The Criterion Collection
December 2013

Back to the 1970s with two glimpses of eccentric America and one tale of corruption in Italy. Plus, a journey around the world, courtesy of Martin Scorsese.

Bong Joon-ho’s Top 10

“For an insatiable collector like myself, limiting myself to ten films was torture,” the South Korean director told us after compiling his eclectic list. Bong is the director of The Host (2006), Mother (2009), and Snowpiercer (2013).

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Beauty Is Everywhere

The Great Beauty keeps raking in the accolades. Paolo Sorrentino’s spectacular film, now in theaters across the U.S. courtesy of Janus Films, has just swept the European Film Awards, was nominated for the best foreign-language film Golden Globe Award, has already been mentioned on over forty top-ten lists for 2013, and has made the best foreign-language film Oscar short list. See it in theaters before it comes to the Criterion Collection in March.

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On Hulu:

Family Dramas

Starting today, a two-week festival of free films about families, including Beautiful Days, The Children Are Watching Us, Cría cuervos, Fanny and Alexander, The Housemaid, An Inn in Tokyo, Seduced and Abandoned, and The Stranger.

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iTunes Sale: 50% Off and More

Did you know that Criterion has almost two hundred titles available for purchase on iTunes? Through the end of the year, all of them are on sale for under $10, including favorites like Seven Samurai and Scanners, plus the Zatoichi films for $5.99 each.

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America Singing

The great Molly Haskell elucidates why Robert Altman’s Nashville is a masterpiece of American filmmaking, in an exclusive new essay.

Read more in the Current »