The Criterion Collection
Nov 30, 2015 — Ana Lily Amirpour is an Iranian-American director, writer, producer, and actor best known for her award-winning debut film, the Persian-language vampire western A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014). Her second feature, The Bad Batch, is scheduled for release...
Sep 29, 2015 — Bruce Beresford is the director of more than twenty-five features, including Breaker Morant (1980), Tender Mercies (1983), Driving Miss Daisy (1989), Mister Johnson (1990), and Black Robe (1992).
Aug 26, 2015 — Filmmaker Keith Gordon has directed the features The Chocolate War (1988), A Midnight Clear (1992), Mother Night (1996), Waking the Dead (2000), and The Singing Detective (2003), along with multiple episodes of the series Fargo, Homeland, The Leftovers, The Killing,...
Jul 30, 2015 — Troy Miller is a director and producer whose credits include the hit television comedies Mr. Show, Arrested Development, The Office, Flight of the Conchords, and Parks and Recreation. He says, “I selected the films below almost entirely for my own...
Jul 10, 2015 — Sean Baker is a writer-director and cocreator of the television show Greg the Bunny. His movies include Prince of Broadway (2008), Starlet (2012), and Tangerine (2015). He says, “Writing this list was a little like Sophie’s choice for me. And...
Jun 25, 2015 — Theater directors, filmmakers, writers, actors, and longtime friends André Gregory and Wallace Shawn have collaborated on three movies together: My Dinner with André (1981), Vanya on 42nd Street (1994), and A Master Builder (2014).
May 29, 2015 — The New York–born–and–raised directors Josh and Benny Safdie’s films have earned them awards from around the world, including FIPRESCI prizes and Independent Spirit and Gotham awards. Their feature films include The Pleasure of Being Robbed (2008), Daddy Longlegs (2009), Lenny...
May 29, 2015 — French filmmaker Olivier Assayas has directed fifteen features, including Cold Water, Irma Vep, Demonlover, Summer Hours, Carlos, and Clouds of Sils Maria.Photo by Grant Delin
Apr 29, 2015 — Mark Cousins is a critic and filmmaker based in Edinburgh. He is the writer and director of the fifteen-hour documentary The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011).
Mar 31, 2015 — After playing in hard-core and glam bands throughout the 1980s and ’90s, Queens-born singer-songwriter Jesse Malin released his first solo album, The Fine Art of Self Destruction, in 2002. He has since recorded six more records, including New York Before...