My Criterion Challenge 2023

Decided to finally participate in the Criterion Challenge that has been happening for the past couple of years in the cinephile community. If you are interested in creating your own list for the challenge follow this guide on Letterboxd.

Below is the list that I came up with for 2023, and I’ll hopefully attempt to review as many as I can on the website:

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• 1.Pigs and Battleships 1961

  Random Number Generator (I got 472)

  Review

• 2.Rosetta 1999

  Made in Belgium

  Review

• 3.A Brighter Summer Day 1991

  Made in Taiwan

  Review

• 4.Exotica 1994

  Made in Canada

  Review

• 5.In Vanda’s Room 2000

  Made in Portugal

• 6.The Awful Truth 1937

  Animals in the Collection

  Review

• 7.An Autumn Afternoon 1962

  Films To Fall Asleep To

  Review

• 8.Shake! Otis at Monterey 1987

  Black Music Films

• 9.Brightness 1987

  Black Lives Collection

  Review

• 10.Kaagaz Ke Phool 1959

  Heartbreak Heaven: Films to Watch When You’re Questioning Love

  Review

• 11.Red Desert 1964

  Criterion Double Features - Film #1

  Review

• 12.The Last Wave 1977

  Criterion Double Features - Film #2

  Review

• 13.Ashes and Diamonds 1958

  Danny Peary’s “Guide for the Film Fanatic”

  Review

• 14.Sherman’s March 1985

  Sundance Hits

• 15.The Smiling Madame Beudet 1923

  Early Women Filmmakers

• 16.Blood Simple 1984

  Independent American Cinema

  Review

• 17.Make Way for Tomorrow 1937

  Dysfunctional Families

  Review

• 18.Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles 1975

  Food on Film

  Review

• 19.Winter Light 1963

  Faith on Film

  Review

• 20.Sansho the Bailiff 1954

  Tearjerkers

  Review

• 21.Naked 1993

  British Realism

  Review

• 22.Easy Rider 1969

  Wilco’s Closet Picks

  Review

• 23.Jigoku 1960

  Gaspar Noé’s Closet Picks

  Review

• 24.Gilda 1946

  Alicia Malone’s Closet Picks

  Review

• 25.Vanya on 42nd Street 1994

  Laurie Anderson’s Closet Picks

• 26.The Ballad of Narayama 1983

  Bong Joon-ho’s Top 10

  Review

• 27.Floating Weeds 1959

  Sonic Youth’s Top 10

  Review

• 28.The Night Porter 1974

  Jane Campion’s Top 10

• 29.Carnival of Souls 1962

  Allison Anders’s Top 10

  Review

• 30.Vampyr 1932

  Directed by Carl Dreyer

  Review

• 31.Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song 1971

  Directed by Melvin Van Peebles

• 32.Tongues Untied 1989

  Directed by Marlon Riggs

• 33.Twenty-Four Eyes 1954

  Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita

• 34.The Sword of Doom 1966

  Starring Tatsuya Nakadai

• 35.Céline and Julie Go Boating 1974

  Genre: Fantasy

  Review

• 36.It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 1963

  Genre: Action/Adventure

• 37.Blow Out 1981

  Genre: Crime

  Review

• 38.Diary of a Country Priest 1951

  Watch a film with a spine #201-350 (222)

  Review

• 39.Chimes at Midnight 1965

  Watch a film with a spine #800-950 (830)

  Review

• 40.A Master Builder 2013

  Watch a film with a rating 3.0 or lower

• 41.Häxan 1922

  1920s

  Review

• 42.Le Jour Se Lève 1939

  1930s

  Review

• 43.Rome, Open City 1945

  1940s

  Review

• 44.Anatomy of a Murder 1959

  1950s

  Review

• 45.The Young Girls of Rochefort 1967

  1960s

  Review

• 46.The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant 1972

  1970s

  Review

• 47.Tampopo 1985

  1980s

• 48.Through the Olive Trees 1994

  1990s

• 49.Monsoon Wedding 2001

  2000s

• 50.Portrait of a Lady on Fire 2019

  2010s

• 51.Faya Dayi 2021

  2020s

• 52.Z 1969

  Any Criterion film on your watchlist