Show HN: Criterion Closet as a website – pull any of 1,247 films off the shelf

(the-criterion-closet.vercel.app)

101 points | by olievans 2 days ago ago

25 comments

  • thombat 2 hours ago

    The link to Criterion streaming doesn't work for "Brazil" (#51) - it shows a list of movies that likely have the word in their synopsis such as "Kiss of the Spider Woman" but not the actual film (which famously doesn't reference the country at all)

    • emmelaich 42 minutes ago

      Same for Mean Streets

  • bashtoni 2 hours ago

    This is great, but unusable for people like me that need to have the y axis inverted. It would be amazing if you could add that functionality.

  • davidhariri 7 hours ago

    Awesome! I recently replaced Netflix for Criterion so this is quite welcome!

  • mcint 7 hours ago

    Nice to be reminded of the collection, and another way to present it.

    I want to view the boxes, especially after filtering, grouped near eye level and seeing the faces not just the spines.

    Nice to see VR (potential for XR), cool use!

  • dnlzro 8 hours ago

    I’m going to use the heck out of this!

    Just one suggestion: Could you add another sort order for the list view based on the number of “closet picks”? It would be cool to see which films are most popular among Criterion Closet guests.

    • olievans 2 hours ago

      Thanks for the feedback, planning to add this in!

  • aarmenante 8 hours ago

    you need to add a feature where You can put your self in there with a webcam and record a interview

  • apresmoi a day ago

    Really nice. You could use polycss.com and render the library and form all together!

  • VarunMenon a day ago

    really nice! Criterion should have this as a view on their website!

  • sarmadc a day ago

    This is so cool!

  • starkparker 2 days ago

    Missing quite a few compilations,

  • julia-kafarska 2 days ago

    Are those movies public domain?

    • olievans 2 days ago

      The Criterion Collection is a boutique film distributor. They are famous for their Criterion Closet videos on youtube. This project was to recreate the experience 'virtually'.

      • j5dgx76 2 hours ago

        Its not even close to Boutique. Napolean Dynamite was rejected. That breaks the coccyx.

    • Triphibian 6 hours ago

      There are public domain movies in the collection, notably Night of the Living Dead and Carnival of Souls.

  • jbaber 9 hours ago

    Very, very nice!

    • olievans 2 hours ago

      Thank you! Much appreciated!