In response to our invitation to contribute his list of favorite Criterion titles, director Wes Anderson wrote, “I thought my take on a top-ten list might be to simply quote myself from the brief fan letters I periodically write to the Criterion Collection team.” His selections were, unsurprisingly, delightful.
Biography via Criterion.
The List
1
The Earrings of Madame de . . .
Max Ophuls
1953
105 min
2
Au hasard Balthazar
Robert Bresson
1966
96 min
3tie
Pigs and Battleships
Shohei Imamura
1962
108 min
3tie
The Insect Woman
Shohei Imamura
1963
123 min
3tie
Intentions of Murder
Shohei Imamura
1964
150 min
4
The Taking of Power by Louis XIV
Roberto Rossellini
1966
95 min
5
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
UnavailableMartin Ritt
1965
112 min
6
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
UnavailablePeter Yates
1973
102 min
7
Classe tous risques
UnavailableClaude Sautet
1960
110 min
8
L’enfance nue
Maurice Pialat
1968
83 min
9
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Paul Schrader
1985
121 min
10
The Exterminating Angel
Luis Buñuel
1962
93 min