The Criterion Collection
The performer and author sings (literally) the praises of the Tootsie score, talks about Barbra Streisand as a “North Star for anyone unconventional trying to make it in show business,” and shares the moving experience of watching My Beautiful Laundrette...
The singer-songwriter reminisces about the pleasure of discovering Czechoslovak New Wave films on trips to the video store, shares why Moonstruck ignited her Nicolas Cage fandom, and praises the use of classical music in The Piano Teacher.
The singer, songwriter, actor, and producer reminisces about having her mind blown by Céline and Julie Go Boating, shares how watching David Cronenberg’s movies helped her escape the repetitiveness of life on the road and praises the unabashed beauty of...
The singer-songwriter selects films that have had a deep influence on her music and visual style, shares how seeing Pina changed her as a performer, and talks about the portrayal of girlhood in Valerie and Her Week of Wonders.
The writer, director, and actor returns to the Criterion Closet, where he shares how he and cinematographer Maceo Bishop studied documentaries like The War Room when making their new film The Smashing Machine, shouts out the singular performances in Carnal...
The singer-songwriter shares why Thelma & Louise was a North Star when writing her first album, praises the way Days of Heaven immerses viewers in its beauty, and talks about her deep affection for Grey Gardens.
The singer-songwriter and visual artist talks about the punk sensibility of Jubilee, shares why Paris Is Burning is a film she can watch endlessly, and shouts out the Eurythmics’ unique soundtrack for 1984.
The singer and actor reflects on Marlon Riggs’s Tongues Untied and the importance of seeing Black queer men express themselves on-screen, talks about working with Regina King on One Night in Miami . . ., and selects favorites by Carl...
In celebration of Halloween, the singer-songwriter, actor, and producer shares her spooky season favorites, highlighting both the spine-tingling sensations and social undercurrents that permeate such classics as Night of the Living Dead, Brazil, and Eraserhead.
Known for playing helpless but lovable neurotics, this brilliant performer has also written and directed some of the sharpest satires of modern American culture, all characterized by his singularly dry sense of humor.