THE LADY VANISHES is one of my favorite Hitchcock films. I also really loved SECRETS & LIES, which I saw a few years ago and finally got around to including in my Criterion order for the current sale. I'm just glad you didn't include NAKED. That's one Mike Leigh film you couldn't pay me to watch again.
Such excellent choices, Elliot! I have a few of these on the shelf that still need to be watched and there's a few to add too. Thanks for sharing pal, cheers!
Chronological Order... 1955 Richard lll by Laurence Olivier 1960 Peeping Tom by Michael Powell 1966 Blow-Up by Michelangelo Antonioni 1971 Macbeth by Roman Polanski 1975 Barry Lyndon by Stanley Kubrick 1979 Quadrophenia by Franc Roddam 1992 Howards End by James Ivory
Excellent video. The Lady Vanishes is just so darmn good. Yes it has the suspense and the train but also has his special sense of humor on display. The complete Hitchcock package. No one ever better than the master.
I caught “Secrets & Lies” at a film festival awhile ago and loved it, so I snatched it up when it was added to Criterion. Such a great film. Have subsequently watched other Leigh films that I have enjoyed, but not as much as “Secrets & Lies”. Probably b/c I went in blindly and I hold it closer to my heart because of that discovery. I have not watched “Shallow Grave” in awhile. Might pick that up, I recall it with fondness. Great recs.
I'll watch anything from Mike Leigh. 'Vera Drake' is still relatable. 'Happy-Go-Lucky' is so underrated, i loved every minute of how Sally Hawkins and Eddie Marsan deal with each other.
Great video. I just picked up ‘Le Cercle Rouge’ 4K. You mentioned OOP titles getting re-released - this is one of them and I’m so glad they did! Some eBay sellers were asking $200+ for the OOP blu-ray!
I liked your choice of The Lady Vanishes. That would be on my list as well. But you left out my absolute favorite Criterion disc, which is Local Hero. You can’t leave out Local Hero! As for the rest of my choices, I would have a hard time deciding which Michael Powell films were my absolute favorites. 49th Parallel and I Know Where I’m Going are 2 of my personal favorites, but A Matter of Life and Death, and The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp are really great Criterion blu-Ray releases. Also Black Narcissus and The Red Shoes. And finally I would want to include a Carol Reed film. The Third Man is out of print, but Odd Man Out is also great and it is on blu-ray.
Great picks! I am hoping that Howard’s End gets re-released both in Blu-ray and 4K. In regards to period pieces depicting British society I hope that Godsford Park by Robert Altman and Remains of the Day by James Ivory get a release. I mean these films are the epitome of what a period piece ought to be depicted. Also, The Third Man I hope they re-release it soon!
I really love british cinema. I find it underappreciated amongst the cinephiles perhaps, but there are a lot of great british filmmakers I cherish. Powell and Pressburger for me are two of the finest directors ever lived, and Mike Leigh is one of my favourite contemporaries filmmakers. Another genius british film in the criterion collection is "Kind hearts and coronets". Top class comedy! Greetings from Italy.
Great choices, Elliot. Nice to see Howards End in there. Just FYI: The transfer on the Criterion is pretty dated, Cohen Media did a new 4k scan - and in Germany there is actually a nice 4k UHD release based on that new scan, which is available for a decent price and I'm sure you can easily import via Amazon. Even if we love our Criterions - if you love the film, definitely worth an upgrade!
Love your choices. "The Third Man" is a movie that completely mesmerized me in my youth and I see it almost every year and the magic is still there for me. "The Red Shoes" is another magic movie I love. Hitchcock's early British movies are excellent. "The 39 Steps" is up there with "The Lady Vanishes." So is the British version of "The Man Who Knew Too Much."
@@jnagarya519 It is obvious that you are not a classical music lover and do not see the uniqueness of this movie. It is a marriage of ballet, classical music and drama. No, it is not a soap opera, but a dramatic realization of a ballet! First, the music score is a symphonic score that has attained popularity as a concert score played at symphony concerts. It gives an underpinning of drama and emotion to every scene. Second, the ballet elements make it a unique marriage of ballet and drama and to call it a soap opera shows that you have "cotton in your ears" while you are looking at this classic. Third, for Criterion to reissue this shows that they comprehend the classic that "The Red Shoes" is. However, I give you credit when you consider "Black Narcissus" as a classic. Here again, it is quirky, dark, and unusual! British film makers do not make predictable pictures like the Americans!
Mike Leigh is the King! Naked and Life Is Sweet are two of my personal favourites, aside from Secrets and Lies, which is generally considered his finest. I hope Criterion adds Another Year to the collection in the near future.
Secrets and Lies is one of those brilliant films that not enough people know about. All the actors are great . I also love the very eccentric and disturbing "The Ruling Class".
Still wish for Millions (2004) to get a much better Blu-ray release because it has sadly become forgotten despite acclaim. So good and moving childhood film.
It is a shame that Peter Greenaway is not in the Criterion Collection as he is one the great British directors. Another British director which deserves be in the top of the best ones and is in the Criterion Collection is Nicolas Roeg, therefore, I would like that Criterion sometime releases Bad Timing in Blu Ray and The Man who Fell to Earth in 4K!
I completely agree! So many of Greenaway’s films would fit the collection well. I could see us getting The Draughtman’s Contract first, perhaps. Cheers!
I’ve started filming these videos in a different room as it’s much easier for my setup and space, so my collection isn’t in this room currently. I did sell a portion of my collection last year, films I mostly don’t like and won’t watch again. It’s freed up a lot of room for more films I love!
