I want Akira on there.
Though it’s older it’s amazing.
That or Princess Mononoke.
Oh and of course, The Darjeeling Limited.
All are good mentions.
I wouldn’t mind seeing the two Todd Fields entries, IN THE BEDROOM and LITTLE CHILDREN, considered.
no country for old men
babel
elephant
darjeeling limited
there will be bood
Elephant was artistic noise in my opinion. I understood the plot, but its use of empty space (Borrowd fro, Ran) did not effectively work in this film. Perhaps a little bit more correlation with the characters, their emotions and meaning. There was a vague relation with video game violence and the school shooting. Artistic maybe, but it trips on itself. I believe it won the Palm D’or because the Columbine shootings were fresh in the collective memory.
Lives of others
Babel
There Will Be Blood
Half Nelson
Birth
United 93
Capote
Brokeback Mountain
EASTERN PROMISES
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
I Heart Huckabees
Vicki Cristina Barcelona
Let the Right One In
Kill Bill box set
Oh, and Breaking the Waves, please!
And this amazing Canadian film called C.R.A.Z.Y. that is brilliant and barely got released in the US because of music rights.
And Lilja-4-Ever and Together by Lukas Moodysson, please!
Elephant
Synecdoche, New York
Chop Shop
Half Nelson
Squid & the Whale
There Will Be Blood
The darjeeling Limited
I don’t understand why you all want children of men? Seirously? I was close to turning it off, which is something i NEVER do.. it was so so hollywood, and really trying to be something it’s not.
And the perfomances were just ugh….
Mine:
Elephant (stunning, stunning film)
Science of Sleep (actually all the films of Gondry and Kaufman)
The Fountain (i’ve heard that Aranofsky wants to make another cut, because of the troubles under production (it had to be basicly remade), which would be a good reason for Criterion to wait)
There Will be Blood (bluray please :)
Oldboy – the trilogy
There will be Blood
Hard Candy
Milk
Zodiac
Donnie Darko
Oldboy
Darjeeling Limited
Half Nelson
Speak (pretty unlikely but would be very nice)
Lars and The Real Girl; American Beauty; Tideland. There’s too many to list. How about Ed Wood accompanied with a selection of Ed Wood’s films, especially Plan 9 From Outer Space? As awful as his films may be, he definitely left a lasting impression on the film world.
I would love to see a 2046 release or the Ashes of Time Redux.
There Will be Blood – Sure it has some flaws, but the DVD treatment is near criminal.
The Fountain – Last I heard Aronofsky was trying to to get it released through Criterion.
The Vengeance Trilogy(Possibly) – Criterion will have a hell of a time prying the rights out from Palisades Media’s cold, well funded hands.
Squid & the Whale – The sort of thing that Criterion loves: A black comedy about a dysfunctional family.
Waltz with Bashir – It’s basically to original for Criterion not to acquire it.
The Motorcycle Diaries – Walter Salles
Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Syndromes and a Century
Craig Zobel’s Great World of Sound
Gus Van Sant’s Paranoid Park
Carlos Reygadas’ Battle in Heaven and Silent Light (and Japon even though it was released 6 years ago)
Ari Folman’s Waltz with Bashir
Zhang Ke Jia’s The World and Still Life
Jeff Nichols’ Shotgun Stories
Tarsem Singh’s The Fall
Pen-Ek Ratanaruang’s Last Life in the Universe
Jennifer Venditti’s Billy the Kid
Albert Serra’s Birdsong and Honour of the Knights
Reha Erdem’s Times and Winds
Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Three Monkeys and Climates (plus Distant, which is 2002)
The Sam Mendes directed film " Road to Perdetion" Without Question.
Anyone else think the films of Todd Field deserve a chance?
- Little Children from ‘06
Gorgeous suburbanite melodrama, but not quite outdone by:
- In the Bedroom from ’01
Field has the making of stylish Cassavetes. He’s got the domesticity and the drama to a T. And he’s the right kind of obscure for Criterion.
I’d back Alvarez’s picks (except for The Fall), but most of the others I hope are never released by CC because it would be a complete waste of time since the majority of them already have decent releases or are such insignificant films in terms of film art that they don’t deserve a CC release. Road to Perdition? Come on!
Reprise
The Class
Let The Right One In
Mad Detective
Play
and anything by the Dardenne brothers.
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac
Brokeback Mountain
Little Children
The Lives of Others
The New Wolrd
Is there anyone else out there who admires The New World? Yes, it’s flawed, and after various “versions” Malick may never find the perfect cut. But even with its problems, it’s better than most movies that have come along lately. It’s one of the few films of the past five years that have really haunted me.
JP Belmondo? And you didn’t get Road to Perdition? You don’t know art. You speak art.
Mister Lonely!
Bright Future
Any applicable Ming Tsai-Lang
Old Joy
The work of Pedro Costa is definitely going to show up this year. They pretty much have to. He is definitely in the 5 most important working directors today.
I’d also love to see the work of Philippe Grandrieux in the collection because the DVDs of his two previous films are atrocious and they need special treatment.
It’s also a crime that the work of Artavazd Peleshian is unavailable in any form.
I think it’s also time for Criterion to pay attention to Manoel de Oliveira and Joao Cesar Monteiro too, whose complete work on DVD is now out of print unfortunately.
I hope to see more Tarkovsky, i.e. The SACRIFICE and STALKER. Any David Lynch. ABOUT SCHMIDT would fit oddly well.
Certainly some Lynch. I was so surprised when I first found out that none of his films were printed by Criterion. Also, some more Guy Madden and Kieslowski would be much appreciated.
Synecdoche, New York
Adaptation
Children of Men
Y Tu Mama Tambien
The Fountain
Requiem for a Dream
Gummo (yeah, not in last 5 years but Mister Lonely is like diet Gummo to me)
Julien Donkey-Boy
Babel
Punch Drunk Love
and There Will Be Blood … duh.
probably more like in the 2000s than last five years, oh well.
Im gonna have to say that i think that Danny Boyles’ Sunshine and All The Boys Love Mandy Lane
Y tu Mama Tambien
david k
Oldboy is a sure shooin. Same with The Djarleeing Limited. Too bad a lot of critics did not like it. They felt it was too arthouse for a hollywood movie and they did not get the dry humor.