The Criterion Collection Complete

VAN SANT, Gus (United States) To Die For [1995] Spine #1213 Blu-ray The all-American obsession with celebrity turns monstrous in this deliciously subversive (and disturbingly prescient) satire of our television-mediated, true-crime-obsessed age. In a career breakthrough, Nicole Kidman delivers a diabolical deconstruction of the girl next door as a local TV weather reporter whose perfectly perky facade belies a murderous heart, as her ruthless pursuit of fame ensnares three disaffected teens in a sordid, tabloid-ready scandal. Deftly deploying shifting perspectives, faux-documentary interviews, and a supporting cast featuring Joaquin Phoenix, Matt Dillon, and Casey Affleck, director Gus Van Sant adds provocative layers of meaning to this darkly funny examination of suburban sociopathy. 106 minutes 5.1 Surround Color 1:85:1 Criterion Release 2024 Director/Writer Gus Van Sant  was 43 when he directed To Die For . Other Van Sant films in the Collection: #407: Mala Noche (1985) #1251:...

DIOP, Alice (France) Saint Omer [2022] Spine #1212 Blu-ray Bringing a documentarian’s sense of open-ended inquiry to her first narrative feature, writer-director Alice Diop constructs a morally and emotionally layered courtroom drama unlike any other. When she travels to Saint-Omer, France, to attend the trial of a young Senegalese woman (Guslagie Malanda) accused of murdering her infant daughter, novelist Rama (Kayije Kagame) finds herself shaken to the core by a case that proves to have profound resonances with her own life. Interweaving complex themes of mother-daughter bonds, immigrant alienation, and postcolonial trauma into a piercing portrait of two mysteriously connected women, Diop forgoes mere questions of guilt and innocence in order to plumb the unsettling unknowability of the human soul. 123 minutes 5.1 Surround Color in French 1:85:1 Criterion Release 2024 Director/Writer Alice Diop  was 43 when she directed Saint Omer . The Film a Film Rating (0-60): 60 The Extras ...

NADERI, Amir (Iran) The Runner [1984] Spine #1211 Blu-ray Childhood takes on mythic dimensions in one of the defining works of postrevolutionary Iranian cinema. Inspired by director Amir Naderi’s own boyhood,  The Runner  is lit from within by Madjid Niroumand’s electrifying performance as a young orphan fending for himself on the streets of a port city, determined to rise above his circumstances—working odd jobs, passing time with friends, learning to read—and running, always running, toward the future. Water, fire, the human body in motion: in hypnotic images of lyrical power, Naderi finds unexpected glory in the world of a boy suspended between modernity and elemental natural forces as he chases his own path forward. 90 minutes Monaural Color in Persian 1:37:1 Criterion Release 2024 Director/Writer Amir Naderi  was 38 when he directed The Runner . The Film a Film Rating (0-60): 60 The Extras The Booklet Commentary Video tribute Documentary 1 Documentary 2 Documentary...

POITRAS, Laura (United States) All the Beauty and the Bloodshed [2022] Spine #1210 Blu-ray Fearless documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras’s career-long pursuit of truth and justice finds powerful expression in an epic story of art, activism, and survival. Made in collaboration with renowned artist Nan Goldin,  All the Beauty and the Bloodshed  entwines the mission of PAIN—an advocacy group she founded to raise awareness about the billionaire Sackler family’s integral role in the ongoing crisis of opioid overdoses—with an intimate journey through Goldin’s life, from her rebellious adolescence and immersion in New York City’s thriving underground arts scene to her personal experiences of addiction and the AIDS epidemic. Through it all, her indelible photographs and candid reflections on memory and trauma reveal her unyielding solidarity with marginalized communities that refuse to remain silent. 122 minutes 5.1 Surround Color 1:78:1 Criterion Release 2024 Director/Writer Laura P...