kndy

Granted, the year is not yet over and still a good amount of things to come in the next two months but if you were part of a panel to select the Criterion Collection Release of the Year and narrow one for each category, think you can do it?

Which would you pick as your Criterion Collection Release of the Year 2010 (choose only one for each category and explain why):

BEST CRITERION COLLECTION RELEASE OF 2010

2 Seven Samurai Akira Kurosawa (Blu-ray)
10 Walkabout Nicolas Roeg (Blu-ray)
30 M Fritz Lang (Blu-ray)
44 The Red Shoes Michael Powell (Blu-ray)
48 Black Orpheus Marcel Camus (Blu-ray)
52-53 Yojimbo/Sanuro Akira Kurosawa (Blu-ray)
57 Charade Stanley Donen (Blu-ray)
93 Black Narcissus Michael Powell (Blu-ray)
235 The Leopard Luchino Visconti (Blu-ray)
248 Videodrome David Cronenberg (Blu-ray)
408 Breathless Jean-Luc Godard (Blu-ray)
496 Che Steven Soderbergh
497-500 Roberto Rossellini’s War Trilogy Roberto Rosselini
501 Paris, Texas Wim Wnders
502 Revanche Götz Spielmann
503 Lola Montes Max Ophuls
504 Hunger Steve McQueen
505 Make Way for Tomorrow Leo Mccarey
506 Dillinger is Dead Marco Ferreri
507 Bigger Than Life Nicholas Rey
508-511 Letters from Fontainhas: Three Films by Pedro Costa
512 Vivre Sa Vie Jean-Luc Godard
513 Summer Hours Olivier Assayas
514 Ride with the Devil Ang Lee
515 The Fugitive Kind Sidney Lumet
516 Stagecoach John Ford
517-518 By Brakhage: An Anthology Volume One and Two Stan Brakhage
519 Close-Up Abbas Kiarostami
520 Everlasting Moments Jan Troell
521 Mystery Train Jim Jarmusch
522 Red Desert Michelangelo Antonioni
523 Night Train to Munich Carol Reed
524-526 The Only Son/There Was a Father Yasujiro Ozu
527 The Secret of the Grain Abdellatif Kechiche
528-531 3 Silent Classics by Josef Von Sternberg
532 Louie Bluie Terry Zwigoff
533 Crumb Terry Zwigoff
534 L’Enfance Nue Maurice Pialat
535 Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence Nagisa Oshima
536 The Thin Red Line Terrence Malick
537 The Magician Ingmar Bergman
538 Paths of Glory Stanley Kubrick
539 House Nobuhiko Obayashi
540 The Darjeeling Limited Wes Anderson
541 The Night of the Hunter Charles Laughton
542 Antichrist Lars von Trier
543 Modern Times Charles Chaplin
544-550 America Lost and Found: The BBS Story
551 Cronos Guillermo Del Toro Mexico

BEST CRITERION COLLECTION BLU-RAY RELEASE OF 2010

2 Seven Samurai Akira Kurosawa
10 Walkabout Nicolas Roeg
30 M Fritz Lang
44 The Red Shoes Michael Powell
48 Black Orpheus Marcel Camus
52-53 Yojimbo/Sanuro Akira Kurosawa
57 Charade Stanley Donen
93 Black Narcissus Michael Powell
235 The Leopard Luchino Visconti
248 Videodrome David Cronenberg
408 Breathless Jean-Luc Godard
409 Days of Heaven Terrence Malick
496 Che Steven Soderbergh
501 Paris, Texas Wim Wnders
502 Revanche Götz Spielmann
503 Lola Montes Max Ophuls
504 Hunger Steve McQueen
507 Bigger Than Life Nicholas Rey
512 Vivre Sa Vie Jean-Luc Godard
513 Summer Hours Olivier Assayas
514 Ride with the Devil Ang Lee
516 Stagecoach John Ford
517-518 By Brakhage: An Anthology Volume One and Two Stan Brakhage
519 Close-Up Abbas Kiarostami
520 Everlasting Moments Jan Troell
521 Mystery Train Jim Jarmusch
522 Red Desert Michelangelo Antonioni
527 The Secret of the Grain Abdellatif Kechiche
532 Louie Bluie Terry Zwigoff
533 Crumb Terry Zwigoff
535 Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence Nagisa Oshima
536 The Thin Red Line Terrence Malick
537 The Magician Ingmar Bergman
538 Paths of Glory Stanley Kubrick
539 House Nobuhiko Obayashi
540 The Darjeeling Limited Wes Anderson
541 The Night of the Hunter Charles Laughton
542 Antichrist Lars von Trier
543 Modern Times Charles Chaplin
544-550 America Lost and Found: The BBS Story
551 Cronos Guillermo Del Toro Mexico

BEST CRITERION COLLECTION BOX-SET RELEASE OF 2010

52-53 Yojimbo/Sanjuro (Blu-ray) Akira Kurosawa
497-500 Roberto Rossellini’s War Trilogy Roberto Rosselini
508-511 Letters from Fontainhas: Three Films by Pedro Costa
517-518 By Brakhage: An Anthology Volume One and Two Stan Brakhage
524-526 The Only Son/There Was a Father Yasujiro Ozu
528-531 3 Silent Classics by Josef Von Sternberg
544-550 America Lost and Found: The BBS Story
Essential Art House: Volume Five

BEST ECLIPSE SERIES OF THE YEAR (2010):

19 Chantal Akerman In the Seventies
20 George Bernard Shaw on Film
21 Oshima’s Outlaw Sixties
22 Presenting Sacha Guitry
23 The First Films of Akira Kurosawa
24 The Actuality Dramas of Allan King

NoirFan

Even though it has yet to be released or even reviewed, I feel pretty confident labeling the BBS Story box the top Criterion release of 2010, regardless of category.

TheySentYou

agreed x10

this, or Walkabout and Paris, Texas on blu for me.

Drake

I would say the best Blu Criterion this year (so far....) has to be Bigger Than Life, just a great film and I can't believe the Academy passed over James Mason for best actor the year this was released.

Best Criterion DVD release has to be 3 Silent Classics by Josef Von Sternberg
Underworld was unbelievable , the only points off for this set is the packaging
even before I opened it it looked as if there was light shelf wear on the box and one of the DVD's,they should of went with a plastic case.

bse

Thin Red Line, Days of Heaven, Breathless, and the Red Shoes are my favorite blu-rays so far... BUT Paths of Glory and The Night of the Hunter might take the top spots upon release.

kndy

BEST CRITERION COLLECTION RELEASE OF 2010

497-500 Roberto Rossellini’s War Trilogy Roberto Rosselini

BEST CRITERION COLLECTION BLU-RAY RELEASE OF 2010

2 Seven Samurai Akira Kurosawa

BEST CRITERION COLLECTION BOX-SET RELEASE OF 2010

544-550 America Lost and Found: The BBS Story

BEST ECLIPSE SERIES OF THE YEAR (2010):

21 Oshima’s Outlaw Sixties

I haven't watched "The Actuality Dramas of Allan King" but I heard that set is great!

pbishop69

I hope NIGHT OF THE HUNTER and MODERN TIMES are a home run next month.

smurr05

I Agree BUT also look very much forward to Antichrist-

OldBoy

Good Burger

ReduxGuy

My top 5 would be:

ANTICHRIST
HOUSE
NIGHT OF THE HUNTER
THE THIN RED LINE
VIVRE SA VIE

bigjim25

8 replies. I figured it would be sooner. No pics. Come on.

ResIpsa

Measured solely by my own sense of personal enjoyment, it would be a tie between the Blu-Ray versions of Black Narcissus and The Thin Red Line. Both are equally beautiful to behold, reference quality really, and they are personal favorites. Honorable mentions to the Blu-Ray versions of Red Desert and Walkabout. If I were teaching a course on place and the natural environment in film, I think all four films would be required viewing.

bdots48

Thus far, I'd have to say the Rossellini box - it opened my eyes to this great filmmaker.

Giles

to state 'The Red Shoes' is amazing, is an understatement.

the only other two films I've seen are Lola Montes and The Secret of the Grain (which looks great, even though it has the upper hand and was filmed in Hi-Def)

NoirFan

Then you've got some catching up to do! Check out the Blu-rays of Bigger than Life and Everlasting Moments, to start.

Giles

^ and it does not help that when the November B&N sale comes along, I'll be getting another 8 blurays to throw into my 'to watch' pile.

CardiffGiant

I haven't seen enough of the remastered films to vote, but Revanche and Summer Hours were great and I highly recommend both of them. I'll definitely be picking up Revanche during the upcoming sale.