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Criterion Challenge 2022

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This is my current work-in-progress list for the second annual Criterion Challenge as created by Letterboxd user <a href="https://letterboxd.com/benvsthemovies/">Ben</a>. I'm challenging myself to watch at least one Criterion-related movie a week based on that week's category. Click the glasses button ("Read more") to see the category for each movie!

Although the categories are numbered, I will be tackling the list in no specific order, either by personal fiat or using a random number generator. I will post my weekly pick in the comments to help me keep things straight.

The original rules and details can be found here: <a href="https://letterboxd.com/benvsthemovies/list/the-criterion-challenge-2022/">The Criterion Challenge 2022</a>

Also see my own Criterion Challenge list for last year: <a href="https://letterboxd.com/atomicpwrdrobot/list/the-criterion-challenge-2021/detail/">The Criterion Challenge 2021</a>

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Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Броненосец Потёмкин
★ 8.7 (267 ratings) director: 谢尔盖·爱森斯坦 actor: 亚历山大·安东诺夫 / 弗拉迪米尔·巴斯基 …
other title: 战舰波将金号 / Броненосец Потёмкин …
A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resultant public demonstration, showing support, which brought on a police massacre. The film had an incredible impact on the development of cinema and is a masterful example of montage editing.
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Rebecca (1940)
Rebecca
★ 8.2 (535 ratings) director: Alfred Hitchcock actor: Laurence Olivier / Joan Fontaine …
other title: 레베카 / レベッカ …
Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must come to grips with the terrible secret of her handsome, cold husband, Max De Winter. She must also deal with the jealous, obsessed Mrs. Danvers, the housekeeper, who will not accept her as the mistress of the house.
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The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
The Incredible Shrinking Man
★ 7.6 (27 ratings) director: 杰克·阿诺德 actor: 格兰特·威廉姆斯 / Randy Stuart …
other title: 놀랍도록 줄어든 사나이 / O Incrível Homem que Encolheu …
A dangerous combination of radiation and insecticide causes the unfortunate Scott Carey to shrink, slowly but surely, until he is only a few inches tall. His home becomes a wilderness where he must survive everything from spiders living in the cellar to his beloved cat.
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Devi (1960) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Devi
★ 8.1 (7 ratings) director: 萨蒂亚吉特·雷伊 actor: Chhabi Biswas / 松米特拉·查特吉 …
other title: 女神 / The Goddess …
A devout upper-class Hindu has a vision in a dream that his daughter-in-law is the human incarnation of the Goddess Kali and begins worshipping her.
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Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Céline et Julie vont en bateau
★ 8.1 (47 ratings) director: 雅克·里维特 actor: 朱丽叶·贝尔托 / 多米尼克·拉布里埃
other title: 塞琳和朱莉出航记 / Céline et Julie vont en bateau …
Julie, a daydreaming librarian, meets Céline, an enigmatic magician, and together they become the heroines of a time-warping adventure involving a haunted house, psychotropic candy, and a murder-mystery melodrama.
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Sweetie (1989) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Sweetie
★ 7.2 (12 ratings) director: 简·坎皮恩 actor: Geneviève Lemon / Karen Colston …
other title: 甜妹妹 / 甜姐儿 …
The buttoned-down, superstitious Kay is attempting to lead a normal existence with her new boyfriend Louis. That’s until Sweetie, her rampaging, devil-may-care sister, returns home after an absence, exposing the rotten roots of their family and placing a strain on Kay and Louis’ relationship.
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Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Fantastic Mr. Fox
★ 8.6 (985 ratings) director: 韦斯·安德森 actor: 乔治·克鲁尼 / 梅丽尔·斯特里普 …
other title: 了不起的狐狸爸爸 / 超級狐狸先生 …
The Fantastic Mr. Fox, bored with his current life, plans a heist against the three local farmers. The farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with the sly fox, seek revenge against him and his family.
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Black Moon (1975) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Black Moon
★ 6.3 (26 ratings) director: 路易·马勒 actor: Cathryn Harrison / Therese Giehse …
other title: 黑月亮 / 블랙 문 …
There is a war in the world between the men and the women. A young girl tries to escape this reality and comes to a hidden place where a strange unicorn lives with a family: sister, brother, many children and an old woman that never leaves her bed but stays in contact with the world through her radio.
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News from Home (1977) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
News from Home
★ 7.7 (53 ratings) director: 香特尔·阿克曼 actor: 香特尔·阿克曼
other title: 家乡的消息 / 집에서 온 소식 …
Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman lives in New York. Filmed images of the City accompany texts of Akerman's loving mother back home in Brussels. The City comes more and more to the front while the words of the mother, read by Akerman herself, gradually fade away.
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Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Angst essen Seele auf
★ 8.6 (224 ratings) director: 赖纳·维尔纳·法斯宾德 actor: 布里吉特·米拉 / 埃尔·赫迪·本·萨利姆 …
other title: 恐惧吞噬灵魂 / Angst essen Seele auf …
Emmi Kurowski, a cleaning lady, is lonely in her old age. Her husband died years ago, and her grown children offer little companionship. One night she goes to a bar frequented by Arab immigrants and strikes up a friendship with middle-aged mechanic Ali. Their relationship soon develops into something more, and Emmi's family and neighbors criticize their spontaneous marriage. Soon Emmi and Ali are forced to confront their own insecurities about their future.
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In the Mood for Love (2000)
花樣年華
★ 8.8 (1847 ratings) director: Wong Kar-Wai actor: Tony Leung Chiu-wai / Maggie Cheung …
other title: 花样年华 / 花樣年華 …
Two neighbors form a strong bond after both suspect extramarital activities of their spouses. However, they agree to keep their bond platonic so as not to commit similar wrongs.
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