criterion @ active: 2021 round-up

THANKS TO ANYONE WHO HAS COME TO A SCREENING SINCE WE STARTED IN THE FALL. WHETHER YOU'VE COME ONCE OR YOU'VE SHOWN UP TO ALL OF THEM, GETTING TO SHARE ANY OF THESE MOVIES WITH PEOPLE IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE AND MOST-REWARDING THINGS TO DO. HERE'S TO A SAFE, HEALTHY, AND HAPPY 2022 OF MORE MOVIES TOGETHER. (SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM FOR A PREVIEW!)
-BILL
DO THE RIGHT THING (1989)
dir. Spike Lee
PAPER MOON (1973)
dir. Peter Bogdanovich
HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940)
dir. Howard Hawks
WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? (1966)
dir. Mike Nichols
RUSHMORE (1998)
dir. Wes Anderson
SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS (1941)
dir. Preston Sturges
IT'S COMPLICATED (2009)
dir. Nancy Meyers
BOOGIE NIGHTS (1997)
dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO (1988)
dir. Hayao Miyazaki
THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (1974)
dir. Tobe Hooper
HALLOWEEN (1978)
dir. John Carpenter
THE HAUNTING (1963)
dir. Robert Wise
HOUSE (1977)
dir. Nobuhiko Obayashi
THE HOUSE THAT DRIPPED BLOOD (1971)
dir. Peter Duffell
ERASERHEAD (1977)
dir. David Lynch
THE FLY (1986)
dir. David Lynch
ALIEN (1979)
dir. Ridley Scott
THE HOST (2006)
dir. Bong Joon-ho
CAT PEOPLE (1942)
dir. Jacques Tourneur
THE THING (1982)
dir. John Carpenter
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)
dir. Jonathan Demme
POSSESSION (1981)
dir. Andrzej Zulawski
KILL, BABY... KILL! (1966)
dir. Mario Bava
DIABOLIQUE (1955)
dir. Henri‑Georges Clouzot
DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978)
dir. George A. Romero
THE EVIL DEAD (1981)
dir. Sam Raimi
CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? (2018)
dir. Marielle Heller
THE FAREWELL (2019)
dir. Lulu Wang
CLÉO 5 TO 7 (1961)
dir. Agnès Varda
THE HITCH-HIKER (1953)
dir. Ida Lupino
PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE (2019)
dir. Céline Sciamma
THE VIRGIN SUICIDES (1999)
dir. Sofia Coppola
CLEMENCY (2019)
dir. Chinonye Chukwu
ANOTHER ROUND (DRUK) (2020)
dir. Thomas Vinterberg
TAMPOPO (1986)
dir. Juzo Itami
PARENTHOOD (1989)
dir. Ron Howard
SUNSHINE (2007)
dir. Danny Boyle
LIFE OF BRIAN (1979)
dir. Terry Jones
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951)
dir. Vincente Minnelli







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