The Criterion Collection Complete

HARK, Tsui (Hong Kong) The Blade [1995] Spine #1305 Blu-ray Among the boldest accomplishments of Hong Kong cinema’s golden age, this uniquely visceral martial-arts movie puts a gritty new spin on the story of the one-armed swordsman, an iconic figure from the moment he was introduced by the Shaw Brothers studio in 1967. Composed in a whirlwind of immersive close-ups and fractured editing,  The Blade  follows the young sword-maker Ding On (Vincent Zhao), who, after losing an arm in an ambush, transforms himself into a furious avenger. With its intentionally disorienting stylization and starkly brutal tone,  The Blade  was a rare commercial disappointment for Tsui Hark, but it has since been reclaimed as one of the director’s most radical visions—a tour de force of action expressionism, and a scathing reappraisal of the  wuxia  genre’s code of masculinity, that achieves a feverish intensity. 105 minutes Monaural Color In Cantonese 1:85:1 Criterion Release 20...

LELOUCH, Claude (France) A Man And A Woman [1966] Spine #1304 Blu-ray Claude Lelouch’s Academy Award–winning international sensation is a paragon of swooning cinematic romanticism and 1960s chic. Against the rain-swept backdrop of the Normandy coast, two widowed single parents—race-car driver Jean-Louis (Jean-Louis Trintignant) and film-script supervisor Anne (Anouk Aimée)—find themselves falling for each other. But are they ready to move on from the shadows of their former lovers? Reveling in its stars’ chemistry and unfolding as a sublime swirl of shifting film stocks, whirling camera work, and time- and space-collapsing editing—all set to Francis Lai’s unforgettable score— A Man and a Woman  endures as one of the most intoxicating love stories ever told. 103 minutes Monaural Color/Black and White In French 1:66:1 Criterion Release 2026 Director/Writer Claude Lelouch  was 29 when he directed A Man And A Woman . The Film Film Rating (0-60): 60 The Extras The Booklet Commenta...

LITTMAN, Lynne (United States) Testament [1983] Spine #1303 Blu-ray Taking a hauntingly intimate approach to an often sensationalized subject, the singular  Testament  depicts one family’s daily life in the wake of nuclear devastation. After an atomic attack near her small California town, Carol Wetherly (Jane Alexander, in a fearlessly vulnerable, Oscar-nominated performance) must find the strength to care for her three children as the family contend with radiation sickness and the realization that their close-knit community will never be the same. With a diaristic focus on the emotional toll of unimaginable events, director Lynne Littman puts forth a wrenchingly humane vision of what it means to go on living in a shattered world. 89 minutes Monaural Color 1:85:1 Criterion Release 2026 Director/Writer Lynne Littman  was 42 when she directed Testament . The Film Film Rating (0-60): 60 The Extras The Booklet Commentary Video tribute Documentary 1 Documentary 2 Documentary...

SCORSESE, Martin (United States) Killers Of The Flower Moon [2023] Spine #1302 Blu-ray An epic elegy of greed, betrayal, and murder, Martin Scorsese’s masterly adaptation of David Grann’s true-crime best seller unfolds in 1920s Oklahoma, where the discovery of oil brings extraordinary wealth to the Osage people. Into their world comes ne’er-do-well army veteran Ernest Burkhart (Leonardo DiCaprio), who joins his duplicitous uncle (Robert De Niro) in a horrifying scheme to rob the Osage of their money and land. Lily Gladstone charges the film with her transcendent performance as Burkhart’s Osage wife, Mollie Kyle, gradually awakening to the evil that surrounds her. With  Killers of the Flower Moon,  Scorsese brings a dark chapter of American history to the screen with gripping narrative power and a profound feeling for the weight of systemic injustice. 206 minutes Dolby Atmos Color 2:39:1 Criterion Release 2026 Director/Writer Martin Scorsese  was 81 when he directed Kille...

KIAROSTAMI, Abbas (Iran) Homework [1989] Eclipse Series 47 Blu-ray In Abbas Kiarostami’s second documentary feature about education, the filmmaker himself asks the questions, probing a succession of invariably cute first- and second-graders about their home situations and the schoolwork they must do there. It emerges that many parents are illiterate. Tellingly, many kids can define punishment (the corporal variety seems common) but not encouragement. 77 minutes Color Monaural in Persian 1:37:1 aspect ratio Criterion Release 2025 Directors/Writer Abbas Kiarostami  was 49 when he directed Homework . Other Kiarostami films in the Collection: Eclipse Series 47: Bread and Alley (1970) Eclipse Series 47: Breaktime (1972) Eclipse Series 47: Experience (1973) Eclipse Series 47: The Traveler (1974) Eclipse Series 47: Two Solutions for One Problem (1975) Eclipse Series 47: So Can I (1975) Eclipse Series 47: Colors (1976) Eclipse Series 47: A Wedding Suit (1976) Eclipse Se...

KIAROSTAMI, Abbas (Iran) First Graders [1984] Eclipse Series 47 Blu-ray Inspired by his work at Kanoon and his own sons’ schooling, the first of Abbas Kiarostami’s two documentary features about education looks in on a schoolyard of chanting, playful boys but mainly transpires in the office of a supervisor who has to deal with latecomers and discipline problems. You can almost see the boys’ personalities forming in their first encounters with authorities and peers outside the home. 84 minutes Color Monaural in Persian 1:37:1 aspect ratio Criterion Release 2025 Directors/Writer Abbas Kiarostami  was 44 when he directed First Graders . Other Kiarostami films in the Collection: Eclipse Series 47: Bread and Alley (1970) Eclipse Series 47: Breaktime (1972) Eclipse Series 47: Experience (1973) Eclipse Series 47: The Traveler (1974) Eclipse Series 47: Two Solutions for One Problem (1975) Eclipse Series 47: So Can I (1975) Eclipse Series 47: Colors (1976) Eclipse Series...

KIAROSTAMI, Abbas (Iran) Fellow Citizen [1983] Eclipse Series 47 Blu-ray Abbas Kiarostami’s fascination with both Tehrani car culture and the uses of power in postrevolutionary society combine in this documentary about a traffic officer assigned to enforce driving restrictions in central Tehran (a locale near the director’s office at Kanoon). The officer, a rock star in his own world, remains coolly authoritative as he faces a steady stream of exasperated motorists. 51 minutes Color Monaural in Persian 1:37:1 aspect ratio Criterion Release 2025 Directors/Writer Abbas Kiarostami  was 43 when he directed Fellow Citizen . Other Kiarostami films in the Collection: Eclipse Series 47: Bread and Alley (1970) Eclipse Series 47: Breaktime (1972) Eclipse Series 47: Experience (1973) Eclipse Series 47: The Traveler (1974) Eclipse Series 47: Two Solutions for One Problem (1975) Eclipse Series 47: So Can I (1975) Eclipse Series 47: Colors (1976) Eclipse Series 47: A Wedding ...

KIAROSTAMI, Abbas (Iran) The Chorus [1982] Eclipse Series 47 Blu-ray An old man strolls through the noisy streets of Rasht, and when his hearing aid is knocked out of his ear, the film’s sound goes off, mimicking the silence that envelops him. At home, the same thing happens when he takes the device out, and Abbas Kiarostami intercuts his silent actions with the clamor of schoolgirls who try to get his attention from outside. Another Kiarostami meditation on the contrasts of silence and sound, age and youth, solitude and solidarity. 18 minutes Color Monaural in Persian 1:66:1 aspect ratio Criterion Release 2025 Directors/Writer Abbas Kiarostami  was 42 when he directed The Chorus . Other Kiarostami films in the Collection: Eclipse Series 47: Bread and Alley (1970) Eclipse Series 47: Breaktime (1972) Eclipse Series 47: Experience (1973) Eclipse Series 47: The Traveler (1974) Eclipse Series 47: Two Solutions for One Problem (1975) Eclipse Series 47: So Can I (1975...

KIAROSTAMI, Abbas (Iran) Orderly or Disorderly [1981] Eclipse Series 47 Blu-ray The first shot shows students descending a staircase in calm, orderly fashion, then the second details the same action as a chaotic rush. Separated by slates and director Abbas Kiarostami’s voice intoning, “Sound, camera,” subsequent sequences describe the same dichotomous behavior in a schoolyard, on a school bus, and in the haphazard traffic of Tehran. Kiarostami described this as “a truly educational film,” but it plays more like a quirky philosophic aside. 17 minutes Color Monaural in Persian 1:37:1 aspect ratio Criterion Release 2025 Directors/Writer Abbas Kiarostami  was 41 when he directed Orderly or Disorderly . Other Kiarostami films in the Collection: Eclipse Series 47: Bread and Alley (1970) Eclipse Series 47: Breaktime (1972) Eclipse Series 47: Experience (1973) Eclipse Series 47: The Traveler (1974) Eclipse Series 47: Two Solutions for One Problem (1975) Eclipse Series 4...

KIAROSTAMI, Abbas (Iran) Toothache [1980] Eclipse Series 47 Blu-ray Though much of this film by Abbas Kiarostami is a straightforward lecture about dental hygiene delivered by a dentist facing the camera, it still manages to be persuasively Kiarostami-esque in its description of young Mohammad-Reza’s life at home and school before he falls prey to tooth woes. (Kiarostami found the boy having a tooth removed, then filmed the earlier parts of the story later.) That some audiences find the film hilarious testifies to the humor that can accompany great discomfort. 27 minutes Color Monaural in Persian 1:37:1 aspect ratio Criterion Release 2025 Directors/Writer Abbas Kiarostami  was 40 when he directed Toothache . Other Kiarostami films in the Collection: Eclipse Series 47: Bread and Alley (1970) Eclipse Series 47: Breaktime (1972) Eclipse Series 47: Experience (1973) Eclipse Series 47: The Traveler (1974) Eclipse Series 47: Two Solutions for One Problem (1975) Eclips...

KIAROSTAMI, Abbas (Iran) First Case, Second Case [1979] Eclipse Series 47 Blu-ray Made in the spring of 1979, not long after the shah’s overthrow, this extraordinary film serves as a Rorschach blot for people in a revolutionary mindset. Abbas Kiarostami stages two versions of a classroom-discipline situation—in one, a student tells on a troublemaker; in the other, seven students refuse to rat—and then has several adult authorities comment on the outcomes. The fascinating responses evoke conflicts between order and resistance. 48 minutes Color Monaural in Persian 1:37:1 aspect ratio Criterion Release 2025 Directors/Writer Abbas Kiarostami  was 39 when he directed First Case, Second Case . Other Kiarostami films in the Collection: Eclipse Series 47: Bread and Alley (1970) Eclipse Series 47: Breaktime (1972) Eclipse Series 47: Experience (1973) Eclipse Series 47: The Traveler (1974) Eclipse Series 47: Two Solutions for One Problem (1975) Eclipse Series 47: So Can I...