The Criterion Collection
The actor, who stars in Todd Solondz’s Happiness, shares his appreciation for the playwright behind the source material of George Cukor’s Holiday; praises It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World as one of the funniest films he has ever seen;...
The actor and director returns to the Closet, where he clarifies his feelings on Salò, or The 120 Days of Sodom; shares how much he learned about filmmaking from supplemental features on the Criterion editions of Barry Lyndon and Roma;...
This Oscar-winning director began his career as a visual artist before moving on to create audacious narrative features about marginalized people, including the Black community in his native London.
A groundbreaking visual stylist, this iconic American director has captivated generations of film lovers with his meticulously crafted epics about war, violence, and history.
Starting out as a leading figure in Australia’s 1970s film renaissance, this acclaimed director went on to achieve critical and commercial success in Hollywood.
Distinguished by their emotional intelligence and sharp dialogue, the films of this American writer-director explore the messy personal lives of intellectuals and bourgeois families.
The director and cinematographer is renowned for her formally innovative documentaries, which explore the ethics of filmmaking and spectatorship and the complexity of her own personal relationships.
With his candid portraits of musicians and political figures, this trailblazer of observational cinema redefined the documentary form and popular culture at large.
From intimate dramas set in his native Mexico to technically groundbreaking blockbusters that explore other worlds, this versatile filmmaker’s work has established him as one of contemporary cinema’s most acclaimed artists.
The chaotic cult films of this American original are characterized by dark, absurdist humor, fantastical world-building, and eccentric characters.