The Criterion Collection
The award-winning playwright, actor, producer, and director shares his love for Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song, celebrates how Bob Fosse captured dance on-screen like no one else, and talks about the artists who have shaped him, from Lena Dunham and the...
The award-winning actor, writer, and director shares his love for the hard-boiled voice-over in Blast of Silence, praises the exquisite acting and production design of Topsy-Turvy, and selects favorites by his frequent collaborators Joel and Ethan Coen.
Widely revered as the Master of Suspense, the celebrated director revolutionized popular cinema with his psychosexual thrillers and meticulously plotted mysteries, which often feature icy blondes and macabre men.
The Oscar-winning writer and director talks about Army of Shadows and Jean-Pierre Melville’s cinema of betrayal, shares his love for Denis Lavant's dancing in Beau travail, and selects favorites by Yasujiro Ozu, Ernst Lubitsch, and Nicholas Ray.
The acclaimed actor shares his affection for the dark humor of The Cremator, credits Benicio del Toro with introducing him to the films of Kaneto Shindo, and praises Mexican-cinema classics like Canoa: A Shameful Memory and Amores perros.
The musician and member of Portishead talks about the overwhelming experience of watching Antichrist, a score he cowrote for The Passion of Joan of Arc, and his memory of a BBC broadcast of Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence.
The actor describes the beauty of discovering Agnès Varda, shares how Mean Streets inspired his desire to act, and selects all-time favorite films, from Five Easy Pieces to The Leopard.
The writer, director, and composer talks about the enduring inspiration of The Age of Innocence, praises the tonal precision of David Cronenberg’s Crash, and shares his love for Pasolini’s potent mix of poetry and intelligence.
The singer-songwriter of Death Cab for Cutie and the Postal Service shares his love of the surreal worlds of Luis Buñuel; praises his favorite filmmaker, Kelly Reichardt; and talks about the emotional impact and importance of Streetwise.
The legendary auteur returns to the Criterion Closet, where he selects new editions of favorite films like Down by Law and Wanda, talks about Kurosawa’s genius for recreating weather on-screen, and shouts out his former assistant director Claire Denis.