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It may be the season of cheerful carols and twinkling lights, but the holidays also bring about a melancholy mood that has inspired some of the world’s greatest filmmakers. This week on the Criterion Channel at FilmStruck, our new series Blue Christmas gathers an international selection of films that explore the clashing emotions at the heart of the yuletide spirit, including Jacques Demy’s gorgeous musical romance The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Guillermo del Toro’s emotionally captivating fantasy Cronos, and Luis García Berlanga’s stinging satire Plácido. Watch our teaser below, and head over to the Channel to dive into the seven-film lineup.

On the Channel: Blue Christmas

Favorite dreams:  1. Waltzing with James Norton…

war & peace

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Sometimes a hello is an ‘I hope I get to know you,’ sometimes it’s an ‘I’ve missed you,’ sometimes it’s a 'God, I love you,’ and sometimes it’s just a 'hello.’

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Your past is just a lesson, not a life sentence.

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the soul that was born to die for you

When Mankind Was Young. F. Britten Austin. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page and Co. 1927. First edition. Original dust jacket. 

Collection of linked stories set in prehistoric times. “Druid rite when a human sacrifice was made, or at the festival where the fairest pair of lovers was offered to the savage god in the Spring to insure bountiful crops.”

Migration Period Jewelry, 5th-6th Century AD

Ring made of gold, garnet, agate and glass. Earrings made of gold, garnet, lapis lazuli, red carnelian, pearl and chalcedony.