#885 Man Bites Dog (C’est arrivé près de chez vous / It Happened in Your Neighborhood) (1992)

With a $33,000 budget (or as the creators in the Criterion interviews indicate, zero budget that they supplemented by asking … More

#4 Les Vampires (1915)

Les Vampires is a ten-part French serial that, clocking in at 440 minutes total, took me about 20 nights to … More

#470 Seconds (1966)

Labeled as a “Faustian vision of alienation in suburban America,” Seconds is a cult classic that examines what happens when … More

The Lobster and Captain Fantastic (2016)

I watched two films over the past month that I felt were some serious contenders for the next edition of Schneider’s book. Even … More

#393 Through A Glass Darkly (Såsom i en spegel) (1961)

Cracks in a family gathering emerge over the span of twenty-four hours in Bergman’s Through A Glass Darkly. A family … More

#1189 La La Land (2016)

La La Land is a new musical for the twenty-first century. Focusing on a jazz musician and a frustrated ingenue … More

#500 Rosemary’s Baby (1968)

Clocking in at the exact halfway point of Schneider’s original 1001, Roman Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby is the French-Polish director’s first … More

#334 Wild Strawberries (Smultronstället) (1957)

A striking, unsentimental portrait of aging, Wild Strawberries is the story of a day in Isak Berg’s life where a … More

#196 The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)

The Postman Always Rings Twice is a crime film directed by Tay Garnett based on the novel by James M. … More

#484 Week End (1967)

Week End is easily the most bizarre of Jean-Luc Godard’s films. A strange satire rife with paint-blood contrasted with striking … More