The Criterion Collection
The actor and star of Nosferatu, Juror #2, and The Order shares why Shallow Grave is seared into his memory, talks about his love for Peter Sellers’s performance in Being There, and selects favorites by Bruce Lee, the Coen brothers,...
The director of I’m Still Here shares why Andrei Rublev and Stranger Than Paradise consistently renew his faith in cinema, talks about the unique mix of documentary and fiction in Memories of Underdevelopment, and praises how Garrett Bradley’s Time shows...
The celebrated actors and costars of The Return recommend favorites to each other, share their love for Andrei Tarkovsky and Orson Welles, and discover such Eclipse box sets as The First Films of Samuel Fuller and Basil Dearden’s London Underground.
The director and cowriter of Emilia Pérez shares his love for Fritz Lang’s rich visual language, compares Robert Altman’s narratives to “surrealist exquisite-corpse exercises,” and praises the Viennese sensibility of Max Ophuls’s La ronde.
The writer and director of Vermiglio expresses her love for the poetry of Ermanno Olmi, praises how Michael Haneke’s films cut right to your heart and mind, and celebrates the emotional power of The Piano.
The actor and author raves about the visual beauty of The Color of Pomegranates, shares his love for Debbie Harry and her performance in Videodrome, and reflects on the formative experience of seeing River Phoenix in My Own Private Idaho...
The director, cinematographer, and author reminisces about working with the Coen brothers and getting married at the wrap party for Miller’s Crossing; shares what he loves about Errol Morris’s directorial techniques; and talks about his favorite movie of all time,...
The legendary director joins the star of his new film Hard Truths in the Criterion Closet, where they share their love for Akira Kurosawa and Charles Burnett, reminisce about early moviegoing experiences, and select favorites for each other.
The legendary actor returns to Closet, where she shares her love for independent American gems such as Barbara Loden’s Wanda and Michael Roemer’s Nothing but a Man, talks about Roberto Rossellini’s work with Ingrid Bergman, and selects Italian cinema classics...
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