The Criterion Collection
The composer, producer, and performer shares what he learned from La Bamba, talks about seeing his community reflected in Menace II Society, and praises the vibrancy of Black Orpheus.
The actor and filmmaker talks about the comedic genius of The Awful Truth, reflects on Andrei Tarkovsky’s dream sequences, and selects films starring screen legends like Jeanne Moreau and Simone Signoret.
The legendary musician, filmmaker, and visual artist talks about The Color of Pomegranates and how it challenges the idea of what a film can be, shouts out Neil Young’s Dead Man score, and shares his affection for the sentimentality in...
The actor shares how This is Spinal Tap changed her life, praises the transportive quality of films like Danton and Monsoon Wedding, and talks about her personal connection to Sweet Smell of Success and The Manchurian Candidate.
The filmmaker returns to the Criterion Closet, where he praises seventies thrillers like The Parallax View and Straw Dogs, talks about You Can Count on Me and how “no one writes dialogue like Kenneth Lonergan,” and connects Targets to his...
The musician selects classic love stories like I Know Where I’m Going! and The Earrings of Madame de . . ., talks about the dramatic suspense of Elevator to the Gallows, and reenacts a favorite moment from Band of Outsiders.
The journalist and author praises the perfectly calibrated tension in Notorious, talks about Jane Fonda’s dynamic performance in Klute, and shares what makes Fanny and Alexander such a personally resonant film.
The filmmaker cites All That Jazz as a major influence on modern editing, reveals the connection between Memories of Underdevelopment and Trainspotting, and shares his theory on why a director’s first film is always their best.
The actor selects favorite horror films like Videodrome and The Vanishing, talks about connecting with the work of Gregg Araki, and recommends that everyone watch Todd Haynes’s Safe.
The musician and actor talks about what makes Stan Brakhage’s films “very punk rock,” reflects on working with Jonathan Demme, and selects favorite films such as Black Girl and True Stories.