When the McKillop Library first started its Feature Film collection, one of the first words that came up was "Criterion." The Criterion Collection is a series of movies across genres, languages, and countries that are deemed "important classic and contemporary films." It began as a way to share and preserve important pieces of world cinema in the highest technical quality possible, while also including filmmaker and scholarly commentaries, restored director's cuts, documentaries and other special features. An important film does not mean boring, however; the scope of the Criterion Collection spans from classic Ingmar Bergman, Federico Fellini, Jean-Luc Godard, Alfred Hitchcock, Akira Kurosawa and Stanley Kubrick films all the way to The Blob, Armageddon, and Robocop.

The McKillop Library has recently acquired additional titles from the Criterion Collection list, completing our collection of currently available films from this series. We are adding new releases every month as well. For a complete list of Criterion Collection films, check out their website at www.criterionco.com and then check McKillop library catalog for availability. Go directly to library's homepage at http:/library.salve.edu, and enter the keywords: Criterion Collection in the Catalog Quick Search search box.