The Criterion Collection
The prolific German actor recalls the time he met Paul Morrissey on a plane, the festival encounter that led to his first film shot in the United States, and his experience working with Lars von Trier.
The actor and comedian gravitates to 1940s film noir, the “weirdly timely” shock comedy of John Waters, and movies with memorable soundtracks.
The director of Oldboy and Decision to Leave talks about the influence of Ingmar Bergman, his complicated feelings about The Makioka Sisters, the way Mike Leigh works with actors, and his admiration for Don Siegel’s films.
Three members of the team behind The Eight Mountains—directors Felix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch and actor Alessandro Borghi—share their formative experiences with films like The Piano and The Fisher King and help one another discover new movies to fall...
The director of Drylongso talks about her fondness for Jean-Pierre Gorin, her love of To Sleep with Anger’s title sequence, and the influence of Sergei Parajanov on her own work.
The stars of My Dinner with André swap some of their most indelible cinematic memories, including an encounter with Michelangelo Antonioni and the childhood experience of watching classic films on television.
The duo behind Everything Everywhere All at Once take home some of their favorite films, with a special focus on wildly stylized genre movies that reflect their own aesthetic sensibility.
The director of Bull Durham sings the praises of a few favorite movies, reminisces about an unforgettable encounter with Billy Wilder, and shares a piece of filmmaking wisdom.
The beloved Hong Kong filmmaker has influenced a generation of cinematic sensualists with his wistfully romantic dramas and lush, nostalgia-soaked aesthetics.
The actor talks about his passion for Japanese cinema, champions fellow Canadian Allan King, and reminisces about movies he’s enjoyed with friends.