Criterion has released the full May 2024 lineup for The Criterion Channel.
Was 1999 the best movie year ever? This book thinks so, and now there's a collection on the Channel dedicated to this landmark year.
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1999 on The Criterion Channel
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• Beau Travail (1999)
• Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
• Buena Vista Social Club (1999)
• Bye Bye Africa (1999), Following (1999)
• Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
• Girl, Interrupted (1999)
• Go (1999)
• The Insider (1999)
• The Limey (1999)
• Ratcatcher (1999)
• The Straight Story (1999)
• Summer of Sam (1999)
• Trick (1999)
• The Virgin Suicides (1999)

But 1999 isn't the only year represented on the Channel in May.
My personal recommendations:

• Amélie (2001)

I've long called "Amelie" a gateway to foreign films for the uninitiated or reluctant. Recommend this to them and watch their world open up.

• Bernie (2011)

One of Richard Linklater's most underrated, clever, and entertaining films. What happens here is so outrageous that it has to be based on a true story.

• Uptight (1968)

A searing but strange look at American race relations - from legendary noir director Jules Dassin.
Previously mentioned on this sub:

• Death in Venice (1971)

Caught my eye:

• Being There (1979)
• Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
• In Cold Blood (1967)
• A Little Romance (1979)

You can check out the complete list of other March 2024 collections on Criterion.com.

What would you recommend? What are you planning to watch?

As always, here's the full list of May additions to the Channel - courtesy of thefilmstage.com.
The Criterion Channel May 2024 Full Lineup:

• 95 and 6 to Go, Kimi Takesue, 2016
• a.k.a. Don Bonus, Spencer Nakasako and Sokly Ny, 1995
• Adaptation., Spike Jonze, 2002
• Amélie, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001
• The Apartment, Billy Wilder, 1960
• Artists and Models, Frank Tashlin, 1955*
• Being There, Hal Ashby, 1979
• Bernie, Richard Linklater, 2011*
• Bold Eagle, Whammy Alacazaren, 2022
• Bonjour Tristesse, Otto Preminger, 1958
• Born Yesterday, George Cukor, 1950
• The Bowery, Sara Driver, 1994
• Brainstorm, William Conrad, 1965
• The Breaking Ice, Anthony Chen, 2023
• The Bridge on the River Kwai, David Lean, 1957
• Bringing Out the Dead, Martin Scorsese, 1999*
• Bye Bye Africa, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, 1999
• Can-Can, Walter Lang, 1960
• Casting Blossoms to the Sky, Nobuhiko Obayashi, 2012
• The Chase, Arthur Penn, 1966
• The Children’s Hour, William Wyler, 1961
• Cleaners, Glenn Barit, 2019
• Death in Venice, Luchino Visconti, 1971
• Dikit, Gabriela Serrano, 2021
• Don’t Look Now, Nicolas Roeg, 1973
• First Person Plural, Deann Borshay Liem, 2000
• For My Alien Friend, Jet Leyco, 2019
• From Here to Eternity, Fred Zinnemann, 1953
• Gambit, Ronald Neame, 1966*
• Girl, Interrupted, James Mangold, 1999
• Go, Doug Liman, 1999
• The Gossips of Cicadidae, Vahn Leinard Pascual, 2022
• Guarding Tess, Hugh Wilson, 1994
• Hair Piece: A Film For Nappy Headed People, Ayoka Chenzira, 1984
• Hanagatami, Nobuhiko Obayashi, 2017
• Hedwig and the Angry Inch, John Cameron Mitchell, 2001
• HERadventure, Ayoka Chenzira, 2014
• Hito, Stephen Lopez, 2023
• The Honey Pot, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1967
• i get so sad sometimes, Trishtan Perez, 2021
• The Insider, Michael Mann, 1999
• I Was Born, But . . ., Roddy Bogawa, 2004
• In Cold Blood, Richard Brooks, 1967
• In the Rivers of Mercy Angst, Ayoka Chenzira, 1997
• Irma la Douce, Billy Wilder, 1963
• It’s Raining Frogs Outside, Maria Estela Paiso, 2021
• Italian for Beginners, Lone Scherfig, 2000*
• Lilith, Robert Rossen, 1964
• A Little Romance, George Roy Hill, 1979
• The Lure and the Lore, Ayoka Chenzira, 1988
• Madame Sousatzka, John Schlesinger, 1988*
• The Manchurian Candidate, John Frankenheimer, 1962
• MOTV (My Own TV), Ayoka Chenzira, 1993
• My America . . . or Honk if You Love Buddha, Renee Tajima-Pena, 1997
• Fisting: Never Tear Us Apart, Whammy Alacazaren, 2018
• No Data Plan, Miko Revereza, 2019
• Nothing but a Man, Michael Roemer, 1964
• OctoGod, Shievar Olegario, 2019
• Oh, Saigon, Doan Hoang, 2007
• On the Waterfront, Elia Kazan, 1954
• Once Upon a Time in America, Sergio Leone, 1984
• The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir, Shirley MacLaine and Claudia Weill, 1975
• Picnic, Joshua Logan, 1955
• The Plot Against Harry, Michael Roemer, 1971
• Point Blank, John Boorman, 1967
• Postcards from the Edge, Mike Nichols, 1990
• Pressure Point, Hubert Cornfield, 1962
• Pretty Poison, Noel Black, 1968
• Pull Your Head to the Moon: Stories of Creole Women, Ayoka Chenzira and David Roussève, 1992
• A Raisin in the Sun, Daniel Petrie, 1961
• the river that never ends, JT Trinidad, 2022
• Rocks in a Windless Wadi, EJ Gagui, 2022
• Seconds, John Frankenheimer, 1966
• Seven Weeks, Nobuhiko Obayashi, 2014
• Shaihu Umar, Adamu Halilu, 1976
• Sleepwalk, Sara Driver, 1986
• When Pigs Fly, Sara Driver, 1993
• Snowfire, Ayoka Chenzira, 1994
• Somewhere a Destination, Celeste Lapida, 2021
• The Straight Story, David Lynch, 1999*
• Suddenly, Last Summer, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1959
• Summer of Sam, Spike Lee, 1999
• Sweet Charity, Bob Fosse, 1969*
• Syvilla: They Dance to Her Drum, Ayoka Chenzira, 1979
• Targets, Peter Bogdanovich, 1968
• Trick, Jim Fall, 1999
• The Trouble with Harry, Alfred Hitchcock, 1955
• Twinsters, Samantha Futerman and Ryan Miyamoto, 2015
• Uptight, Jules Dassin, 1968
• Vengeance Is Mine, Michael Roemer, 1984
• What a Way to Go!, J. Lee Thompson, 1964
• What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, Robert Aldrich, 1962
• When I Walk, Jason DaSilva, 2013
• Who’s Going to Pay for These Donuts Anyway?, Janice Tanaka, 1992
• Williamswood, Ayoka Chenzira, 1992
• Wisdom Gone Wild, Rea Tajiri, 2022
• You Are Not I, Sara Driver, 1981
• Young Soul Rebels, Isaac Julien, 1991
• Zajota and the Boogie Spirit, Ayoka Chenzira, 1989

*Available in the U.S. only

https://abcnews.go.com/US/new-search-underway-tied-gilgo-beach-murder-investigation/story?id=109581649
This really makes me believe that Rex could be responsible for more of the bodies found alongside Ocean Parkway. I really don’t think there are two killers as most people on here would believe, and I think this could prove it.
Rex Heuermann has been charged with the murders of Amber Lynn Costello, Melissa Barthelemy, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, and Megan Waterman as I’m sure everyone in this subreddit probably knows and would agree he is most likely guilty as there is a heap load of evidence against him, but there were so many other bodies found on this stretch of land and a few of them were escorts just like the Gilgo 4.
Both Valerie Mack and Jessica Taylor were working as escorts when they were murdered, and both bodies were found deceased in a similar manner and dumped in Manorville AND Gilgo beach. Yes, there’s a different modus operandi from the Gilgo 4 but the fact that SCPD is searching these areas right now in connection to the LISK really makes me think they’ve found something in connection to Rex. He’s currently in custody and is most likely guilty for the Gilgo 4, so I would think they’re going to try and connect him to the other victims such as Valerie Mack and Jessica Taylor before pointing fingers at someone else. They need to rule him out first, if anything. It is also not unlikely that Heuermann committed these murders, as Valerie Mack and Jessica Taylor fit into Rex’s “type”, petite women with Mack standing at 5’ and Taylor at 5’3. Heuermann also would’ve been around 35 at the time of their murders so it’s not far fetched to say he could’ve been killing for many years before the Gilgo 4. The fact that all of the victims were essentially lined up across the same stretch of land, and the newer bodies were no longer being dismembered, could have been a sign that the killer was getting too relaxed and wasn’t too worried about where they were dropping the bodies and IF Heuermann committed most if not all of the victims, it lines up with the timing and manners of each body found. So let’s go back and talk about the earliest potential victim of Heuermann, Karen Vergata.
Karen Vergata was just recently identified this past summer and this was a HUGE breakthrough for this case. Her identity was revealed shortly after Heuermann was arrested, however he was not claimed to be a suspect.
Vergata’s legs were discovered in Davis Park on Fire Island, which is close but technically on a different island than Gilgo Beach and Tobay Beach, which is where her skull was found.
Vergata was last seen around Valentine’s Day 1996 and her remains were discovered later that year in David Park.
The only evidence I have for Vergata being a victim of Heuermann is the fact that she was also an escort who found herself in very similar situations to other victims. She needed quick money to support herself and her lifestyle and was desperate to do so, much like the Gilgo 4. I couldn’t find anything about her height, but if she was on the shorter side that could be an argument as well. But most importantly what persuaded me was this affidavit.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wq_AFpVrYSuw4sQcljJdhpy1WfLcZ-Qy/view?usp=drivesdk
If you’re interested in this case and you haven’t read this, you should. It’s extremely compelling and seems to me to be pretty detailed oriented. Of course, we do not know how much of this is true or correctly remembered, as this was over 20 years ago. But if what this person says is true, then Karen Vergata was undoubtedly a victim of Heuermann. This also leads us to believe that maybe Asa knew what was going on to a certain extent. Maybe she didn’t know that her husband was extremely violent, but she knew he used sex workers and they hosted “swinger parties”. If this were true, then that could suggest that Asa had low self-esteem due to her husband sleeping with other women but was just happy to have a husband who provided, or she didn’t care. But being an immigrant from Iceland, she could be easily manipulated by Heuermann as maybe English wasn’t her first language, and listened to him because she knew and trusted him. But I think it would make perfect sense for Heuermann to claim that everything she has had been given to her from him, which could hint at a narcissistic personality, like Ted Bundy. This affidavit would also hint at the fact that Heuermann had homosexual tendencies, which leads me to bring up John Doe, who was found near the Gilgo 4.
John Doe is an unidentified victim who was described as an Asian man between the ages of 17-23, 5’6, and dressed in women’s clothing. It is assumed they died 5-10 years before they were discovered. If what this affidavit says is true and Heuermann was potentially attracted to men, the possibility of John Doe being a victim of Heuermann is also not far fetched, at all. Heuermann’s internet searches would back up this claim as well:
“Twink” is defined as a young, attractive, usually slim gay man.
The fact that Heuermann was searching for an “asian Twink” makes it even more uncanny, I think. Some people theorize that John Doe was trans because they were found wearing women’s clothing, however John Doe could’ve been an escort who identified as a man but was under the request to wear women’s clothing by Heuermann, who seemed to be more interested in women.
Now lets look at the timeline of all the victims in comparison to the map I made (because I don’t like the ones on google):
Potential and confirmed LISK victims chronological order:
First victim: Karen Vergata - Dismembered - Legs found on Davis Island in 1996 - Skull found on Tobay Beach in 2011
Second victim: Peaches - Dismembered - Torso discovered in a trash bin near Hempstead Lake Park in 1997 - Remains found near Jones Beach in plastic bag in 2011
Third Victim: Peaches baby - Skeletal remains found on Gilgo Beach near Valerie MacK - No sign of trauma
Fourth victim: Valerie Mack - Dismembered - Torso discovered in Manorville in 2000 - Head, hands, right foot found on Gilgo Beach in 2011
Fifth Victim: Jessica Taylor - Dismembered - Torso discovered in Manorville in 2003 - Skull, pair of hands, and a forearm discovered on Gilgo Beach in 2011
Sixth Victim: John Doe (Asian Male) - Blunt force trauma - First non-dismembered victim besides Peaches baby - Earliest time of the death could have been 2000-2005
Seventh and Eigth victims: Maureen Brainard-Barnes and Melissa Barthelemy - Maureen Brainard Barnes disappeared in 2007 - Melissa Barthelemy’s body disappeared in 2009 - Both found in 2010 - Both reportedly died to strangulation
Ninth victim: Shannan Gilbert - Disappeared in 2010 - SCPD wrote off her death as drowning, but autopsy says death in “inconclusive” - Discovered in 2011 in a marsh
Tenth Victim: Megan Waterman - Disappeared in 2010 - Found in 2011 - Reportedly died to strangulation
Eleventh Victim: Amber Lynn Costello - Disappeared in 2010 - Found in 2011 - Reportedly died to strangulation
I know I didn’t really get into Peaches and Peaches baby, but I don’t have enough evidence to link them to Heuermann besides that he lives 20 minutes away from where her torso was found, and she was dismembered during this hypothetical era where Heuermann would dismember and scatter his victims. The 4 first potential LISK victims were all dismembered excluding Peaches Baby and John Doe, but we don’t know when exactly John Doe was murdered. If Heuermann did commit these crimes, maybe Peaches Baby wasn’t dismembered because she was a toddler, perhaps there was hesitation due to their age or they didn’t feel the need because of how young they were. It wasn’t until after John Doe that Heuermann probably started getting comfortable after not being caught for so many years, and stopped dismembering the bodies and just dumping them in this remote area where nobody had ever caught him. I just find it interesting that if you follow the timeline of the murders, there IS some sort of pattern.
I also know I didn’t really talk about Shannan Gilbert because I feel there is also a lack of evidence. However I do have a theory. But let me start off by saying that to everyone who thinks that Shannan drowned, I truly think you’re mistaken. I mean just read the autopsy report! No abuse of drugs were found, she was found facing up (which is uncommon in drowning victims) and also CLEARLY states that the findings are consistent with homicidal strangulation, and clearly states that there is no evidence of drowning. So, Shannan (also an escort) makes a panicked call to 911 from a town awfully close to Gilgo Beach while at a clients house, pleading with the 911 officer to send help because somebody is after her, she’s going to be killed. Shannans body is found in the marsh with a missing larynx and a fractured thyroid bone and SCPD points to drowning. SCPD wrote off her death so easily and everyone believed it because of her 911 call (not like the receiver was being helpful at all, though). But I believe that Shannan really did have someone after her. Just because she was hysterical does not mean she was on drugs, I mean I would be hysterical if I knew someone was after me in this isolated town out in the middle of nowhere. Shannan also suffered from BPD, which could explain her “odd” behavior. I find it even more suspicious that her idiot driver left without her, like why on earth would he ever leave her in a state like that? Was he not concerned at all by what she was saying? I have so many questions.
Wrapping all of this up now. IF SCPD is searching Manorville right now in connection to Heuermann and they find something, or if he really was connected or responsible for Valerie Mack and Jessica Taylor, this now opens the doors to many possibilities for this case. This would prove that Heuermann had a different modus operandi in the early 2000s, and who knows how many times this could’ve been changed in between then and now, maybe when he was even younger. This also would prove that dismemberment was something that Heuermann would have had experience in, and could be considered responsible for Karen Vergata and Peaches who were dismembered in and dumped in a similar fashion. And if Heuermann could be considered for those murders, John Doe, who was found in the same cluster of bodies, could have also been a victim, and Heuermanns search history could support that.
I’ve been very invested with the LISK since Heuermann was arrested and I really hope he suffers for what he did. He potentially took the lives of so many young women who were just trying to support themselves. Women with hopes, dreams, lives, families, and a purpose. As a young woman from Long Island, I want justice for all of the women whose lives were taken from them for the pleasure of a sick man who didn’t care for life. He needs to answer for his crimes and give these families and these women closure. They were more than just escorts, they were people. They were a mother’s and daughters.
Sorry if this is disorganized, this case has been my hyper fixation for almost a year now and getting more information is truly exciting and I needed to thought vomit my theories. We’re so close to unveiling the truth!

Started back in the end of December and I truly love this game, and this was the first time I hit a real jack pot, and my heart is still pumping 45 minutes later.
Today's just a normal day just chilling and looting with the boys and hadnt seen anyone or heard shots for hours. Everyone logs out except for me and one other and we decided to look for some action before I had to get my kids. We do a normal scot run looking for people and ran through all tisy, and at this point I have 15 minutes left before I had to go, and 10 minutes before server restart. We then hear a heli crash just south of tents in the open field out side the tisy tress, so I am like "fuck it" wanted to be like fuck them kids like Bernie Mac lol.
We push up then down the tall hill south east of tents and spot a mushroom, and my buddy is full tilt ready to go, so I decided to stay back 50-100 meters and scott for him. Maybe 1 minute has past, and I spot someone running near where I last seen my buddy and asked him if he was running and he said no. I told him someone is close and I dont have a clean shot, so I figure let my manz commando him at close range. He does get the drop on him with my coms and KOS him, and he decided to just quickly loot the body, I tell him I will hang back up the hill and see if has a buddy coming from the same direction he came. While I am hanging back my buddy is like "damn a AKM and a DMR" and in my head I like "lucky bastard", but I gave great coms so in my head I will atleast get the DMR.
Then I hear shots coming from towards where the heli crash is and my friend goes down, and that was not where that poor sap came from ealier, so my best guess is it was a thrid party.
My friend is panicking being knocked and tells me to push, but I am 50-100 meters back and no clear sight of him or the shooter, and he got finished a few seconds after.
At this point I have about 7 minutes before I have to get my kids and a server restart Is 2 minutes away. I ask my friend where he died and he said by the hay bails outside the tree line. I push up about 30 meters from the hail bails and and just wait. I know this guys isnt about to leave this shit behind, so I figure patience is the key and he will pop his head out.
Now I completely forget about the server restart, and my alarm goes off to get my kids and I know I have maybe a grey window of 8 minutes to get them which the bus lady usally does get there but like to ideally get there ealry.
My buddy logs out at this point thinking it is hopeless to get this asshole and honesty so do I with the time restraint.
Well after about 30 seconds after loging back in I see the pencil dick fuck stick his head out. I mowed his ass down with the LAR full auto and my heart is racing because I am not sure he is alone and normally I would hold tight in a typically situation and see if I spot anyone first. I go and immediately drop all my trash loot and prepare to grab what I can, and for those who play on PS4 with two gutted players on top of each of, it is hard as fuck to navigate through all the loot.
I managed to get my buddy's 101 back and pull off two DMRs and a AKM with NVGs and all the other common goodies like gun kits, and duct tape and ammo I can get in my bag and the bag I am holding.
Then I rush to the bus stop and get my kids on time which was fucking clutch af, and I feel on top of the world right now!!!
I need some whiskey, and watch TPB to finish off this night, and hopefully... some ass from the misses, who doesn't give two fucks about this lmao.

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Rooney Mara and Victoria Beckham celebrate birthdays on April 17, 2024AP

Famous birthdays list for today, April 17, 2024 includes celebrities Rooney Mara, Victoria Beckham

Published: Apr. 17, 2024, 5:00 a.m.
By Mike Rose, cleveland.com
Birthday wishes go out to Rooney Mara, Victoria Beckham and all the other celebrities with birthdays today. Check out our slideshow below to see photos of famous people turning a year older on April 17th and learn an interesting fact about each of them.
Top celebrity birthdays on April 17, 2024

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Actor Sean Bean attends HBO's \"Game of Thrones\" final season premiere at Radio City Music Hall on Wednesday, April 3, 2019, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)Evan Agostini/Invision/AP

Actor Sean Bean turns 65
Fun fact: Won an International Emmy Award in 2013

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Eddie Vedder, left, and Liz Phair seen at Ohana Festival at Doheny State Beach on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018, in Dana Point, Calif. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)Amy Harris/Invision/AP

Singer Liz Phair turns 57
Fun fact: Once appeared as a musical guest on ‘Charmed’

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Mark Ruffalo, left, and Jennifer Garner attend a ceremony honoring Ruffalo with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP

Actress Jennifer Garner turns 52
Fun fact: Voiced Mama Llama in the Netflix animated series ‘Llama Llama’

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Mia Regan, from left, Romeo Beckham, Cruz Beckham, Harper Beckham, David Beckham, Victoria Beckham, Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz Beckham pose for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the television programme 'Beckham' on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023 in London. (Scott Garfitt/Invision/AP)Scott Garfitt/Invision/AP

Model and singer Victoria Beckham turns 50
Fun fact: Her middle name is Caroline

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Rooney Mara arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)Evan Agostini/Invision/AP

Actress Rooney Mara turns 39
Fun fact: Early in her acting career, she went by her first name Tricia (Patricia)
More celebrities with birthdays today
Actor David Bradley (“Game of Thrones”) is 82. Musician Jan Hammer is 76. Actor Olivia Hussey is 73. Actor Clarke Peters (“Treme”) is 72. Rapper Afrika Bambaataa is 67. Actor Joel Murray (“Dharma and Greg,” ″The Artist”) is 62. Singer Maynard James Keenan of Tool and of Puscifer is 60. Actor Lela Rochon is 60. Actor William Mapother (“Lost”) is 59. Actor Leslie Bega (“The Sopranos”) is 57. Actor Henry Ian Cusick (“Scandal,” ″Lost”) is 57. Actor Kimberly Elise is 57. Rapper-actor Redman is 54. Actor Lindsay Korman (“All My Children,” “Passions”) is 46. Actor Tate Ellington (“The Brave,” “Quantico”) is 45. Actor Charlie Hofheimer (“24: Legacy”) is 43. Actor Dee Dee Davis (“The Bernie Mac Show”) is 28.
Other popular or historical birthdays on April 17th
J.P. Morgan, banker
Thorton Wilder, author
William Holden, actor
Rowdy Roddy Piper, wrestler
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https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2024/04/famous-birthdays-list-for-today-april-17-2024-includes-celebrities-rooney-mara-victoria-beckham.html#:~:text=More%20celebrities%20with%20birthdays%20today,%E2%80%9CTreme%E2%80%9D)%20is%2072.

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