Off to a late start, but I have a physical collection I really need to make a dent in before I can justify buying even more Criterion discs! Original list and rules HERE.

Categories:

1. Watch a film from the CC40 Boxset: Night of the Living Dead ✅
2. Watch a film from the year you were born: Wings of Desire ✅
3. Directed by Robert Altman: Secret Honor
4. Watch a film that would be your first choice in the Criterion Closet: All That Heaven Allows
5. Great Soundtracks: Buena Vista Social Club ✅
6. John Turturro’s Adventures in Moviegoing: Divorce Italian Style ✅
7. 1920s: Pandora's Box
8. Watch a film that will be added to the physical collection in 2025: A Woman of Paris ✅
9. 1930s: Freaks ✅
10. Andrew Garfield’s Closet Picks: The Game ✅
11. 1940s: Red River ✅
12. Celine Song’s Top 10: The Age of Innocence ✅
13. 1950s: Shadows ✅
14. Watch a film from the Criterion Channel’s all time favorites lists: Breathless ✅
15. 1960s: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg ✅
16. Watch a film that is currently out of print from the physical collection: Z
17. 1970s: Opening Night ✅
18. William Friedkin’s Closet Picks: The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
19. 1980s: Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown ✅
20. Spine #451-499: In the Realm of the Senses ✅
21. 1990s: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me ✅
22. Documentary: Gimme Shelter ✅
23. 2000s: The Piano Teacher ✅
24. Janus Contemporaries: Lynch/Oz ✅
25. 2010s: Before Midnight ✅
26. Bill Hader’s Second Closet Picks: Secrets & Lies ✅
27. 2020s: Bergman Island
28. Noir and Neonoir: High and Low ✅
29. All Time Top Criterion Closet Picks: Stalker ✅
30. Criterion Releases Never Picked in the Closet: Farewell My Concubine ✅
31. North American film: Uncut Gems ✅
32. Ayo Edebiri’s Closet Picks: Tampopo ✅
33. Wim Wenders’ Adventures in Moviegoing: La Pointe Courte
34. South American film: La Cienaga ✅
35. Random Number Generator: Being There ✅
36. AAPI Filmmakers: Mississippi Masala ✅
37. Watch a film shorter than 80 minutes: The Mystic ✅
38. European film: Cries and Whispers
39. Cult Movies: Targets ✅
40. Isabella Rossellini’s Adventures in Moviegoing: The Circus ✅
41. Winona Ryder’s Closet Picks: Faces
42. African film: Touki bouki
43. John Carpenter’s Top 10: The Killers ✅
44. Horror: The Innocents ✅
45. Asian film: Lady Snowblood ✅
46. Dark Comedies: Naked ✅
47. Rachel Kushner’s Adventures in Moviegoing: Wanda
48. Australian film: The Last Wave ✅
49. Female Filmmakers: Crossing Delancey ✅
50. Ben Wheatley’s Closet Picks: Sweet Smell of Success ✅
51. A film by a director whose work you have not seen before: Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
52. Watch any Criterion film from your watchlist: Fallen Angels ✅