bressan’s ambitious documentary captures Pride parades across the US on one day in June 1977. “…conveys the passion, anger, and defiant optimism of a community under attack.” Jim Provenzano, Bay Area Reporter
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On the shelves at: HQ76.3.U5 G39 2005
Pedro Almodovar classic titles are now available for streaming through Criterion on Demand!
Matador (1989)
High Heels (1991)
The Flower of My Secret (1995)
All about My Mother (1999)
Talk to Her (2002)
Bad Education (2004)
Volver (2006)
Broken Embraces (2009)
The Skin I Live In (2011)
I’m So Excited (2013)
Plus these Almodovar titles on Kanopy:
Tie Me up! Tie me Down! (1990)
Julieta (2016)
And on DVD:
Pain and Glory (2020)
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