The Criterion Collection

Vampyr

Carl Th. Dreyer

Black Narcissus

Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger

Richard F.: “Laserdisc version.”

Ikiru

Akira Kurosawa

Tokyo Story

Yasujiro Ozu

Richard F.: “Guaranteed to make you feel guilty about the way you treat your parents.”

The Night of the Hunter

Charles Laughton

Richard F.: “Love and Hate.”

Richard III

Laurence Olivier

The Human Condition

Masaki Kobayashi

Breathless

Jean-Luc Godard

High and Low

Akira Kurosawa

Richard F.: “Effectively conveys the oppressive heat and humidity of Japanese summers. ”

Three Outlaw Samurai

Hideo Gosha

Richard F.: “A lot of classic samurai films don't actually have much swordplay, not a problem here. Recommended if you're craving artful blood splatter.”

Onibaba

Kaneto Shindo

Pale Flower

Masahiro Shinoda

Richard F.: “Beautiful. Infinitely re-watchable. Narcotic film. Saeko is like a Japanese version of a girl I used to date; poison.”

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

Martin Ritt

Richard F.: “Misanthropy.”

Kwaidan

Masaki Kobayashi

Richard F.: “the perfect movie to watch on a cold winter morning”

Pierrot le fou

Jean-Luc Godard

Richard F.: “Watch this with your significant other and a few tabs of blotter. Trust me.”

The Pornographers

Shohei Imamura

Richard F.: “good-natured sleeze”

The Sword of Doom

Kihachi Okamoto

Richard F.: “Probably my favorite role of Tatsuya Nakadai, who portrays an enigmatic and brooding killer. Gorgeous cinematography and elegant sword play.”

Tokyo Drifter

Seijun Suzuki

Richard F.: “beautiful”

Le Samouraï

Jean-Pierre Melville

Richard F.: “No one has ever rocked the fedora and trench coat look better than Alain Delon in this film.”

If....

Lindsay Anderson

Army of Shadows

Jean-Pierre Melville

Richard F.: “Grim and suspenseful but also surprisingly humorous at times. Lino Ventura is awe inspiring. ”

Solaris

Andrei Tarkovsky

Richard F.: “Anything great is built upon sorrow.”

The Friends of Eddie Coyle

Peter Yates

Richard F.: “Life is shit and then you die.”

The Night Porter

Liliana Cavani

Richard F.: “Hot candy. ”

Vengeance Is Mine

Shohei Imamura

Richard F.: “Ken Ogata plays such a delightful rogue you can't help but laugh with him as he burns down the world around him.”

Time Bandits

Terry Gilliam

Richard F.: “Laserdisc version.”

Videodrome

David Cronenberg

Richard F.: “A highly erotic film with a visual flair that effortlessly combines the human obsessions of sex and death.”

Repo Man

Alex Cox

The Element of Crime

Lars von Trier

Richard F.: “Dissociative film.”

Brazil

Terry Gilliam

Richard F.: “2 copies of the 5 disc Laserdisc version. On of the best Criterion editions.”

Down by Law

Jim Jarmusch

Richard F.: “And now for something completely different. ”

The Killer

John Woo

Richard F.: “Easily the greatest film John Woo directed. More polished than A Better Tomorrow and more grounded than Hard Boiled. I own the Laserdisc version. ”

The Ice Storm

Ang Lee

Richard F.: “One of the best films of the '90s, even though it has nothing to do with the '90s. Also Kevin Kline is my hero.”

Insomnia

Erik Skjoldbjærg

Richard F.: “Extremely tense. I expected an explosion of violence at any time.”

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Terry Gilliam

Richard F.: “As your attorney, I advise you to rent a very fast car with no top. And you'll need the cocaine.”

The Royal Tenenbaums

Wes Anderson

Richard F.: “I used to love this movie. Watching it now, it feels so contrived.”

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Wes Anderson

Richard F.: “i don't really like this any more.”

Antichrist

Lars von Trier

Richard F.: “Visually profound. The story is even better. A crying woman is a scheming woman.”

Yojimbo/Sanjuro Box Set

Akira Kurosawa

Richard F.: “A+ Mifune action.”