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The Gold Rush (Criterion Collection) (DVD) Criterion Collection Comedy

The first feature-length comedy by Charlie Chaplin (MODERN TIMES)-which charts a hapless prospectors search for fortune in the Klondike and his discovery of romance (with the beautiful Georgia Hale)- forever cemented the iconic status of Chaplin and... more

The Great Dictator (Criterion Collection) (Blu-ray) Criterion Collection Comedy

In his notorious masterpiece THE GREAT DICTATOR Charlie Chaplin (CITY LIGHTS MODERN TIMES) offers both a cutting caricature of Adolf Hitler and a sly tweaking of his own comic persona. Chaplin (in his first pure talkie) brings his sublime physicality... more

The Great Dictator (Criterion Collection) (DVD) Criterion Collection Comedy

In his notorious masterpiece THE GREAT DICTATOR Charlie Chaplin (CITY LIGHTS MODERN TIMES) offers both a cutting caricature of Adolf Hitler and a sly tweaking of his own comic persona. Chaplin (in his first pure talkie) brings his sublime physicality... more

Pre-Owned Modern Times [Criterion Collection] (DVD 0715515064811) directed by Charles Chaplin

0715515064811. Pre-Owned: Good condition. DVD. Run time: 87 mins. Language: English. This episodic satire of the Machine Age is considered Charles Chaplin s last silent film although Chaplin uses sound vocal and musical effects throughout. Chaplin... more

Pre-Owned Time Bandits [Special Edition] [Criterion Collection] (DVD 0715515010122) directed by Terry Gilliam

0715515010122. Pre-Owned: Good condition. DVD. Run time: 110 mins. Language: English. A young boy joins a group of renegade dwarves on an unpredictable journey through time in this humorous fantasy. Monty Python animator Terry Gilliam mostly achieves a... more

Pre-Owned Bottle Rocket [WS] [Criterion Collection] (DVD 0715515030724) directed by Wes Anderson

0715515030724. Pre-Owned: Good condition. DVD. Run time: 95 mins. Language: English. A bright optimistic caper comedy from first-time director Wes Anderson Bottle Rocket focuses on a group of young Texans aspiring to become master thieves. Their leader... more

Pre-Owned The Darjeeling Limited [Criterion Collection] (DVD 0715515063418) directed by Wes Anderson

0715515063418. Pre-Owned: Good condition. DVD. Run time: 91 mins. Language: English. Wes Anderson s The Darjeeling Limited stars Owen Wilson Jason Schwartzman and Adrien Brody as three brothers who at the insistence of the oldest take a train ride... more

Pre-Owned Hollywood Shuffle [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray] (Blu-Ray 0715515281911) directed by Robert Townsend

0715515281911. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Blu-Ray. Run time: 78 mins. Language: English. This satirical look at the ambivalent relationship between Hollywood power brokers and African-American performers marked the writing producing and directing debut... more

Pre-Owned The Royal Tenenbaums [Criterion Collection] [2 Discs] (DVD 0786936165425) directed by Wes Anderson

0786936165425. Pre-Owned: Good condition. DVD. Run time: 108 mins. Language: English. Director Wes Anderson and his longtime friend and writing partner Owen Wilson follow up Bottle Rocket (1996) and Rushmore (1998) with this similarly offbeat comedy... more

Pre-Owned Night on Earth [Criterion Collection] (DVD 0715515025423) directed by Jim Jarmusch

0715515025423. Pre-Owned: Good condition. DVD. Run time: 128 mins. Language: English. Jim Jarmusch s deadpan comedy-of-the-night is a collection of five vignettes taking place in the enclosed space of a cab ride each occurring simultaneously in five... more

Pre-Owned Withnail & I [Criterion Collection] (DVD 0715515012225) directed by Bruce Robinson

0715515012225. Pre-Owned: Good condition. DVD. Run time: 108 mins. Language: English. Screenwriter Bruce Robinson made his directorial debut with this British comedy. Withnail (Richard E. Grant) is an unsuccessful pill-popping actor; I or Marwood (Paul... more

Pre-Owned The Darjeeling Limited [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray] (Blu-Ray 0715515063319) directed by Wes Anderson

0715515063319. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Blu-Ray. Run time: 91 mins. Language: English. Wes Anderson s The Darjeeling Limited stars Owen Wilson Jason Schwartzman and Adrien Brody as three brothers who at the insistence of the oldest take a train ride... more

Pre-Owned The Princess Bride [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray] (Blu-Ray 0715515222518) directed by Rob Reiner

0715515222518. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Blu-Ray. Run time: 98 mins. Language: English. Based on William Goldman s novel of the same name The Princess Bride is staged as a book read by grandfather (Peter Falk) to his ill grandson (Fred Savage). Falk s... more

Pre-Owned The Ruling Class [Criterion Collection] (DVD 0715515012423) directed by Peter Medak

0715515012423. Pre-Owned: Good condition. DVD. Run time: 154 mins. Language: English. An institutionalized schizophrenic with a Messiah complex inherits the position of an English Earl in this cutting satire of British society based on a play by Peter... more

Pre-Owned Chasing Amy [Criterion Collection] (DVD 0717951002372) directed by Kevin Smith

0717951002372. Pre-Owned: Good condition. DVD. Run time: 111 mins. Language: English. After a pair of films about hipster slackers the work of writer-director Kevin Smith matured and gained critical respect with this low budget independent comedy-drama... more

Pre-Owned The Last Days of Disco [Criterion Collection] (DVD 0715515048217) directed by Whit Stillman

0715515048217. Pre-Owned: Good condition. DVD. Run time: 120 mins. Language: English. As another installment of Whit Stillman s trilogy The Last Days of Disco fits chronologically between Metropolitan (1990) and Barcelona (1994) with several cameos... more

Pre-Owned Trouble in Paradise [Criterion Collection] (DVD 0715515013123) directed by Ernst Lubitsch

0715515013123. Pre-Owned: Good condition. DVD. Run time: 83 mins. Language: English. Ernst Lubitsch used Laszlo Aladar s play The Honest Finder as a springboard for one of his most delightful early- 30s Paramount confections. Herbert Marshall and... more

Pre-Owned The Great Dictator [Criterion Collection] (DVD 0715515080712) directed by Charles Chaplin

0715515080712. Pre-Owned: Good condition. DVD. Run time: 126 mins. Language: English. This is the story of the period between two world wars--an interim during which insanity cut loose liberty took a nose dive and humanity was kicked around somewhat.... more

Pre-Owned Something Wild [Criterion Collection] (DVD 0715515080415) directed by Jonathan Demme

0715515080415. Pre-Owned: Good condition. DVD. Run time: 113 mins. Language: English. A wildly inventive and entertaining comic nightmare from former Roger Corman prodigy Jonathan Demme (The Silence of the Lambs) this screwball odyssey is a ride to... more

Pre-Owned Moonrise Kingdom [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray] (Blu-Ray 0715515150712) directed by Wes Anderson

0715515150712. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Blu-Ray. Run time: 94 mins. Language: English. Director/co-writer Wes Anderson teams with screenwriter Roman Coppola for this period comedy-drama set in the 1960s in which a pair of young lovers (Jared Gilman... more

Pre-Owned Lost in America [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray] (Blu-Ray 0715515201315) directed by Albert Brooks

0715515201315. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Blu-Ray. Run time: 91 mins. Language: English. Bored with their cushy suburban existence yuppie David (Albert Brooks) talks his wife Linda (Julie Hagerty) into selling everything they own and hitting the road... more

Pre-Owned Trouble in Paradise (Criterion Collection) (DVD)

Miriam Hopkins Kay Francis Herbert Marshall. Directed by Ernst Lubitsch. This sexy sharp-witted story of two romantically involved thieves trying to bilk a widow out of her fortune remains one of the greatest screen comedies of all time. 1932/b&w/83... more

Pre-Owned Metropolitan [Criterion Collection] (DVD 0715515017022) directed by Whit Stillman

0715515017022. Pre-Owned: Good condition. DVD. Run time: 98 mins. Language: English. The debut film from writer-director Whit Stillman etches a sophisticated comic portrait of New York debutante society at the twilight of the 1980s. Set during the... more

Pre-Owned It Happened One Night [Criterion Collection] [2 Discs] (DVD 0715515122818) directed by Frank Capra

0715515122818. Pre-owned: Good condition. DVD. Run time: 105 mins. Language: English. Frank Capra s seminal screwball comedy which won all five major Academy Awards for 1934 is still as breezy and beguiling today. Claudette Colbert plays Ellie Andrews... more

Pre-Owned Rushmore [Criterion Collection] (DVD 0715515010429) directed by Wes Anderson

0715515010429. Pre-Owned: Good condition. DVD. Run time: 93 mins. Language: English. After the highly acclaimed independent film Bottle Rocket director Wes Anderson followed up with a quirky Touchstone Studios film entitled Rushmore. Written by... more

Pre-Owned Here Comes Mr. Jordan [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray] (Blu-Ray 0715515179317) directed by Alexander Hall

0715515179317. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Blu-Ray. Run time: 94 mins. Language: English. Robert Montgomery plays saxophone-playing boxer Joe Pendleton who insists upon piloting his own plane much to the consternation of his manager Max Corkle (James... more

Pre-Owned The Royal Tenenbaums [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray] (Blu-Ray 0715515099318) directed by Wes Anderson

0715515099318. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Blu-Ray. Run time: 108 mins. Language: English. Director Wes Anderson and his longtime friend and writing partner Owen Wilson follow up Bottle Rocket (1996) and Rushmore (1998) with this similarly offbeat... more

Pre-Owned I Know Where I m Going! [Criterion Collection] (DVD 0037429154427) directed by Emeric Pressburger Michael Powell

0037429154427. Pre-Owned: Good condition. DVD. Run time: 91 mins. Language: English. While awaiting access to England s Technicolor cameras for their upcoming super-production Stairway to Heaven the producer-director team of Michael Powell and Emeric... more

Pre-Owned The Heiress [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray] (Blu-Ray 0715515229418) directed by William Wyler

0715515229418. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Blu-Ray. Run time: 115 mins. Language: English. Henry James based his 1881 novella Washington Square on a real-life incident wherein a young actor of his acquaintance married an unattractive but very wealthy... more

Pre-Owned Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray] (Blu-Ray 0715515070218) directed by Terry Gilliam

0715515070218. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Blu-Ray. Run time: 119 mins. Language: English. Terry Gilliam (Brazil Twelve Monkeys The Fisher King) directed this colorful stylized pseudo-psychedelic $21-million adaptation of the 1971 Hunter S. Thompson... more

Pre-Owned The Bank Dick [Criterion Collection] (DVD 0715515010627) directed by Edward F. Cline

0715515010627. Pre-Owned: Good condition. DVD. Run time: 73 mins. Language: English. W.C. Fields plays Egbert Souse a bibulous denizen of Lompoc who supports his family by winning radio contests. When a fleeing bank robber is knocked cold upon tripping... more

Pre-Owned Broadcast News [Criterion Collection] [2 Discs] (DVD 0715515066716) directed by James L. Brooks

0715515066716. Pre-Owned: Good condition. DVD. Run time: 132 mins. Language: English. Writer/director/producer James L. Brooks scores on all counts with this clear-eyed look at the television news business and the dysfunctional types who work in it.... more

Pre-Owned Here Is Your Life [Criterion Collection] [2 Discs] (DVD 0715515151412) directed by Jan Troell

0715515151412. Pre-owned: Good condition. DVD. Run time: 110 mins. Based on Eyvind Johnson s book Romanen om Olof Here s Your Life is an epic drama considered a masterpiece in Sweden. Filmed in widescreen with black-and-white and color film stocks it... more

Pre-Owned Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas [2 Discs] [Special Edition] [Criterion Collection] (DVD 0715515013222) directed by Terry Gilliam

0715515013222. Pre-Owned: Good condition. DVD. Run time: 119 mins. Language: English. Terry Gilliam (Brazil Twelve Monkeys The Fisher King) directed this colorful stylized pseudo-psychedelic $21-million adaptation of the 1971 Hunter S. Thompson classic... more

Pre-Owned Dazed and Confused [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray] (Blu-Ray 0715515088411) directed by Richard Linklater

0715515088411. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Blu-Ray. Run time: 97 mins. Language: English. Like George Lucas American Graffiti Richard Linklater s Dazed and Confused is an affectionate look at the youth culture of a bygone era. While Lucas took aim at... more

Pre-Owned Insignificance [Criterion Collection] (DVD 0715515081511) directed by Nicolas Roeg

0715515081511. Pre-Owned: Good condition. DVD. Run time: 120 mins. Language: English. Using four famous but unnamed individuals to symbolize a notorious era in American politics as well as to explore the nature of despair director Nicolas Roeg has... more

Pre-Owned Chasing Amy [Criterion Collection] (DVD 0031398137221) directed by Kevin Smith

0031398137221. Pre-Owned: Good condition. DVD. Run time: 111 mins. Language: English. After a pair of films about hipster slackers the work of writer-director Kevin Smith matured and gained critical respect with this low budget independent comedy-drama... more

Pre-Owned The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray] (Blu-Ray 0715515114417) directed by Wes Anderson

0715515114417. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Blu-Ray. Run time: 118 mins. Language: English. The first effort from director Wes Anderson since his critically beloved The Royal Tenenbaums The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou finds the filmmaker re-teaming... more