The Criterion Collection
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...
Both veteran filmmakers and new voices took cinema into exciting territory as the end of the millennium approached.
The comedian, actor, and writer pairs two favorite films about tortured geniuses, All That Jazz and Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling; praises The Battle of Algiers as one of the best movies of all time; and talks about...
The actor, writer, and producer talks about being blown away by Sandra Hüller’s performance in Anatomy of a Fall, shares her attraction to the romance in Love & Basketball, and praises Mississippi Masala as being ahead of its time.
The actor shares her love for My Life as a Dog, praises the films of Elaine May, and selects two high-energy classic Hollywood favorites.
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 actor and musician shares his love for Tom Waits in Down by Law, reminisces about watching The Brood in the cinema as a child, and champions the rebellious spirit of The Great Escape.
The performer, comedian, and author praises Hedwig and the Angry Inch as a drag-queen staple, discovers a lacerating self-portrait by Richard Pryor, and talks about the immense cultural impact of Paris Is Burning.
The general delegate of the Cannes Film Festival and the director of the Institut Lumière—whose film Lumière, le cinéma! is now playing on the Criterion Channel—shares his personal journey through cinema, highlighting such favorites as Pierrot le fou, 2046, Budd...
The writer and director reminisces about seeing Black Girl in the cinema with his mom as a child, shares how True Stories and Election influenced his approach to filmmaking, and talks about the emotional truth behind the visual artifice of...