The Criterion Collection

The Rules of the Game

Jean Renoir

Wings of Desire

Wim Wenders

Gabe: “The definitive film on what it means to love.”

Andrei Rublev

Andrei Tarkovsky

Gabe: “When Rublev decides to shun his art and belief in man by taking a vow of silence, Tarkovsky was yelling at the top of his lungs! ”

Children of Paradise

Marcel Carné

Gabe: “Baptiste. Garance. The most romantic love story to have flickered before my eyes.”

Eclipse Series 11: Larisa Shepitko

Larisa Shepitko

Gabe: “"The Ascent" is the most important war film ever made.”

My Life as a Dog

Lasse Hallström

Gabe: “So powerful that you laugh and cry from the characters' humanity alone.”

George Washington

David Gordon Green

Gabe: “My hero, my alumni, my heart and soul, I found you all in this film.”

Stagecoach

John Ford

Gabe: “This film made Duke a star, and Ford a master.”

Loves of a Blonde

Milos Forman

Gabe: “I saw a print of this with only three other people in the theater, and two of 'em were teachers! Brilliant, heartbreaking film.”

The Passion of Joan of Arc

Carl Th. Dreyer

Gabe: “Whenever I feel my film-making getting stale, I rewatch this, and find the power of cinematic expression fresher than ever before.”

Notorious

Alfred Hitchcock

Gabe: “You need to have more Hitch in the collection. This is one of his darkest films, and Ingrid Bergman's finest performance.”

Tokyo Story

Yasujiro Ozu

Gabe: “This film comforts me. Everyone has felt, at some point, that life is disappointing. I've never felt so close to art. ”

Throne of Blood

Akira Kurosawa

Gabe: “Shakespeare's words hold me. Kurosawa shows an arrow pierce a man's neck, and I'm moved to no end.”

Island of Lost Souls

Erle C. Kenton

Gabe: “This film hit me hardest by the end. Creation in the hands of man, what horror.”

Fanny and Alexander — The Theatrical Version

Ingmar Bergman

Gabe: “A perfect film. His greatest film. Yes, I said it.”

12 Angry Men

Sidney Lumet

Gabe: “Henry Fonda is America's moral identity. This film is necessary, because it exposes the raw nerve of our prejudices and fears as a country. ”