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Drunken Angel - Criterion Collection
Takashi Shimura; Toshirô Mifune; Reisaburo Yamamoto; Michiyo Kogure; Chieko Nakakita; Noriko Sengoku; Shizuko Kasagi; Eitarô Shindô; Masao Shimizu; Taiji Tonoyama; Yoshiko Kuga; Chouko Iida; Isamu Ikukata; Akira Tani; Sachio Sakai; Katao Kawasaki; Kumiko Kisho; Toshiko Kawakubo; Haruko Toyama; Yukie Nanbu
Criterion Collection, 2007
A doctor that makes you cheer for the bad guy.
+ a fine early Kurosawa film
+ scruffy, alcoholic angels
+ Drunken Angel
+ Kurosawa's alcoholic doctor and terminal gangster.
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Berlin Alexanderplatz - Criterion Collection
Günter Lamprecht, Peter Kollek
Criterion Collection, 2007
15 1/2 Hours of Brilliant Magnificence:
+ Round One
+ WE'RE TOO MISERABLES FOR TO BE UNHAPPY, BUT IF YOU DON'T TRY YOU GET WANT YOU DON'T WANT
It took me over four months to finish watching Berlin Alexanderplatz that Criterion released on seven discs. As with the other two my favorite TV Series (Ingmar Bergman's "Fanny and Alexander" and "Scenes from the Marriage), Criterion deserves the highest praise for the quality of the set. I would ...
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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou - Criterion Collection (2-Disc Special Edition)
Bill Murray, Owen Wilson
Miramax Home Entertainment, 2005
DVD
+ The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
I like Bill Murry but this movie was a bomb. Good price and fast service.
Will shop again and would recommend to anyone.
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Nights of Cabiria - Criterion Collection
Giulietta Masina, Franca Marzi
Criterion, 1999
What Pretty Woman Should Have Been
+ Great
+ My most favorite movie in 45 years of watching films
+ lovely and disturbing
+ Surprisingly, a powerful emotional experience...
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The Seventh Seal - Criterion Collection
Gunnar Björnstrand, Bengt Ekerot
Criterion, 1999
One of the best movies ever made
+ A film with brains
+ Excellent
+ Bergman tackles a topic of death
+ One of the Greats
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The 400 Blows - Criterion Collection
Luc Andrieux, Patrick Auffay
Criterion, 2006
Unforgettable
+ It Endlessly Rewards Close Attention
+ Intriguing.
+ A cinematic masterpiece
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Two-Lane Blacktop - Criterion Collection
James Taylor, Warren Oates
Criterion Collection, 2007
Criterion Collection Release of Two-Lane Blacktop
+ The Lonesome Highway
+ Great Movie
+ The Long, Long Road to Nowhere.
+ This movie blew me away
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The Naked Prey - Criterion Collection
Cornel Wilde
Criterion Collection, 2008
I've waited years for it!
+ Naked excellence!
+ Cornel Wilde is `Man,' and Man is The Naked Prey
+ How far can You run with bare feet?
+ Naked Prey
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Breathless - Criterion Collection
Jean Domarchi, Van Doude
Criterion Collection, 2007
Top Classic
+ Godard's Jazzy Groundbreaker Still Packs a Punch and Gets the Luxuriant Criterion Treatment
+ One of Godard's first and best films
+ "When the French say a second, they mean five minutes."
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Blast of Silence - Criterion Collection
Allen Baron, Molly McCarthy
Criterion Collection, 2008
A Classic Film Noir Finally Restored
+ blackjack cinema
+ Raw. Minimalist. Existential. Noir.
+ My first walk on the wild side!
+ an forgotten low budget gem returns.
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General Idi Amin Dada - Criterion Collection
Idi Amin, Fidel Castro
Criterion, 2002
Idi Amin... the Greatest revolutionary leader of our time!
+ Should I laugh or cry?
+ Idiot Amin at its "best" ...
+ Much More Complex Than Previously Thought
+ "Triumph of the Will" for the 1970's
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The Thief of Bagdad - Criterion Collection
Sabu, Conrad Veidt
Criterion Collection, 2008
A classic that can never be topped!
+ A Clasic "Eastern"
+ great disney alternative
+ A true adventure classic
+ Stop, Thief!
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Man Bites Dog - Criterion Collection
Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel
Criterion, 2002
The most lighthearted portrayal of sadism I've ever seen
+ A comedy not to be taken lightly...
This was stunning in two directions. There's the activities taking place - mucho dark stuff - and the fact that a film crew is documenting it and even assisting in the action. Normally, I don't watch foreign films because the subtitles frustrate me. Glad I changed my mind this one time. I highly ...
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The Lovers - Criterion Collection
Jeanne Moreau, Alain Cuny
Criterion Collection, 2008
Malle's Scandalous 'Lovers.'
+ Woman's sexual freedom = scandal!
+ This is one great film...plus better as a Criterion.
+ "Viva Moreau and Malle"
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The Fire Within - Criterion Collection
Maurice Ronet, Jeanne Moreau
Criterion Collection, 2008
Spleen
+ French film scores!
+ Masterpiece
+ Criterion does it again
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