The Criterion Collection

Repo Man

Alex Cox

Craig J. Clark: “One of the quintessential cult classics. See it and you'll never look at Los Angeles -- or John Wayne -- the same way again. Let's do some crimes!”

Brazil

Terry Gilliam

Craig J. Clark: “My first Criterion triple-dip. (I got the three-disc version way back when and upgraded the first when it was released separately.) Totally worth it.”

Bottle Rocket

Wes Anderson

Craig J. Clark: “A worthwhile addition to my collection, and my first Wes Anderson Blu-ray. All hail the Flash Sale!”

Walkabout

Nicolas Roeg

Craig J. Clark: “My first official Criterion double-dip, but I can think of few films in the Collection more deserving of the Blu-ray upgrade.”

Kagemusha

Akira Kurosawa

Craig J. Clark: “My first Kurosawa Blu-ray, facilitated by an unfortunately timed Flash Sale. (If my finances were in better shape, I would have bought a lot more.)”

Eclipse Series 21: Oshima’s Outlaw Sixties

Nagisa Oshima

Craig J. Clark: “In the wake of Oshima's passing, this became an essential purchase. I can't wait to start digging into its treasures.”

Monsters and Madmen

Craig J. Clark: “A superb example of Criterion going out on a limb and highlighting marginal films that might otherwise remain in the shadows, uncollected and unloved.”

Eclipse Series 37: When Horror Came to Shochiku

Craig J. Clark: “It's safe to say I did not see this coming. The X from Outer Space and Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell in the Criterion Collection? Somebody pinch me!”

Rashomon

Akira Kurosawa

Craig J. Clark: “It's a classic for a reason. The film that introduced Japanese cinema to the world (and its title to the cultural lexicon) is still a stunner today.”

Rosemary’s Baby

Roman Polanski

Craig J. Clark: “He has his Father's eyes.”

Eating Raoul

Paul Bartel

Craig J. Clark: “With Paul and Mary Bland on the case, those swingers will never know what hit them!”

Patriotism

Yukio Mishima and Domoto Masaki

Craig J. Clark: “It took guts to do what Yukio Mishima did on November 25, 1970. Consider this the dress rehearsal.”

Savages

James Ivory

Craig J. Clark: “From the pen of savage wit Michael O'Donoghue, one of the strangest Merchant-Ivory films ever conceived.”

Weekend

Andrew Haigh

Craig J. Clark: “One of the most touching and honest depictions of the gay experience I have ever seen on film. A most welcome addition to the Collection.”

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Wes Anderson

The Royal Tenenbaums

Wes Anderson

Craig J. Clark: “I wish my edition had this cover. The one I found at Barnes & Noble was the version with the cast photo. But hey, what a cast!”

Rushmore

Wes Anderson

Mystery Train

Jim Jarmusch

Being John Malkovich

Spike Jonze

Craig J. Clark: “Malkovich, Malkovich. Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich. Malkovich? Malkovich. P.S. - MALKOVICH! (P.P.S. - Love Michel Gondry's hysterical commentary.)”

Gray’s Anatomy

Steven Soderbergh

Craig J. Clark: “A brilliant film capturing the great Spalding Gray at the height of his powers as a storyteller. An essential addition to the Collection.”

And Everything Is Going Fine

Steven Soderbergh

Craig J. Clark: “A moving tribute to a singular storyteller. Spalding Gray's voice is terribly missed, but at least we have films like this to remember him by.”

World on a Wire

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Craig J. Clark: “Staggeringly complex and ambitious. Pure, unvarnished genius. I sure hope Criterion has more of Fassbinder's television work in the pipeline.”

Down by Law

Jim Jarmusch

Craig J. Clark: “A stark, funny portrait of three men thrown together by pure chance who have to band together to overcome the lousy hand life has dealt them. ”

The Killing

Stanley Kubrick

Craig J. Clark: “One of the all-time classic noir films, a quantum leap forward from Kubrick's previous film, Killer's Kiss.”

Godzilla

Ishiro Honda

Craig J. Clark: “Love the brilliant way Honda delays the reveal of his monster. When it peeks its head over the hill, we're just as astonished as the people onscreen!”

Belle de jour

Luis Buñuel

Craig J. Clark: “The film that put the "erotic" in eroticism -- and helped make Bunuel a household name (not that he particularly wanted to be).”

Les enfants terribles

Jean-Pierre Melville

Craig J. Clark: “Melville + Cocteau = pure, unadulterated (in every sense of the word) joy”

Le doulos

Jean-Pierre Melville

Z

Costa-Gavras

Craig J. Clark: “An utterly chilling political thriller. This is one that will be staying with me for a long time to come.”

Yojimbo

Akira Kurosawa

Viridiana

Luis Buñuel

Craig J. Clark: “Bunuel comes out of exile to make a film in his native Spain and sparks a firestorm that Franco's cultural ministry really should have seen coming.”

Videodrome

David Cronenberg

Craig J. Clark: “Quintessential Cronenberg.”

Traffic

Steven Soderbergh

Time Bandits

Terry Gilliam

Craig J. Clark: “It's evil! Don't touch it!”

Throne of Blood

Akira Kurosawa

Craig J. Clark: “My first Kurosawa. Thanks, public television! You've saved the day once again!”

The Third Man

Carol Reed

That Obscure Object of Desire

Luis Buñuel

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse

Fritz Lang

Craig J. Clark: “Note to Criterion: Include more commentaries by David Kalat. He's fantastic.”

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm

William Greaves

Stranger Than Paradise

Jim Jarmusch

Craig J. Clark: “Together with Permanent Vacation, the strongest one-two punch in the history of independent film.”

Slacker

Richard Linklater

Sisters

Brian De Palma

Craig J. Clark: “A great film that is greatly in need of an upgrade.”

Simon of the Desert

Luis Buñuel

Craig J. Clark: “A short subject that's long on ambition and a real hoot to boot.”

The Silence of the Lambs

Jonathan Demme

Craig J. Clark: “I don't know what it is about vintage Criterions, but I can't pass them up when I encounter them in the wild. (See also: RoboCop and Hard Boiled.)”

Shock Corridor

Samuel Fuller

Seven Samurai

Akira Kurosawa

Craig J. Clark: “The greatest Japanese film ever made? Quite possibly. Mifune grabs all the attention, but Shimura's the one who impresses me the most.”

Schizopolis

Steven Soderbergh

Craig J. Clark: “My favorite Soderbergh by a long shot. Endlessly quotable and filled to the brim with the joy of run-and-gun, seat-of-your-pants filmmaking.”

Sanjuro

Akira Kurosawa

Le cercle rouge

Jean-Pierre Melville

Le Samouraï

Jean-Pierre Melville

RoboCop

Paul Verhoeven

Repulsion

Roman Polanski

Craig J. Clark: “Polanski's first -- and in many ways, most harrowing -- portrait of urban living. Deneuve shines in a role that would have defeated other actresses.”

The Phantom of Liberty

Luis Buñuel

Paths of Glory

Stanley Kubrick

Craig J. Clark: “One of the greatest war movies ever made, with one of the most heartbreaking endings ever put on film.”

Orpheus

Jean Cocteau

Craig J. Clark: “A breathtaking vision from a unique artist who proved that it was possible to be a jack of all trades and master of each and every one of them.”

Night on Earth

Jim Jarmusch

Craig J. Clark: “My introduction, not only to Jim Jarmusch, but also to wide world of cinema and all it has to offer to the adventurous filmgoer.”

Naked Lunch

David Cronenberg

The Naked Kiss

Samuel Fuller

Monty Python’s Life of Brian

Terry Jones

Missing

Costa-Gavras

Craig J. Clark: “An incredible achievement. One of the most chilling films I have ever seen in my life, built around a first-rate performance by Jack Lemmon.”