The Criterion Collection
The great French director talks about her formative experiences with the work of Carl Theodor Dreyer and gets wistful about Ingmar Bergman’s Summer with Monika.
The director of Graduation and Beyond the Hills shares personal stories of growing up as a movie lover in Romania and picks up a few of his favorite films.
While browsing our collection, the editor, actor, and fashion maven shared some stories of movie love, including one about how Broadcast News played a part in her college applications.
The envelope-pushing musician, producer, and filmmaker grabs Brazil, Rushmore, and Jellyfish Eyes (but takes a pass on Salò).
The Oscar-winning writer-director sings the praises of Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni in Ettore Scola’s A Special Day and cops to never having seen Robert Altman’s 3 Women.
Mike Leigh’s Meantime, Ermanno Olmi’s Il posto, and Robert Bresson’s A Man Escaped top the list for the sibling duo behind Good Time and Uncut Gems.
The comedy duo snatch up everything from Preston Sturges’s The Lady Eve to Todd Haynes’s Safe.
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.
A voracious cinephile, the British director shared his thoughts on some of his favorite titles in the collection, noting his love for the camera movements in Grey Gardens and the terror he felt watching Things to Come as a child.
The director of Fast Times at Ridgemont High talks about one of her favorite actors, Peter Lorre; Federico Fellini’s “ultimate explanation of creativity”; and her choice for the most heartbreaking film of all time.