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If you have seen “Me and You and Everyone We Know,” writer-director-artist Miranda July’s hilarious and poignant 2005 feature, you will instantly recognize the above symbol, which has entered the alternative zeitgeist, become a popular tattoo, and taken a cultural life of its own since then. But there is a lot more to July’s touching portrayal of humans yearning for affirmation and intimacy than the catchiest hook of the film—a collection of interconnected vignettes both shocking and delicate.

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Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on-demand, vintage, and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalog titles making a splash on Blu-ray or 4K. This weekly column sifts through all of those choices to pluck out the movies most worth your time, no matter how you’re watching. 

One of the year’s best films hits disc and VOD this week, along with a TIFF ’19 sensation, a stellar new documentary, and an assortment of catalog Blu-rays with something for (almost) every taste.

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Perhaps the best part about The Criterion Collection is the way that the library can house such unique and eclectic films, while still keeping the reputation of releasing the very best that cinema has to offer. And for the month of April, that continues, as the recent Criterion announcement contains a perfect cross-section of titles that shows just how much variety exists in the catalog.

READ MORE: ‘Man In A Room’: Criterion Channel Says Alex Ross Perry’s Doc About Paul Schrader Will Stream Later This Month

Leading the class of April 2020 is the most recent live-action film from acclaimed filmmaker Wes Anderson, “The Grand Budapest Hotel.” One of the best films of the last decade is finally coming to Criterion and the special edition release is chock full of brand-new extras.

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Her new project at one point was called, “Satisfaction,” then reverted to an untitled state and now, according to IndieWire has a final title in “The Future.”

MK2 and Britain’s Film4 produced the picture and while it was cast in March of 2009 and then was supposed to shoot in the late summer of 2009, if that timetable indeed stuck it was remarkably off-the-radar.

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Or maybe they’re trying to confuse us. The page does say, the original title is “Satisfaction,” as previously reported, but the poster says, “Untitled Project.” Perhaps it was made before she had settled on a title, we’re anal about those kinds of confusing and contradictory details though.

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We tried to ask him about it afterward, but got cockblocked from some wealthy, air-kissing sycophants, but during the Q&A following a Brooklyn screening of “Ken Park,” the co-director and lauded cinematographer Ed Lachman revealed his next project would be lensing July’s next film.

Who knew? Like we said, we tried to ask him details, but got disturbed and then gave up, but that was one eye-raising tidbit that came out of the film’s screening (Lachman co-directed Ken Park with perv-cinema auteur Larry Clark and his cinematography work is currently being feted at BAM).

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