I like the by decade approach to this list I picked up the Cassavetes set, Throw Down, Hollywood Shuffle, Elevator To The Gallows, Walker, and Citizen Kane on the sale
took your advice and order It Happened One Night, Rebecca, and Come And See. Highly recommend The Thin Red Line, Wings Of Desire, and Local Hero. 515 Criterions in my collection.
Interesting choices, and interesting: BY DECADE method!!! My "BY THE DECADE" choices (only 3 are Criterion...) 2020 - Dunkirk 2010 - ? 2000 - Memento (Or Live Free or Die Hard) 1990 - Blast From The Past 1980 - "The Sacrifice" (Tarkovsky 1986) (Or Blade Runner) 1970 - Planet of the Apes (Or "Playtime") 1960 - L'Avventura 1950 - Touch Of Evil 1940 - Meet John Doe 1930 - ? 1920 - The King Of Kings (Or A Page Of Madness) 1910 - ?
My favourite Chaplin is Monsieur Verdoux...wonderfully dark comedy. And Rope is my fave Hitchcock! One of the R-R-Rs as it will now be known! 😅 What a shout for The In-Laws! "SERPENTINE, SHELLEY!". You know what that feeling is on the end of your tongue, Nate? GOOD TASTE! Anyway, top recommendations. I'd add Lost In America from Albert Brooks, Shampoo with Warren Beatty, Polyester from John Waters, Eraserhead from David Lynch, Safety Last from Harold Lloyd, His Girl Friday with Cary Grant, Royal Tenenbaums from Wes Anderson, F For Fake from Orson Welles, The Innocents from Jack Clayton, Howard Hawk's Only Angels Have Wings, A Matter Of Life And Death from Powell And Pressberger, Destry Rides Again with Jimmy Stewart aaaaaaand Dressed To Kill and Mona Lisa simply because Nate loved my Michael Caine impression at the weekend! ☺
The Innocents is a great horror film, I own the BFI version which is quite rare to get a hold of. Some other great recommendations too, I really want to check out Ikuru and Beau Travail soon!
"They Live" That is one of those movies that was enjoyable in its own right, but I think it is due a high budget remake! I realize this is off topic, but you cannot NOT see that fantastic shirt you are wearing. I am a movie idiot so all of those films are new to me. I am only as deep as a thimble when it comes to the depth of my movie watching, but I still enjoy your brief commentaries of the films you show us. Keep up the good work.
Happy Criterion Flash Sale day! I limited myself to two today - My Winnipeg and Daisies. Both recent watches I really enjoyed and wanted to add to my collection. Funnily enough, the other film I really wanted was Beau Travail. But that'll have to wait. I could not agree with you more about Portrait of a Lady on Fire. It's an absolute masterpiece. The In-Laws is one of my dad's favorite movies. I got him the Criterion for his birthday last year and we watched it together. Can't beat Peter Falk and Alan Arkin.
Thanks, Roni! I still need to get My Winnipeg, but I've seen it and really enjoy it! Hope you get Beau Travail soon enough! Glad that we agree on Portrait, it's phenomenal! And you really can't beat Falk and Arkin, haha!