Song and Dance
We are proud to present a selection of spellbinding music and dance, Criterion-style. Please hold your applause until the intermission.
| Spine # | Title | Director | Country | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Eclipse Series 6: Carlos Saura’s Flamenco Trilogy | ||||
| 1315 |
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Hairspray | John Waters | United States, | 1988 |
| 1313 |
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West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty | Med Hondo | France, | 1979 |
|
Eclipse Series 8: Lubitsch Musicals | ||||
| 1294 |
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David Byrne’s American Utopia | Spike Lee | United States, | 2020 |
| 12 |
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This Is Spinal Tap | Rob Reiner | United States, | 1984 |
| 1268 |
|
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould | François Girard | Canada, | 1993 |
| 1265 |
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Thelonious Monk Straight, No Chaser | Charlotte Zwerin | United States, | 1988 |
| 1264 |
|
The Wiz | Sidney Lumet | United States, | 1978 |
| 716 |
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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg | Jacques Demy | France, | 1964 |
| 1240 |
|
Funny Girl | William Wyler | United States, | 1968 |
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Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus | Neo Sora | Japan, | 2023 | |
| 1201 |
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Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio | Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson | Mexico, | 2022 |
| 1193 |
|
La Bamba | Luis Valdez | United States, | 1987 |
| 1192 |
|
Moonage Daydream | Brett Morgen | United States, | 2022 |
| 1164 |
|
The Velvet Underground | Todd Haynes | United States, | 2021 |
| 1148 |
|
Kalpana | Uday Shankar | India, | 1948 |
| 1151 |
|
Sound of Metal | Darius Marder | United States, | 2019 |
| 719 |
|
Une chambre en ville | Jacques Demy | France, | 1982 |
| 718 |
|
Donkey Skin | Jacques Demy | France, | 1970 |
| 317 |
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The Tales of Hoffmann | Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger | United Kingdom, | 1951 |
| 1122 |
|
’Round Midnight | Bertrand Tavernier | United States, | 1986 |
| 1120 |
|
The Girl Can’t Help It | Frank Tashlin | United States, | 1956 |
| 1118 |
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The Last Waltz | Martin Scorsese | United States, | 1978 |
| 711 |
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A Hard Day’s Night | Richard Lester | United Kingdom, | 1964 |
| 44 |
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The Red Shoes | Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger | United Kingdom, | 1948 |
| 1096 |
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Don’t Play Us Cheap | Melvin Van Peebles | United States, | 1972 |
| 1090 |
|
Original Cast Album: “Company” | D. A. Pennebaker | United States, | 1970 |
| 689 |
|
Trances | Ahmed El Maanouni | Morocco, | 1981 |
| 1028 |
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Dance, Girl, Dance | Dorothy Arzner | United States, | 1940 |
| 71 |
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The Magic Flute | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden, | 1975 |
| 724 |
|
All That Jazz | Bob Fosse | United States, | 1979 |
| 167 |
|
The Complete Monterey Pop Festival | |||
| 896 |
|
The Lure | Agnieszka Smoczyńska | Poland, | 2015 |
| 892 |
|
Festival | Murray Lerner | United States, | 1967 |
| 20 |
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Sid & Nancy | Alex Cox | United Kingdom, | 1986 |
| 717 |
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The Young Girls of Rochefort | Jacques Demy | France, | 1967 |
| 836 |
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Beyond the Valley of the Dolls | Russ Meyer | United States, | 1970 |
| 805 |
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A Poem Is a Naked Person | Les Blank | United States, | 1974 |
| 786 |
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Dont Look Back | D. A. Pennebaker | United States, | 1967 |
| 757 |
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The Rose | Mark Rydell | United States, | 1979 |
| 644 |
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Pina | Wim Wenders | Germany, | 2011 |
| 559 |
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The Mikado | Victor Schertzinger | United Kingdom, | 1939 |
| 558 |
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Topsy-Turvy | Mike Leigh | United Kingdom, | 1999 |
| 99 |
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Gimme Shelter | David Maysles, Albert Maysles, and Charlotte Zwerin | United States, | 1970 |
| 406 |
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Martha Graham: Dance on Film | Nathan Kroll | United States, | 1959 |
| 683 |
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Nashville | Robert Altman | United States, | 1975 |
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Total Balalaika Show | Aki Kaurismäki | Finland, | 1994 |