The Criterion Collection

[MifuneFan]

It kind of looks like a mermaid knight

[benskelly]

My 2018 Wishlist:
Days Of Wine And Roses
Klute
The Heartbreak Kid (original, obviously)
The Hill
A Little Romance
The Dead Zone
House Of Flying Daggers
Never Cry Wolf
The Waterdance
Catch-22
The Last Of Sheila
Day Of The Locust
Shoot The Moon

[MJD64]

Haneke's Amour (sounds like armor, with an L for love) ? Yes, I know I'm reaching, but that image is a toughie...

[MifuneFan]

I liked this person's guess from criterionforum.org

Incredibly stupid guess: Knights are referred to as “Sir”, it’s an L, so… El sur?

BFI released a BD of it January in the UK, so it's possible Criterion could release one here. Next year is also the film's 35th Anniversary.

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

So far we have:

Definitely:

Ingmar Bergman Centennial
The Color of Pomegranates
The Other Side of Hope
The Virgin Suicides

Very likely:

Scarlet Empress
The Awful Truth
Bowling for Columbine

Likely:

Dead Man
Graduation

Possible:

The Thin Man series
Paper Moon

Who the Hell Knows:

The Tree of Life: Extended edition
"L" Knight??

I dont think The Tree of Life will be the extended cut but from what I have heard it defo has a feature that makes it worth buying and separates it from existing releases.

[qw0aszx]

"L" Knight... Is there a possibility this means Lancelot du Lac？

[Tns49]

Originally Posted by captainron_howdy

Is the knight with the tail 'Nightcrawler' possibly?

I rather hope its "The Night of the Iguana".

[Rzzzz]

At first I was thinking this is the worst clue drawing ever with all the emphasis on streaming but if that crescent moon is for Paper Moon, all is forgiven......

[Scottie]

On top of being a clue for Graduation and Beyond the Hills (given the hills scenario and being directed by the same director), I believe there is also another clue for 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days.

There are nine graduation caps.

4 + 3 + 2 = 9

[Scottie]

From Reddit

KJones77 11 points 2 hours ago
The skeleton isn't Dead Man imo. They've already beyond confirmed it.

I think it's Bringing Up Baby. Cary Grant is known as "Mr. Bone" and works with skeletons in the film. Plus Skippy the dog is in that film as well as The Awful Truth so it would explain why he's next to the skeleton.

[zbinks]

Don't rule out the possibility of a double hint. There was a tombstone hint last year where a bunch of people guessed They Live at Night, while others guessed Night of the Living Dead. Both camps were right.

That being said, I suspect those extra virgin olive oil may be a double hint for The Virgin Suicides and The Virgin Spring.

[octagon]

BTW, speaking of The Thin Man, TOM is showing all six tonight.

So I'm definitely going to get my NYE showing of After the Thin Man.

Which is nice.

[Scottie]

From Criterion Forum's "Supporting_Character"

Molly Haskell mentioned that she was writing the booklet essay for Criterion's THE AWFUL TRUTH during my interview with her interview for the Supporting Characters podcast.

[Tns49]

Originally Posted by Rzzzz

At first I was thinking this is the worst clue drawing ever with all the emphasis on streaming but if that crescent moon is for Paper Moon, all is forgiven......

With the heavy emphasis on streaming, I fears it's "I am Curious (Yellow)" which they are streaming.

[Poya]

Thin Man sounds like what Warner Archive would do.

[captainron_howdy]

Originally Posted by Tns49

I rather hope its "The Night of the Iguana".

That would definitely be a better choice imo also.

[PowellPressburger]

Was hoping to see clues for Hard Eight or Looking for Mr Goodbar, or Klute or After Hours or ... well honestly kind of let down by drawing. I’m sure they have great titles coming this year not pictured but to me while there are some I’m interested in I’m not wowed by any of them.

And I’m going to be honest here I’m a democrat and all but I have no interest in Bowling for Columbine ... I really hate Michael Moore he just gets on my nerves. And I saw this at the movies when it came out but over the years I feel like Moore is just a hack.

[demonknight]

Hopes for 2018:
-The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
-Bringing Out the Dead
-The Devils
-Female Trouble
-The Limey
-Lost Highway
-Miller’s Crossing
-Pink Floyd: The Wall
-A Scanner Darkly
-Star 80
-Targets
-Welcome to the Dollhouse

[mrjohnnyb]

Could there be a clue for Bend of the River, Anthony Mann, 1952?

Or, it could be Flowing (Mikio Naruse, 1956.)

[MJD64]

Attempting to decipher the annual Criterion puzzle is always good fun...I just wish WAC would indulge us with a similar puzzle for their 2018 slate!