The Criterion Collection
The actor talks about falling in love with classic Hollywood cinema and the work of Preston Sturges, recalls being struck by the danger of Marlon Brando’s acting style in The Fugitive Kind, and selects favorites including Gimme Shelter and The...
The actor reminisces about watching Crossing Delancey with her grandparents, selects Godzilla vs. Biollante to share with her son, and shouts out performers she loves, including Harry Dean Stanton and Barbara Loden.
The writer and director of Girlfight selects films with complex themes of power and ambition; praises women whose work she felt gave her permission to become a filmmaker, such as Martha Coolidge and Joan Micklin Silver; and shares her love...
The actor and author talks about growing up above a video store and renting The Virgin Suicides once a week, gets emotional remembering her first encounter with Pedro Almodóvar’s celebration of unconventional beauty, and shares how starring in Uncut Gems...
With his raw DIY style and vibrantly collaborative process, the Oscar-winning writer-director has become contemporary cinema’s foremost chronicler of American dreamers and schemers.
One of the most beloved figures to emerge in 1960s Hollywood, the Oscar-winning actor was acclaimed for his collaborations with directors such as Arthur Penn, William Friedkin, and Wes Anderson.
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 writer and director of Nosferatu shares his fascination with Sergei Parajanov’s ornate tableaus, praises costume designer Piero Tosi’s work on Medea and Death in Venice, and talks about how Jack Clayton’s The Innocents ignites his imagination.
The director and cowriter of WALL·E shares why Paper Moon and Local Hero speak to his heart, reminisces about the privilege of collaborating with Albert Brooks, and talks about why Matewan is an essential film for everyone to see.
The director and cowriter of Nickel Boys praises The Qatsi Trilogy as “vital for understanding the visual world,” quotes from Chris Marker’s Sans Soleil, and talks about watching Bruce Lee movies with his dad.