Criterion Challenge 2022
52 movies
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This is my current work-in-progress list for the second annual Criterion Challenge as created by Letterboxd user <a href="https://letterboxd.com/benvsthemovies/">Ben</a>. I'm challenging myself to watch at least one Criterion-related movie a week based on that week's category. Click the glasses button ("Read more") to see the category for each movie!
Although the categories are numbered, I will be tackling the list in no specific order, either by personal fiat or using a random number generator. I will post my weekly pick in the comments to help me keep things straight.
The original rules and details can be found here: <a href="https://letterboxd.com/benvsthemovies/list/the-criterion-challenge-2022/">The Criterion Challenge 2022</a>
Also see my own Criterion Challenge list for last year: <a href="https://letterboxd.com/atomicpwrdrobot/list/the-criterion-challenge-2021/detail/">The Criterion Challenge 2021</a>
Battleship Potemkin (1925) [Movie] TMDB IMDb Min reol Douban WikiData Skybridge
Броненосец Потёмкин
other title:
战舰波将金号
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Броненосец Потёмкин
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A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resultant public demonstration, showing support, which brought on a police massacre. The film had an incredible impact on the development of cinema and is a masterful example of montage editing.
The Grand Illusion (1937) [Movie] Douban TMDB Eggplant.place WikiData IMDb
La grande illusion
other title:
大幻影
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La grande illusion
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1937 film by Jean Renoir
Rebecca (1940) [Movie] TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData
Rebecca
other title:
레베카
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レベッカ
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Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must come to grips with the terrible secret of her handsome, cold husband, Max De Winter. She must also deal with the jealous, obsessed Mrs. Danvers, the housekeeper, who will not accept her as the mistress of the house.
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) [Movie] IMDb Douban TMDB WikiData
The Incredible Shrinking Man
other title:
놀랍도록 줄어든 사나이
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O Incrível Homem que Encolheu
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A dangerous combination of radiation and insecticide causes the unfortunate Scott Carey to shrink, slowly but surely, until he is only a few inches tall. His home becomes a wilderness where he must survive everything from spiders living in the cellar to his beloved cat.
Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974) [Movie] Douban IMDb TMDB WikiData
Céline et Julie vont en bateau
other title:
塞琳和朱莉出航记
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Céline et Julie vont en bateau
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Julie, a daydreaming librarian, meets Céline, an enigmatic magician, and together they become the heroines of a time-warping adventure involving a haunted house, psychotropic candy, and a murder-mystery melodrama.
Sweetie (1989) [Movie] IMDb Douban TMDB WikiData
Sweetie
other title:
甜妹妹
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甜姐儿
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The buttoned-down, superstitious Kay is attempting to lead a normal existence with her new boyfriend Louis. That’s until Sweetie, her rampaging, devil-may-care sister, returns home after an absence, exposing the rotten roots of their family and placing a strain on Kay and Louis’ relationship.
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) [Movie] Douban IMDb Min reol Eggplant.place Skybridge TMDB WikiData
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Weeping Woman (2019) [Movie] Douban IMDb TMDB WikiData
La llorona
other title:
哭泣的女人
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La llorona
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2019 film directed by Jayro Bustamante
Paths of Glory (1957) [Movie] Eggplant.place Douban IMDb TMDB Min reol WikiData
Paths of Glory
Black Moon (1975) [Movie] Douban IMDb TMDB WikiData
Black Moon
other title:
黑月亮
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블랙 문
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There is a war in the world between the men and the women. A young girl tries to escape this reality and comes to a hidden place where a strange unicorn lives with a family: sister, brother, many children and an old woman that never leaves her bed but stays in contact with the world through her radio.
Original Cast Album Company (1970) [Movie] Douban TMDB WikiData IMDb
Original Cast Album Company
director:
D.A. Pennebaker
actor:
Barbara Barrie
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George Coe
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other title:
原初卡司专辑：《伙伴们》
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夥伴們
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Documentary about recording the cast album of the 1971 Broadway musical Company
News from Home (1977) [Movie] Douban IMDb TMDB WikiData
News from Home
other title:
家乡的消息
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집에서 온 소식
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Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman lives in New York. Filmed images of the City accompany texts of Akerman's loving mother back home in Brussels. The City comes more and more to the front while the words of the mother, read by Akerman herself, gradually fade away.
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) [Movie] IMDb WikiData Douban TMDB
Angst essen Seele auf
other title:
恐惧吞噬灵魂
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Angst essen Seele auf
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Emmi Kurowski, a cleaning lady, is lonely in her old age. Her husband died years ago, and her grown children offer little companionship. One night she goes to a bar frequented by Arab immigrants and strikes up a friendship with middle-aged mechanic Ali. Their relationship soon develops into something more, and Emmi's family and neighbors criticize their spontaneous marriage. Soon Emmi and Ali are forced to confront their own insecurities about their future.
