Directed by Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli • 2015 • France, Belgium
Starring Jared Padalecki, Vincent D’Onofrio, Melissa Disney
This animated noir caper is a stylish, heart-thumping adventure that prowls the shadowy streets and alleyways of New York and swoops and soars above the greatest ...
Directed by Christian Desmares and Franck Ekinci • 2015 • France, Belgium
Starring Angela Galuppo, Tod Fennell, Tony Hale
Born from the imagination of renowned graphic novelist Jacques Tardi, APRIL AND THE EXTRAORDINARY WORLD is a riveting sci-fi adventure set in an alternate steampunk universe....
Directed by Benjamin Renner and Patrick Imbert • 2017 • France, Belgium
Starring Giles New, Phill Jupitus, Matthew Goode
From the creators of the Academy Award–nominated ERNEST & CELESTINE comes another hilarious, heartwarming tale of animal misfits destined to become a family classic. The count...
Directed by Václav Vorlíček • 1973 • Czechoslovakia
Starring Libuše Šafránková, Pavel Trávníček, Carola Braunbock
This enchanting Czech Christmas classic has become a Central European yuletide staple thanks to its perennial presence on television each holiday season. A charming, spirited twist o...
Directed by Arthur Lubin • 1951 • United States
Starring Ray Milland, Jan Sterling, Gene Lockhart
Legendary feline performer Orangey the Cat stars alongside Ray Milland in this uproariously absurd screwball charmer. When an eccentric millionaire bequeaths his fortune—and his baseball franchise, ...
Directed by Charles Chaplin • 1916 • United States
In this two-reel delight, Charlie Chaplin’s havoc-wreaking Little Tramp serves up mayhem while working as a waiter in a posh restaurant (witness his unique, full-body cocktail-mixing skills). However, it’s not until he straps on a pair of skates...
Directed by Jacques Demy • 1972 • United Kingdom, United States
Starring Donovan, Diana Dors, Donald Pleasence
The classic story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin comes to life courtesy of French New Wave magician Jacques Demy. Psych-folk legend Donovan plays the titular, magic-flute-playing troubado...
Directed by Martin Ritt • 1972 • United States
Starring Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks
Cicely Tyson and Paul Winfield received Academy Award nominations for their powerful performances as the heads of a Black sharecropping family whose fierce love keeps them afloat as they struggle to ...
Directed by Taika Waititi • 2016 • New Zealand
Starring Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rima Te Wiata
Raised on hip-hop and foster care, defiant city kid Ricky (Julian Dennison) gets a fresh start in the New Zealand countryside. He quickly finds himself at home with his new foster family: the loving...
Directed by Jessie Auritt • 2016 • United States
When a nine-year-old girl breaks a powerlifting world record, she turns into an international phenomenon and “Supergirl” is born. Naomi Kutin seems like a typical Orthodox Jewish pre-teen, until her extraordinary talent transforms the lives of her...
Directed by Charles Officer • 2018 • Canada
For nearly eighty years, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s novella THE LITTLE PRINCE has captivated readers with its simple yet transcendent story that suggests an ethical philosophy about life and a universal code of respect for humanity. Delving into Saint-...
Directed by John Sayles • 1994 • United States, Ireland
Starring Jeni Courtney, Eileen Colgan, Mick Lally
Steeped in Irish folklore, this lovely magical-realist fable tells the story of Fiona (Jeni Courtney), a spirited young girl who is sent to live with her grandparents in a small town on the ...
Directed by Ema Ryan Yamazaki • 2017 • United States
With more than seventy-five million copies sold in over twenty languages, the stories of Curious George have endured for seventy-five years. Most people know the tales of the adventurous little monkey who frequently finds himself in trouble. B...
Directed by Prashant Bhargava • 2011 • India
Starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Mukkund Shukla, Seema Biswas
Set against the vibrant backdrop of Ahmedabad, India, during the city’s magnificent kite festival—in which a million kites take to the skies in a spectacular display of color and pageantry—PAT...
Directed by James B. Clark • 1961 • United States
Starring David Ladd, Arthur O’Connell, Pam Smith
Based on Marguerite Henry’s classic children’s novel “Misty of Chincoteague,” this heartwarming horse’s tale follows young Paul (David Ladd) and his sister Maureen (Pam Smith), who set out to catch...
Directed by Lukas Moodysson • 2013 • Sweden, Denmark
Starring Mira Barkhammar, Mira Grosin, Liv LeMoyne
Punk is alive and well in this exuberant ode to nonconformity from Swedish auteur Lukas Moodysson. Pixieish, mohawk-sporting Klara (Mira Grosin) and her best friend Bobo (Mira Barkhammar) are ...
Directed by Suzie Templeton • 2006 • United Kingdom
Gorgeous stop-motion animation is set to the beloved music of Sergei Prokofiev in Suzie Templeton’s brilliant take on the classic fable, in which a lonely, bullied boy proves his bravery in an encounter with a wolf. Winner of the Academy Award ...
Directed by Kon Ichikawa • 1962 • Japan
Starring Hirro Suzuki, Fujiko Yamamoto, Eiji Funakoshi
You can say that again! The days leading up to a toddler’s second birthday are seen alternately from the adorable youngster’s point of view and from the perspective of his anxious parents as they navig...
Criterion Collection Edition #37
In this fantastic voyage through time and space from Terry Gilliam, a boy named Kevin (Craig Warnock) escapes his gadget-obsessed parents to join a band of time-traveling dwarfs. Armed with a map stolen from the Supreme Being (Ralph Richardson), they plunder trea...
Directed by Anthony Asquith • 1952 • United Kingdom
Starring Michael Redgrave, Joan Greenwood, Dame Edith Evans
Oscar Wilde’s comic jewel sparkles in Anthony Asquith’s film adaptation of THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST. Featuring brilliantly polished performances by Michael Redgrave, Joan Greenw...
Directed by David Lean • 1948 • United Kingdom
Starring Robert Newton, Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh
Following the success of GREAT EXPECTATIONS, David Lean applied his sterling craftsmanship to another beloved Charles Dickens classic and once again set the standard for all future screen adaptations....
Directed by Yasujiro Ozu • 1935 • Japan
The final still-extant silent film directed by Yasujiro Ozu is an exquisitely tender portrait of everyday survival in 1930s Japan. Anticipating the neorealist poetry of BICYCLE THIEVES, AN INN IN TOKYO follows unemployed ne’er-do-well Kihachi (Takeshi Saka...
Directed by Satyajit Ray • 1956 • India
Starring Pinaki Sengupta, Kanu Banerjee, Karuna Banerjee
Satyajit Ray had not planned to make a sequel to PATHER PANCHALI, but after the film’s international success, he decided to continue Apu’s narrative. APARAJITO picks up where the first film leaves of...
Directed by Chester Erskine • 1952 • United Kingdom
George Bernard Shaw's breezy, delightful dramatization of this classic fable, about a Christian slave who pulls a thorn from a lion's paw and is spared from death in the Colosseum as a result of his kind act, was written as a meditation on mode...
