The Criterion Collection
The writer and director expresses that Tampopo is really about “what lies in the depths of the human heart,” explains how Carl Theodor Dreyer’s films depict feelings and ideas that can only be portrayed through cinema, and admires Federico Fellini’s...
Stocked with more than 1,000 of the greatest films from around the world, the Criterion Closet may offer more cinematic inspiration per square foot than any other place on the planet.
The editor of the New Yorker feels honored by the tribute to the magazine in The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun, urges patience to appreciate Stan Brakhage’s experimental cinema, and finds parallels between the experiences of watching...
The writer and director talks about being inspired by Gina Prince-Bythewood’s Love & Basketball at a young age, selects a pair of films that portray the human impact of war, and praises Nina Hoss's performance in Phoenix.
The writer and director talks about the innovative low-budget filmmaking of Detour, shares her love for The Battle of Algiers and its unrelenting “metronome of tension,” and praises Costa-Gavras as the inventor of the political thriller.
The actor and director praises Black God, White Devil as one of the most important Brazilian films ever made, talks about the complex humanity of Il Posto, and reflects on why Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne are his favorite filmmakers.
The filmmaker and artist shares his intimate connection to The Color of Pomegranates, talks about the “invisible magic” of Edward Yang’s cinema, and praises the innovative cinematography in Tokyo Olympiad.
The actor shares her longtime love for the films of Akira Kurosawa, talks about seeing Children of Paradise at an art-house cinema in the 1940s, and fondly recalls riding a scooter with Richard Roundtree.
The actor and director talks about being influenced by cinematographer Gordon Willis, shares his affection for Peter Sellers’s comedy style, and selects films he’s excited to see for the first time, like Amores perros and Shampoo.
The writer and director talks about the influence of Samuel Fuller’s films on his own, shares what makes Fat Girl so viscerally devastating, and praises the legendary work of Youssef Chahine.