The Criterion Collection

A Woman Under the Influence

John Cassavetes

Wise Blood

John Huston

White Material

Claire Denis

Weekend

Andrew Haigh

The Virgin Spring

Ingmar Bergman

Tokyo Story

Yasujiro Ozu

Throne of Blood

Akira Kurosawa

Taste of Cherry

Abbas Kiarostami

Summertime

David Lean

Short Cuts

Robert Altman

Shock Corridor

Samuel Fuller

The Seventh Seal

Ingmar Bergman

Scenes from a Marriage

Ingmar Bergman

The Rules of the Game

Jean Renoir

Rosemary’s Baby

Roman Polanski

Rashomon

Akira Kurosawa

Pickup on South Street

Samuel Fuller

John Cassavetes: Five Films

The Night of the Hunter

Charles Laughton

The Naked Kiss

Samuel Fuller

Sean D.: “A lunatic piece of genius, Fuller's pulpy electricity informs this crazy tale of prostitutes, mannequins, bon bons, and sick child musical numbers. ”

My Own Private Idaho

Gus Van Sant

Metropolitan

Whit Stillman

Sean D.: “Delicately funny and winningly written. We could use more Stillman. ”

Mala Noche

Gus Van Sant

Sean D.: “Sexy, melancholy, and beautifully shot, a gorgeous introduction of Gus Van Sant to the world. ”

The Magic Flute

Ingmar Bergman

Sean D.: “Bergman's love for Mozart is infectious. A slight work in his filmography, but the few Bergman touches are apparent and note-perfect. ”

Late Spring

Yasujiro Ozu

Sean D.: “Slightly slower than 'Tokyo Story' but packs the same punch, gives you the typical Ozu trembling lip and quiet tears by the end. ”

The Lady Vanishes

Alfred Hitchcock

Sean D.: “One of my favorite Hitchcocks, perhaps his only truly jubilant film. Atmospheric and wonderfully comforting. ”

Ivan’s Childhood

Andrei Tarkovsky

Sean D.: “Somehow underrated; one of the very best of Tarkovsky's career. Beautiful cinematography, a genuinely assaulting portrait of war. ”

A Film Trilogy by Ingmar Bergman

Sean D.: “Winter Light may be the best example of pure, unadulterated Bergman: icy as hell, cutting a deep wound that opens up a questioning of the whole world.”

Fanny and Alexander Box Set

Ingmar Bergman

Sean D.: “A beautiful closing act for Bergman. On a flimsy framework of reality, the imagination spins, weaving new patterns...”

Do the Right Thing

Spike Lee

Sean D.: “WE GOTTA FIGHT THE POWERS THAT BE! An explosion of heat, music, Brooklyn, passion, and violence that we rarely see. Spike Lee's very best. ”

Diabolique

Henri-Georges Clouzot

Sean D.: “Atmospheric and dripping with nightmarish fright, Clouzot's masterwork. Hitchcock's shower pales in comparison to Clouzot's bathtub. ”

Cries and Whispers

Ingmar Bergman

Sean D.: “My favorite Bergman: a dark, twisted fever dream draped in elegant red colors featuring the greatest actresses of the day in period finery. Perfection”

Closely Watched Trains

Jiří Menzel

Sean D.: “Juggles comedy and tragedy, despair and sexual ecstasy with a light and decidedly Czech touch. Rubber stamps have never been sexier! ”

Certified Copy

Abbas Kiarostami

Sean D.: “A wonderful puzzle from Abbas Kiarostami, given a warm humanist glow from Juliette Bincohe, possibly her greatest performance. ”

Broadcast News

James L. Brooks

Sean D.: “The greatest American romantic comedy of the 1980s. Holly Hunter's Jane Craig is a creation for the ages. ”

Brief Encounter

David Lean

Sean D.: “One of the most beautiful tear-jerkers ever made. Celia Johnson's performance is one of the greatest recorded on film. ”

Bicycle Thieves

Vittorio De Sica

Sean D.: “Evokes a staggering spirit of postwar Rome, a true classic in every sense of the word. Powerfully humanist. ”

Bergman Island

Marie Nyreröd

Sean D.: “A poignant, informative look at the dying genius. ”

The 39 Steps

Alfred Hitchcock

Sean D.: “A rollicking good time, the perfect realization of the fun Hitchcock journey. BETTER than North by Northwest dammit. ”

Ballad of a Soldier

Grigori Chukhrai

Sean D.: “Intensely moving, I was in a room full of people I didn't know at the Russian Embassy, uncomfortable in a suit and tie, and I still cried. ”

The Bad Sleep Well

Akira Kurosawa

Sean D.: “A wonderful re-working of Hamlet's themes on a corporate setting; the opening sequence with the presentation of the cake in particular kills. ”

Andrei Rublev

Andrei Tarkovsky

Sean D.: “Less of a film, more of a religious experience. Tarkovsky passes the bounds of cinema to a true enlightened super-reality. ”

Wild Strawberries

Ingmar Bergman

Sean D.: “Took my cinephile virginity when i was a teenager, I still have a lot of sentimental feelings attached to it as a result. The ending is pure bliss. ”