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In the past,  The Criterion Collection  allowed its users to make Top 10 lists on their My Criterion page. I still continue to make them, on  Letterboxd , every two years. Here’s my latest volume: My Criterion Top 10 [Vol. 8] The titles in the link above are ones that Criterion released (some of which are format upgrades) since the previous volume that I posted. If you'd like to visit the previous volumes, you can do so at the links below. My Criterion Top 10 [Vol. 1]  (originally posted 7/16/12) My Criterion Top 10 [Vol. 2]  (originally posted 4/23/14) My Criterion Top 10 [Vol. 3]  (originally posted 1/9/16) My Criterion Top 10 [Vol. 4]  (originally posted 3/2/18) My Criterion Top 10 [Vol. 5]   (originally posted 1/17/20) My Criterion Top 10 [Vol. 6]   (originally posted 1/22/22) My Criterion Top 10 [Vol. 7]  (originally posted 1/20/24)

Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters   (1985) presents its subject ( Yukio Mishima ) as a fascinatingly obsessed and complex individual.  Mishima  is gorgeously shot by  John Bailey , breathtakingly scored by  Philip Glass , artfully designed with hyperstylized sets by  Eiko Ishioka  and theatrically directed with flair by  Paul Schrader . Paul Schrader Feature Films Ranked My Criterion Top 10 [Vol. 5] 01. Beauty 02. Art 03. Action 04. Harmoney Of Pen And Sword

Mysterious, disturbing, and darkly funny,  Blue Velvet  (1986)— David Lynch 's story of the dangerous goings-on beneath the surface of white picket fence life—is gorgeously shot, pitch perfectly performed, and exquisitely captures the beauty that can exist in ugliness. To quote from the film, it's a strange world, and ours is a better one for having Lynch's films in it. David Lynch Ranked Top 20 Directors My Criterion Top 10 [Vol. 5]

In the past,  The Criterion Collection  allowed its users to make Top 10 lists on their  My Criterion  page. I still continue to make them, on  Letterboxd , every two years. Here’s my latest volume: My Criterion Top 10 [Vol. 7] The titles in the link above are ones that Criterion released (some of which are format upgrades) since the previous volume that I posted. If you'd like to visit the previous volumes, you can do so at the links below. My Criterion Top 10 [Vol. 1]  (originally posted 7/16/12) My Criterion Top 10 [Vol. 2]  (originally posted 4/23/14) My Criterion Top 10 [Vol. 3]  (originally posted 1/9/16) My Criterion Top 10 [Vol. 4]  (originally posted 3/2/18) My Criterion Top 10 [Vol. 5]   (originally posted 1/17/20) My Criterion Top 10 [Vol. 6]   (originally posted 1/22/22)

Peter Bogdanovich 's The Last Picture Show (1971) is simply one of the most honest, tragic, elegiac, horny, wonderfully acted, and beautifully photographed small town “slice of life” films ever made. Peter Bogdanovich Feature Films Ranked My Criterion Top 10 [Vol. 7]

A beautiful—sometimes terrifying—journey into the otherworldly dreams of a singular artist, vividly realized in a wonderful film. Akira Kurosawa Films Ranked Top 20 Directors My Criterion Top 10 [Vol. 7]