The Criterion Collection
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.
We were excited to welcome author and TCM host Alicia Malone into the closet, where she offered up quick takes on Akira Kurosawa’s Ikiru, Nicolas Roeg’s Walkabout, and David Lynch’s Eraserhead.
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.
The veteran writer and producer chooses Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove, Preston Sturges’s Sullivan’s Travels, and Alfred Hitchcock’s Foreign Correspondent.
The first Criterion Barry Jenkins ever owned was Ratcatcher. (The second was George Washington.) He also loves Cassavetes, Kieślowski, and Demy.
The actor and filmmaker came in to work on a supplement for our The Squid and the Whale edition. We learned he’s a big fan of the Robert Downey Sr. Eclipse series.
The actor and filmmaker pays tribute to the subversive power of Shock Corridor and the Robert Altman masterpiece that inspired him to make movies.