November! A day late and I’m a few dollars short, but what the hell it’s the Barnes and Noble’s Criterion Sale!! I did as I wish, and on day one I picked up the 4K release of The Princess Bride. 👸

Some great selections there Nathan! You may have swayed me to check out the Koker trilogy, although I wasn't as blown away by Kiarostami's Taste Of Cherry like a lot of people were. I would also recommend Paris, Texas. What a stunning film that is!!! The Seven Samurai edition is also a set worth picking up.

Thanks for all the recommendations. I still need to watch a bunch of those. I went to B&N Monday night, and picked up four titles - The Servant, Akira Kurosawa's Dreams, Nanny & Y Tu Mama Tambien. This store didn't have the biggest selection, but thankfully had those four from my wish list. A satisfying haul.

Awesome choices Nathan; I absolutely love ‘Andrei Rublev’; I watched it for the first time back in July and absolutely loved it; Tarkovsky could well be on another day my fav ever director and even for ‘Stalker’ being my fav film of all time alone! ‘Roma’ is fantastic mate; great film from 2018. Love ‘Moonrise Kingdom’ aswell and definitely one of my fav Wes A films; amazing stuff! ‘Parasite’ is one of my fav films of all time and well deserving of ‘Best Picture’ 😀🏆🍿🙌

Some great picks and a couple I still haven't seen yet. One I would recommend that I don't hear many people talk about is Marketa Lazarova. It's a Czechoslovakian film made during the Czech New Wave era but it doesn't feel like anything else I've seen from then. The run time may turn off some viewers but I think it's completely absorbing. It has stunning photography, great imagery and while it's sort of confusing, I think the immersive experience it creates helps pull you through the moments that are maybe hard to follow. I won't be picking anything up this sale because I spent $400 during the last sale, haha. If I could, I would spend another $400 easily.

Fortunately I have six of your recommendations!! I will put in my list to purchase Cat People.

Hi! Just discovering your channel because I needed some guidance as an aspiring physical film collector. Appreciate you sharing your thoughts and I’ll be back again to see mor of your videos!

I picked up the new release of “The Others”. It’s a great ghost story, impeccable acting all around, and my brother and I bonded over it. 🥺

I walked with a Zombie and The Leopard Man by Jacques. Tourneur are also very evocative and atmospheric. Also, Parasite is very well known but a film in a similar vein called Shoplifters is ignored

Love your list! My only complaint about Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence is that there are no subtitles included in the release. Great film regardless.

I’m sorry but I don’t find any Wes Anderson film “up its own arse” but I do find that from Criterion collectors who continually put world cinema on such a high pedestal. Sheesh!