The Criterion Collection
The director of I’m Still Here shares why Andrei Rublev and Stranger Than Paradise consistently renew his faith in cinema, talks about the unique mix of documentary and fiction in Memories of Underdevelopment, and praises how Garrett Bradley’s Time shows...
The director of Maria talks about why Berlin Alexanderplatz is a masterclass on character and capturing a city, praises Maria Callas’s performance in Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Medea, and shares how Boyhood is proof that cinema can evoke the feeling of...
The director and cowriter of WALL·E shares why Paper Moon and Local Hero speak to his heart, reminisces about the privilege of collaborating with Albert Brooks, and talks about why Matewan is an essential film for everyone to see.
The filmmaker and author shares how Hollywood Shuffle and Slacker inspired him to make movies, talks about why actors make great directors, and selects favorites such as His Girl Friday and Bull Durham.
The actor and producer praises Anthony Hopkins’s performance in The Silence of the Lambs, shares why Badlands has one of cinema’s best car chases, and celebrates an Australian favorite, Breaker Morant.
The writer and director of All We Imagine as Light shares why Sans Soleil and Arabian Nights are gifts that keep on giving, talks about Aki Kaurismäki’s “fun and audacious” Leningrad Cowboys films, and praises Louis Malle’s Phantom India as...
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...
The writer, director, and actor admires the physical comedy of Pierre Etaix and the hallucinatory world of House, recalls formative experiences watching Y tu mamá también and The Virgin Suicides, and shares why he relates to the protagonist of Where...
The award-winning actor talks about his childhood experience seeing Carnival of Souls and his love for low-budget horror treasures, shares how Blue Velvet ignited his desire to become an actor and why Rashomon always moves him to tears, and praises...
The director of The Inspection tells us why Jane Wyman is “a whole mood,” why Douglas Sirk is his dude, and which film will forever change the way you see curtains.