The Criterion Collection
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 praises Nicole Kidman’s spellbinding performance in The Others, finds beauty and inspiration in Lila Avilés’s Tótem, and shares how The Before Trilogy perfectly captures the nuances of falling in love.
The actor, writer, and director shares what makes Michael Haneke and Robert Bresson such exceptional filmmakers, praises the cinematography of Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma, and talks about the power of representation in Do the Right Thing and El Norte.
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 director of Romería talks about Víctor Erice’s influence on her work, shares how Wanda made her interrogate what feminism really means in cinema, and selects favorites like Umberto D. and Walkabout.
The actor and director shares his intimate connections to Eating Raoul and The Great Escape, explains what defines “the Lubitsch touch,” and praises the heartrending performances in The Last Picture Show.
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.
A Pan-African musical spectacular; an essential queer 1990s romance; an irresistible rock-and-soul comedy; an antifascist fairy tale; an urgent moral thriller; an antiheroic portrait of a famed explorer; three paeans to bodies in motion; a masterpiece of early-1970s American alienation;...
The actor and director suggests a delicious double feature, reminisces about the thrill of seeing Trainspotting for the first time, and finds inspiration in films like The Marriage of Maria Braun, Il posto, and Persona.
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...