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Series
Criterion collection volume 6
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
Français
Description
Only true love can restore a beast to the handsome young prince he was before a spell was cast on him.
82) Blow out
Series
Criterion collection volume 562
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
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Jack is a movie sound effects man who believes he has accidentally recorded a political assassination. He enlists the help of Sally, a possible eyewitness to the crime who may be in danger herself, to uncover the truth. With its jolting stylistic flourishes, intricate plot, profoundly felt characterizations, and gritty evocation of early-1980s Philadelphia, this is an American paranoia thriller unlike any other, as well as a devilish reflection on...
83) Diabolique
Series
Criterion collection volume 35
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
Français
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Description
A sadistic school headmaster is murdered by his wife and mistress, but when his body cannot be found, they are terrorized by his seeming presence everywhere.
Series
Criterion collection volume 565
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
In Chaplin's first talkie, he plays the duel role of dictator Adenoid Hynkel and a Jewish barber who is a dead-ringer look-alike for der Nutsie...and who thwarts his plans for world domination.
Series
Criterion collection volume 565
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
In Chaplin's first talkie, he plays the duel role of dictator Adenoid Hynkel and a Jewish barber who is a dead-ringer look-alike for der Nutsie...and who thwarts his plans for world domination.
Series
Criterion collection volume 575
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
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Stanley Kubrick's account of an ambitious racetrack robbery is one of Hollywood's tautest, twistiest noirs. Aided by a radically time-shuffling narrative, razor-sharp dialogue from pulp novelist Jim Thompson, and a phenomenal cast of character actors, including Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Timothy Carey, and Elisha Cook Jr., The Killing is both a jaunty thriller and a cold-blooded punch to the gut. With its precise tracking shots and gratifying sense...
87) Kiss me deadly
Series
Criterion collection volume 568
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Mike Hammer, a private detective in Los Angeles, gives a ride to a half-naked girl, who is abruptly killed by thugs, and after almost being killed himself, Mike tries to solve the murder.
88) Midnight cowboy
Series
Criterion collection volume 925
Language
English
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Joe Buck moves to New York from Texas to make his fortune servicing women. Instead, he's conned into partnering up with small-time hustler Ratso Rizzo. Living together on the tattered edges of society, these two outcasts develop an unlikely bond that helps them transcend their cruel existence.
89) The music room
Series
Criterion collection volume 573
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2011
Language
Bengali
Description
A fallen aristocrat desperately clings to his way of life. His greatest joy is the music room in which he has hosted lavish concerts over the years, now a shadow of its former vivid self. Depicting a clash between tradition and modernity, he imports the finest musicians and dancers to perform at a party that consumes the last of his funds
90) Orpheus
Series
Criterion collection volume 68
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
Français
Description
Modern retelling of the Greek myth has the poet Orpheus searching for his wife Eurydice after Princess Death has taken her into in the Underworld.
Series
Criterion collection volume 216
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
Français
Description
Dramatizes a weekend at a marquis's countryside château, where the rich and their servants gather, and which exposes some ugly truths about a group of haute bourgeois acquaintances in the early days of World War II.
92) Rushmore
Series
Criterion collection volume 65
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Max Fischer, a tenth-grader at Rushmore Academy, is involved in too many extra-curricular activities, and, as he tries to avoid getting expelled because of his grades, Max befriends a first-grade teacher, whom he falls in love with, and a melancholy, self-made millinaire.
Series
Criterion collection volume 17
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
Italiano
Description
In Nazi-occupied Italy, four local magistrates kidnap eighteen teenagers and subject them to torture and sexual degradation.
94) Still walking
Series
Criterion collection volume 554
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
日本語
Description
Follows one day in the life of the Yokoyamas, as they gather for a commemorative ritual.
Series
Criterion collection volume 557
Language
English
Formats
Description
"One of the first feature documentaries to address gay life in America, it's a work of advocacy itself, bringing Milk's message of hope and equality to a wider audience." -- Container.
96) Topsy-turvy
Series
Criterion collection volume 558
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Dramatization about the creation of The Mikado, exploring the tensions produced by the differences of temperment and style between Gilbert and Sullivan.
97) Yi yi
Series
Criterion collection volume 339
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
An intimate look at the life of a middle-class family in Taipei, beginning with a wedding and ending with a funeral.
Series
Criterion collection volume 600
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A small-town Michigan lawyer takes on a difficult case: that of a young Army lieutenant accused of murdering the local tavern owner who he believes raped his wife. A gripping, envelope-pushing courtroom potboiler, Anatomy of a Murder was groundbreaking for the frankness of its discussion of sex. More than anything else, it is a striking depiction of the power of words. With its outstanding supporting cast and influential jazz score by Duke Ellington,...
Series
Criterion collection volume 611
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A puppeteer discovers a portal that leads literally into the head of the movie star, John Malkovich
100) Belle de jour
Series
Criterion collection volume 593
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
cc2012
Language
Français
Description
The porcelain perfection of Catherine Deneuve hides a cracked interior in the actress's most iconic role: Severine, a chilly Paris housewife by night, a bordello prostitute by day.
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