maha’s Collection (40)
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CloseThe Exterminating Angel
Luis Buñuel
maha: “just got it for xmas. georgeous packaging. Really excited, this has a lot of rewatch value. sublter than viridiana, lusher than petit charm. ”
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Federico Fellini
maha: “one of the earliest for me, and one of the greatest. fun, complex, georgous, pomo, sexy, true, life-affirming. Wonderful!”
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Federico Fellini
maha: “wasn't into it the first couple times through. saw this again and completely fell in love. Fellini: hit or miss, but when he hits, it's panoramic”
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Stanley Kubrick
maha: “non-stop badass from first second to last. SO glad they added it, been a favorite for a long time and wanted to see it perfectly presented. Hell yea”
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CloseThe Last Emperor
Bernardo Bertolucci
maha: “interesting, epic, grand, majestic. This is the kind of movie Criterion is all about, in my eyes, remastering oddities or classics. this is both”
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CloseThe Rules of the Game
Jean Renoir
maha: “proud to have it. want to re-watch it immediately”
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CloseThe Third Man
Carol Reed
maha: “just full-throttle awesome noir perfection, from stem to stern”
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Carol Reed
maha: “glad craig gave it to me, seemed interesting half way through...”
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Terry Gilliam
maha: “got it cheap, re-watched it, went down smoothly. Strong competition to the summer"s day outside the windows”
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Robert Aldrich
maha: “crazy, nasty, sexy, oblique little gem”
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Costa-Gavras
maha: “can't wait to watch this one again. One of the very few films which actually admits that its based in real life. Courageous contraband”
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CloseBlow Out
Brian De Palma
maha: “pretty tenacious little flick. glad i got it. Interesting camerawork, performances are strong, themes are rather timely. Really nice package.”
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Terrence Malick
maha: “solidified my love and admiration for Malick. One of the top ten perhaps”
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Terrence Malick
maha: “another great malick film. one of these days I'm gonna sit and drink and ruminate on the folly of man and the futility of war itself...”
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Charles Chaplin
maha: “again, crowd-pleaser and cinephile catnip. Chaplin's at the peak of his game. let's all play the closing speech every new year"s, ok?”
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CloseTout va bien
Jean-Luc Godard and Jean-Pierre Gorin
maha: “just love this one. great juxtaposition personal/political. really radical cinema which actually makes sense. big fan”
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Jean-Luc Godard
maha: “what can you say? JLG proves his mettle AGAIN with a movie which satisfies film people and regular, curious viewers alike- vibrant, fun, satiric”
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Jean-Luc Godard
maha: “love this movie so personally. Theme song is just joyful and everything is clicking in this flick”
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Wong Kar-wai
maha: “one of the most beautifully realized films I've ever seen”
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CloseThe Rock
Michael Bay
maha: “way to have just an awesome popcorn flick, Criterion! I have seen this movie like 8 times and I love it, and I loved picking it up for like 10 bucks”
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Robert Bresson
maha: “very strange, unsettling, enigmatic, searching film. "the world in an 1 1/2 hrs- JLG. Reckon on this, indeed”
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CloseChasing Amy
Kevin Smith
maha: “cheapo edition just to swell the ranks. It's not a bad flick, really, and if you relate, you relate. ”
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CloseMonty Python’s Life of Brian
Terry Jones
maha: “SO glad to own this, and that it's part of the collection”
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CloseThe Last Temptation of Christ
Martin Scorsese
maha: “nostaligc reasons, really. It's a good film but not a great one- some amazing moments, some duds. But I love the man, the story, and the guts...”
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Luis Buñuel
maha: “awlways makes me laugh. Like Bunuel doing a Monty Python sketch. Love this fuckin movie- and even though its short, it works weirdly well”
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CloseThat Obscure Object of Desire
Luis Buñuel
maha: “o wow, out of print you say. Huh. Wouldn't have thought that. Personal favorite for personal reasons. ”
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ClosePierrot le fou
Jean-Luc Godard
maha: “lucky to snag an OOP for cheap, too. Part of the fresh crop...great stuff”
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Akira Kurosawa
maha: “I just got this. It's georgeous. So proud to have it. Cornerstone of film history”
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Akira Kurosawa
maha: “ one of the greatest movies I've ever seen. The final image is so powerful...we've got to take care of each other in this mad, ambiguous, crazy world”
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CloseThe Hidden Fortress
Akira Kurosawa
maha: “really fun, epic, solid flick with some levity and some killer suspense. Deep philosophical undertones. Good for non-film freak people...star wars!”
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CloseThe Seventh Seal
Ingmar Bergman
maha: “classic for a reason. much more life-affirming and vibrant and funny and beautifully shot than people remember. Plus the women are amazing”
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CloseWild Strawberries
Ingmar Bergman
maha: “ the whole thing is great, but the last line moves me every single time”
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CloseThe Wages of Fear
Henri-Georges Clouzot
maha: “raw, complex, suspenseful thriller with an eye for technical perfection and sheer misanthropy. the wages of muthafuckin' FEAR, kids!”
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CloseAli: Fear Eats the Soul
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
maha: “Fassbinder at his most human(e). ”
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CloseF for Fake
Orson Welles
maha: “beautiful, perfect in every way. funny and po-mo, transgressive and georgous. guaranteed crowd pleaser”
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Samuel Fuller
maha: “such a unique, coruscating, dark and nightmarish satire on...well...just about everything”
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Samuel Fuller
maha: “so raw, so badassed, so balls-out, so wild and fast and sneakily empathetic”
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Kenji Mizoguchi
maha: “epic, moral, powerful, detailed, investigation of human ambition, frailty, endurance”
DVD Spine #309 Learn more » -
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CloseThe Adventures of Antoine Doinel
François Truffaut
maha: “gloriously packaged. great gift. still havent seen em all, because I want to savor it appropriately when I do”
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CloseL’eclisse
Michelangelo Antonioni
maha: “still pretty much reigns as the film to beat for my top slot. I love just about everything in this movie, want to write about it someday”
DVD Spine #278 Learn more »
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