Criterion Channel celebrates love and Black History Month with Desert Hearts, Losing Ground, and more in February

Also, Jerzy Skolimowski's Oscar nominee EO makes it streaming debut this month

By Gabrielle Sanchez  |  February 18, 2023 | 4:00pm
Film Features Desert Hearts
Criterion Channel celebrates love and Black History Month with Desert Hearts, Losing Ground, and more in February
Desert Hearts Screenshot: IndieWire/YouTube

As the breezes of February blow in, romance fills the air and the Criterion Channel is offering a wide range of films to get you in a lovey-dovey mood, including Desert Hearts, Pillow Talk, and A Room With A View. February also marks Black History Month, and we’ve got picks from pioneering Black filmmakers and show-stopping documentaries detailing the intricacies and culture of Black life in America, such as Losing Ground, Portrait Of Jason, and the seminal classic, Paris Is Burning. Finally, February brings in a new slate of streaming premieres to the platform, most notably Jerzy Skolimowski’s Oscar nominee EO.

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Donna Deitch’s heartfelt debut takes us out to the Southwest in this queer cult classic. is nearly a happy romance, about a New York professor who posts up in Reno for six weeks to speed up her divorce. When she arrives at the ranch, she meets the wild and empowered Cay Rivers (Patricia Charbonneau), quickly becoming transfixed by her liberated approach to life and the openness of her sexuality. The two eventually begin a relationship against the Western backdrop, in one of the first wide-release films to portray a lesbian relationship in a positive light.

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