The Criterion Collection - B __top__ Info

Since 1984, the Criterion Collection has been the gold standard for home video, dedicated to preserving "important classic and contemporary films" through high-quality restorations and deep-dive supplements. While many collectors start with the "S" for Seven Samurai or "T" for The Third Man , the "B" section of the shelf holds some of the most eclectic and visually stunning titles in the entire library.

Black Orpheus (Spine #48). It is gorgeous, musical, and alive. It proves that in Criterion’s world, "B" is for "Bravo." The Criterion Collection - B

To explore "The Criterion Collection - B" is to take a masterclass in global cinema, guided by some of the most legendary filmmakers who ever lived. Since 1984, the Criterion Collection has been the

Guy Maddin is an acquired taste, but this silent, expressionist, quasi-autobiographical fever dream is his best work. Shot in black-and-white with a live narration track (you can choose between Isabella Rossellini, Laurie Anderson, or John Ashbery), it tells the story of a boy detective on an island of orphans. It is 95 minutes of beautiful, unsettling insanity. If you like David Lynch but wish he were faster , buy this. It is gorgeous, musical, and alive

Criterion’s treatment of Bergman is a benchmark for physical media. Their box sets, particularly The Bergman Trilogy , are essential viewing. The "B" section allows viewers to trace the evolution of a storyteller who moved from the allegorical chess games of the Middle Ages to the intimate, chamber-drama closeness of his later works.

Buñuel represents the political and absurdist wing of the collection. His films are puzzles without solutions, designed to unnerve and amuse. Criterion’s high-definition transfers ensure that the dreamlike quality of Buñuel’s imagery—the bear in the violin, the endless dinner party—retains its hallucinatory power.

Yes, the John Hughes teen drama is in the Collection. And yes, it deserves to be there. Don’t let the "Brat Pack" label fool you. This is a tight, five-act stage play set in a library. The Criterion 4K transfer makes the grain of the film stock sing, and the supplement where Molly Ringwald reconsiders the film’s sexual politics is a must-listen.