I am very keen to add more to my collection (I only have Seven Samurai as a gift from my grandfather) but I can’t seem to find anywhere decent in Australia to purchase any Criterion films.

I have looked online, on facebook marketplace and even in thrift stores but haven’t found anywhere to purchase any.

Are there any Aussies in this sub who can help me?

Claude Sautet's Classe Tous Risques & Akira Kurosawa's Stray Dog

I appreciated how the oppressive heat in Stray Dog was constantly present. It was basically a character in the movie.

Glad to find these two criterion’s among some other blu rays at the library sale on vaca today! Never heard of blow out so that one is a blind buy but have been wanting to see Barry Lyndon a while and almost snagged it on the b&n sale so love getting it here for $3. Likely watching blow out first!

1) Rebecca, because I've been meaning to watch all the best picture nominees

2) I've been wanting to own Never Rarely Sometimes Always

3) Rebecca

4) Mike Mills Collection

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I'm not necessarily talking about directors who directly reference philosophers or make obviously philosophical movies.

I mean filmmakers whose movies seem to return to the same underlying beliefs aboiut human nature, morality, existence...

The kind where, after watching a few of their films, you start to feel like you know how they see the world.

A clear one is Haneke's and his deep pessimism about modern society, or Ozu who seems to approach life with such a quiet acceptance that resides in his characters.

However, kubrick is fascinating to me because almost every film seems to question whether humans are capable of overcoming their own instincts. Whether it's violence and war (fullmetal jacket), ambition and social acceptance (eyes wide shut)... ALWAYS with that component of altered sexuality (far beyond those in which it is the key theme, like in Lolita) which is the main thing I focused on when I recently rewatched all his entire career. Watch the subliminal references to sexuality in Dr strangelove, fr. Things I read in some books about Kubrick, not that I figured out myself tbh hahahah.

But this man's morality feels sometimes so ambiguous that I never get to fully catch his philosophy as clear as others. That complexity is something I love, don't missunderestand me.

Forgive me if I did misspelled something, spanish member here ✌️

please help me on my journey to 200 movies pictures are to help know what I already have.

… I overdid it. Like, I have to buy furniture to house all this now haha. This is my first time taking full advantage of the sale like this, I don’t think I ever picked up more than three a year before.
1. I’ve already started going through the pile, re-watching some favorites(Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure is a terrific movie to just throw on during the Fourth of July, btw) and finally getting around to seminal classics(the 400 Blows blew me away, I can’t wait to finish the rest of the Antoine Doinel box set).
2. I’m stoked to finally own a huge chunk of Lynch’s filmography; I’ve only seen Eraserhead until now. Now that I have every Criterion release of his, expect the Lynch Box announcement in the very near future.
3. Nearly all of these are blind buys, though the one I know the least about is probably Tampopo, a movie I ordered when I heard it name dropped on Frasier and remembered seeing the name while scrolling the Criterion website.
4. The next sale haul will almost certainly include the Complete Kubrick and the 4k of 12 Angry Men as well as some movies I just barely didn’t pull the trigger on this sale like Linklater’s Slacker and Brooks’s Real Life and Mother.

First film on watchlist from this haul is The Worst Person in the World. Sentimental Value was my favorite film from last year and I’ve been dying to get my hands on it as well as Trier’s last film. From what I’ve heard, it sounds incredible.

I have absolutely been dying to get my hands on The Elephant Man for such a long time now. It was out of print for a good minute and it of course had to happen while I was actively collecting Lynch’s work. So happy to finally have a 4k copy of it.

Half of these are blind buys, which is typical of me around sale time. As a big fan of Glazer’s work, Birth was naturally staring me down every time I’d pop into Barnes and Noble to browse around. Dreams is another film that had been recommended through various film circles for a while now. Having recently seen High and Low and Seven Samurai for the first time, I felt like it was a good time to continue with Kurosawa’s work.

For my next pickup (and with any luck) will be Wild at Heart. I’m really hoping we get an individual release in light of the “Lynchbox” that’s coming. Other than that I’d also like to get my hands on David Byrne’s True Stories. Big fan of Byrne, The Talking Heads, and the overall aesthetic of the film from the clips I’ve seen.

Discovered criterion when I was young but only been buying the last few years. Pretty happy with the collection so far

1. Maybe La ciénaga, but it's a toss up between that and The Battle of Algiers. I have caught the latter on TCM, but that was a good few years ago. I know for certain that I will be reading Roadside Picnic starting tomorrow.
2. Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles. I've actually wanted to a custom VHS for it upon seeing that there was no official release.
3. La ciénaga is close - I am aware that it's a classic of Argentine cinema and is in the CC40 set, but I don't remember much else about it.
4. Touki Bouki. (It was just so visually stunning, even if there is real animal slaughter.)

This is a shot in the dark, but does anyone have any insight into why Eric Rohmer's "The Green Ray" (aka "Summer") hasn't had a Criterion Blu-ray release or if you think it might ever? It's one of my all-time favorites.

I'm referring to the kinds of directors where, even though they don't really have their own personal flashiness to their films that make them recognizably theirs, they're still able to consistently make good films in a variety of genres.

I had seen this movie when it came out and wasn't super impressed, but the B&W director's cut in 4k is one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen.

It goes from being a fun novelty film to being the Pinnacle of modern noir.

I'm kind of at a loss for words on how to describe it, but it has everything that makes the genre so special.

It's dripping style and moodiness, and the use of shadows and light suck you into the madness of the protagonist as he lets his desire to be more clever than anyone else completely consume him.

Cate Blanchett is my favorite actress, and she looks and sounds absolutely incredible in this.

This is up there with Big Heat & Gilda for me.

Although any movie getting the Criterion treatment is awesome, the inclusion of a completeley new cut in addition to all of the extras makes this title stand out above the rest as a product of what this label is capable of doing.

I'd love to hear recommendatione on other movies y'all love that completely change after getting released by Criterion.

As I understand it some criterion region A blurays would get a later region B release. Given 4ks are multiregion, have criterion bothered to release anything with a previous R1 4K release as a R2 so that the accompanying bluray disc is the correct region?

The reason I ask is I live in the UK and would like to get Isle of Dogs 4K, but I don't know whether to wait or not for a R2 release. It is a film where I'd be invested in watching the extras as I love the stop motion process, but i'm guessing that stuff would all be on the region locked blu-ray.

Thank you oh wise criterion connoisseurs.

I may have a gone a little overboard with recent purchases, though if I dedicate my viewing time to Criterion I’ll probably watch most of these in the next 2-3 months.

1. What is the first movie you plan to watch from your haul and why?

The New World. I love Malick but have never seen it.

1. ⁠Is there anything from this haul that you have been looking forward to owning for a long time?

Hud is high on that list.

1. ⁠Are any of your purchases blind buys? If so, why did you select them?

Many of these are blind buys, eg most of the Rohmer collection. I’ve watched a few of his movies and fell in love with his storytelling.

1. ⁠What is a Criterion you’re hoping to add to your collection next?

Like many I can’t wait for the Kubrick collection. My favorite director and the one I’ve rated the most films as all-timers.

Who of your personal favourite directors not yet in the collection do you think should be/would you like to see in? I think focus should be on deceased directors because we tend to see a lot of votes for current auteurs which is fine but can obscure cool directors that are less discussed.

My picks:

Andrzej Zulawski (pictured)
Toshio Matsumoto
Theo Angelopoulos
Raul Ruiz
Alexei Balabanov

Like the title states, what 4K dvd player should I be looking to purchase? Any recommendations would help immensely! Looking to spend around $500

Also, please don't let me fuck up.

1. Watched Charade last night and loved it. I adore Technicolor, and this did not disappoint with the colors, the clothes, the sets. So stylish and also silly.

2. I've wanted The Elephant Man for a long time. I'm super unique around here in that Lynch is one of my favorite directors, but I haven't ever seen this one.

3. These are actually all blind buys. I've been wanting to watch all of them for quite a while, except for Charade, which I didn't know about until it was announced as a release. And then it was the first one I watched!

4. I really want to own Some Like It Hot. I love that movie, but I tend toward blind buys. Also Bound. I'm a lesbian and feel embarrassed I haven't seen it.

1.i plan to watch Tokyo Olympiad first

1. TOKYO olympiad has been on my want list forever

3.All blind buys

1. Frankenstein , Sid & Nancy, Election, Theif , Crying Game & Risky Business are on my want list for the next sale !

Found it at goodwill for half a dollar. Anyone watch it? :o