Janus Films
Series
Criterion collection volume 408
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Language
Français
Formats
Description
A small-time hood kills a police officer and tries to leave France, but his American girlfriend betrays him to the police, leading to a deadly conclusion.
82) Jellyfish eyes
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Director-approved DVD special edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded-out insert.
Language
日本語
Description
After moving to a country town with his mother following his father's death, a young boy befriends a charming, flying, jellyfish-like sprite, only to discover that his schoolmates have similar friends, and that neither they nor the town itself are what they seem to be. Pointedly set in a post-Fukushima world, Murakami's modest-budgeted special effects extravaganza boasts unforgettable creature designs and carries a message of cooperation and hope...
Series
Criterion collection volume 438
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Special édition.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Language
Français
Description
An orphan comes to live with a foster family in a Canadian mining village, and becomes a part of the comical foibles and heartbreaks of a small French-Canadian town.
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (283 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
日本語
Description
Japanese girls at the harbor: It tells of the humiliating social downfall experienced by Sunako after jealousy drives her to commit a terrible crime. With its lushly photographed landscapes and innovative visual storytelling, this film shows a director at the peak of his powers and experimentation.
Mr. Thank You: This road movie follows the long and winding route of a sweet-natured bus driver, nicknamed Mr. Thank You for his constant exclamation...
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
Blu-ray special ed.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (22 pages : black and white illustrations ; 16 cm).
Language
Swedish
Description
Antonius Block is a knight, who along with his squire, are returning home from the crusades. Black Death is sweeping their country. As they approach home, Death appears to the knight and tells him it is his time. Antonius challenges Death to a chess game for his life. Antonius and Death play as the cultural turmoil envelopes the people around them as they try, in different ways, to deal with the upheaval that the plague has caused.
Series
Criterion collection volume 746
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Language
Français
Formats
Description
A tenderly comic idyll about a city family's picnic in the French countryside and the romancing of the mother and grown daughter by two local men.
Series
Criterion collection volume 459
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Special edición, fullscreen.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (93 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (36 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
Español
Description
After a lavish dinner party in a stately mansion, the guests believe themselves unable to leave the premises. As the days pass, the elaborate facades of their social positions collapse and they are forced to live like animals. Finally discovering they are actually free to leave, they go to church to give thanks, where they are again trapped.
88) The night porter
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The chance meeting of a woman and a former Nazi SS officer brings back memories of their sado-masochistic relationship in a concentration camp years before.
89) Le samouraï
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Blu-ray special edition.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (25 pages : color illustrations ; 17 cm).
Language
Français
Description
Jef Costello is a fedora and trench-coat wearing contract killer with samurai instincts. When Jef assassinates a nightclub owner, he finds himself confronted by a series of witnesses, who drop his perfect world into the hands of a persistent police investigator and Jef's shadowy employer, both of whom are determined to put an end to the career criminal.
90) Tokyo story
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Dual-format edition.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs + 1 Blu-ray (136 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (12 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm).
Language
日本語
Description
A self-centered couple is inconvenienced by a parental visit. When the mother falls ill, her children hasten to be with her.
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (40 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Formats
Description
"In the south of France, in a vast plain region called the Camargue, lives White Mane, a magnificent stallion and the leader of a herd of wild horses too proud to be broken by humans. Only Folco, a young fisherman, can tame him. A strong friendship grows between the boy and the horse, as the two go looking for the freedom that the world of men won't allow them"--Container.
Series
Criterion collection volume 429
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
Special édition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
A restless bourgeois wife finds her eye wandering from both her husband and her lover to an attractive passing stranger.
Series
Criterion collection volume 323
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Edizione restaurata.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (84 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Italiano
Description
A four-year-old boy is trapped in a loveless family with his suicidal father and his adulteress mother.
94) The vanishing
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2014, 1988.
Edition
Blu-ray.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (106 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded-out.
Language
Nederlands
Description
"A young man embarks on an obsessive search for the girlfriend who mysteriously disappeared while the couple were taking a sunny vacation trip, and his three-year investigation draws the attention of her abductor, a mild-mannered professor with a diabolically clinical mind. An unorthodox love story and a truly unsettling thriller."--Container.
Series
Criterion collection volume 207
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (127 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (8 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
日本語
Description
A small time porno filmmaker in Osaka, struggles to cope with the corrupt sexual mores in his family, the world outside, and in himself. He peddles his films to condescending executives and panders a little on the side, believing he provides a socially valuable service.
96) M
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Blu-ray special edition.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (110 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (30 pages. : illustrations; 16 cm).
Language
Deutsch
Description
When a serial killer is stalking the children of the city, everyone, including the criminal underworld, wants to see him brought down.
97) Tom Jones
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lusty tale set in 18th century England. Birthed by a local woman but raised by the village squire, Tom Jones grows up to be a handsome young man with a way with women. He loves the daughter of a neighboring landowner, and falls into many adventures in pursuit of her, including duels, bedroom romps and prison!
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
Dual-format Blu-ray and DVD special edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD + 1 Blu-ray (139 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (12 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm).
Language
日本語
Description
A grand-scale adventure as only Akira Kurosawa could make one. A general charged with guarding his defeated clan's princess as the two smuggle royal treasure across hostile territory. Accompanying them are a pair of bumbling, conniving peasants who may or may not be their friends. This rip-roaring ride is among the director's most beloved films and was a primary influence on George Lucas's Star Wars. Delivers Kurosawa's trademark deft blend of wry...
Series
Publisher
Homevision
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (86 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
日本語
Description
High schooler Nanbu Kiroku yearns for the prim, Catholic Michiko, but her only desire is to reform Kiroku's sinful tendencies. Hormones raging, Kiroku channels his unsatisfied lust into the only outlet available: savage, crazed violence.
100) This sporting life
Series
Criterion collection volume 417
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
[Special edition].
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (134 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (32 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
English
Description
Northern England, the early 1960's. Frank Machin is a coal miner who is mean, tough and ambitious enough to rise up and become an immediate professional rugby star. The rugby league team is run by local employer Weaver. Machin lodges with Mrs Hammond, whose husband was killed in an accident at Weaver's, but his impulsive and angry nature stop him from being able to reach her as he would like. He becomes increasingly frustrated with his situation....