The Criterion Collection
The director of Graduation and Beyond the Hills shares personal stories of growing up as a movie lover in Romania and picks up a few of his favorite films.
During his visit to our closet, the Oscar-winning director of Toy Story 3 chatted with us about his nerve-wracking first encounter with Jane Campion and the lessons he learned about editing from All That Jazz.
On the Channel
Jun 27, 2017 — Director Nadav Kurtz discusses what he learned while making his short film Paraíso, which chronicles the lives of three skyscraper-window washers in Chicago.
A voracious cinephile, the British director shared his thoughts on some of his favorite titles in the collection, noting his love for the camera movements in Grey Gardens and the terror he felt watching Things to Come as a child.
In Theaters
Aug 4, 2016 — The Vancity Theatre is screening Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s penultimate feature, the second installment of his BRD trilogy, a series of films centered on women in postwar Germany.
The star of Whit Stillman’s trilogy explores his favorite films from the collection, ranging from Bob Fosse’s All That Jazz to Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused.
During the Norwegian filmmaker’s visit to the Criterion closet, he excitedly expounded upon his wide-ranging selections, from Paul Schrader’s Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters to the Six Moral Tales of Eric Rohmer.
The Oscar-winning director of Amy talks about how Do the Right Thing became a major influence on his work, the overwhelming tension of an infamous scene in Code Unknown, and his love of Ken Loach’s early work.
When the English director visited Criterion for a screening of his film 45 Years, he was joined by the movie’s star. And when the pair took a trip into the Criterion closet, their charming closeness was evident.
The Oscar-winning writer-director of Anora shares his father’s favorite film, pays tribute to Chantal Akerman, and looks forward to revisiting Yi Yi.