"I love cinema!" Seeing the enthusiasm, joy, and passion exhibited by every Raider of the Lost Criterion Closet always brightens my day. Thank you Cheryl for sharing your wonderful choices with us.
Love her picks including picking To Die For and I Married a Witch. And I love her sign off at 6:06 with “I don’t know if I want to keep you much longer-I do” and adieu. To you, and you and you!!! Plus being a champion for physical media!!! 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿
Shoutout to Philly's own Cheryl Dunye! I was watching the credits to "The Equalizer" tv show and saw her name as the director. I see she's been lots of tv work, but has been able to keep a black lesbian/queer thread involved, including "Claws", "The Fosters", and "Lovecraft Country"! What a wide variety of picks!
Cheryl Dunye!!! Making me cry and laugh at once! Such warmth, humor, and genuine passion and love for cinema. So much respect and gratitude for her work, commitment and drive. 💜
I LITERALLY WATCHED THE WATERMELON WOMAN YESTERDAY!! This is awesome! I’m so happy she owns her own production company and she deserves wayyy more directing work
This is such a lovely video and yet the amount of dislikes and vicious comments is really heartbreaking. Who are you people? Why are you so intent on spreading hate, on the Criterion Channel of all places? Have you not watched any of the movies they've distributed?
A personally hate using, and in this case I should stress using here in a hegemonic sense as it is rampant, but anyways…using film as a mouth piece and vessel for liberalism. The ethics and tenets/dogma of secular humanism being expressed ad nasum to the point where the field itself, especially the avant garde and the experimentally being exclusively apart of said worldview/process of thought. I am incredibly fatigued by it, having to see it stressed in every form across most films. I never see anyone criterion orientated that expresses a radical view that departs from the accepted currents of academia; be it queer theory, poststeucturalism, feminism, Marxism, etc. I’ve never seen anyone featured that took the diametric opposite, as these tenets have become the western dogma, and any deviation or subversion is immediately dangerous, “frightening” and threatening. Which in my understanding as being a book and film/art fanatic, is the whole point of art, especially the avant garde. This stuff is so baseline and normal, while still holding up the mask of perceived transgression as if it’s not being manufactured and created in a world where gap, Levi’s, and target are financing whole sale the ideology itself, and these “artists” are banking off the very system they act as if they’re challenging in any way. So I’m doubtful most “attacks” are coming from a personal and very specific perspective, and in fact they very well could be, I will give you that; but from my perspective, I am tired of being inundated by any ideology and approach to life I do not support, nor see, nor enjoy…that being secular humanism in all it’s manifestations. The material I enjoyed was forced out of the market, and the potential artists and creatives who could express themselves through those views are kept out and not given the ability to create in the same way; so why shouldn’t there be push back? If everything is political; or who was it that said the personal is the political…Adorno? Marcuse? If that statement is true, then this is political and pushing in its own way, can no one push back of us submission ethical liberation now?
@@DiamorphineDeath lmfao stop watching so much jordan peterson dude you're not fighting an ideological crusade disliking a video everytime a gay person is in it
@@RealTheZad Who watches Jordan Peterson here dude? The guy espouses classical liberalism, and yet he's become a figure of what...rebellion to you guy's? I gave you a well thought out academic response to your question, and expanded why it is much more complicated and runs deeper than the simplistic "muh human rights" take you had. You're denigrating it down to an absurd level, and presenting it as if it is just that, when it very much isn't. If you can't compete on the intellectual front, you try and degrade and denigrate using logical fallicies by name dropping Jordan Peterson of all people. Try a bit harder bud.
@@DiamorphineDeath @DiamorphineDeath No, you didn't "dude" (not even gonna correct you on that one, I don't want to know what your opinion on trans people are), you created a strawman to epicly destroy in the UA-cam comments. When did I talk about, as you said, "muh human rights" or "attacks"? I complained that people were leaving hate comments every time a queer person appeared on the criterion closet. Not defiantly pushing back against the rampant liberalism or whatever you've diluded yourself into believing is happening here. No, commenting "gross" or "is that a man or a woman". Is this some subversive cry for a break from the accepted currents of academia? No, I think they just have a problem with gay people. And I think you do too.
@@DiamorphineDeath No, you didn't "dude" (not even gonna correct you on that one, I don't want to know what your opinion on trans people are), you created a strawman to epicly destroy in the UA-cam Comments. When did I talk about "Attacks" or "Human rights"? I tried writing this comment once before but it got automatically deleted because I quoted some of the things that people were saying that I was complaining about. Are these people pushing back against the acceptable strains of academia or whatever you've diluted yourself into believing is happening here? Nah, I think they just have a problem with Gay people. And I think you do too.
"Get things while you can because they might not be streaming forever" might be a little preaching to the choir on this channel but it's so true. get the movies that inspired you, the movies from filmmakers you love, so you can always watch them no mater what the Zaslavs and Igers do
Cheryl "One more for fun" Dunye! Elite director! The crew of All Rise will never forget you! Shout out also to the wonderfully talented cinematographer of The Watermelon Woman Michelle Crenshaw!
i swear whenever criterion do a video featuring an obviously queer person it always gets a bunch of dislikes which is a real shame. 46 dislikes within 2 hours for a video of a director talking about movies she loves? come on, compared especially to the tim blake nelson video with 41k views and 12 dislikes.
@@reservoirdude92 they've had hundreds of videos (166, if the playlist is to be believed). Out of those 166 filmmakers, actors etc. I found a grand total of...13 queer people, some of whom are long-time icons of cinema and stage (Nathan Lane, John Waters etc.). Cheryl Dunye is an iconic figure in independent queer cinema and has been a celebrated filmmaker for nearly 30 years. Criterion's whole thing has been releasing or making widely available filmmakers of a diverse background. the company has never wanted to exclusively release films by straight white Americans. the problem here is you: you're a snowflake plain and simple who gets triggered seeing anyone who isn't like you.
@@reservoirdude92 out of the 166 videos in this series, about 14 involve openly queer people. they are not 'pushing it aggressively and obnoxiously', and in fact Criterion are all about a wide array of filmmakers. you're the one with the problem, not them.
Varda fucking rocks as does Cheryl Dunye. I saw The Watermelon Woman when it came out. Loved it but time to rewatch. Her focus on queer and women directors is awesome.
I just don't get why people think Jeanne Dielman is a good movie. It is DULL! DULL!DULL! If I wanted dull I'd just look at myself in the mirror slicing fish.
a black gay person can't exist? just because they tick diversity boxes? do you think of people as archetypes? mind you she has been in the industry for almost three decades
She's so awesome man glad she's reaching such a wider audience with her film in the collection and through this. Her taste is impeccable
Finally someone grabs Marlon Riggs!!! Tongues Untied is one of the best artistic achievements ever!
Anesthetize is great toi
"I love cinema!" Seeing the enthusiasm, joy, and passion exhibited by every Raider of the Lost Criterion Closet always brightens my day.
Thank you Cheryl for sharing your wonderful choices with us.
I appreciate it when they take time to breakdown what they like about the movies. Not everyone does that.
Love her picks including picking To Die For and I Married a Witch.
And I love her sign off at 6:06 with “I don’t know if I want to keep you much longer-I do” and adieu. To you, and you and you!!!
Plus being a champion for physical media!!! 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿
Cheryl Dunye is a gem 💖
The more of these I watch... I should really get on to watching Agnès Varda's work
That box set is the best Criterion has ever put out. Not a bad flick on it and even the less good ones are worth watching.
I’m new to her, only seen like 2 or 3, and I really love all of what I’ve seen. Can’t wait to watch more!
absolutely love her and The Watermelon Woman is amazing.
Love how thorough and passionate she goes through each film. Amazing artist.
Shoutout to Philly's own Cheryl Dunye! I was watching the credits to "The Equalizer" tv show and saw her name as the director. I see she's been lots of tv work, but has been able to keep a black lesbian/queer thread involved, including "Claws", "The Fosters", and "Lovecraft Country"! What a wide variety of picks!
Veronica Lake AND Varda. Mad respect for this curation.
She has so much charisma and really a unique outlook on cinema. First time I hear of her, very interesting
could have listened to her talk about movies forever. loved this so much, so glad she had so many unique recs for us!
Cheryl Dunye!!! Making me cry and laugh at once! Such warmth, humor, and genuine passion and love for cinema. So much respect and gratitude for her work, commitment and drive. 💜
I LITERALLY WATCHED THE WATERMELON WOMAN YESTERDAY!! This is awesome!
I’m so happy she owns her own production company and she deserves wayyy more directing work
Literally just watched “The Watermelon Woman” a bit ago, so this is exciting! Love her work a lot ^^
This is such a lovely video and yet the amount of dislikes and vicious comments is really heartbreaking. Who are you people? Why are you so intent on spreading hate, on the Criterion Channel of all places? Have you not watched any of the movies they've distributed?
A personally hate using, and in this case I should stress using here in a hegemonic sense as it is rampant, but anyways…using film as a mouth piece and vessel for liberalism. The ethics and tenets/dogma of secular humanism being expressed ad nasum to the point where the field itself, especially the avant garde and the experimentally being exclusively apart of said worldview/process of thought. I am incredibly fatigued by it, having to see it stressed in every form across most films. I never see anyone criterion orientated that expresses a radical view that departs from the accepted currents of academia; be it queer theory, poststeucturalism, feminism, Marxism, etc. I’ve never seen anyone featured that took the diametric opposite, as these tenets have become the western dogma, and any deviation or subversion is immediately dangerous, “frightening” and threatening. Which in my understanding as being a book and film/art fanatic, is the whole point of art, especially the avant garde. This stuff is so baseline and normal, while still holding up the mask of perceived transgression as if it’s not being manufactured and created in a world where gap, Levi’s, and target are financing whole sale the ideology itself, and these “artists” are banking off the very system they act as if they’re challenging in any way.
So I’m doubtful most “attacks” are coming from a personal and very specific perspective, and in fact they very well could be, I will give you that; but from my perspective, I am tired of being inundated by any ideology and approach to life I do not support, nor see, nor enjoy…that being secular humanism in all it’s manifestations. The material I enjoyed was forced out of the market, and the potential artists and creatives who could express themselves through those views are kept out and not given the ability to create in the same way; so why shouldn’t there be push back? If everything is political; or who was it that said the personal is the political…Adorno? Marcuse? If that statement is true, then this is political and pushing in its own way, can no one push back of us submission ethical liberation now?
@@DiamorphineDeath lmfao stop watching so much jordan peterson dude you're not fighting an ideological crusade disliking a video everytime a gay person is in it
@@RealTheZad Who watches Jordan Peterson here dude? The guy espouses classical liberalism, and yet he's become a figure of what...rebellion to you guy's? I gave you a well thought out academic response to your question, and expanded why it is much more complicated and runs deeper than the simplistic "muh human rights" take you had. You're denigrating it down to an absurd level, and presenting it as if it is just that, when it very much isn't. If you can't compete on the intellectual front, you try and degrade and denigrate using logical fallicies by name dropping Jordan Peterson of all people. Try a bit harder bud.
@@DiamorphineDeath @DiamorphineDeath No, you didn't "dude" (not even gonna correct you on that one, I don't want to know what your opinion on trans people are), you created a strawman to epicly destroy in the UA-cam comments. When did I talk about, as you said, "muh human rights" or "attacks"? I complained that people were leaving hate comments every time a queer person appeared on the criterion closet. Not defiantly pushing back against the rampant liberalism or whatever you've diluded yourself into believing is happening here. No, commenting "gross" or "is that a man or a woman". Is this some subversive cry for a break from the accepted currents of academia? No, I think they just have a problem with gay people. And I think you do too.
@@DiamorphineDeath No, you didn't "dude" (not even gonna correct you on that one, I don't want to know what your opinion on trans people are), you created a strawman to epicly destroy in the UA-cam Comments. When did I talk about "Attacks" or "Human rights"? I tried writing this comment once before but it got automatically deleted because I quoted some of the things that people were saying that I was complaining about. Are these people pushing back against the acceptable strains of academia or whatever you've diluted yourself into believing is happening here? Nah, I think they just have a problem with Gay people. And I think you do too.
I Married a Witch is worth watching for Fredrick March who is always solid. You can't go wrong with Fassbinder or Agnes Varda.
"Get things while you can because they might not be streaming forever"
might be a little preaching to the choir on this channel but it's so true. get the movies that inspired you, the movies from filmmakers you love, so you can always watch them no mater what the Zaslavs and Igers do
such an infectious energy! envy for every closet visitor grows stronger...
I love listening to her talk
Yay, BRD trilogy! Marriage of Maria Braun is such an incredible journey--and that ending!!
Cheryl is a breath of fresh air ❤
Love her energy! Such an unabashed and excited passion for cinema.
She's so great! Love her picks.
I love Dunye's feature-length and short films! I binged them when the Criterion Channel highlighted them last year.
Ok now give her some money so she can make another film
Cheryl Dunye speaking about meeting and valuing Marlon Riggs, it doesn't get any better in this closet...
Wonderful guest. Her enthusiasm and love for cinema are palpable!
does she have a podcast? I could listen to her talk about film for hourssss
Cheryl has such a fun personality
Cheryl "One more for fun" Dunye! Elite director! The crew of All Rise will never forget you! Shout out also to the wonderfully talented cinematographer of The Watermelon Woman Michelle Crenshaw!
Love it when filmmakers who are on the collection come in for a visit.
i swear whenever criterion do a video featuring an obviously queer person it always gets a bunch of dislikes which is a real shame. 46 dislikes within 2 hours for a video of a director talking about movies she loves? come on, compared especially to the tim blake nelson video with 41k views and 12 dislikes.
They're pushing it aggressively and obnoxiously, much like Disney.
@@reservoirdude92 they've had hundreds of videos (166, if the playlist is to be believed). Out of those 166 filmmakers, actors etc. I found a grand total of...13 queer people, some of whom are long-time icons of cinema and stage (Nathan Lane, John Waters etc.). Cheryl Dunye is an iconic figure in independent queer cinema and has been a celebrated filmmaker for nearly 30 years.
Criterion's whole thing has been releasing or making widely available filmmakers of a diverse background. the company has never wanted to exclusively release films by straight white Americans. the problem here is you: you're a snowflake plain and simple who gets triggered seeing anyone who isn't like you.
@@reservoirdude92 out of the 166 videos in this series, about 14 involve openly queer people. they are not 'pushing it aggressively and obnoxiously', and in fact Criterion are all about a wide array of filmmakers. you're the one with the problem, not them.
You are still able to see dislikes?
@@Maramaramaramaram it's a chrome extension!
why is Cheryl so rad.
Again to the detractors in the comments how can you be a fan of Criterion and homophobic. Make it make sense 💀
People call it “woke” when a queer or black person is just existing it’s so braindead
amazing. what a brilliant artist. marvelous to watch her in action. thank you criterion for doing these clips!
Varda fucking rocks as does Cheryl Dunye. I saw The Watermelon Woman when it came out. Loved it but time to rewatch. Her focus on queer and women directors is awesome.
Love this woman and this channel. Still confused why so many people grab DVD copies instead of Blu rays though!
I would love to take a film class from Cheryl Dunye
This person is on my wavelength. I dig this.
C for I'm C'ing this video in my subscription box
Cheryl is the shit!
She's so cool
what an icon!!! one of my favourite criterion videos/selections :D
Hell yes!!! Watermelon Woman is the best
Love her so much!
i miss my ex
I don't, neither does she 🤣
I love Cheryl!!!!! Watermelon Woman was incredible!!!
Dig the joy (of The Best Closet in The World). 💜
This is great! Also, @criterion consider selecting me, a normal cinephile, to raid the criterion closet. Could be a great idea!
watched watermelon woman yesterday lol… lovely director :)
I LOVE HER SO MUCH!!!
She would be so cool to hang out with!
I loved Cheryl! I did not know her ❤
QUEEN!!!!
Cool picks.
I love it when artists have that level of enthusiasm when they're in the closet.
LEGEND
I LOVE HER
My hero
She reminds me of Spike Lee.
love love this
I have no interest in watching her film but … she’s cool as hell, and I love her shoutout to physical media and collecting 🙌🏼
YAY CHERYL DUNYE!!!
THE QUEEN
Love her.
The myth the legend the watermelon woman!
What, no one ever picks "Armageddon"?
because that movie sucks ass fjdkshfjkdhsjk
Magical individual♡
I just don't get why people think Jeanne Dielman is a good movie. It is DULL! DULL!DULL! If I wanted dull I'd just look at myself in the mirror slicing fish.
Icon.
so fun omg
❤️❤️
Grabbing "I Married A Witch" to start is such a great move 😍
OMG YES OMG!!!
💜
😊great
I reject that cinema is the 7th art, always be the first to me.
She grabbed the holy shitton odyssey
Views too low for this lesbian cinematic icon. Excellent taste, very on brand ❤
she has not seemed to age much both appearance and energy-wise
🤔
CHERYL DUNE?????????(????
Dunye
1st
0:07 Alright so I think the clever novelty of that line has officially worn off now.
Criterion ticking all their diversity boxes here!
Who cares
White men are so insecure lol
Get a job
@@vincentcd Got one.
a black gay person can't exist? just because they tick diversity boxes? do you think of people as archetypes? mind you she has been in the industry for almost three decades
You have no idea what anything means as a human if you always have to keep reminding us as to who you are with those glasses and chains on collars😊
This video pisses me off so much. Sad to see what has happened to the criterion collection these past few years.
…why are you mad?
What's happened?
Get a hobby
is this a man or a woman?
Woman.
If Samuel L Jackson was a woman.
Don’t worry about it
are you a prick or a prick?
are you an evolved human being or a neanderthal?
🐵
she's so cool