The Criterion Collection
The writer and director of His Three Daughters shares his deep love for Charles Laughton, talks about how Aki Kaurismäki blends fantasy and reality in La vie de bohème, and praises La Ciénaga and Girlfriends as cinematic miracles.
The actor and star of Nosferatu, Juror #2, and The Order shares why Shallow Grave is seared into his memory, talks about his love for Peter Sellers’s performance in Being There, and selects favorites by Bruce Lee, the Coen brothers,...
The writer and director of Nosferatu shares his fascination with Sergei Parajanov’s ornate tableaus, praises costume designer Piero Tosi’s work on Medea and Death in Venice, and talks about how Jack Clayton’s The Innocents ignites his imagination.
The director and cowriter of Nickel Boys praises The Qatsi Trilogy as “vital for understanding the visual world,” quotes from Chris Marker’s Sans Soleil, and talks about watching Bruce Lee movies with his dad.
The actor and star of Exhibiting Forgiveness talks about his hero, the late James Earl Jones, and his performance in Claudine; shares how Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun sparked his desire to perform; and selects films by friends...
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 artist and codirector of Agnès Varda’s documentary Faces Places talks about his intimate collaboration with the late iconic filmmaker, praises world-expanding masterpieces like La haine and Roma, and shouts out his friend Louis Garrel.
With his candid portraits of musicians and political figures, this trailblazer of observational cinema redefined the documentary form and popular culture at large.
The chaotic cult films of this American original are characterized by dark, absurdist humor, fantastical world-building, and eccentric characters.
Strange desires and mommy issues are recurring themes in the radiant, irreverent work of this modern master, the most beloved Spanish director of his generation.