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The director of Creep, The Overnight, and Corporate Animals calls Wings of Desire the film that made him want to make movies, talks about his belated discovery of All That Jazz, and pays tribute to Wes Anderson.
The beloved actor shouts out the brilliance of Marlon Brando, calls Dazed and Confused “a staple” of any good film library, and salutes the magic of Charlie Chaplin.
The writer-director talks about the Yasujiro Ozu classic that inspired his film Little Men, the underrated work of Francesco Rosi, the golden age of repertory cinema in New York City, and a college course in which he studied Shoah for...
The prolific German actor recalls the time he met Paul Morrissey on a plane, the festival encounter that led to his first film shot in the United States, and his experience working with Lars von Trier.
The actor and comedian gravitates to 1940s film noir, the “weirdly timely” shock comedy of John Waters, and movies with memorable soundtracks.
The acclaimed photographer and music video director, whose film work includes Control and Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis), highlights favorite movies by Wim Wenders, Martin Scorsese, and Paweł Pawlikowski.
The singer-songwriter and founding member of the Bangles recommends a must-see film for all rock musicians, highlights a favorite scene in Klute, and recounts her childhood memories of hanging out at Ben Gazzara’s house.
The director of The Living End and The Doom Generation reminisces about writing papers on Bringing Up Baby in film school, defends one of David Lynch’s most polarizing masterpieces, and calls John Waters “the original godfather of everything.”
Once every decade, Sight and Sound magazine polls film critics from around the world and issues a list of the 100 greatest films of all time. The 2022 edition features 64 films available from Criterion, including the one voted the...
The legendary English director talks about discovering world cinema in his teenage years, the ways that Vivre sa vie gets to the “raw core of life,” the humor and politics in The Firemen’s Ball, and his experiences as a film...