Merrily We Go To Hell Blu-ray Staff Picks Both a compelling character study

Both a compelling character study and a disturbing commentary on the draconian government crackdowns in Italy in the late 1960s and early ’70s

Acclaimed melancholic drama

- Essay by critic Geoffrey Macnab and 1978 statements by Grass about the adaptation of his novel

Elem Klimov- Two documentaries from 2012 about Shepitko- Program from 1999 featuring interview with Shepitko- Essay by poet Fanny Howe

Merrily We Go To Hell Blu-ray Staff Picks Both a compelling character study'Merrily We Go To Hell' Director: Dorothy Arzner (1932) Criterion collection restored 4k transfer. Includes documentary on Arzner, video essay and booklet. Pre code melodrama. An alcoholic newspaperman meets an heiress who brings him out of his haze, marries him and encourages him to pursue playwriting. Their happy marriage falters when he starts seeing an old flame and goes back to the sauce. She too hits the town with other men. Can they be