The Criterion Collection
The legendary actor reminiscences about her collaborations with Rainer Werner Fassbinder, recalls a memorable lunch she had with John Cassavetes, and talks about her connection to films by Ingmar Bergman and Mike Leigh.
The acclaimed actor, writer, and director praises Jackie Chan as one of the great creators of all time, talks about his love for “uncomfortable” films like Benny’s Video and Wages of Fear, and shares how becoming a father deepened his...
The writer and director of The Two Faces of a Bamiléké Woman and Mambar Pierrette talks about being inspired by Ousmane Sembène and shares how Abbas Kiarostami’s films freed her to blur the boundaries between documentary and fiction.
The award-winning actor, best known for Todd Haynes’s May December, champions the twisted pleasure of Memories of Murder, selects favorites featuring his costar Julianne Moore, and talks about the subtle beauty of films like Drive My Car and After Life.
The award-winning writer and director of Tótem shares her love for Aki Kaurismäki’s “strange, funny filmmaking spirit,” dedicates her selection of Barbra Streisand’s The Prince of Tides to her mom, and talks about Werner Herzog as a “warrior” in Burden...
The philosopher names Trouble in Paradise “Ernst Lubitsch’s ultimate masterpiece,” praises Peter Weir’s early films, and calls the final scene of City Lights “the most sublime ending.”
The Palme d’Or–winning director praises Catherine Breillat’s cinematic exploration of sexuality, talks about Gena Rowlands and John Cassavetes’s collaborations, and shares a story from the set of one of his films.
The subjects of Crystal Moselle’s award-winning 2015 documentary show off their voracious appetite for cinema, saluting films by everyone from Stan Brakhage to Jean Renoir to Alex Cox to Wes Anderson.
The director of The Right Stuff and The Unbearable Lightness of Being selects a group of films that he hopes will inspire him in his own work, including Amarcord, The Wages of Fear, Fanny and Alexander, and The Battle of...
The influential cinematographer talks about films that informed his visual style, praises the complexity and simplicity of Yi Yi, and analyzes the opening sequence of Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Three Colors: Blue.