I actually own a copy of Abdellatif Kechiche's 2013 film Blue Is the Warmest Color, which means that I don't have to wait for the Criterion Channel to feature it in a collection. Of course, I own it because the Criterion Collection snared me with one of their great sales, which is why I'm going to have to find a way to get a ton of DVDs overseas (Janet is doing a much better job culling out books than I'm doing culling out DVDs). The film was controversial - not to the French, because, thank God, they're French - but to an American audience, and it swept the French film awards. Adele Exarchopoulos (as Adele) and Lea Seydoux (as Emma) play two women locked in an intense love affair, and their performances are extraordinary. I think people got caught up in the lesbian love affair aspect of the story, and somehow overlooked the love affair side of the story. Anyone who has been in a passionate/intense/painful love affair will recognize the emotions, no matter the form that your partner took - and if you haven't experienced an affair as passionate/intense/painful as the one experienced by Adele and Emma then I pity you. Highly recommended.
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