The Criterion Collection
The rapper, actor, and producer praises The Others as a “certified banger,” selects My Crasy Life and talks about the importance of chronicling the world around you, and finds inspiration in Melvin Van Peebles’s creative endurance
The CEO and chairman of Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group fondly reminisces about working with Jim Jarmusch early in his career, shares why Harlan County USA remains one of the most important documentaries of all time, and celebrates the independent...
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 writer and director talks about how Girlfight reflects the vibrant spirit of director Karyn Kusama, praises Topsy-Turvy as his favorite Mike Leigh film, and takes home Hell’s Angels to watch with his wife, Hollywood historian Karina Longworth.
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 returns to the Criterion Closet, where he pays tribute to David Lynch, praises Mikey and Nicky as a perfect collaboration between a director and actors, and reminisces about watching Persona in Ingmar Bergman’s theater on Fårö...
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 praises Charles Burnett's portraits of families, talks about his meaningful connection to The Gospel According to Matthew, and shares his experience having Stan Brakhage as a professor.