The Criterion Collection

Solaris

Andrei Tarkovsky

Ryan: “The ruskies even had an answer for our philosophical space movies in the cold war. Great film.”

The Rock

Michael Bay

Ryan: “Michael Bay sucks.... but even a blind squirrel finds a nut every now and then.”

RoboCop

Paul Verhoeven

Ryan: “Much more than a cheesy 80s action flick. A darkly funny satire.”

Dazed and Confused

Richard Linklater

Ryan: “So perfect”

Brazil

Terry Gilliam

Ryan: “Terry Gilliam is a genius.”

Being John Malkovich

Spike Jonze

Ryan: “John Malkovich is great. Almost as good as he was in that jewel thief movie.”

The Royal Tenenbaums

Wes Anderson

Rushmore

Wes Anderson

Bottle Rocket

Wes Anderson

Down by Law

Jim Jarmusch

Ryan: “Do you like Walt Whitman?”

Amarcord

Federico Fellini

Ryan: “A classic but sometimes overlooked work by Fellini. Funny and touching and full of nostalgia. Mussolini's Italy never looked so good.”

Nights of Cabiria

Federico Fellini

Ryan: “Beautiful yet heart wrenching. One of the most life-affirming final scenes ever put on film.”

Seven Samurai

Akira Kurosawa

Ryan: “The first foreign film I ever saw. I was immediately captivated by Kurosawa's narrative and the brilliant performance of the great Toshiro Mifune.”

Rashomon

Akira Kurosawa

Wild Strawberries

Ingmar Bergman

Ryan: “The first work of Bergman that i saw. Brimming with emotional power and weighty ideas. I had to see the rest of his work after this gem.”

8½

Federico Fellini

Ryan: “classic fellini. His first big foray into the surreal. A bold, kaleidoscopic vision of the cinematic world. A true work of art.”