The Criterion Collection has spent decades earning its reputation as the “go to” source for foreign, experimental, silent, and under-appreciated films. Dec 5, 2014 Henry Phillips. Dailies is a round-up of essential film writing, news bits, and other highlights from our colleagues across the Internet — and, occasionally, our own writers. Jan 25, 2015 - The Criterion Collection offers a lot more than access to some of the best and most historically significant films from around the world (and great supplemental features, too). For such an aggressive, sexually-explicit film, the duality of the cover is an unusual, but thrilling choice. Tokyo Drifter 5.) From time to time, it publishes “top ten” lists chosen by artists, musicians, filmmakers, and celebrities. Fantastic Planet follows a civilization of giant aliens, referred to as Draags, that as humans, referred to as … This list was conducted by collecting various submissions of top 10 lists from Criterion Collection Discord users. I've already released a list which included the movies I'd like to see the most. Thread starter Data West; Start date Feb 28, 2014; 24 Forums. Honestly was pretty difficult finding 10 that deserved to be in this. A list of 11 films compiled on Letterboxd, including The Devils (1971), Songs from the Second Floor (2000), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? But the series has a lot going for it and would make for a wonderful box set, be it in the Criterion Collection or their Eclipse line. Best | Worst | Worst Off-Topic Discussion . Nathan Lee is a critic, curator, and unrepentant champion of Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle. So without further adieu, NewFoundFilm’s countdown of the Top 10 Criterion Collection covers, after the jump: 10. As we head into a new year, it happens to also be the beginning of an entirely new decade. Three years ago, Tony Sams was Scene-Stealers’ first outside contributor of Top 10 lists when he authored an excellent list of the Top 10 Voyeuristic Films. Martin Scorsese's Top 10 Criterion films. But Kino definitely beats Criterion in all three areas but the Criterion is basically a treasure or a collector's item for those that loved the movie. 1,150 Free Movies Online: Great Classics, Indies, Noir, Westerns, etc. About this list: 300 top 10 lists entered. Akira 6.) Explore more than 1,500 films on the Criterion Channel, with filters for genre, decade, country, and director. Whether you think he is adept at what he does story wise is one thing, but you cannot In the end, after there were 7, with the remaining spots in a tie with 16 films with 3 votes, there was a tie-breaking strawpoll for which three would be on the list. Harold and Maude It’s hard to think of a more darkly hilarious yet simultaneously uplifting movie than Hal Ashby’s 1971 cult classic Harold and Maude. More of us get it from The Criterion Collection, that formidably cinephilic restorer, curator, and packager of classic motion pictures from every era. 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