The Criterion Collection
The director of Beau Is Afraid talks about one of the best experiences he’s had in a movie theater, the inspiration he’s taken from Karel Zeman, and the possibility that Cure is “the greatest movie ever made.”
The director of Drive expresses his adoration of Andrei Tarkovsky, calls Quadrophenia the epitome of rock and roll, and remembers asking Elia Kazan for filmmaking advice.
The actor and director talks about the pleasures of watching Zazie dans le métro on a regular basis and his affinity for the films of Aki Kaurismäki.
The Oscar-nominated actor shines a spotlight on the allure of French star Béatrice Dalle, the riveting female characters in Uncut Gems, and the unbridled imagination in Jim Jarmusch’s films.
The legendary English director talks about discovering world cinema in his teenage years, the ways that Vivre sa vie gets to the “raw core of life,” the humor and politics in The Firemen’s Ball, and his experiences as a film...
The celebrated filmmaker talks about Nastassja Kinski’s Korean fanbase, his favorite of Akira Kurosawa’s Shakespeare adaptations, and the DVD that Park Chan-wook swiped from him.
The stars of My Dinner with André swap some of their most indelible cinematic memories, including an encounter with Michelangelo Antonioni and the childhood experience of watching classic films on television.
The legendary animator, who has worked on such Disney classics as Sleeping Beauty and Mary Poppins, talks about taking inspiration from Alfred Hitchcock, Akira Kurosawa, and Zoltán Korda’s Jungle Book.
The duo behind Everything Everywhere All at Once take home some of their favorite films, with a special focus on wildly stylized genre movies that reflect their own aesthetic sensibility.
During a trip inside our closet, the writer-director told us about how Chantal Akerman inspired a few moments in her acclaimed debut feature, Aftersun.