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Feb 22, 2012 — Oren Moverman, who appears as a visitor to the theater in Vanya on 42nd Street, is the cowriter and director of the 2010 Oscar-nominated The Messenger. He served as a screenwriter on I’m Not There, Married Life, and Jesus’ Son,...
The actor and screenwriter talks about his love for A Face in the Crowd and his desire to remake it, shares a familial connection to Double Indemnity, and selects some of his favorite sports movies like Love & Basketball and...
The filmmaker looks back on seeing Dr. Strangelove in the cinema with his parents as a teenager, talks about a failed attempt to show one of his favorite movies to Robert Crumb, and shares how All About My Mother inspired...
The pair behind the cult-favorite sketch comedy series Portlandia joined us at the Criterion Mobile Closet in Portland, Oregon, where they shared their love for Being There and After Hours, talked about their favorite Ingmar Bergman movies, and gifted each...
The actor talks about studying Charlie Chaplin’s performance in City Lights, shows off his tattoos inspired by After Hours and Slacker, and selects favorite coming-of-age movies by Harmony Korine and Andrea Arnold.
The filmmaker and author shares how Hollywood Shuffle and Slacker inspired him to make movies, talks about why actors make great directors, and selects favorites such as His Girl Friday and Bull Durham.
The director and cowriter of Nickel Boys praises The Qatsi Trilogy as “vital for understanding the visual world,” quotes from Chris Marker’s Sans Soleil, and talks about watching Bruce Lee movies with his dad.
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 independent filmmaker challenged racist stereotypes in Hollywood with his subversive B movies and biting social satires.
The actor, known for his performances in Looking, We the Animals, and The Inspection, talks about two classics that inspired him to make movies and his love of Orson Welles’s gift for self-reinvention.