I've copied this from elsewhere. It's an annual challenge to watch 52 Criterion films that fit particular categories. This is my second year trying it.
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One of the challenges was to pick a film that corresponds to a random number. On the random number generator, I got 144 Loves of a Blonde. I liked it enough that it seemed like a good sign to go with this effort.
Until I've seen a film, I'm going to just fill the list with films that will not be mistaken for Criterion selections. That just makes it easier to fill it up. I reserve the right to watch these in any order, and shuffle things around (IE- If I list a 1960s…
I've copied this from elsewhere. It's an annual challenge to watch 52 Criterion films that fit particular categories. This is my second year trying it.
boxd.it/dU3uy
One of the challenges was to pick a film that corresponds to a random number. On the random number generator, I got 144 Loves of a Blonde. I liked it enough that it seemed like a good sign to go with this effort.
Until I've seen a film, I'm going to just fill the list with films that will not be mistaken for Criterion selections. That just makes it easier to fill it up. I reserve the right to watch these in any order, and shuffle things around (IE- If I list a 1960s sci-fi film as a sci-fi film, I could later choose to list it instead as a 1960s film.) I consider anything collected on a Criterion Laserdisc/ DVD/ Blu Ray, anything currently available on the Criterion Channel and anything hyperspecific (IE- if it's no longer available on a channel but it was on a list mentioned in the challenge) to be fair game, even if I watch in a different format (IE- standard DVD, movie theater, streaming elsewhere.)
The actual categories are...
1. Watch a movie from the year you were born (1985)
2. 1920s
3. 1930s
4. 1940s
5. 1950s
6. 1960s
7. 1970s
8. 1980s
9. 1990s
10. 2000s
11. 2010s
12. Genre: War
13. Genre: Science Fiction
14. Genre: Musical/Music Themed
15. Watch a film by a director whose work you haven't seen before
16. Directed by Chantal Akerman (Directed by Chantal Akerman)
17. Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder (Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
18. Directed by Wong Kar-wai (Directed by Wong Kar-wai)
19. Directed by Claire Denis (Directed by Claire Denis)
20. Isabel Sandoval's Top 10 (Isabel Sandoval’s Top 10)
21. Bill Hader's Top 10 (Bill Hader’s Top 10)
22. Ana Lily Amirpour's Top 10 (Ana Lily Amirpour’s Top 10)
23. Richard Linklater's Top 10 (Richard Linklater’s Top 10)
24. Made in the United States
25. Made in Poland
26. Made in Iran
27. Made in Mexico
28. Made in Senegal
29. Watch a film that has an out of print physical release (Out of Print Criterion Releases)
30. Watch a film from the "America Lost and Found: The BBS Story" collection (America Lost and Found: The BBS Story)
31. Watch a film with a spine #1-100 (Criterion Collection by Spine Number)
32. Watch a film with a spine #500-600 (Criterion Collection by Spine Number)
33. Cannes Film Festival Winners (Cannes’s Big Winners)
34. Midnight Madness: Watch a cult classic (Midnight Madness)
35. Growing Pains: Watch a coming of age film (Growing Pains)
36. Stage to Screen: Watch a stage adaptation (Stage to Screen)
37. Out at Criterion: Watch an LGBTQ film (Out at Criterion)
38. Watch a film on the Summer Travels list (Summer Travels)
39. Watch a film on the Hollywood Classics list (Hollywood Classics)
40. Watch a film from the Animation Before the 2000s list (Animation Before the 2000s)
41. Starring Catherine Deneuve (Starring Catherine Deneuve)
42. Starring Anna Karina (Starring Anna Karina)
43. Starring Jeanne Moreau (Starring Jeanne Moreau)
44. Paul Dano's Closet Picks (Paul Dano’s Closet Picks )
45. Ethan Hawke and Jonathan Marc Sherman's Closet Picks ( Ethan Hawke and Jonathan Marc Sherman’s Closet Picks )
46. Michael K. Williams’ Closet Picks (Michael K. Williams’ Closet Picks)
47. Sean Baker's Closet Picks (Sean Baker’s Closet Picks)
48. Amy Heckerling's Closet Picks (Amy Heckerling’s Closet Picks)
49. Agnes Varda's Closet Picks (Agnès Varda’s Closet Picks)
50. Random number generator (Google random number generator, set values from 1 to whatever number Criterion has listed last here. This number will change as more releases are announced so please keep up to date by using the link I have provided as I will not be updating each time Criterion makes announcements. Watch whatever movie corresponds to the spine number you are given.)
51. Watch a film featured in any of the Essential Art House box sets (Essential Art House Films)
52. Any Criterion film on your watchlist
Any Criterion films I watch this film that don't meet any new qualifications are ranked 53 and higher.
