The Joke (1969) - FilmStruck/The Criterion Channel
Sep 20th
Z (1969) - #491
Sep 7th
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief (1969) - FilmStruck/The Criterion Channel
Sep 7th
Black Panthers (1969) - ES 43
Sep 7th
Dillinger is Dead (1969) - #506
Sep 7th
Mr. Freedom (1969) - ES 9
Mar 6th
Criterion Shorts of 1968
Feb 26th
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (1968) - #360
Feb 17th
Samaritan Zatoichi (1968) - #671
Feb 6th
Monterey Pop (1968) - #168
Jan 29th
If.... (1968) - #391
Jan 17th
Faces (1968) - #252
Jan 2nd
Shame (1968) - #961
Dec 27th
Spirits of the Dead (1968) - Filmstruck
Dec 4th
Genocide (1968) - ES 37
Nov 27th
The Living Skeleton - ES 37
Nov 25th
Head (1968) - #544
Nov 20th
Beyond the Law (1968) - ES 35
Sep 10th
L'enfance nue (1968) - #534
Sep 5th
The Immortal Story (1968) - #831
Sep 3rd
Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell (1968) - ES 37
Aug 14th
Stolen Kisses (1968) - #186
Aug 7th
Zatoichi and the Fugitives (1968) - #679
Jul 17th
Profound Desires of the Gods (1968) - Hulu
Jul 4th
Kill! (1968) - #313
Jun 5th
Rosemary's Baby (1968) - #630
May 31st
Capricious Summer (1968) - ES 32
May 22nd
Salesman (1968) - #122
May 16th
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - LD #60
May 4th
2
Three Resurrected Drunkards (1968) - ES 21
Apr 13th
The Producers (1968) - LD #35
Apr 11th
Golden Eyes (1968) - Hulu Plus
Apr 3rd
I Am Curious (Blue) 1968 - #181
Mar 29th
Kuroneko (1968) - #584
Mar 16th
Death by Hanging (1968) - #798
Mar 4th
10
Wild 90 (1968) - ES 35
Jan 26th
Brakhage '67 - #518
Jan 22nd
2
Six Men Getting Sick (1967) - #725
Jan 16th
Cours du soir (1967) - #112
Jan 12th
Uncle Yanco (1967) - ES 43
Jan 12th
The Equinox... a journey into the supernatural (1967) - #338
Jan 10th
La cotta (1967) - #194
Jan 6th
Zatoichi Challenged (1967) - #679
Jan 5th
Week End (1967) - #635
Jan 3rd
The Graduate (1967) - #800
Dec 29th
3
PlayTime (1967) - #112
Dec 29th
The Fireman's Ball (1967) - #145
Dec 19th
3
Dont Look Back (1967) - #786
Dec 5th
2
In Cold Blood (1967) - #781
Dec 2nd
5
Chaplin on Criterion Through the Decades (1910s - 1950s)
Nov 21st
9
Marketa Lazarová (1967) - #661
Oct 20th
2
Scattered Clouds (1967) - Hulu
Oct 6th
David Holzman's Diary (1967) - LD
Sep 29th
2
The Two of Us (1967) - #388
Sep 26th
Le Samouraï (1967) - #306
Sep 23rd
Peppermint Frappé (1967) - HULU
Sep 15th
2
I Am Curious (Yellow) (1967) - #180
Sep 9th
3
Thirst for Love (1967) - ES 28
Aug 30th
Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator (1967) - ES 18
Aug 28th
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide (1967) - ES 21
Aug 25th
Zatoichi the Outlaw (1967) - #679
Aug 17th
Branded to Kill (1967) - #38
Aug 14th
Warrendale (1967) - ES 24
Aug 8th
Samurai Rebellion (1967) - #310
Aug 8th
Belle de jour (1967) - #593
Aug 2nd
Return of the Prodigal Son (1967) - ES 32
Jul 28th
1
A Colt is My Passport (1967) - ES 17
Jul 26th
Mouchette (1967) - #363
Jul 25th
1
The X From Outer Space (1967) - ES 37
Jul 21st
2 or 3 Things I Know About Her (1967) - #482
Jul 12th
2
The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967) - #717
Jul 10th
La collectionneuse (1967) - #346
Jul 4th
2
Sing a Song of Sex (1967) - ES 21
Jul 2nd
Chafed Elbows (1967) - ES 33
Jun 29th
1
Zatoichi's Cane Sword (1967) - #679
Jun 29th
Frampton '66 (1966) - #607
Jun 14th
A Report on the Party and Guests (1966) - ES 32
Jun 13th
Daisies (1966) - ES 32
Jun 10th
1
A Modern Coed (1966) - HP/#346
Jun 9th
Law of the Border (1966) - HP
Jun 8th
Emotion (1966) - HP/#539
Jun 6th
Here is Your Life (1966) - #766
Jun 5th
Andrei Rublev (1966) - #34
May 30th
1
King of Hearts (1966) - LD #115
May 25th
2
Blowup (1966) - LD #48
May 18th
2
Made in U.S.A. (1966) - #481
May 2nd
Closely Watched Trains (1966) - #131
Apr 29th
Wings (1966) - ES 11
Apr 20th
Fighting Elegy (1966) - #269
Apr 17th
Le deuxième souffle (1966) - #448
Apr 14th
Ride in the Whirlwind (1966) - #735
Apr 10th
1
The Shooting (1966) - #734
Apr 9th
Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? (1966) - ES 9
Apr 7th
Persona (1966) - #701
Apr 6th
2
Seconds (1966) - #667
Apr 1st
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Criterion Reflections: "Best Classic Film Blog" Nominee
What I'm doing here...
What I'm doing here...
At the beginning of 2009 I decided to watch all of the movies in the Criterion Collection in the chronological order of their release. And then write a blog post about each film.
Here are my rules (updated as of December 2014):
1. I'm going to comment upon as many Criterion-related titles (features and historic short films, current and past releases, including those from Hulu Plus and the old laser disc era) as possible.
2. Beyond written reflections, I will include interesting visual elements when available, including posters, video clips, stills or other miscellaneous items to provide additional insight and amusement.
3. As Criterion adds new films to their collection, I will add them to my list but I won't go backwards if the new film was originally released prior to the year I'm currently reviewing.
4. I aspire to survey all of the available bonus features and written materials that Criterion provides for their films, but I may skip some of that at times just to keep the project moving along or because the film itself didn't compel me to such comprehensive study.
5. Links to some of the reviews I've written for CriterionCast.com are included in older posts composed between 2009-2014, but will not be updated anymore. A sortable, read-only copy of my chronological spreadsheet that includes links to all my published reviews is available on request via Google Drive. My Letterboxd profile also includes a series of lists titled The Criterion Chronology, that arranges all Criterion titles in order of original releases, sorted by decades.
If you want to follow along in the order I wrote my reviews, go to January 2009 in the blog archive and you'll find the beginning of the series. Go back to 2008 and you can read some random reviews I wrote before starting out on this project.