Angus MacLachlan is a playwright and screenwriter from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. His screen credits include Junebug (2005), directed by Phil Morrison and starring Amy Adams, Embeth Davidtz, and Alessandro Nivola, and Stone (2010), starring Robert De Niro. In selecting his favorite Criterion titles, MacLachlan says, he wondered, “Should one be cool or be honest? That is the question. And how can one actually say these are, ultimately, the top ten? I decided to pick films that I love. What else is important, finally?”
Biography via Criterion.
The List
1
L’avventura
Michelangelo Antonioni
1960
144 min
2
The Rules of the Game
Jean Renoir
1939
110 min
3
Fanny and Alexander: Television Version
Ingmar Bergman
1983
4
Downhill Racer
UnavailableMichael Ritchie
1969
101 min
5
The Earrings of Madame de . . .
Max Ophuls
1953
105 min
6
Boudu Saved from Drowning
Jean Renoir
1932
84 min
7
Black Narcissus
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
1947
100 min
8
Trouble in Paradise
UnavailableErnst Lubitsch
1932
83 min
9
The Third Man
UnavailableCarol Reed
1949
105 min
10tie
Through a Glass Darkly
Ingmar Bergman
1961
91 min
10tie
Winter Light
Ingmar Bergman
1963
80 min
10tie
The Silence
Ingmar Bergman
1963
95 min