In March, Criterion will highlight some of the most important nonfiction films ever made, starting with a trio of documentaries by Oscar winner Errol Morris. His first two films, “Gates of Heaven” (which Roger Ebert called “one of the 10 greatest films ever made”) and “Vernon, Florida,” together in one set, are vivid peeks at off-the-beaten-path America; and his incredible “The Thin Blue Line” is a shocking true story of a miscarriage of justice. The popular Criterion title “Hoop Dreams,” the 1994 documentary landmark about two teen NBA hopefuls, is back in a new 20th-anniversary restoration. Ingmar Bergman’s visually astonishing, Oscar-winning “Cries and Whispers” will be back in a supplement-packed new special edition, and available for the first time in the U.S. on Blu-ray. And make room for two buried cinematic treasures: Francois Truffaut’s Hitchcock-inspired French New Wave drama “The Soft Skin” and Robert Montgomery’s gripping Hollywood noir “Ride the Pink Horse,” both making their American DVD and Blu-ray debuts.
March 10: The Soft Skin (1964)
March 17: Ride the Pink Horse (1947)
March 24: The Gates of Heaven/Vernon, Florida (1978/1981)
March 24: The Thin Blue Line (1988)
March 31: Cries and Whispers (1972)
March 31: Hoop Dreams (1994)
