“The French New Wave has influenced all filmmakers who have worked since, whether they saw the films or not. It submerged cinema like a tidal wave” -Martin Scorsese Before writing this,I know this is gonna be the most challenging list I ever need to compose.The number of great directors and films related to French New […]
CC Lists
10 Essential French Directors in Criterion Collection
The French film industry in the late 19th century and early 20th century was among the world’s most important,but Criterion skipped its first golden era and the earliest French film in the collection is Under the Roofs of Paris directed by René Clair in 1930,since then Criterion nearly included all the important French directors till […]
20 Classic Horror Movies in Criterion Collection
I’m not a horror movie fan,but when I counted the horror movies in Criterion Collection,I surprisingly found that I owned and watched two thirds of them.From the earliest movie in the whole collection(Haxan) to one of the latest released film in the set(Antichrist),Criterion collects more than 30 horror gems from different decade and culture.If you […]
10 Criterion Collection Movies I Disliked
Every time when we defend for a film we liked,we always say that it is not a film for everyone,so it’s also unavoidable for Criterion Collection movies.It’s almost impossible for me to pick out my top 10 titles in Criterion Collection,but it’s just so easy to choose the ones I disliked,I counted,it’s less than 10,10 out […]
My CC&MOC Watchlist
Recently I have seen too many cult and gangster films(mainly Johnnie To’s),some arthouse gems are needed to pull me back to the “normal track”.Here is a complete list of my dvd collection of Criterion Collection and Master of Cinema Series which I haven’t seen yet. As you can see,I already highlighted some “essential […]
My Top 10 Favorite Love Films in Criterion Collection
This is the last part of my Love Film List Marathon,though I have mentiond so many Criterion Collection love films in the previous lists,there are still too many left,which are no less powerful as the ones have been mentioned,let’s see what they are,I will just use the words from Criterion.com for introductions. #10 Knife in the […]