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1) Frances Ha
Series
Criterion collection volume 681
Language
English
Formats
Description
Greta Gerwig is radiant as a woman in her late twenties in contemporary New York, trying to sort out her ambitions, her finances, and, above all, her tight but changing bond with her best friend, Sophie (Mickey Sumner). Meticulously directed by Noah Baumbach (Kicking and Screaming) with a free-and-easy vibe reminiscent of the French New Wave's most spirited films, and written by Baumbach and Gerwig with an effortless combination of sweetness and wit,...
Series
Criterion collection volume 720
Language
English
Formats
Description
Seven college housemates from the 1960s who have drifted apart reunite at the funeral of a friend. Having entered adulthood as non-conformists, most now belong to the establishment. Stunned by the death of their peer, sensing their own mortality and the loss of their innocence, each takes the opportunity to reevaluate his or her life and re-establish their bonds.
Series
Criterion collection volume 450
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bored young men and best friends Anthony (Luke Wilson), Dignan (Owen Wilson), and Bob (Robert Musgrave) stage a wildly complex, mildly successful robbery of a small bookstore, then go "on the lam." During their adventures, Anthony falls in love with a South American housekeeper, Inez (Lumi Cavazos), and they befriend local thief extraordinaire Mr. Henry (James Caan).
Series
Criterion collection volume 764
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Parry is a homeless history professor who lives in a fantasy world full of castles, Red Knights, and damsels in distress. Jack is New York's number one shock deejay, until the day his off-hand arrogance triggers a tragedy that ruins his career. Penniless and without prospects, Jack finds himself plucked from disaster by the most improbable of saviors, Parry.
Series
Criterion collection volume 479
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
An actor has dinner with his friend, a theater director, at an Upper West Side restaurant, and discuss everything from money to death to love.
6) Il sorpasso
Series
Criterion collection volume 707
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Edition
Criterion collection.
Language
Italiano
Description
A waggish, free-wheeling bachelor and a bookish law student take a madcap trip from Rome to rural Southern Italy.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1025
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Wes Anderson brings his dry wit and visual inventiveness to this exquisite caper set amid the old-world splendor of Europe between the World Wars. A poignant ode to friendship, this breathless picaresque is performed with panache by an all-star cast.
Series
Criterion collection volume 277
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
Widescreen format; special edition.
Language
English
Description
Mike - a sensitive narcoleptic who dreams of the mother who abandoned him - and Scott - the rebellious son of a prominent family and the object of Mike's desire - embark on a quest from the grungy streets of Portland to the open highways of the Pacific Northwest, in search of an elusive place called home.
Series
Criterion collection volume 925
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"One of the British New Wave's most versatile directors, John Schlesinger came to New York in the late 1960s to make Midnight Cowboy, a picaresque story of friendship that captured a city in crisis and sparked a new era of Hollywood movies. Jon Voight delivers a career-making performance as Joe Buck, a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy city women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum...
10) Purple noon
Series
Criterion collection volume 637
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
Français
Description
An adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel The Talented Mr. Ripley, this film stars Alain Delon as Tom Ripley, a duplicitous American charmer in Rome on a mission to bring his privileged acquaintance Philippe Greenleaf back to the United States; what initially seems a carefree tale of friendship soon morphs into a thrilling saga of seduction, identity theft, and murder. Bonus features include the original English language trailer, an archival interview...
Series
Criterion collection volume 318
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
Français
Description
A timeless evocation of the loss of innocence, Rene Clement's devastating Forbidden games tells the story of a young orphan and her friend forced to fend for themselves in World War II France.
12) Desert hearts
Series
Criterion collection volume 902
Language
English
Description
Vivian is a repressed English professor who goes to Reno for a quickie divorce in 1959. She spends the weeks waiting for final divorce papers at a dumpy dude ranch. There she mets Cay, a beautiful young casino worker. The two develop a friendship that stirs desires in Vivian she cannot deny. Slowly their attraction deepens into bold sensuality as they develop a bond that renews their hearts--and breaks all the rules.
13) Rumble fish
Series
Criterion collection volume 869
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"In this deeply personal tale of estrangement and reconciliation between two rebellious brothers, set in a dreamlike and timeless Tulsa, Francis Ford Coppola gives mythic dimensions to intimate, painful emotions. The director's "art film for teenagers" was his second adaptation of young-adult novelist S. E. Hinton's work in a single year, after the more classically styled The Outsiders. Graced with a remarkable cast headed by Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke,...
Series
Criterion collection volume 277
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Director-approved Blu-ray special edition.
Language
English
Description
Mike, a sensitive narcoleptic who dreams of the mother who abandoned him, and Scott, the rebellious son of a prominent family and the object of Mike's desire, embark on a quest from the grungy streets of Portland to the open highways of the Pacific Northwest, in search of an elusive place called home.
15) I, Daniel Blake
Series
Criterion collection volume 906
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Director-approved DVD special edition.
Language
English
Description
A carpenter recovering from a heart attack befriends a single mother and her two kids as together they battle the national health care system.
Series
Criterion collection volume 281
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Special édition.
Language
Français
Description
Considered Truffaut's greatest film, this is a story of friendship between two artists and their mutual love for the same woman.
17) Women in love
Series
Criterion collection volume 916
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Special edition.
Language
English
Description
Set in an English mining community on the crest of modernity, this traces the shifting currents of desire that link the emancipated Brangwen sisters to a freethinking dreamer and a hard willed industrialist, as well as the men's own erotically charged friendship.
18) 'Round midnight
Series
Criterion collection volume 1122
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Inspired by the real-life friendship between jazz pianist Bud Powell and Francis Paudras, tells the story of the friendship between an aging alcoholic jazz musician and a young French jazz fan.
19) Ghost world
Series
Criterion collection volume 872
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Blu-ray special edition.
Language
English
Description
Explores the relationship between directionless best friends Enid and Becky, and their adventures the summer after graduating high school.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1069
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
[Special edition].
Language
Français
Description
When a daydreaming librarian meets a mysterious musician in Paris, they find their lives becoming a surreal adventure.
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