in Criterion Month, Podcast

As June turns to July, we once again set our eyes on reviewing various films that have entered the Criterion Collection over the course of what we like to refer to as Criterion Month. Call it our own little corner of the Criterion Closet filled with films we’ve never seen, some potentially aligning with our tastes and some that we’ve put off seeing since they inherently might not. Once again, some of us go for themes and some of us don’t, but the one constant is that while picking which movies to review, we only have a vague sense of what we’re in for. The fun begins in just one day!

Author Spine Title Director Country Year Running Time Day July
Sean 849 His Girl Friday Howard Hawks United States 1940 92 Tuesday 1
Colin 1004 Now, Voyager Irving Rapper United States 1942 117 Wednesday 2
Colin 22 Summertime David Lean United States 1955 100 Thursday 3
Sean 555 Sweet Smell of Success Alexander Mackendrick United States 1957 96 Friday 4
John 429 The Lovers Louis Malle France 1958 90 Saturday 5
Colin 113 Big Deal on Madonna Street Mario Monicelli Italy 1958 106 Sunday 6
John 211 The Silence Ingmar Bergman Sweden 1963 95 Monday 7
Colin 840 The Executioner Luis García Berlanga Spain 1963 92 Tuesday 8
Colin 1116 The Flight of the Phoenix Robert Aldrich United States 1965 142 Wednesday 9
Colin 1157 Daisies Věra Chytilová Czechoslovakia 1966 76 Thursday 10
Sean 635 Weekend Jean-Luc Godard France 1967 104 Friday 11
John 593 Belle de jour Luis Buñuel France 1967 100 Saturday 12
Sean 1000 Destroy All Monsters Ishiro Honda Japan 1968 89 Sunday 13
John 59 The Night Porter Liliana Cavani Italy 1974 118 Monday 14
Colin 1069 Céline and Julie Go Boating Jacques Rivette France 1974 193 Tuesday 15
John 466 In the Realm of the Senses Nagisa Oshima Japan 1976 102 Wednesday 16
Colin 1262 Killer of Sheep Charles Burnett United States 1977 80 Thursday 17
Sean 230 3 Women Robert Altman United States 1977 124 Friday 18
Colin 879 Taipei Story Edward Yang Taiwan 1985 110 Saturday 19
John 1002 Betty Blue Jean-Jacques Beineix France 1986 185 Sunday 20
Sean 166 Down by Law Jim Jarmusch United States 1986 107 Monday 21
John 55 The Unbearable Lightness of Being Philip Kaufman United States 1988 172 Tuesday 22
John 722 Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! Pedro Almodóvar Spain 1990 102 Wednesday 23
Sean 277 My Own Private Idaho Gus Van Sant United States 1991 104 Thursday 24
Sean 1207 Executioners Johnnie To and Tony Ching Siu-Tung Hong Kong 1993 96 Friday 25
John 1150 Exotica Atom Egoyan Canada 1994 103 Saturday 26
Colin 381 La haine Mathieu Kassovitz France 1995 97 Sunday 27
Sean Happy Together Wong Kar Wai Hong Kong 1997 96 Monday 28
Sean Infernal Affairs III Andrew Lau Wai-keung and Alan Mak Hong Kong 2003 118 Tuesday 29
John 622 Weekend Andrew Haigh United Kingdom 2011 97 Wednesday 30