It’s time to cast an eye on the Criterion Collection, a distribution company renowned for giving cult, classic and world cinema a new lease of life… Christopher Nolan and Guillermo del Toro have come out recently and spoken of the importance of physical media and the dangers of everything shifting to digital. The art of […]

They are:

  • Cronos
  • Following
  • Stalker
  • Diabolique
  • The Piano Teacher
  • Blow Out
  • Paris, Texas
  • Days of Heaven
  • On the Waterfront
  • Quadrophenia
  • Pale Flower
  • Woman in the Dunes
  • La Haine
  • My Life as a Dog
  • Naked
  • Do The Right Thing
  • Brazil
  • Cries and Whispers
  • The Passion of Joan of Arc
  • Le Samourai

It’s a solid eclectic mix but what are your favourites?

  • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝OPMAEnglish
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    3 months ago

    And I noted, in talking about Ron Perlman, the author mentioned City of Lost Children, and I can’t help but wonder how that’s not part of the Criterion Collection - it seems such a perfect fit.

    I also note a sort of surprising lack of Luc Besson. He seems a perfect fit too.

    Sony and StudioCanal, respectively, kept the rights and made the 4k releases themselves.

    Leon and Fifth Element you can understand but City of Lost Children seems the kind of title perfect for a boutique Blu-ray publisher.