Catalog Search Results
81) Desert hearts
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Description
It is 1950s Nevada, and Professor Vivian Bell arrives to get a divorce. She's unsatisfied with her marriage, and feels out of place at the ranch she stays on, she finds herself increasingly drawn to Cay Rivers, an open and self-assured lesbian, and the ranch owner's daughter.
82) David Lean directs Noël Coward: Inwhich we serve, This happy breed, Blithe spirit, Brief Encounter
Series
Criterion collection volume 603
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Disc 1. In which we serve. The story of the H.M.S. Torrin, a British naval ship, from its construction through its destruction in World War II. As the surviving crew cling to life boats and wreckage awaiting rescue, they flashback to their homes and loved ones and in so doing recall just why they are fighting and whom they are fighting for. Disc 2. This happy breed. The story of a London family from 1919 to 1939, and their struggle to maintain a stable...
Series
Criterion collection volume 386
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
日本語
Description
When an idealistic governor disobeys the reigning feudal lord, he is cast into exile, his wife and children left to fend for themselves and eventually wrenched apart by vicious slave drivers -- Container.
85) Days of heaven
Series
Criterion collection volume 409
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
In 1910, Bill, a Chicago steel worker accidentally kills his supervisor. He flees to the Texas panhandle with his lover Abby and little sister Linda, where they work harvesting wheat in the fields of a stoic farmer. When Bill learns that the Farmer is ill and has less than a year to live, he encourages Abby to accept the man's attentions. The Farmer and Abby marry, and she and her "siblings" live in the big house, waiting for the Farmer to die, so...
Series
Criterion collection volume 1073
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Korean
Description
Two police detectives investigate a series of murders that rocked a rural Korean community.
Series
Criterion collection volume 775
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Based on E.M. Forster's novel of requited love. A young, independent-minded, upper-class Edwardian woman who is trying to sort out her burgeoning romantic feelings, divided between an enigmatic free spirit she meets on vacation in Florence and the priggish bookworm to whom she becomes engaged back in the more corseted Surrey. Funny, sexy, and sophisticated, this gargantuan art-house hit.
88) Betty blue
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Français
Description
Featuring a magnetic breakout performance by Bǎtrice Dalle, Jean-Jacques Beineix2s art-house smash, presented here in its extended director2s cut, is a sexy, crazy, careening joyride of a romance that burns with the passion and beyond-all-reason fervor of all-consuming love.
Series
Criterion collection volume 641
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"Astonishingly photographed, and featuring unforgettable, cascading scores by Philip Glass, these are immersive sensory experiences that meditate on the havoc humankind's obsession with technological advancement has wreaked on our world"--Container.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1062
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Martin Scorsese's documentary about Bob Dylan's legendary 1975 tour, which featured a band of troubadours including Joan Baez, Allen Ginsberg, and Joni Mitchell, blends behind-the-scenes archival footage, interviews, and narrative mischief.
91) Don't look back
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The legendary documentarian finds Dylan in London during his 1965 tour, which would be his last as an acoustic artist and marked a turning point in his career. In this wildly entertaining vision of one of the twentieth century's greatest artists thrust into the spotlight, Dylan is surrounded by teen fans; gets into heated philosophical jousts with journalists; and kicks back with fellow musicians Joan Baez, Donovan, and Alan Price.
92) Z
Series
Criterion collection volume 491
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
Français
Description
A Greek pacifist leader is murdered at a rally. Despite the official police report of accidental death, a journalist's persistent questioning leads to a full-scale investigation, revealing corruption in high places.
93) Wildlife
Series
Criterion collection volume 1031
Publisher
IFC Films, The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A meticulously crafted portrait of the American nuclear family in crisis charts the rift that forms within a 1960s Montana household when the father and breadwinner abruptly departs to fight the forest fires raging nearby, leaving his restless wife and teenage son to pick up the pieces. A deeply human look at a woman's wayward journey toward self-fulfillment in the pre-women's liberation era and a sensitively observed, child's eye coming-of-age tale....
Series
Criterion collection volume 944
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Français
Description
The acclaimed early film by Olivier Assayas about teenage lovers in the outskirts of Paris in the early '70s, whose rebellions against family and society threaten to tear them apart. With memorable party sequences and a rock soundtrack evoking the period, it is a heartbreaking tale of the emotional tumult of being young.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1071
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
After he dies suddenly, the hapless advertising executive Daniel Miller finds himself in Judgment City, a gleaming way station where the newly deceased must prove they lived a life of sufficient courage to advance in their journey through the universe. As the self-doubting Daniel struggles to make his case, a budding relationship with the uninhibited Julia offers him a chance to finally feel alive.
Series
Criterion collection volume 229
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
Swedish
Description
Marianne and Johan always seemed to be the perfect couple. But when Johan suddenly leaves Marianne for another woman, they are forced to confront the disintegration of their marriage. Chronicles ten years of turmoil and love that bind the couple despite their divorce and subsequent marriages. Portrays the brutal pain and uplifting peace that accompany a lifetime of loving.
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Español
Description
Sergio, through his life following the departure of his wife, parents and friends in the wake of the Bay of Pigs incident. Alone in a brave new world, Sergio observes the constant threat of foreign invasion while chasing young women all over Havana before finally meeting Elena, a young virgin girl he seeks to mold into the image of his ex-wife, but at what cost to himself?
99) Red river
Series
Criterion collection volume 709
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
1948.
Language
English
Description
With no market for his herd, the master of a vast cattle ranch and his son decide to head the first cattle drive over the now famous Chisholm Trail, past the Red River, into Missouri. The path is filled with hardship and the drive looks hopeless as the men struggle to prevail.
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Français
Description
Two luminaries of French cinema, Claire Denis and Juliette Binoche, unite for the first time in this piercing look at the elusive nature of true love, and the extent to which we are willing to betray ourselves in its pursuit. The film finds bleak humor in a cutting truth: everyone is, no matter the age, a fool for love.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request