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Criterion Blogathon: Day 5 Recap

Welcome to the penultimate recap post for this highly successful #CriterionBlogathon. Again, thank you to all the participants — bloggers and readers. The response has been tremendous.

Today’s recap is the third installment of the English language series, from 1981 to present.

Tune in tomorrow for the final day, which will be the biggest. We’ll be covering the big Essays and Boxsets. You can see the full schedule over at Speakeasy.

On Sunday we will be recording a special episode of Criterion Close-Up. Kristina and Ruth will join us as we talk about the week. We’ll be announcing the Grand Prize winners and talking about some of our favorites, so make sure you tune in.

I also want to thank Joshua from F for Films for listing his favorite posts. We love seeing that sort of engagement!

Pop Culture Pundit – The Musical Pulse of Andrew Haigh’s “Weekend.”

Marvel Presents Salo – Beastie Boys Video Anthology

A Scunner Darkly – The Unbearable Lightness of Being 

Checkpoint Telsar – Robocop

USA

Superfluous Film Commentary – Paris, Texas (1984)

Checkpoint Telstar RoboCop (1987)

A Scunner Darkly – The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)

MovieRob – Do the Right Thing (1989)

Tales from the Border – Mystery Train (1989)

Reel Distracted – Dazed and Confused (1993)

MovieRob – The Rock (1996)

Loud Green Bird – Being John Malkovich (1999)

Marvel Presents Salo – Beastie Boys Video Anthology (2000)

Movie Musings and Podcastings – Mulholland Drive (2001)

Nerdy but Flirty – The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

MovieRob – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

UNITED KINGDOM

Wonders in the Dark – A Room with a View (1985)

Defiant Success – Insignificance (1985)

 

Journeys in Darkness and Light – Fish Tank (2009)

Pop Culture Pundit – Weekend (2011)

CANADA

Our Planet Burke – Scanners (1981)

Marvel Presents Salo – Videodrome (1983)

THIS JUST IN – 

A Shroud of Thoughts – That Hamilton Woman

Silver Scenes – Robinson Crusoe on Mars