The Criterion Collection

The Double Life of Véronique

Krzysztof Kieślowski

Kedwardharris: “Hearing only diegetic sounds and figuring out the relation of the images alone. Distant. Warm and eerie, ghostly. Awake from the mirror, spread wings.”

Summer Interlude

Ingmar Bergman

Weekend

Andrew Haigh

Louie Bluie

Terry Zwigoff

Kedwardharris: “Sinners in the hand of an angry Louie”

Eclipse Series 11: Larisa Shepitko

Larisa Shepitko

Kedwardharris: “THE ASCENT and WINGS are perfect compliments to each other. The Ascent is unbelievably moving and haunting. Wings is the awakening from the nightmare.”

Hunger

Steve McQueen

Kedwardharris: “Michael goes on a fries bender when he gets the hunger.”

Black Narcissus

Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger

Kedwardharris: “The ropes tense on this slow ascent up the jagged cliffs to the ever-ringing bell. We expect the peak, but not the psycho-sexual terror awaiting.”

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

Martin Ritt

Kedwardharris: “He came in from the cold and right into our hearts.”

The Great Dictator

Charles Chaplin

Kedwardharris: “Tears of laughter. Tears of piercing insight into the human condition. Universality at its finest. Chaplin for (dictator) President.”

The Blob

Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr.

Kedwardharris: “When those squiggly lines come in at the theme song, you know there could only be one of the best American camp horror classics ahead.”

Schizopolis

Steven Soderbergh

Kedwardharris: “The commentary is almost as good as the feature which is already incredibly funny and insightful in ways only Soderbergh can do.”

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Wes Anderson

Kedwardharris: “There's hardly a creative duo that works as well as Anderson and Murray. Neither have trouble finding their sea legs on what could be a rocky picture.”

Weekend

Jean-Luc Godard

Kedwardharris: “Wildly acidic, Godard's satire is still worthy of laughs and thought beyond thought. Relevant as ever, Godard's validation for the pig scene stands.”

I Am Curious . . . Box set

Vilgot Sjöman

Kedwardharris: “If "quality over quantity" holds any truth, then Sjöman gives Godard a run for his money on the New Wave front. A troubling watch and re-watch.”

Masculin féminin

Jean-Luc Godard

Kedwardharris: “Godard's take on the relationships between males and females (go figure, it's right in the title), is as funny as it is nuanced and ultimately true.”

The Fire Within

Louis Malle

Kedwardharris: “"I can't imagine what dark place they're at." - Malle gives us that intimacy. The camera doesn't romanticize or condone it. Unhappiness emanates.”

Shallow Grave

Danny Boyle

Kedwardharris: “Tightly structured to play with cliches by turning them against the audience. Not plot-twists. But manipulation to keep us guessing wrongly. So wrong.”

The Lady Vanishes

Alfred Hitchcock

Kedwardharris: “Charm, wit, & thrills have never since oozed from the screen in such viscous loads with such hoopla. "You can't categorize Hitchcock. He's-Hitchcock!"”

The 39 Steps

Alfred Hitchcock

Kedwardharris: “Like watching the individual brushstrokes of a masterpiece, THE 39 STEPS is an early stroke of the genius that is Hitchcock's filmography.”

Solaris

Andrei Tarkovsky

Kedwardharris: “The meditative nature of Tarkovsky's work sucks you more in every second until you're trapped, stuck. Gone. My core has never been so shaken, so cold.”

The Red Shoes

Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger

Kedwardharris: “Sometimes those fake-sounding, cliche phrases are cliches for a reason ("which is itself a cliche") : Heartbreakingly beautiful. The ballet alone, wow”

Naked

Mike Leigh

Kedwardharris: “It's pitch black. You're laughing. In the distance, someone cringes. We all want to look away but are stuck, glued to the film. It leaves us ----”

Gray’s Anatomy

Steven Soderbergh

Kedwardharris: “If pictures are worth that thousand words, than Gray's words are worthy of a trip inside his own neurotic, mad-genius psyche courtesy of Soderbergh.”

Kuroneko

Kaneto Shindo

Kedwardharris: “A scarily well-edited and choreographed film. I hesitate to say "directed" because it feels more like a dance between actor and camera. Ownibaba it.”

Secret Honor

Robert Altman

Kedwardharris: “No one can claim to have seen a truly "spell-binding performance" until they've seen Hall in this movie. Engrossing and brilliantly filmed.”

The Wages of Fear

Henri-Georges Clouzot

Kedwardharris: “When an average movie is described as "nail-biting," it usually means there's some suspense in it. My fingernails were a wreck after this movie. ”

The Thin Red Line

Terrence Malick

Kedwardharris: “A war movie that transcends war and becomes a spiritual examination on humanity. All things shining.”

For All Mankind

Al Reinert

Kedwardharris: “What Planet Earth did for our own planet, For All Mankind does for the moon, space travel and those brave enough to have explored it. Truth > Fiction.”

Revanche

Götz Spielmann

Kedwardharris: “Something shatters the glassy surface of the water. Ripple... ripple... ripple. The emanating waves crash back on the shore, disrupting the silence.”

M. Hulot’s Holiday

Jacques Tati

Kedwardharris: “A genuinely sweet film. (Genuinely funny too). The visual gags are a gas and the audio is baffling-ly funny. Again, just a really sweet film.”

The Vanishing

George Sluizer

Kedwardharris: “A dark, terrifyingly real character study of two men obsessed wrapped in an equally dark tale of abduction filled with wildly twisted humor.”

A Woman Under the Influence

John Cassavetes

Kedwardharris: “While Cassavetes style is (awesomely) prominent, it takes a back seat to two of the most heartbreaking genuine performances ever filmed.”

Branded to Kill

Seijun Suzuki

Kedwardharris: “An undeniably cool movie. A poetic character study disguised in a sickeningly rad popcorn assassin movie. ”

Made in U.S.A

Jean-Luc Godard

Kedwardharris: “Godard's style embodied on screen. A film that demands attention as every word spoken is filled to the brim with meaning and pizzazz. 35mm poetry.”

Wise Blood

John Huston

Kedwardharris: “A powerful performance by Brad Dourif centers and stabilizes a plethora of bizzare, comedic characters. What every intelligent comedy should be.”

Fanny and Alexander Box Set

Ingmar Bergman

Kedwardharris: “"Motion 'Picture'" doesn't do the craft of this film any justice. "Motion 'Painting'" at least describes the cinematography: "(E)motion Masterpiece."”

The Darjeeling Limited

Wes Anderson

Kedwardharris: “Perhaps Anderson's most dry film (that being an incredible compliment). Humor doesn't take a back seat, but sits in the passenger while drama drives.”

Blow Out

Brian De Palma

Kedwardharris: “A film that proves De Palma's importance in cinema and how to correctly pay homage to past directors. De Palma (and Travolta) at his most captivating.”

Onibaba

Kaneto Shindo

Kedwardharris: “Poetry on film dealing with sex, jealousy and control. A deviously paced, suspenseful film that ends with a bang by way of whimpers.”

America Lost and Found: The BBS Story

Kedwardharris: “The only truly American films that give me some sense of patriotism. Endlessly entertaining and unbelievably important in capturing a movement.”

Pierrot le fou

Jean-Luc Godard

Kedwardharris: “Karina at her finest (in both definitions of the word) and Belmondo at his most subtle and brilliant. And, let's face it, it's Godard.”

2 or 3 Things I Know About Her

Jean-Luc Godard

Kedwardharris: “Sometimes the words of others are better than your own, and as Godard said, "If you have something to say: say it." "A film about everything."”

Mystery Train

Jim Jarmusch

Kedwardharris: “Yet another episodic from Jarmusch, but with a tone that can't be matched. A sense of gloom mixed with comedy. Executed brilliantly.”

Night on Earth

Jim Jarmusch

Kedwardharris: “Another mesmerizing episodic from Jim Jarmusch. Each story rivals the last for supremacy in five near-perfect slices of one night in five cities.”

Kiss Me Deadly

Robert Aldrich

Kedwardharris: “The most shocking noir film ever made. Literally, a jaw-dropping work of cinema. Booze, broads, and bombs.”

Monsters and Madmen

Kedwardharris: “Lugosi and Sci-fi B-movies: what more could anyone expect except lisp-filled horror and scientifically laughable terrors.”

Clean, Shaven

Lodge Kerrigan

Kedwardharris: “The only movie I can think of where the audio is taken to an art form. A movie that is literally awful (original meaning) and masterful.”

Kicking and Screaming

Noah Baumbach

Kedwardharris: “Simply put: The funniest, most quotable movie I've ever seen. And on top of the humor, one of the greatest, relatable on-screen romances.”

Breathless

Jean-Luc Godard

Kedwardharris: “The film that made Godard a name in the industry is worth my love for that alone. It helps that the film is revolutionary in editing and style.”

The Royal Tenenbaums

Wes Anderson

Kedwardharris: “Everyone's favorite of Anderson's (and justifiably so). A film where everything comes together perfectly. Acting, sets, directing, script, etc”

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Terry Gilliam

Kedwardharris: “What just happened? In the end, all that matters is that it did happen.. Or did it? Truth, Fiction and Everything-In-Between is blurred into a frenzy.”

The Rules of the Game

Jean Renoir

Kedwardharris: “The movie is considered "one of the best films" for a reason. I've heard "not a single frame is wasted," but not a single character is wasted here.”

Bottle Rocket

Wes Anderson

Kedwardharris: “One of the few films that is truly heartwarming as it is innocent. Anderson and Wilson really ROCKETed their way into the indie movement.”

My Life as a Dog

Lasse Hallström

Kedwardharris: “Something about the narration here works perfectly. I blame it on the believable honesty of Ingemar. Every character, with quirks, feels real.”

Alphaville

Jean-Luc Godard

Kedwardharris: “An absolute quintessential sci-fi film as well as Godard film. Eddie Constantine/Lemmy Caution being the most captivating sci-fi noir detectives. ”