The Criterion Collection

Eclipse Series 43: Agnès Varda in California

Agnès Varda

Craig J. Clark: “Always happy to add another Eclipse set to my Collection. Equally happy to see some under-the-radar Varda films get their due.”

Ghost World

Terry Zwigoff

Craig J. Clark: “One of my all-time favorite films. An essential addition to the Collection.”

The Before Trilogy

Richard Linklater

Craig J. Clark: “The good news is even if Linklater, Hawke, and Delpy do decide to revisit these characters, it'll still be another five years before this is obsolete.”

Fox and His Friends

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Craig J. Clark: “With this firmly ensconced in the Collection, now you need to see about acquiring the rights to Querelle. You know you want to, Criterion.”

Chimes at Midnight

Orson Welles

Craig J. Clark: “Can I afford this? Probably not. Can I afford not to own this? Definitely not.”

Juliet of the Spirits

Federico Fellini

Craig J. Clark: “Shockingly, this is the first Fellini I've added to my personal collection. It's an unimpeachable choice, though.”

Lone Wolf and Cub

Craig J. Clark: “Black Friday deals were made for Criterion boxed sets.”

My Beautiful Laundrette

Stephen Frears

Craig J. Clark: “I'd hoped to review this for The Dissolve before it went belly up. I hope Omar and Johnny have a better future in store.”

The Executioner

Luis García Berlanga

Craig J. Clark: “The most excited I'd been for a Criterion release since you put out Judex. I don't even mind that the cover art is horribly misleading.”

Blood Simple

Joel Coen

Craig J. Clark: “Simply one of the best directorial debuts in movie history.”

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

Russ Meyer

Craig J. Clark: “When this arrives in the mail, it will be my happening, and it will freak me out.”

Pan’s Labyrinth

Guillermo del Toro

Craig J. Clark: “My second-favorite del Toro film joins my favorite (The Devil's Backbone) in the Collection -- and in mine.”

Death by Hanging

Nagisa Oshima

Craig J. Clark: “A truly superb -- and subversive -- film. I look forward to watching it on a double bill with Berlanga's The Executioner.”

Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Stanley Kubrick

Craig J. Clark: “We must not allow there to be a Blu-ray gap!”

Inside Llewyn Davis

Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

Craig J. Clark: “Haven't seen this since it was in theaters. Can't wait to revisit it.”

The Manchurian Candidate

John Frankenheimer

Craig J. Clark: “A film that continues to speak to me in ways others do not or have ceased to. Hands down, my favorite Frankenheimer.”

A Whit Stillman Trilogy: <i>Metropolitan, Barcelona, The Last Days of Disco</i>

Whit Stillman

Craig J. Clark: “I look forward to digging into the supplements on these. I already know the commentary on Metropolitan is great.”

Naked Lunch

David Cronenberg

Craig J. Clark: “A film that should inspire and petrify aspiring writers in equal measure.”

Time Bandits

Terry Gilliam

Craig J. Clark: “Here's to stinking Criterion (for bringing this back into print)!”

Ikiru

Akira Kurosawa

Craig J. Clark: “At long last, Kurosawa's humanist masterpiece has gotten the upgrade it has long deserved. Now, get cracking on Red Beard!”

The Brood

David Cronenberg

Craig J. Clark: “David Cronenberg has some thoughts about his first marriage, and you are there.”

Dressed to Kill

Brian De Palma

Craig J. Clark: “The film that confirmed Brian De Palma's mastery of suspense. Definitely one to revisit before the month of October is out.”

Moonrise Kingdom

Wes Anderson

Craig J. Clark: “No matter how long we're kept waiting for them, Criterion Blus of Wes Anderson films are always worth it.”

State of Siege

Costa-Gavras

Craig J. Clark: “Costa-Gavras does it again. The more I learn about my country's extracurricular activities across the globe, the less patriotic I become.”

Island of Lost Souls

Erle C. Kenton

Craig J. Clark: “Still the best screen version of Wells's Island of Dr. Moreau. 'We walk on two legs, not on four. To walk on four legs breaks the law.'”

Hiroshima mon amour

Alain Resnais

Craig J. Clark: “It's been ages since I last saw this film. I'm probably ready for it now.”

Le silence de la mer

Jean-Pierre Melville

Craig J. Clark: “Always glad to add another Melville to my personal collection. And this is a great one, folks.”

The Fisher King

Terry Gilliam

Craig J. Clark: “Happy to see this returned to the Collection where it begins, and Gilliam's commentary was definitely worth the wait. Now get to work on Munchausen!”

My Winnipeg

Guy Maddin

Craig J. Clark: “My favorite Maddin! I can't wait to thrill to the adventures of Ledge Man once again.”

Safe

Todd Haynes

Craig J. Clark: “Welcome to the Criterion Collection, Mr. Haynes. What kept you?”

Don't Look Now

Nicolas Roeg

Craig J. Clark: “My favorite Roeg film finally takes its rightful place in the Collection. Eureka next, please!”

Army of Shadows

Jean-Pierre Melville

Craig J. Clark: “A local rental place was selling the OOP Blu-ray of this for $18. Even though I already own it on DVD, I couldn't pass that up.”

Eclipse Series 38: Masaki Kobayashi Against the System

Masaki Kobayashi

Craig J. Clark: “Yet another essential Eclipse set. I'll get around to seeing The Human Condition as soon as it gets a Blu-ray upgrade.”

The Shooting/Ride in the Whirlwind

Monte Hellman

Craig J. Clark: “You can't beat two classic Hellman/Nicholson westerns for the price of one. Also, they look absolutely phenomenal.”

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Craig J. Clark: “Finally, Fassbinder's preeminent melodrama gets its long-overdue Blu-ray upgrade. Now see about bringing the BRD Trilogy back into print, bitte.”

Eraserhead

David Lynch

Craig J. Clark: “Holding off on all previous home video releases of this film has paid off handsomely for me.”

Macbeth

Roman Polanski

Craig J. Clark: “One more Polanski masterpiece for the pile. But does this presage the introduction of What? into the Collection?”

A Hard Day’s Night

Richard Lester

Craig J. Clark: “Just in time for its 50th anniversary, the preeminent rock 'n' roll film makes its way into the Collection. I hope more of Lester's films will follow.”

The Hidden Fortress

Akira Kurosawa

Craig J. Clark: “Not the Kurosawa I wanted to be upgraded next, but I'll take it.”

Eyes Without a Face

Georges Franju

Craig J. Clark: “One of the most hauntingly beautiful chillers ever made. Now that Judex has joined it in the Collection, I hope more Franju is in the offing.”

Scanners

David Cronenberg

Craig J. Clark: “A real mind-blower of a film. And pairing it up with Stereo is just genius.”

Judex

Georges Franju

Craig J. Clark: “I'm so thrilled to finally be able to add this to my Collection. It was everything I wanted it to be and more.”

King of the Hill

Steven Soderbergh

Craig J. Clark: “Put simply, one of Soderbergh's best and most life-affirming films. I'm glad it's finally getting a shot at having a second life of its own.”

Weekend

Andrew Haigh

Craig J. Clark: “One of the most touching and honest depictions of the gay experience I have ever seen on film. More like this, Criterion.”

The Royal Tenenbaums

Wes Anderson

Craig J. Clark: “A film for which the Blu-ray upgrade was essential. The attention to detail in every frame is phenomenal.”

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Wes Anderson

Craig J. Clark: “A fantastic first animated feature to add to the Collection. I'm cussing thrilled to be able to add it to mine.”

Maîtresse

Barbet Schroeder

Craig J. Clark: “The more I think about this film, the more it rises in my estimation. I doubt it will get a Blu-ray upgrade, but I wouldn't mind if it did.”

Thief

Michael Mann

Craig J. Clark: “Does this release mean The Keep is in Criterion's future? I sure wouldn't mind that.”

Trilogy of Life

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Craig J. Clark: “It's about time I added some Pasolini to my personal collection. I'm not quite ready for Salò, though.”

Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion

Elio Petri

Craig J. Clark: “A Criterion Release Above Reproach.”

In the Realm of the Senses

Nagisa Oshima

Craig J. Clark: “Oshima at his sensuous -- and controversial -- best.”

Frances Ha

Noah Baumbach

Craig J. Clark: “One of my favorite films of the year. No matter how 'undateable' you think you are, there's always hope.”

Seconds

John Frankenheimer

Craig J. Clark: “My second-favorite Frankenheimer! Glad to see one of his features join his contributions to the 'Golden Age of Television' box set in the Collection.”

Eclipse Series 39: Early Fassbinder

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Craig J. Clark: “I've seen all of these before, but I'll gladly see them again. Fassbinder was such a singular filmmaker, his films are definitely worth revisiting.”

Eclipse Series 5: The First Films of Samuel Fuller

Samuel Fuller

Craig J. Clark: “Worth picking up for The Steel Helmet alone, this is an irreplaceable look at the early work of a born artist.”

Eclipse Series 28: The Warped World of Koreyoshi Kurahara

Koreyoshi Kurahara

Craig J. Clark: “Thanks to the Flash Sale, I'll finally get to plunge all the way into Koreyoshi's Warped World.”

Sansho the Bailiff

Kenji Mizoguchi

Craig J. Clark: “It's rather auspicious that my hundredth Criterion is my first Mizoguchi, which also happens to be his masterpiece.”

Cronos

Guillermo del Toro

Craig J. Clark: “An oddly appropriate present for my 40th birthday, I'd say.”

Close-up

Abbas Kiarostami

Craig J. Clark: “The main feature is stunning enough as it is. Including Kiarostami's debut 'The Traveler' is the icing on the cake.”

The Devil’s Backbone

Guillermo del Toro

Craig J. Clark: “A chilling ghost story, as only del Toro could tell it. And the choice of spine number is downright diabolical.”