W.

Oscar-winning filmmaker Barry Levinson shouts out two of Fellini’s most personal films and praises the game-changing work of such masters as Cassavetes and Godard.

Jun 1, 2017 — The hallmarks of Japanese master Yasujiro Ozu’s mature style were solidified in this highlight from his silent period, playing this week in Washington, D.C.

May 19, 2017 — Pat Healy is an actor who has appeared in dozens of films, including Compliance, Cheap Thrills, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Magnolia, and Ghost World. His directorial debut, Take Me, in which he stars alongside...

Mar 6, 2017 — To commemorate the anniversary of the late Polish master’s birth this week, critic Michał Oleszczyk pays tribute to his mercurial style, urgent political themes, and sly evasion of the censors.

The first Criterion Barry Jenkins ever owned was Ratcatcher. (The second was George Washington.) He also loves Cassavetes, Kieślowski, and Demy.

The actor and filmmaker came in to work on a supplement for our The Squid and the Whale edition. We learned he’s a big fan of the Robert Downey Sr. Eclipse series.

The director and the subject of Author: The JT LeRoy Story take a trip to the closet, where Albert sheds some more light on the saga chronicled in their film and graces us with a song.

Jul 13, 2016 — The Oscar-nominated documentarian discusses Resnais’s film—made in 1955, ten years after the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps—which was one of the first to confront the devastation of the Holocaust.

The incomparable French icon visited during a rare visit to New York and made a stop in our film closet to reminisce about her groundbreaking work with Jean-Luc Godard, acting for Agnès Varda in Cléo from 5 to 7, her...

The Oscar-winning director of Amy talks about how Do the Right Thing became a major influence on his work, the overwhelming tension of an infamous scene in Code Unknown, and his love of Ken Loach’s early work.