The Criterion Collection
Dec 16, 1991 — Lady for a Day represented a watershed in the career of Frank Capra. The young director had been laboring at Columbia Pictures’ Poverty Row Studio, churning out 18 films in less than six years. He had moved from low-budget programmers...
The filmmaker shares how The Testament of Dr. Mabuse influenced The Dark Knight, talks about the importance of Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project, and praises the way David Lynch evokes dream logic on-screen.
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.
Both veteran filmmakers and new voices took cinema into exciting territory as the end of the millennium approached.
From the rise of the Hollywood teen comedy to the emergence of France’s cinéma du look, the filmmaking trends of this wild decade yielded some unforgettable classics.
Whether they shock, delight, or inspire, the final sequences in these films all leave a lasting impression.
The actor shares her love for My Life as a Dog, praises the films of Elaine May, and selects two high-energy classic Hollywood favorites.
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.
A tantalizing labyrinth, a warped tale of wayward love, a high-flying feat of adventure filmmaking, a pop-culture phenomenon, a document of a fearless director, and early works from a legend of world cinema
The writer, director, and performer talks about how All That Jazz inspired the stylistic freedom of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, shares a moving story about After Life, and praises the versatility of filmmakers like Pier Paolo Pasolini and Sidney...