The Criterion Collection
Feb 10, 2003 — The poet Paul Eluard says that to understand my film version of Beauty and the Beast, you must love your dog more than your car. Ordinarily, I would settle for that. However, with so much being written about the film...
Sep 22, 1997 — I ?rst read The English Patient in one gulp, sitting in a room on 77th and Columbus the morning after I’d ?nished a sweltering summer of ?lming in New York. When I put the book down, it was dark, and...
The actor shares her close childhood connection to White Mane and The Black Stallion, reminisces about the experience of making The Big Chill, and talks about scenes that have stayed with her from The Comfort of Strangers, Women in Love,...
The actor and director talks about the shock of seeing Man Bites Dog for the first time, shares his admiration for Marcello Mastroianni’s subtly brilliant performances, and explains how his love for Liv Ullmann led him to the films of...
Three tales of outsiders and doomed lovers, an electrifying thriller set during Brazil’s military dictatorship; a love letter to a cinematic maverick; an exploration of male ego and class divisions, a Kafkaesque thriller about the impunity of power, a nine-hour...
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, director, and writer shares his love for the physical comedy of Jackie Chan, praises the timeless beauty of The Red Shoes, and talks about discovering noir classics like The Big Heat and In a Lonely Place on the...
The actor praises the unique sensibility that Martin Scorsese brought to The Last Temptation of Christ, shares his love for the visual poetry of his friend and collaborator Guillermo del Toro, and talks about why Throne of Blood is his...
The rapper and musician talks about finding inspiration in Eric Rohmer's Six Moral Tales, shares his love for the work of Sidney Lumet, and takes home favorites like Close-up and La notte.