Criterion: Closet Picks

The actor, who stars in Wes Anderson’s ASTEROID CITY, highlights a Clu Gulager performance that the director recommended to him, recounts how his wife introduced him to AN UNMARRIED WOMAN, and shares his mother’s favorite movie.

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 Jean-Claude Carrière.

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 of THE VIRGIN SUICIDES.

The acclaimed actor shares his deep connection to ONIBABA, praises Isabelle Huppert and her performance in THE PIANO TEACHER, recalls GATE OF FLESH's influence on the Wooster Group, and selects a few of his collaborations with Wes Anderson and Martin Scorsese.

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 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 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 love for BICYCLE THIEVES.

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 performances in John Frankenheimer’s SECONDS.

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 father-daughter team behind the new film WILDCAT talk about their love of CHILDREN OF PARADISE, the films of Wim Wenders, and the influence of PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK and AN ANGEL AT MY TABLE.

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.

The writer-director of JANET PLANET joins the film’s editor in praising Maurice Pialat’s unsentimental depiction of childhood, their collaborator Maria von Hausswolff’s cinematography in GODLAND, and the ineffable magic of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.

The actor shares her love for sexy and stylish heist movies like CHARADE and THIEF; praises the work of Juzo Itami (whom she calls “the G.O.A.T.”) and his wife, Nobuko Miyamoto; and talks about the African American surrealist imagery in TO SLEEP WITH ANGER.

The legendary actor shares his love for Akira Kurosawa classics RED BEARD and IKIRU, recalls how Tatsuya Nakadai was his teacher when he first began acting, admires the visual storytelling of CITY LIGHTS, and shouts out his latest collaborator, Wim Wenders.

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 legendary French auteur talks about the intimacy of discovering yourself in cinema, shares her lifelong connection to VIRIDIANA and BLACK ORPHEUS, and praises directors whose work continues to inspire and transport her, from Elia Kazan and David Lynch to Shohei Imamura and Andrei Tarkovsky.

The writer, director, actor, and producer shares what Marlon Riggs’s work means to her as a Black queer filmmaker, praises Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s radical approach to melodrama, and spotlights Chantal Akerman, Agnès Varda, and other directors whose work she can’t live without.

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 Dogme 95 directors to Pasolini and Fassbinder.

The legendary actor reminiscences about her collaborations with Rainer Werner Fassbinder, recalls a memorable lunch she had with John Cassavetes, and talks about her connection to films by Ingmar Bergman and Mike Leigh.