The Criterion Collection
The writer and director talks about the connection between Le corbeau and Salò, or The 120 Days of Sodom; praises the strength of Kira Muratova and Larisa Shepitko; and selects Deep Crimson for his friend, Arturo Ripstein.
The writer and director pays tribute to the late Béla Tarr, shares his love for the way Andrei Tarkovsky merged poetry and cinema, and suggests watching a double bill of Black Girl and I Knew Her Well.
The singer-songwriter reminisces about the pleasure of discovering Czechoslovak New Wave films on trips to the video store, shares why Moonstruck ignited her Nicolas Cage fandom, and praises the use of classical music in The Piano Teacher.
The director of Cowboy Bebop shares his love for The Killing of a Chinese Bookie and how John Cassavetes blurred the line between fictional drama and realism, talks about what makes Branded to Kill a mesmerizing masterpiece, and finds inspiration...
The writer and director shares his love for Monterey Pop and the way it acts as a time capsule of its era, talks about how The Worst Person in the World redefined the romantic comedy, and praises Wes Anderson’s use...
An epic elegy set in 1920s Oklahoma, a vision of life in the wake of nuclear devastation, one of the most intoxicating love stories ever told, a Hong Kong action tour de force, a hard-boiled gangster noir, and an irreverent...
An X-ray of corporate America; an existential noir thriller; four pre-Code movie musicals; a gonzo revenge thriller; a psychologically complex western; a nearly wordless comedic achievement; and a benchmark of independent cinema.
An elegiac take on James Joyce, a romantic swashbuckler, a portrait of grief, a searing drama, a feel-good comedy, four global gems, a chronicle of China’s new century, a revisionist western, and a twenty-first-century masterwork.
Four surrealist dreams, a portrait of Bombay’s street life, a 1980s touchstone, an ecstatic documentary, a windswept enchantment, and one of the fastest and funniest films ever made