The Criterion Collection
The award-winning actor talks about his childhood experience seeing Carnival of Souls and his love for low-budget horror treasures, shares how Blue Velvet ignited his desire to become an actor and why Rashomon always moves him to tears, and praises...
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-director of So Much Tenderness and This Time Tomorrow shares her love for the magnetic monstrousness of Gene Tierney in Leave Her to Heaven, praises the visual grammar of Portrait of a Lady on Fire, and talks about “impossible...
The Oscar-nominated writer and director of Anatomy of a Fall praises the perfection of An Unmarried Woman, talks about the feminist qualities of La vérité, and selects Petite maman for her daughter.
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 writer and director, best known for creating and starring in the hit television show Schitt’s Creek, talks about the eternal inspiration of Moonstruck, shares his love for Parker Posey, and reminiscences about watching Sofia Coppola direct on the set...
The award-winning actor and producer discusses his work in such Mexican-cinema classics as Y tu mamá también and Amores perros, shares his love for the mysterious pleasures of Blow-Up and Purple Noon, and praises the brilliance of Luis Buñuel and...
A selection of director Martin Scorsese's essential recommendations for all cinema lovers.
The writer and director of Godland—Iceland’s 2023 Oscar submission—shares his love for Ana Torrent’s performances in Cría cuervos and The Spirit of the Beehive, talks about the physicality of Naked and the fear and inspiration in L’humanité, and praises the...