Lovers on the Run Criterion Channel Teaser

Spice up your Valentines Day with a dash of danger. With its exhilarating blend of crime, romance, and fatalistic desire, the coupleonthelam premise has proven an irresistible lure to generations of filmmakers across genres and movements, from film noir (THEY LIVE BY NIGHT) to New Hollywood (BADLANDS) to the French New Wave (PIERROT LE FOU) to Blaxploitation (THOMASINE BUSHROD) and beyond. Sexy, thrilling, and transgressive, these tales of amorous outlaws continue to seduce because they offer the ultimate romantic fantasy: a vision of lovers united against the world, livingand dyingaccording to their own rules. Watch our Lovers on the Run series, now playing on the Criterion Channel