The Criterion Collection
Starting out as a leading figure in Australia’s 1970s film renaissance, this acclaimed director went on to achieve critical and commercial success in Hollywood.
From intimate dramas set in his native Mexico to technically groundbreaking blockbusters that explore other worlds, this versatile filmmaker’s work has established him as one of contemporary cinema’s most acclaimed artists.
Strange desires and mommy issues are recurring themes in the radiant, irreverent work of this modern master, the most beloved Spanish director of his generation.
This Senegalese director—one of the most important figures in the history of African cinema—made fiercely political films that have helped bring global awareness to the struggles of postcolonial societies.
Tradition and modernity collide in the sensuous films of this Indian American director, whose vibrant portraits of urban life and cross-cultural conflict give voice to people navigating an increasingly globalized world.
The legendary independent filmmaker challenged racist stereotypes in Hollywood with his subversive B movies and biting social satires.
Acclaimed for a delicate portrait of queer Black adolescence and an ambitious epic set in the era of Jim Crow, the Nashville-born writer and director has distinguished herself as a major new force in contemporary American cinema.
The singer of the band Cigarettes After Sex shares his love for La Bamba, talks about how the romance of Eric Rohmer inspires his music, and selects favorites, from The Worst Person in the World to The Tales of Hoffmann.
The actor talks about what Andrei Tarkovsky’s films have taught him about stillness in cinema, reflects on the various adaptations of The Talented Mr. Ripley, and shares his formative experience of seeing London on-screen in My Beautiful Launderette and Mona...
The writer-director of Europa Europa and Green Border talks about Agnès Varda’s influence on women in cinema, praises contemporary masterworks like Parasite and Anatomy of a Fall, and shares why she always returns to Diamonds of the Night before making...