Criterion Collection (Firm)
Series
Criterion collection volume 827
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2016, 1971.
Language
English
Formats
Description
An enterprising gambler and a bordello madam, both newcomers to the raw Pacific Northwest mining town of Presbyterian Church, join forces to provide the miners with a superior kind of whorehouse experience. The appearance of representatives of a powerful mining company with interests of its own, however, threatens to be the undoing of their plans.
82) I fidanzati
Series
Criterion collection volume 195
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (77 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Italiano
Description
A young Milanese couple's relationship is tested when the man accepts a new job in Sicily, causing them to be separated for long periods of time.
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (94 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide (20 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
Danish
Description
This exhaustive documentary surveys the career of one of the great motion picture directors, following Dreyer's life through interviews with the director and his colleagues, film clips and archival materials.
84) Modern times
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (87 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Language
English
Description
A devastating satire on the effects of mass production on the lives of factory workers. Shows Charlie as a factory worker, jailbird, night watchman, and a singing waiter. Primarily a silent film with music and sound effects, but voices emanate from TV sets and radios.
85) Gilda
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2015], 1946.
Edition
Blu-ray.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (110 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in + 1 folded-out sheet.
Language
English
Description
A deceitful woman plays with the lives of her husband, his crimelord boss, and his right-hand man.
87) Tanner '88
Series
Criterion collection volume 258
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 353 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
During the 1988 presidential campaign, Democratic hopefuls spiritedly canvass the country, jostle for their party's nomination and the honor of opposing Republican Vice President George Bush. Then Senator Jack Tanner suddenly emerges from the shadows of a lengthy political hiatus to challenge candidates such as Al Gore, Jesse Jackson, Gary Hart, and Michael Dukakis. Tanner is a fictitious presidential candidate who goes out on the campaign trail to...
88) Schizopolis
Series
Criterion collection volume 199
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Language
English
Description
Fletcher Munson, a corporate drone and speechwriter for a New Age guru, discovers he has a doppelganger in the crazed dentist Dr. Jeffrey Korchek. A deranged comedy of confused identity, doublespeack and intrigue. Starring director Steven Soderbergh.
Series
Criterion collection volume 49
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[1999]
Edition
Widescreen edizione.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (118 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Italiano
Description
A young prostitute who works in the streets of Rome is continually deceived by men who claim to love her.
90) Billy Liar
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (98 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Billy dreams of escape from an unsympathetic, resolutely working-class family, a pair of demanding fiancees, and an insecure dead-end job at an undertakers.
Series
The Criterion collection volume 222
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (115 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
A new priest arrives in the French country village of Ambricourt to attend to his first parish. The rural congregation rejects him immediately. Through his country diary entries, the suffering young man relays a crisis of faith that threatens to drive him away from the village and God.
92) Red River
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
©2014.
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (127 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Thomas Dunson, a tyrannical Texas rancher, is driving his cattle to Red River when his adopted son, Matthew, turns against him.
93) Tiny furniture
Series
Criterion collection volume 597
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Language
English
Description
Aura is a recent college graduate who returns to New York and moves back in with her mother and sister. As painfully confessional as it is endlessly amusing, Tiny Furniture is an authentic, incisive portrait of a young woman at a crossroads.
Series
Criterion collection volume 639-642
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (274 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (36 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
English
Description
"Astonishingly photographed, and featuring unforgettable, cascading scores by Philip Glass, these are immersive sensory experiences that meditate on the havoc humankind's obsession with technological advancement has wreaked on our world"--Container.
95) Heart of a dog
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (76 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet + 1 booklet.
Language
English
Description
In this essay film, multimedia artist Laurie Anderson presents a monologue touching upon her relationship with her rat terrier Lolabelle, the death of her mother, the heightening of surveillance following 9/11, and other topics.
Series
Criterion collection volume 377
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (111 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (36 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm).
Language
日本語
Description
A young widow with family obligations, Keiko is the madam of an upstairs bar in the exclusive Ginza district of Tokyo in 1960. As she approaches 30, she realizes that her life is at a crossroads: she must either go into business and open her own bar or marry.
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
3 DVD (393 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded-out.
Language
Swedish
Description
A monumental mid-nineteenth century epic that charts, over the course of two films, a poor Swedish farming family's voyage to America and their efforts to put down roots in this beautiful but forbidding new world. Includes bonus disc with special features.
98) Barcelona
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
A pair of preppy yet constitutionally mismatched American cousins, a salesman and a navy officer, argue about romance and politics while working in the beautiful Spanish city of the film's title. Set during the eighties, it explores topics both heady (American exceptionalism, Cold War foreign policy) and hilarious (the ins and outs of international dating, the proper shaving method) while remaining a constantly witty delight, featuring a sharp young...
99) White material
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
Director-approved DVD special édition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Maria is an entitled white woman living in Africa, desperately unwilling to give up her family's crumbling coffee plantation despite the civil war closing in on her. A gripping evocation of the death throes of European colonialism and a fascinating look at a woman lost in her own mind.
Series
Criterion collection volume 165
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert.
Language
Français
Description
"A camera crew follows a serial killer/thief around as he exercises his craft. He expounds on art, music, nature, society, and life as he offs mailmen, pensioners, and random people. Slowly he begins involving the camera crew in his activities, and they begin wondering if what they're doing is such a good idea, particularly when the killer kills a rival and the rival's brother sends a threatening letter"--Internet Movie Database.