The Criterion Collection

[MifuneFan]

I love the interface of FilmStruck, very slick. The iPad app is a little buggy and has hung or crashed a few times. I was also not able to play any movies last night, but some of the extras did play fine. Will try again today. I can post some pics and first impressions on here if anyone is interested.

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

I love the interface of FilmStruck, very slick. The app is buggy and hss hung or crsshed a few times. I was also not able to play any movies last night, but some of the extras did play fine.

I csn post some pics and first impressions on here if anyone is interested.

Could you please post a list of the films available?

[Mister B Gone]

Would someone mind to recommend a few Criterion horror titles for me before the sale ends? So far I have Eraserhead, Mulholland Drive, The Brood, Videodrome and Scanners in my collection. Not really in to B&W films unless they are legit R rated by modern standards. Is there something I really shouldn't pass on?

[kuro_sawa]

Originally Posted by iScottie

Could you please post a list of the films available?

Here's an A-Z list of what's currently available

[Show spoiler]
21 Days Together (1940)
8 1/2 (1963)
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
A Perfect Candidate (1996)
A Room with a View (1986)
A Slightly Pregnant Man (1973)
A Taste of Honey (1961)
A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
Adventures on the New Frontier (1961)
All These Women (1964)
Androcles and the Lion (1952)
Anna Karenina (1948)
Antoine and Colette (1962)
Au hasard Balthazar (1966)
Beauty and the Beast (1946)
Bed and Board (1970)
Before the Rain (1994)
Bienvenido Mr. Marshall! (1952)
Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)
Blaise Pascal (1972)
Breaker Morant (1980)
Carnival of Souls (1962)
Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962)
Confidentially Yours (1983)
Crazed Fruit (1956)
Cria cuervos . . . (1976)
Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commi... (1963)
Cruel Story of Youth (1960)
Day of Wrath (1943)
Death of a Cyclist (1955)
Dersu Uzala (1975)
Diabolique (1955)
Divorce, Italian Style (1962)
Dodes'ka-den (1970)
Drunken Angel (1948)
Eating Raoul (1982)
Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
Everything Goes Wrong (1960)
F for Fake (1973)
Faces (1968)
Faces of November (1964)
Faust (1926)
Hearts and Minds (1974)
High and Low (1963)
High Hopes (1988)
I am Curious: Yellow (1967)
I Live In Fear (1955)
Ikiru (1952)
In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
Jules and Jim (1962)
La Main du Diable (1943)
La notte (1961)
La Nuit de Varennes (1982)
La Poison (1951)
Le notti bianche (1957)
Les Miserables - Part 1: Tempest in... (1934)
Les Miserables - Part 2: The Thenar... (1934)
Les Miserables - Part 3: Liberty, S... (1934)
Les Mistons (1957)
Life Is Sweet (1990)
Lord of the Flies (1963)
Love on the Run (1979)
Lovers and Lollipops (1956)
Madadayo (1993)
Major Barbara (1941)
Meantime (1984)
Morris Engel: The Independent (2008)
Naked (1993)
No Regrets for Our Youth (1946)
One Way Ticket to Love (1960)
One Wonderful Sunday (1947)
Opening Night (1976)
Paul Robeson: Tribute To An Artist (1979)
Persona (1966)
Primary (1960)
Pygmalion (1938)
Rashomon (1950)
Red Beard (1965)
Robinson Crusoe (1954)
Ruth Orkin: Frames of Life (1996)
Sanders of the River (1935)
Sanjuro (1962)
Sanshiro Sugata (1943)
Sanshiro Sugata Pt 2 (1945)
Saturday Night And Sunday Morning (1960)
Scandal (1950)
Set Me Free (1999)
Shadows (1959)
Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
Simon of the Desert (1965)
Sisters (1973)
Stolen Kisses (1968)
Stray Dog (1949)
Summertime (1955)
Tanner '88 - Episode 11: The Realit... (1988)
Tanner '88 - Episode 1: The Dark Ho... (1988)
Tanner '88 - Episode 2: For Real (1988)
Tanner '88 - Episode 3: Night of th... (1988)
Tanner '88 - Episode 4: Moonwalker ... (1988)
Tanner '88 - Episode 5: Bagels with... (1988)
Tanner '88 - Episode 6: Child's Pla... (1988)
Tanner '88 - Episode 7: The Great E... (1988)
Tanner '88 - Episode 8: The Girlfri... (1988)
Tanner '88 - Episode 9: Something B... (1988)
Tanner '88 - Epsiode 10: The Boiler... (1988)
The 400 Blows (1959)
The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)
The Devil's Eye (1960)
The Emperor Jones (1933)
The Hidden Fortress (1958)
The Housemaid (1960)
The Idiot (1951)
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (Di... (1978)
The King of Kings (1927)
The Last Metro (1980)
The Little Fugitive (1953)
The Lower Depths (1957)
The Magician (1958)
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Ta... (1945)
The Most Beautiful (1944)
The Official Story (1985)
The Organizer (1963)
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
The Seventh Seal (1957)
The Soft Skin (1964)
The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
The Sun's Burial (1960)
The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)
The Trial of Joan of Arc (1962)
The War Room (1993)
The Warped Ones (1960)
The Woman Next Door (1981)
Three Colors: Blue (1993)
Three Colors: Red (1994)
Three Colors: White (1994)
Throne of Blood (1957)
Tom Jones (1963)
Two English Girls (1971)
Viridiana (1961)
Vivre Sa Vie (1962)
Walkabout (1971)
Weddings and Babies (1958)
Wild Strawberries (1957)
Wise Blood (1979)
Yojimbo (1961)

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by iScottie

Could you please post a list of the films available?

There's probably about 150-200 (maybe more) films available right now from what I can see. They have Kurosawa featured on the main page, and it shows that 24 of his films are available. Notably missing is Seven Samurai. They don't have any Ozu films from what I've seen.

Here's a small selection of what they have to give you an idea:

Three Colors
(6) Bergman films (Wild Strawberries, Persona, Seventh Seal, The Magician, All These Women, The Devil's Eye)
(13) Truffaut films (Soft Skin, The Last Metro, 400 Blows, Love on the Run, etc.)
(6) Cassavetes Films
A Room with a View
Breaker Morant
A Hard Day's Night
Primary
F is for Fake
Tanner '88

edit: See post above I guess

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by Mister B Gone

Would someone mind to recommend a few Criterion horror titles for me before the sale ends? So far I have Eraserhead, Mulholland Drive, The Brood, Videodrome and Scanners in my collection. Not really in to B&W films unless they are legit R rated by modern standards. Is there something I really shouldn't pass on?

I think you've mostly covered the ones that fit your tastes, but here's some others you may want to look at:

Rosemary's Baby - Classic psychological horror
The Vanishing - more psychological horror/thriller, but it scares me
House (Hausu) - weird as hell horror
The Devil's Backbone - I've yet to see it
Cronos - not particularly scary, but a good Halloween time title
Kwaidan - classic Japanese horror anthology, beautifully filmed. Not relly scary, but sometimes creepy.

[klauswhereareyou]

Can anyone vouch for A Touch of Zen?

[Mister B Gone]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

I think you've mostly covered the ones that fit your tastes, but here's some others you may want to look at:

Rosemary's Baby - Classic psychological horror
The Vanishing - more psychological horror/thriller, but it scares me
House (Hausu) - weird as hell horror
The Devil's Backbone - I've yet to see it
Cronos - not particularly scary, but a good Halloween time title
Kwaidan - classic Japanese horror anthology, beautifully filmed. Not relly scary, but sometimes creepy.

I had a feeling I was overlooking something obvious and the Polanski films were exactly that. I will look out for Rosemary's Baby and Repulsion.. Thanks!

[silverlakephil]

Originally Posted by Mister B Gone

Would someone mind to recommend a few Criterion horror titles for me before the sale ends? So far I have Eraserhead, Mulholland Drive, The Brood, Videodrome and Scanners in my collection. Not really in to B&W films unless they are legit R rated by modern standards. Is there something I really shouldn't pass on?

In addition to MifuneFan's great recommendations, I'd add Don't Look Now. If you decide to take a chance with a B&W, I'd go with Eyes Without a Face. Both have nice Gothic Horror elements in them.

[silverlakephil]

Originally Posted by Mister B Gone

I had a feeling I was overlooking something obvious and the Polanski films were exactly that. I will look out for Rosemary's Baby and Repulsion.. Thanks!

Oh yes, Repulsion is great.

[Mister B Gone]

Originally Posted by silverlakephil

In addition to MifuneFan's great recommendations, I'd add Don't Look Now. If you decide to take a chance with a B&W, I'd go with Eyes Without a Face. Both have nice Gothic Horror elements in them.

Both seem very interesting.. thanks for the recommendations and I will definitely be on the look out. I love that Don't Look Now is set in Venice (one of my favorite destinations)

[shadedpain4]

Happy to see Madadayo is on FilmStruck. Would love a Criterion blu of that.

Does it separate the films from TCM and Criterion, or are they all lumped together?

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by shadedpain4

Happy to see Madadayo is on FilmStruck. Would love a Criterion blu of that.

Does it separate the films from TCM and Criterion, or are they all lumped together?

I might be wrong, but I think it only has stuff from Criterion right now

edit: Upon further examination, it does have just a few non Criterion stuff too, but it does not appear to be separated.

[belcherman]

Originally Posted by kuro_sawa

Here's an A-Z list of what's currently available

[Show spoiler]
21 Days Together (1940)
8 1/2 (1963)
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
A Perfect Candidate (1996)
A Room with a View (1986)
A Slightly Pregnant Man (1973)
A Taste of Honey (1961)
A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
Adventures on the New Frontier (1961)
All These Women (1964)
Androcles and the Lion (1952)
Anna Karenina (1948)
Antoine and Colette (1962)
Au hasard Balthazar (1966)
Beauty and the Beast (1946)
Bed and Board (1970)
Before the Rain (1994)
Bienvenido Mr. Marshall! (1952)
Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)
Blaise Pascal (1972)
Breaker Morant (1980)
Carnival of Souls (1962)
Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962)
Confidentially Yours (1983)
Crazed Fruit (1956)
Cria cuervos . . . (1976)
Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commi... (1963)
Cruel Story of Youth (1960)
Day of Wrath (1943)
Death of a Cyclist (1955)
Dersu Uzala (1975)
Diabolique (1955)
Divorce, Italian Style (1962)
Dodes'ka-den (1970)
Drunken Angel (1948)
Eating Raoul (1982)
Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
Everything Goes Wrong (1960)
F for Fake (1973)
Faces (1968)
Faces of November (1964)
Faust (1926)
Hearts and Minds (1974)
High and Low (1963)
High Hopes (1988)
I am Curious: Yellow (1967)
I Live In Fear (1955)
Ikiru (1952)
In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
Jules and Jim (1962)
La Main du Diable (1943)
La notte (1961)
La Nuit de Varennes (1982)
La Poison (1951)
Le notti bianche (1957)
Les Miserables - Part 1: Tempest in... (1934)
Les Miserables - Part 2: The Thenar... (1934)
Les Miserables - Part 3: Liberty, S... (1934)
Les Mistons (1957)
Life Is Sweet (1990)
Lord of the Flies (1963)
Love on the Run (1979)
Lovers and Lollipops (1956)
Madadayo (1993)
Major Barbara (1941)
Meantime (1984)
Morris Engel: The Independent (2008)
Naked (1993)
No Regrets for Our Youth (1946)
One Way Ticket to Love (1960)
One Wonderful Sunday (1947)
Opening Night (1976)
Paul Robeson: Tribute To An Artist (1979)
Persona (1966)
Primary (1960)
Pygmalion (1938)
Rashomon (1950)
Red Beard (1965)
Robinson Crusoe (1954)
Ruth Orkin: Frames of Life (1996)
Sanders of the River (1935)
Sanjuro (1962)
Sanshiro Sugata (1943)
Sanshiro Sugata Pt 2 (1945)
Saturday Night And Sunday Morning (1960)
Scandal (1950)
Set Me Free (1999)
Shadows (1959)
Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
Simon of the Desert (1965)
Sisters (1973)
Stolen Kisses (1968)
Stray Dog (1949)
Summertime (1955)
Tanner '88 - Episode 11: The Realit... (1988)
Tanner '88 - Episode 1: The Dark Ho... (1988)
Tanner '88 - Episode 2: For Real (1988)
Tanner '88 - Episode 3: Night of th... (1988)
Tanner '88 - Episode 4: Moonwalker ... (1988)
Tanner '88 - Episode 5: Bagels with... (1988)
Tanner '88 - Episode 6: Child's Pla... (1988)
Tanner '88 - Episode 7: The Great E... (1988)
Tanner '88 - Episode 8: The Girlfri... (1988)
Tanner '88 - Episode 9: Something B... (1988)
Tanner '88 - Epsiode 10: The Boiler... (1988)
The 400 Blows (1959)
The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)
The Devil's Eye (1960)
The Emperor Jones (1933)
The Hidden Fortress (1958)
The Housemaid (1960)
The Idiot (1951)
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (Di... (1978)
The King of Kings (1927)
The Last Metro (1980)
The Little Fugitive (1953)
The Lower Depths (1957)
The Magician (1958)
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Ta... (1945)
The Most Beautiful (1944)
The Official Story (1985)
The Organizer (1963)
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
The Seventh Seal (1957)
The Soft Skin (1964)
The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
The Sun's Burial (1960)
The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)
The Trial of Joan of Arc (1962)
The War Room (1993)
The Warped Ones (1960)
The Woman Next Door (1981)
Three Colors: Blue (1993)
Three Colors: Red (1994)
Three Colors: White (1994)
Throne of Blood (1957)
Tom Jones (1963)
Two English Girls (1971)
Viridiana (1961)
Vivre Sa Vie (1962)
Walkabout (1971)
Weddings and Babies (1958)
Wild Strawberries (1957)
Wise Blood (1979)
Yojimbo (1961)

So it looks like it's mostly Criterion content. I was hoping for a mix of Hollywood classics. but with more movies like Tom Jones, it could be interesting. FilmStruck is still a no-go for me until they get a Roku app or I get a Firestick.

[shadedpain4]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

I might be wrong, but I think it only has stuff from Criterion right now

edit: Upon further examination, it does have just a few non Criterion stuff too, but it does not appear to be separated.

I suppose that will make it harder to determine what unreleased stuff Criterion has the rights to based on what's streaming.

[shadedpain4]

Originally Posted by klauswhereareyou

Can anyone vouch for A Touch of Zen?

I thought it was pretty impressive. If you have any interest in Asian cinema, I would imagine it would be a worthwhile purchase.

[yunro]

Originally Posted by belcherman

So it looks like it's mostly Criterion content. I was hoping for a mix of Hollywood classics. but with more movies like Tom Jones, it could be interesting. FilmStruck is still a no-go for me until they get a Roku app or I get a Firestick.

I thought from the initial press releases that there really wasn't going to be any TCM classic Hollywood content, it was mainly going to be Criterion, and other arthouse films.

[MifuneFan]

Film quality looks very good on the iPad, all things considered. I took this screenshot, and realized it matched up pretty well from one in this site's 8 1/2 BD review, so I resized the BD one to match it:

[belcherman]

Originally Posted by yunro

I thought from the initial press releases that there really wasn't going to be any TCM classic Hollywood content, it was mainly going to be Criterion, and other arthouse films.

Yes, but I guess it depends on your definition of "arthouse." Movies such as Sunset Boulevard, His Girl Friday, or even Lawrence of Arabia have been screened at arthouse cinemas. Imagine a service that could stream both Seven Samurai and The Magnificent Seven. How cool would that be?

[pedromvu]

Originally Posted by belcherman

Yes, but I guess it depends on your definition of "arthouse." Movies such as Sunset Boulevard, His Girl Friday, or even Lawrence of Arabia have been screened at arthouse cinemas. Imagine a service that could stream both Seven Samurai and The Magnificent Seven. How cool would that be?

I believe there was a twitter response saying adding classic Hollywood films other than Criterion ones wasn't in the plans.