The Criterion Collection

[theater dreamer]

Originally Posted by zoodermin

Hello, fellow Criterion fans. I'm currently buying some films in the B&N sale but I wonder if you could recommend a nail-biting, edge of your seat thriller (like Silence of the Lambs or The Wages of Fear)? Language doesn't matter. Thank you!

PD: I'm intrigued by Elevator to the Gallows but I would like to hear some opinions about it before I made a purchase.

I’ll think about this more when I wake up, but one that pops into my head is Brian De Palma’s Blow Out (1981). It’s a fantastic suspense-thriller starring John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow and Dennis Franz.

I don’t know if I’d call Jules Dassin’s Rififi (1955) a suspense thriller-it falls more along the lines of a heist movie. But it’s a fantastic film, and one scene, in particular, keeps you on the edge of your seat. If you’re into those kinds of films, another great one is Stanley Kubrick’s The Killing (1956), starring Sterling Hayden. I suppose there’s always an element of suspense in these kinds of crime thrillers, as you wait to see what ultimately happens. Do the bad guys get away with their plots, or do the cops get wise? Criterion has some great movies in this vein-I’d say this film by Kubrick is his first masterpiece. Another I love is Michael Mann’s Theif (1981), starring James Caan, Tuesday Weld, Willie Nelson, Jim Belushi, Robert Prosky and Dennis Farina.

Yet another film with suspenseful elements is Charles Laughton’s The Night of the Hunter (1955), starring Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish and Peter Graves. This one is about the fight between good and evil, and you start to question “the Preacher’s” origins. Part film-noir (as is The Killing)-in my humble opinion, one of the greatest films ever made. These are all movies to own.

[pikachufan1336]

Originally Posted by zoodermin

Hello, fellow Criterion fans. I'm currently buying some films in the B&N sale but I wonder if you could recommend a nail-biting, edge of your seat thriller (like Silence of the Lambs or The Wages of Fear)? Language doesn't matter. Thank you!

PD: I'm intrigued by Elevator to the Gallows but I would like to hear some opinions about it before I made a purchase.

Les Diabolique puts me on the edge of my seat every time. As does A Night to Remember if your into Docudramas.

The Innocents, Pan's Labyrinth, & Rebecca also have a lot of energy. And The Passion of Joan of Arc gives me palpitations.

Hope this helps

[thebratpackwrangler]

I would like to see the 1968 version of Romeo & Juliet join the collection or at least get some type of Bluray release. As for October I predict/hope that we'll get Altered States, Hedwig And The Angry Inch, maybe Freaks, potentially Funny Games (1997) but I doubt it, and Peeping Tom.

[thebratpackwrangler]

Originally Posted by ChampagneTaste

Predictions for October 2018 Releases:

The Princess Bride (1987)
Applause (1929)
A River Runs Through It (1992)
24 Frames (2017)
Onibaba (1964) (Blu Upgrade)
The Faith Trilogy (Blu Upgrade)

24 Frames would be cool because I don't believe there is any way to see it and I would like to see Kiarostami's full filmography

[tallrichard]

Stopped by the local B&N today, what an embarrassment it must be to work there now.

Very short on staff, the store manager was the one trying to find the Criterion title I was looking for...Bull Durham...which came out on this past Tuesday and still hadn't been shelved.

[Cremildo]

Originally Posted by tallrichard

Very short on staff, the store manager was the one trying to find the Criterion title I was looking for...Bull Durham...which came out on this past Tuesday and still hadn't been shelved.

It doesn't seem like they're interested in earning money.

[Doctor Jack]

Been on a Soderbergh kick lately. Bought 5 of his movies from the B&N sale and interested in the Spalding documentaries. Only Soderbergh movies I’ve never seen. Can anyone recommend them to a complete novie of Spalding’s work.

[sawdustandtinsel]

Just finished watching Limelight for the first time and really love it, easily a top 5 Chaplin for me. I can't recall a film of his that packs an emotional punch like that.

[ajburke]

Originally Posted by Doctor Jack

Been on a Soderbergh kick lately. Bought 5 of his movies from the B&N sale and interested in the Spalding documentaries. Only Soderbergh movies I’ve never seen. Can anyone recommend them to a complete novie of Spalding’s work.

Haven't seen Gray's Anatomy, but that said, And Everything Is Going Fine should be safe if you like stand-up comedy. From what I remember, it's a doc about Gray's life told entirely through clips from his stand-ups/monologues. I really liked it and I don't watch a ton of stand-up. It's pretty mature, existential comedy.

Hope this helps! Soderberg is one of my favorites. I hope Criterion can remedy the last few films of his yet to have BD releases.

[Al_The_Strange]

I just couldn't let July pass by without actually walking into a B&N store. My previous hauls have been online only, but since I was going out anyway I decided to swing by and take a look at the store.

I walked out buying these.



Happy Birthday to me!

Watching Burroughs right now--I figure it might speak to me as a writer. Can't say I like the guy's writing, but he is a nut and is sorta worth studying.

[Bates_Motel]

Originally Posted by jra166

This is an interesting new trend of complete sets by Criterion. First Dietrich, and now Bergman? What other possible box sets could be in the works?

The Bergman set isn't complete. It's unfortunately and oddly missing Face to Face, as well as The Blessed Ones, In the Presence of Clowns, and some early work like This Can't Happen Here, Prison, Music in Darkness, It Rains on Our Love, and a few various TV films.

But Face to Face is the huge omission.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by Bates_Motel

But Face to Face is the huge omission.

Olive Films has the rights still

https://olivefilms.com/product/face-to-face/

[thebratpackwrangler]

Originally Posted by Bates_Motel

In the Presence of Clowns.

I really wish this was in the set

[Bates_Motel]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Olive Films has the rights still

https://olivefilms.com/product/face-to-face/

Yeah, its just unfortunate because it's the one glaring omission.

[monorail91]

Originally Posted by jra166

This is an interesting new trend of complete sets by Criterion. First Dietrich, and now Bergman? What other possible box sets could be in the works?

My dream boxset will most likely come from WB if it ever does come, but if Criterion were to release a Flynn/Curtiz set... oh my God would I be a happy and inconsolable man

I’m hoping for a Fellini 100 set (so 2020), with Blu-grades of La Strada, I vitelloni, Nights of Cabiria (after clawing the rights back!), Juliet of the Spirits, and And the Ship Sails On!

[Zen_Amako]

Originally Posted by thebratpackwrangler

I would like to see the 1968 version of Romeo & Juliet join the collection or at least get some type of Bluray release. As for October I predict/hope that we'll get Altered States, Hedwig And The Angry Inch, maybe Freaks, potentially Funny Games (1997) but I doubt it, and Peeping Tom.

Paramount released R&J on Blu-ray overseas and it’s region free. A Crtiterion edition would still be welcome as it looks like it’s from an older master. It looks decent, however.

[malakaheso]

Originally Posted by monorail91

I’m hoping for a Fellini 100 set (so 2020), with Blu-grades of La Strada, I vitelloni, Nights of Cabiria (after clawing the rights back!), Juliet of the Spirits, and And the Ship Sails On!

And The Ship Sails On has only been released in France on blu to my knowledge. It would be amazing if they could find the English language track.

It's typically viewed as one of Fellini's worst, but I think the consensus is wrong on that.

[CQD84]

My predictions for October:

Wanda (or The Last Picture Show)
Notorious
Hedwig & The Angry Inch
(Insert horror title here)
Sixteen Candles

[demonknight]

Originally Posted by thebratpackwrangler

As for October I predict/hope that we'll get Altered States, Hedwig And The Angry Inch, maybe Freaks, potentially Funny Games (1997) but I doubt it, and Peeping Tom.

I’m with you on Altered States, Freaks, & Hedwig. I’m gonna top it off with Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day, & I Walked With a Zombie.

[SeanJoyce]

Has it been confirmed that Criterion plans to release Ferris Bueller's Day Off?