Louis Malle’s directorial debut is the coolest "E" in the collection. A noir about a perfect murder derailed by a stuck elevator, it contains two immortal elements: (improvised while watching the film) and Jeanne Moreau’s nocturnal walk down the Champs-Élysées, her face a map of despair.
These films, starring Max von Sydow and Liv Ullmann, represent a different side of Bergman—less metaphysical, more visceral. They tell the story of a group of peasants fleeing poverty in Sweden for the promise of America. Criterion’s release is a stunner, restoring the films’ austere beauty and highlighting the crushing weight of the landscape. It is a testament to the Collection’s commitment to presenting complete filmographies; they do not just offer the "greatest hits," but the essential deeper cuts that define a director’s evolution. The Criterion Collection - E
Malle was 25 when he made this. Criterion’s edition includes a documentary on the making of the film, interviews with Moreau, and an isolated music track. The 2K restoration scrubs away decades of grime, making the chiaroscuro of Henri Decaë’s cinematography pop like a newly minted Francs coin. Louis Malle’s directorial debut is the coolest "E"
Under Franco’s censorship, Berlanga smuggled in a devastating critique of capital punishment and bureaucratic complicity. Criterion’s 2K restoration is sourced from a fine-grain positive held at the Filmoteca Española. They tell the story of a group of