The Auteurs

The Criterion Collection presents

Mar 2009 Treasures from the Merchant Ivory Collection

Founded in 1961, Merchant-Ivory Productions has for decades produced films of a truly global quality. Thanks to the dream team of American-born director James Ivory, Indian producer Ismail Merchant (who died in 2005), and German-British screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, their films set the standard for gorgeous period pieces and sophisticated literary adaptations. This month, enjoy a free sampling of six of them, ranging from the early, Bollywood-tinged comedies Shakespeare Wallah and Bombay Talkie to their award-winning E. M. Forster adaptations Howards End and Maurice.