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The Criterion Challenge 2023

Welcome to the third annual "Criterion Challenge" where we celebrate The Criterion Collection. It's round three and I think there are some exciting categories this year! There are 52 categories - one for each week. Watch any Criterion related film based on the categories below between 1/1/23-12/31/23. Your choices can be any films released by Criterion on Blu-ray, DVD, VHS, Laserdisc, or ones that have been featured on The Criterion Channel streaming service (although I'd prefer you choose films they've actually put out themselves). The films can be watched daily, weekly, or monthly, and in any order! Watch them at your own pace, but remember you have to finish by 12/31/23. I would like for all picks to be first time watches, but will leave that up to you. Don't forget to visit The Criterion Collection for all your film needs, and they have a pretty sweet streaming service for endless options to choose from when you're struggling to find things to watch. Now...what you all have been waiting for... Categories: 1. Random Number Generator (Google random number generator, set values from 1 to whatever number Criterion has listed last here. This number will change as more releases are announced so please keep up to date by using the link I have provided as I will not be updating each time Criterion makes announcements. Watch whatever movie corresponds to the spine number you are given.) 2. Made in Belgium 3. Made in Taiwan 4. Made in Canada 5. Made in Portugal 6. Animals in the Collection 7. Films To Fall Asleep To 8. Black Music Films 9. Black Lives Collection 10. Heartbreak Heaven: Films to Watch When You’re Questioning Love (and Heartbreak Heaven: Films to Watch When You’re Questioning Love, Part II for more options) 11. Criterion Double Features - Film #1 12. Criterion Double Features - Film #2 13. Danny Peary’s “Guide for the Film Fanatic” 14. Sundance Hits 15. Early Women Filmmakers 16. Independent American Cinema 17. Dysfunctional Families 18. Food on Film 19. Faith on Film 20. Tearjerkers 21. British Realism 22. Wilco’s Closet Picks 23. Gaspar Noé’s Closet Picks 24. Alicia Malone’s Closet Picks 25. Laurie Anderson’s Closet Picks 26. Bong Joon-ho’s Top 10 27. Sonic Youth’s Top 10 28. Jane Campion’s Top 10 29. Allison Anders’s Top 10 30. Directed by Carl Dreyer 31. Directed by Melvin Van Peebles 32. Directed by Marlon Riggs 33. Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita 34. Starring Tatsuya Nakadai 35. Genre: Fantasy 36. Genre: Action/Adventure 37. Genre: Crime 38. Spine #201-350 39. Spine #800-950 40. Watch a film with a rating 3.0 or lower 41. 1920s 42. 1930s 43. 1940s 44. 1950s 45. 1960s 46. 1970s 47. 1980s 48. 1990s 49. 2000s 50. 2010s 51. 2020s 52. Any Criterion film on your watchlist Helpful Links: The Complete Criterion Collection The Criterion Collection by Spine Number Every Film Available on The Criterion Channel Please use the tags "cc2023" and “criterion challenge 2023” so that we can keep track of everything, and link your lists in the comments below. Have fun! Previous challenges: The Criterion Challenge 2022 The Criterion Challenge 2021