My Top 10 Criterion (plus Eclipse Sex)

By: © <',))( Astro-T​ofuprax​ographe​r

I couldn’t be bothered to wait for Criterion to ask me for my list, so I just when ahead and made one.
In the spirit of capitalist consumerism and Barnes & Noble’s 50% off sale, I present you with a list of certified, ©<‘,))( Astro-tofupraxographer-approved choices from the Criterion Collection (not even a top ten, but everybody cheats on these lists, anyway). So if you’re looking to fill out your library, blind buy, or just looking for recs, you’ve come to the right place.

• 01
  Stranger Than Paradise
  Jim Jarmusch
• 02
  Down by Law
  Jim Jarmusch
• 03
  I Know Where I'm Going!
  Michael Powell
• 04
  A Canterbury Tale
  Michael Powell
• 05
  Il posto
  Ermanno Olmi
• 06
  The Fiances
  Ermanno Olmi
• 07
  Naked
  Mike Leigh
• 08
  Pickpocket
  Robert Bresson
• 09
  Le samouraï
  Jean-Pierre Melville
• 10
  Early Summer
  Yasujirô Ozu
• 11
  Late Spring
  Yasujirô Ozu
• 12
  An Autumn Afternoon
  Yasujirô Ozu
• 13
  Fighting Elegy
  Seijun Suzuki
• 14
  Close-Up
  Abbas Kiarostami
• 15
  Taste of Cherry
  Abbas Kiarostami
• 16
  Green for Danger
  Sidney Gilliat
• 17
  Blast of Silence
  Allen Baron
• 18
  A Sense of History
  Mike Leigh
• 19
  The Bank Dick
  Edward F. Cline
• 20
  Dazed and Confused
  Richard Linklater
• 21
  Pandora's Box
  Georg Wilhelm Pabst
• 22
  In Vanda's Room
  Pedro Costa
• 23
  Yi Yi: A One and a Two
  Edward Yang
• 24
  Early Spring
  Yasujirô Ozu
• 25
  Tokyo Twilight
  Yasujirô Ozu
• 26
  Equinox Flower
  Yasujirô Ozu
• 27
  Late Autumn
  Yasujirô Ozu
• 28
  The End of Summer
  Yasujirô Ozu
• 29
  Ariel
  Aki Kaurismäki
• 30
  Shadows in Paradise
  Aki Kaurismäki
• 31
  The Match Factory Girl
  Aki Kaurismäki
• 32
  Mr. Thank You
  Hiroshi Shimizu