Hello there, ladies and gents. We’re once again on the verge of celebrating that most highbrow of seasons here at Mildly Pleased, where we spend all of July beating the heat by staying indoors and watching films belonging to the Criterion Collection. No podcast this year, but personally, it always helps to have this post that outlines what everybody has picked for this year’s Criterion Month. So here’s a little sneak peek of what films may come in the coming weeks. Happy watching.
| Author | Spine | Title | Director | Country | Year | Running Time | Day | July |
| Colin | 1288 | Hell’s Angels | Howard Hughes | USA | 1930 | 131 | Wednesday | 1 |
| John | 214 | All that Money Can Buy | William Dieterle | USA | 1941 | 106 | Thursday | 2 |
| Colin | 274 | Night and the City | Jules Dassin | UK | 1950 | 95 | Friday | 3 |
| Sean | 614 | Summer with Monika | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden | 1953 | 97 | Saturday | 4 |
| John | 650 | A Man Escaped | Robert Bresson | France | 1956 | 101 | Sunday | 5 |
| Colin | 1273 | Cairo Station | Youssef Chahine | Egypt | 1958 | 76 | Monday | 6 |
| Colin | 285 | Ashes and Diamonds | Andrzej Wajda | Poland | 1958 | 103 | Tuesday | 7 |
| Sean | 408 | Breathless | Jean-Luc Godard | France | 1960 | 90 | Wednesday | 8 |
| John | 332 | Viridiana | Louis Bunuel | Spain | 1961 | 91 | Thursday | 9 |
| Colin | 149 | Juliet of the Spirits | Federico Fellini | Italy | 1965 | 145 | Friday | 10 |
| John | — | Secret post! | — | — | — | — | Saturday | 11 |
| John | 865 | Blow-Up | Michelangelo Antonioni | UK | 1966 | 111 | Sunday | 12 |
| Sean | 112 | PlayTime | Jacques Tati | France | 1967 | 123 | Monday | 13 |
| Colin | 38 | Branded To Kill | Seijun Suzuki | Japan | 1967 | 91 | Tuesday | 14 |
| Sean | 186 | Stolen Kisses | François Truffaut | France | 1968 | 91 | Wednesday | 15 |
| Colin | 718 | Donkey Skin | Jacques Demy | France | 1970 | 90 | Thursday | 16 |
| Sean | 546 | Five Easy Pieces | Bob Rafelson | USA | 1970 | 98 | Friday | 17 |
| John | 328 | Murmur of the Heart | Louis Malle | France | 1971 | 118 | Saturday | 18 |
| Sean | 1312 | Lenny | Bob Fosse | USA | 1974 | 111 | Sunday | 19 |
| John | 254 | The Killing of a Chinese Bookie | John Cassavetes | USA | 1976 | 135 | Monday | 20 |
| Colin | 1087 | Working Girls | Lizzie Borden | USA | 1986 | 93 | Tuesday | 21 |
| John | 20 | Sid & Nancy | Alex Cox | UK | 1986 | 113 | Wednesday | 22 |
| Sean | 1315 | Hairspray | John Waters | USA | 1988 | 92 | Thursday | 23 |
| Colin | 1216 | Dogfight | Nancy Savoca | USA | 1991 | 93 | Friday | 24 |
| John | 220 | Naked Lunch | David Cronenberg | Canada | 1991 | 115 | Saturday | 25 |
| Sean | 1307 | Boyz n the Hood | John Singleton | USA | 1991 | 112 | Sunday | 26 |
| John | 1202 | Lonestar | John Sayles | USA | 1996 | 145 | Monday | 27 |
| John | 982 | Hedwig and the Angry Inch | John Cameron Mitchell | USA | 2001 | 91 | Tuesday | 28 |
| Colin | 1278 | Flow | Gints Zilbalodis | Latvia | 2024 | 85 | Wednesday | 29 |
| Sean | 1325 | The Secret Agent | Kleber Mendonça Filho | Brazil | 2025 | 161 | Thursday | 30 |
| Sean | 1311 | Sentimental Value | Joachim Trier | Norway | 2025 | 133 | Friday | 31 |