The Criterion Collection

America Lost and Found: The BBS Story

Letter Never Sent

Mikhail Kalatozov

Pierre Etaix

Pierre Etaix

Häxan

Benjamin Christensen

Eclipse Series 15: Travels with Hiroshi Shimizu

Hiroshi Shimizu

Eclipse Series 17: Nikkatsu Noir

Dillinger Is Dead

Marco Ferreri

AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa

DragoonEnRegali: “The prize of cinema, a glade in itself; it's now out-of-print. It's also a reliable introduction to the director's works, picture-book and it all!”

Playtime

Jacques Tati

DragoonEnRegali: “Only Tati could make me laugh with see-saw car maintenance. Playtime's full of obtuse visuals and liberating form, and there's still so much to find!”

Chungking Express

Wong Kar-wai

DragoonEnRegali: “A narrative, Murakami-like spin on close-cut romance, albeit one whose stories suffer because of the artifice holding them in—yet it's all worth it.”

Charade

Stanley Donen

DragoonEnRegali: “The Hitchcock That Never Was. It's the cosmopolitan dramedy thriller, some unsuspected brutality and genteel perfume withal. Joe Bob sez check it out!”

Breathless

Jean-Luc Godard

DragoonEnRegali: “Whatever happened to Martial Solal? Yes yes: this movie left me breathless. But so did the score too! It's Belmondo-Seberg kickin' it cool, so yeah.”

Rosemary’s Baby

Roman Polanski

DragoonEnRegali: “Cassavetes was like Jason Robards: both repulsed from the mainstream yet conscious enough to live in it. He's pretty much the best actor in this film.”

The Gold Rush

Charles Chaplin

DragoonEnRegali: “Rollicking good times in this CC classic. What more could I say? inventive humor, fun drama, great extras, and wan women. Joe Bob sez check it out!”

Paris, Texas

Wim Wenders

DragoonEnRegali: “The film my father saw just to see Nastassja Kinski. I bought it because of Wenders and Shephard on this immense project. Joe Bob sez check it out!”

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

John Cassavetes

A Woman Under the Influence

John Cassavetes

Faces

John Cassavetes

DragoonEnRegali: “A film that feels like modal jazz, weaving in and out of late-'50s social extremes with its amazing "acting" and caprice. Joe Bob sez check it out!”

Shadows

John Cassavetes

DragoonEnRegali: “Getting a white woman to play a black Bess must have been risky. But it pays off in an exhilarating debut, for freakin' Johnny Staccato of all people.”

Solaris

Andrei Tarkovsky

DragoonEnRegali: “An accessible intrusion into sophism, the idea of simulacra in different contexts, and desperate people on an alien planet. Joe Bob sez check it out!”

Eclipse Series 14: Rossellini’s History Films—Renaissance and Enlightenment

Roberto Rossellini

DragoonEnRegali: “Unique glimpses into the lives of historical Europeans and European peoples, shown through contemporary POVs and anecdotes. Joe Bob sez check it out”

John Cassavetes: Five Films

DragoonEnRegali: “Probably the best overall set offered by Criterion, with a breadth of supplements and, indeed, classic independent cinema. Joe Bob sez check it out!”

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Wes Anderson

Chasing Amy

Kevin Smith

The Tin Drum

Volker Schlöndorff

Brazil

Terry Gilliam

DragoonEnRegali: “Time Bandits taken to an extreme, converting fantasy into a sordid tale of sensory overload—and how the common man is frail. Joe Bob sez check it out!”

The Ruling Class

Peter Medak

DragoonEnRegali: “One of the most successful satires of "the ruling class" in the post-modern world. Blunt as it is, the film's quite a riot. Joe Bob sez check it out!”