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The pair behind the cult-favorite sketch comedy series Portlandia joined us at the Criterion Mobile Closet in Portland, Oregon, where they shared their love for Being There and After Hours, talked about their favorite Ingmar Bergman movies, and gifted each...
The actor selects films that speak to the connection between society and the individual, focusing on works of resistance by such directors as Béla Tarr, Yasujiro Ozu, and Ingmar Bergman.
The writer and director returns to the Criterion Closet, where he pays tribute to David Lynch, praises Mikey and Nicky as a perfect collaboration between a director and actors, and reminisces about watching Persona in Ingmar Bergman’s theater on Fårö...
The legendary director shares his emotional first encounter with La strada, reminiscences about eating hamburgers at Bob’s Big Boy with David Lynch, and reveals the connection between his film The Fly and Ingmar Bergman’s Hour of the Wolf.
The director and cowriter of Dune draws connections between the ways Krzysztof Kieślowski and Ingmar Bergman captured women on-screen, shares why Che is his favorite Steven Soderbergh film, and talks about how Lars von Trier broke the codes of cinema...
The legendary actor returns to Closet, where she shares her love for independent American gems such as Barbara Loden’s Wanda and Michael Roemer’s Nothing but a Man, talks about Roberto Rossellini’s work with Ingrid Bergman, and selects Italian cinema classics...
The director of All Quiet on the Western Front and Conclave shares his love for Downhill Racer and its innovative sound design, talks about the emotional impact of Cold War, and selects a few of Roberto Rossellini’s films featuring Ingrid...
The actor and director talks about the thrilling sensation of seeing All That Jazz for the first time, reminisces about watching Klute while on the set of Twilight, and reflects upon her favorite Ingmar Bergman films, such as Winter Light...
In the very first entry in our Closet Picks series, shot in 2010, the director of Pan’s Labyrinth selects favorite films by Stanley Donen, Terrence Malick, and Ingmar Bergman.
The acclaimed writer, director, and producer of About Dry Grasses talks about how seeing Ingmar Bergman’s The Silence changed his perception of cinema, praises the timeless and deceptively simple qualities of Stranger Than Paradise, and shares how Abbas Kiarostami gave...