Criterion Closet

The Criterion Closet is a film closet owned and stocked by The Criterion Collection, a home video distribution company based in New York City with a specific emphasis on licensing, restoring, and distributing "important classic and contemporary films." Located in their office, the film closet contains every title distributed by Criterion, totaling over 1,700 films. According to The New York Times, it was formerly a "disused bathroom" before being re-tooled to a film closet.

In 2010, director Guillermo del Toro visited the Criterion office, during which he was filmed making his selections from the Criterion Closet; there, he made picks such as The Red Shoes by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, Crumb by Terry Zwigoff, and Paths of Glory by Stanley Kubrick. Since then, Criterion has filmed over two hundred individuals visiting and making their own selections from the Criterion Closet in a video series called Closet Picks; past visitors have included Bill Hader, Martin Scorsese, Park Chan-wook, Cate Blanchett, Bong Joon-ho, Ayo Edebiri, and many others.

In 2024, for the company's 40th anniversary, Criterion built a replica of the Criterion Closet inside of a van. The van's debut at the New York Film Festival during weekends in September and October was highly attended, with some visitors waiting as long as 10 hours in line to get inside of the van and purchase Criterion titles. Additionally for its 40th anniversary, Criterion released Criterion Collection 40, a box set of the most-selected films from the Closet Picks series.

Mobile closet

In 2024, the year of the company's 40th anniversary, Criterion announced that they had built a replica of their film closet in an 18-foot van that would then be taken on a road trip all throughout the United States. Regarding the van's construction, Criterion President Peter Becker stated: "We had a big learning curve. From choosing a truck to designing the experience, [we made sure that it] wouldn't just be fun for the few minutes you're inside the truck but fun for the people outside, too." In addition to its replica closet, the van also has a screen constantly streaming Closet Picks videos.

During the van's road trip, guests could step inside, take merchandise like a tote bag and "printed pocket guide," and make Closet Picks of their own. Reservations were not needed; each guest was allowed a maximum of three minutes inside. The van's selection included "every in-print edition from the Criterion Collection, including box sets, as well as all in-print releases from our Eclipse and Janus Contemporaries lines," and all titles were on sale for a 40% discount; guests could buy a maximum of three. Upon the conclusion of their visit, guests had a photograph taken of them with their Closet Pick.

The road trip began at the Lincoln Center in Manhattan during the 62nd installment of the New York Film Festival from September 28–29 and October 5–6. The van's New York City stop was densely packed according to Esquire: "Even though the weather was unforgiving, a staggeringly long line wrapped around the block, where fans had been waiting since 7:00 a.m. for a three-minute-long window to shop the movie lover's paradise." Annie Aguiar, writing for the The New York Times, also reported waiting three hours and spoke with visitors who waited upwards of 10 hours in line, amid rainy weather, to make a Closet Pick; according to Aguiar, approximately 900 visitors came to the van during its two weekends in New York City. Some visitors camped out with folding chairs, as well as books and games, to mitigate their waiting times; The Cut, in their coverage of the New York Film Festival, captured a photo series of those in line. Afterward, the van embarked on a nationwide tour.

Criterion Collection 40

Also in celebration of Criterion's 40th anniversary, the Criterion Collection 40 box set (abbreviated to CC40) was announced in the summer of 2024 which consists of 40 "of the films most frequently selected from the closet" and includes "all of the special features from their stand-alone editions" as well as a series of essays. It was released on November 19 for $799.95.

Titles

• 8½
• Tokyo Story
• All That Jazz
• Bicycle Thieves
• Repo Man
• Naked
• Jules and Jim
• Being There
• Weekend
• Yi Yi
• The Night of the Hunter
• Pickpocket
• Sweet Smell of Success
• On the Waterfront
• Do the Right Thing
• Ratcatcher
• Sunday Bloody Sunday
• Mirror
• Barry Lyndon
• Safe
• Seconds
• His Girl Friday
• Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
• Y tu mamá también
• My Own Private Idaho
• Love & Basketball
• Night of the Living Dead
• Ace in the Hole
• 3 Women
• The Red Shoes
• Down by Law
• La ciénaga
• Wanda
• House
• Sullivan's Travels
• The Battle of Algiers
• A Woman Under the Influence
• Cléo from 5 to 7
• Persona
• In the Mood for Love

Closet Picks (2010–2019)

The Closet Picks video series began in 2010 when a Criterion staff member requested to take a picture of del Toro for their Facebook page during his visit to the Criterion office. Afterward, it was agreed-upon that Criterion could film del Toro as he selected discs from the Criterion Closet. The "grainy, lo-fi video" was filmed on an iPhone.

Henceforth, Criterion began to record over two hundred filmmakers, actors, writers, journalists, and other notable individuals in their excursions to the Criterion Closet where they have selected their favorite and/or personally noteworthy Criterion titles. Since its inception in 2010, it "has grown from a more insular, cinephile-first cult favorite to a more mass phenomenon" drawing the likes of well-established names like Agnès Varda along with more modern filmmakers like Ryusuke Hamaguchi. Closet Picks production is handled by Criterion social media director Hillary Weston and Valeria Rotella; a mounted video records each guest during their Closet Picks video while Weston and Rotella are "standing outside of view while still in the closet."

Regarding the video series, Becker stated, "The idea was, everybody is equally expert in their own taste, right?... So we want people to feel like, you don't have to be a film professional—or a knowledgeable film person—to have taste, have interest, have a curiosity about movies, have memories, have experiences that shaped you, that happened to you in a movie theater." According to Becker, allowing guests to peruse and select from the Criterion Closet has become an established ritual of the Criterion offices: "It was really just an organic part of anybody's visit. It was just being polite, It was a gesture of hospitality." Filipino filmmaker Lino Brocka stated: "I'd like to think that, between being invited to do a Criterion Top 10 and the Closet, it certainly added a patina of legitimacy as a cinephilic filmmaker or at least a lover of cinema."

All dates are drawn from the closet picks database.

2010

Guillermo del Toro (September 22, 2010)

Guillermo del Toro

Criterion citation: "In the very first entry in our Closet Picks series, shot in 2010, the director of Pan's Labyrinth selects favorite films by Stanley Donen, Terrence Malick, and Ingmar Bergman."

Film	Director	Ref
The Red Shoes	Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
The 400 Blows	François Truffaut
Charade	Stanley Donen
Crumb	Terry Zwigoff
The Thin Red Line	Terrence Malick
The Magician	Ingmar Bergman
Repulsion	Roman Polanski
Paths of Glory	Stanley Kubrick

Volker Schlöndorff (October 10, 2010)

Volker Schlöndorff

Criterion citation: "The director of The Tin Drum and Young Törless says a prayer to the spirits of the closet and makes a beeline for a masterpiece by Michelangelo Antonioni."

Film	Director	Ref
L'Eclisse	Michelangelo Antonioni
All That Jazz	Bob Fosse
Coup de Grâce	Volker Schlöndorff
Boyhood	Richard Linklater
Le Beau Serge	Claude Chabrol
Le Havre	Aki Kaurismäki
Ace in the Hole	Billy Wilder

2011

Michael K. Williams (March 1, 2011)

Michael K. Williams

Criterion citation: "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."

Film	Director	Ref
Gomorrah	Matteo Garrone
The Fugitive Kind	Sidney Lumet
Hunger	Steve McQueen
The Night of the Hunter	Charles Laughton
Dazed and Confused	Richard Linklater
Modern Times	Charlie Chaplin

Bill Hader (March 2, 2011)

Bill Hader

Criterion citation: "The Emmy-winning actor tells us his perverse choice for 'the best date movie on earth' and talks about a film recommended to him by Seth Meyers."

Film	Director	Ref
Amarcord	Federico Fellini
House	Nobuhiko Obayashi
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom	Pier Paolo Pasolini
Green for Danger	Sidney Gilliat
Loves of a Blonde	Miloš Forman
The Daytrippers	Greg Mottola
Antichrist	Lars von Trier

Guy Maddin (April 18, 2011)

Guy Maddin

Criterion citation: "The visionary filmmaker bags favorite movies by Michelangelo Antonioni, Robert Bresson, Byron Haskin, and Terrence Malick."

Film	Director	Ref
L'Avventura	Michelangelo Antonioni
The Night Porter	Liliana Cavani
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm	William Greaves
Mouchette	Robert Bresson
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs	Mikio Naruse
W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism	Dušan Makavejev
Robinson Crusoe on Mars	Byron Haskin

Alec Baldwin (July 1, 2011)

Alec Baldwin

Criterion citation: "The actor tries not to 'get greedy' and zeroes in on a few choices for his friends."

Film	Director	Ref
3:10 to Yuma	Delmer Daves
Trilogy of Life	Pier Paolo Pasolini
The Magician	Ingmar Bergman

Robert Downey Sr. (September 12, 2011)

Criterion citation: "During one of his frequent visits to our office, the iconoclastic filmmaker shared memories of his talented friends, including Jack Nicholson, Rudy Wurlitzer, and John Cassavetes."

Film	Director	Ref
8½	Federico Fellini
America, Lost and Found	Lance Bird, Tom Johnson
Two-Lane Blacktop	Monte Hellman
John Cassavetes: Five Films	John Cassavetes

André Bonzel (October 1, 2011)

Criterion citation: "The codirector of Man Bites Dog praises the production design in The Scarlet Empress, the "total magic" of Brazil, and the joys of silent cinema."

Film	Director	Ref
The 400 Blows	François Truffaut
Stranger Than Paradise	Jim Jarmusch
The Scarlet Empress	Josef von Sternberg
Brazil	Terry Gilliam
House	Nobuhiko Obayashi

Adrian Utley (October 5, 2011)

Adrian Utley

Criterion citation: "The musician and member of Portishead talks about the overwhelming experience of watching Antichrist, a score he cowrote for The Passion of Joan of Arc, and his memory of a BBC broadcast of Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence."

Film	Director	Ref
Antichrist	Lars von Trier
Ratcatcher	Lynne Ramsay
The Passion of Joan of Arc	Carl Theodor Dreyer
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence	Nagisa Ōshima
The 39 Steps	Alfred Hitchcock

2012

Philip Kaufman

Philip Kaufman (April 12, 2012)

Criterion citation: "The director of The Right Stuff and The Unbearable Lightness of Being selects a group of films that he hopes will inspire him in his own work, including Amarcord, The Wages of Fear, Fanny and Alexander, and The Battle of Algiers."

Film	Director	Ref
Amarcord	Federico Fellini
The Wages of Fear	Henri-Georges Clouzot
Crumb	Terry Zwigoff
Fanny and Alexander	Ingmar Bergman
The Battle of Algiers	Gillo Pontecorvo
Stage and Spectacle	Jean Renoir

Harris Savides (April 23, 2012)

Criterion citation: "The influential cinematographer talks about films that informed his visual style, praises the complexity and simplicity of Yi Yi, and analyzes the opening sequence of Krzysztof Kieślowski's Three Colors: Blue."

Film	Director	Ref
Bicycle Thieves	Vittorio De Sica
The Night of the Hunter	Charles Laughton
Yi Yi	Edward Yang
Three Colours	Krzysztof Kieślowski
Solaris	Andrei Tarkovsky
L'Avventura	Michelangelo Antonioni

Brothers Quay (August 3, 2012)

Stephen and Timothy Quay

Criterion citation: "The filmmaking duo talk about their love of black-and-white cinema, the influence of Carl Theodor Dreyer, and the epic scope of The Human Condition."

Film	Director	Ref
Vampyr	Carl Theodor Dreyer
Eclipse Series 2: The Documentaries of Louis Malle	Louis Malle
The Human Condition	Masaki Kobayashi
Eclipse Series 12: Aki Kaurismäki's Proletariat Trilogy	Aki Kaurismäki
Le Havre	Aki Kaurismäki

Jack Garfein (September 25, 2012)

Criterion citation: "The director of Something Wild reminisces about his encounters with John Cassavetes, Jean Renoir, and David Lean."

Film	Director	Ref
John Cassavetes: Five Films	John Cassavetes
Stage and Spectacle	Jean Renoir
Carl Theodor Dreyer	Carl Theodor Dreyer
David Lean Directs Noël Coward	David Lean

2013

James Acheson (January 30, 2013)

Criterion citation: "The Oscar-winning costume designer recalls a memorable screening of Down by Law in Rome and explains what makes the Italian classics Bicycle Thieves and The Leopard so revelatory."

Film	Director	Ref
Down by Law	Jim Jarmusch
Bicycle Thieves	Vittorio De Sica
The Leopard	Luchino Visconti

Richard Ayoade (April 1, 2013)

Richard Ayoade

Criterion citation: "The actor and director talks about the pleasures of watching Zazie dans le métro on a regular basis and his affinity for the films of Aki Kaurismäki."

Film	Director	Ref
Sisters	Brian De Palma
The Magic Flute	Ingmar Bergman
Zazie dans le Métro	Louis Malle
Le Havre	Aki Kaurismäki
Les Cousins	Claude Chabrol
Safety Last!	Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor

Nicolas Winding Refn (July 19, 2013)

Nicolas Winding Refn

Criterion citation: "The director of Drive expresses his adoration of Andrei Tarkovsky, calls Quadrophenia the epitome of rock and roll, and remembers asking Elia Kazan for filmmaking advice."

Film	Director	Ref
Ivan's Childhood	Andrei Tarkovsky
Quadrophenia	Franc Roddam
Bigger Than Life	Nicholas Ray
Insignificance	Nicolas Roeg
Repo Man	Alex Cox
Things to Come	William Cameron Menzies
On the Waterfront	Elia Kazan

Alfonso Cuarón and Paweł Pawlikowski (October 4, 2013)

Criterion citation: "The two director friends recommend a few favorites to each other."

Film	Director	Ref
Vivre sa vie	Jean-Luc Godard
The Firemen's Ball	Miloš Forman
The Complete Jean Vigo	Jean Vigo
To Be or Not to Be	Ernst Lubitsch
Eclipse Series 11: Larisa Shepitko	Larisa Shepitko
Masculin Féminin	Jean-Luc Godard
The Virgin Spring	Ingmar Bergman
This Sporting Life	Lindsay Anderson
Naked	Mike Leigh
Lola Montes	Max Ophüls

2014

Edgar Wright (May 10, 2014)

Edgar Wright

Criterion citation: "The genre-obsessed British director celebrates cult classics that have made a deep impression on him."

Film	Director	Ref
Eyes Without a Face	Georges Franju
Walker	Alex Cox
Throne of Blood	Akira Kurosawa
Don't Look Now	Nicolas Roeg

André Gregory and Wallace Shawn (May 10, 2014)

Criterion citation: "The stars of My Dinner with André swap some of their most indelible cinematic memories, including an encounter with Michelangelo Antonioni and the childhood experience of watching classic films on television."

Film	Director	Ref
Weekend	Jean-Luc Godard
L'Eclisse	Michelangelo Antonioni
Red Desert
Eating Raoul	Paul Bartel
André Gregory and Wallace Shawn: 3 Films	André Gregory, Wallace Shawn
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp	Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

Michael Cera (May 19, 2014)

Michael Cera

Criterion citation: "The actor talks about his passion for Japanese cinema, champions fellow Canadian Allan King, and reminisces about movies he's enjoyed with friends."

Film	Director	Ref
Good Morning	Yasujirō Ozu
Close-Up	Abbas Kiarostami
Eclipse Series 24: The Actuality Dramas of Allan King	Allan King
Tootsie	Sydney Pollack

Bong Joon-ho (June 27, 2014)

Bong Joon-ho

Criterion citation: "The celebrated filmmaker talks about Nastassja Kinski's Korean fanbase, his favorite of Akira Kurosawa's Shakespeare adaptations, and the DVD that Park Chan-wook swiped from him."

Film	Director	Ref
Tess	Roman Polanski
Tokyo Story	Yasujirō Ozu
Throne of Blood	Akira Kurosawa
The Wages of Fear	Henri-Georges Clouzot
Picnic at Hanging Rock	Peter Weir
Eclipse Series 21: Oshima's Outlaw Sixties	Nagisa Ōshima
Koyaanisqatsi	Godfrey Reggio
Cronos	Guillermo del Toro
Medium Cool	Haskell Wexler
Repo Man	Alex Cox

William Friedkin (September 22, 2014)

Criterion citation: "The Oscar-winning director marvels at 'the history of world cinema' contained in our collection and selects favorites by Vittorio De Sica, Fritz Lang, Jules Dassin, and Federico Fellini."

Film	Director	Ref
Sunday Bloody Sunday	John Schlesinger
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie	John Cassavetes
Vampyr	Carl Theodor Dreyer
Pickpocket	Robert Bresson
Umberto D.	Vittorio De Sica
All That Money Can Buy	William Dieterle
M	Fritz Lang
Brute Force	Jules Dassin
8½	Federico Fellini

Slavoj Žižek (September 26, 2014)

Slavoj Žižek

Criterion citation: "The philosopher names Trouble in Paradise 'Ernst Lubitsch's ultimate masterpiece,' praises Peter Weir's early films, and calls the final scene of City Lights 'the most sublime ending.'"

Film	Director	Ref
Trouble in Paradise	Ernst Lubitsch
Sweet Smell of Success	Alexander Mackendrick
Picnic at Hanging Rock	Peter Weir
Murmur of the Heart	Louis Malle
Eclipse Series 32: Pearls of the Czech New Wave	Various directors
Stranger Than Paradise	Jim Jarmusch
Great Expectations	David Lean
Eclipse Series 14: Rossellini's History Films—Renaissance and Enlightenment	Roberto Rossellini
City Lights	Charlie Chaplin
Carl Theodor Dreyer	Carl Theodor Dreyer
Y tu mamá también	Alfonso Cuarón
Antichrist	Lars von Trier

Asif Kapadia (December 16, 2014)

Criterion citation: "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."

Film	Director	Ref
Simon of the Desert	Luis Buñuel
Blind Chance	Krzysztof Kieślowski
In the Mood for Love	Wong Kar-wai
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom	Pier Paolo Pasolini
Don't Look Now	Nicolas Roeg
The Vanishing	George Sluizer
Do the Right Thing	Spike Lee
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion	Elio Petri
Code Unknown	Michael Haneke
Three Outlaw Samurai	Hideo Gosha
Yi Yi	Edward Yang
Samurai Trilogy	Hiroshi Inagaki
Kes	Ken Loach
Gomorrah	Matteo Garrone

Mike Leigh (December 16, 2014)

Mike Leigh

Criterion citation: "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 student in London."

Film	Director	Ref
Bicycle Thieves	Vittorio De Sica
Vivre sa vie	Jean-Luc Godard
A Hard Day's Night	Richard Lester
Late Spring	Yasujirō Ozu
The Firemen's Ball	Miloš Forman
Berlin Alexanderplatz	Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Jules and Jim	François Truffaut
Divorce Italian Style	Pietro Germi
Judex	Georges Franju

2015

Ruben Östlund (January 10, 2015)

Criterion citation: "The Palme d'Or–winning director praises Catherine Breillat's cinematic exploration of sexuality, talks about Gena Rowlands and John Cassavetes's collaborations, and shares a story from the set of one of his films."

Film	Director	Ref
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant	Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Three Films by Luis Buñuel	Luis Buñuel
Fat Girl	Catherine Breillat
Love Streams	John Cassavetes
Bicycle Thieves	Vittorio De Sica
Fanny and Alexander	Ingmar Bergman

Yorgos Lanthimos and Ariane Labed (June 10, 2015)

Yorgos Lanthimos

Criterion citation: "During their trip inside our closet, the Greek director and actor (who are married) share their love of Robert Bresson, Jean-Pierre Melville, Luis Buñuel, and the Maysles' Salesman, 'the best documentary ever made.'"

Ariane Labed

Film	Director	Ref
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul	Rainer Werner Fassbinder
12 Angry Men	Sidney Lumet
Salesman	Albert and David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin
Naked	Mike Leigh
Man Bites Dog	Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde
Le Samouraï	Jean-Pierre Melville
Five Easy Pieces	Bob Rafelson
Viridiana	Luis Buñuel
Things to Come	William Cameron Menzies
Branded to Kill	Seijun Suzuki
Macbeth	Roman Polanski
Pickpocket	Robert Bresson
Au hasard Balthazar

Agnès Varda (June 17, 2015)

Criterion citation: "The French cinema icon brought her trademark warmth and charm to the closet, lavishing love on favorites such as Jane Campion's Sweetie and An Angel at My Table, Abbas Kiarostami's Taste of Cherry, and Jean-Luc Godard's Band of Outsiders."

Film	Director	Ref
An Angel at My Table	Jane Campion
Sweetie
Taste of Cherry	Abbas Kiarostami
La Promesse	Dardenne brothers
Bande à part	Jean-Luc Godard
Tiny Furniture	Lena Dunham
The Marriage of Maria Braun	Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Laurie Anderson (June 19, 2015)

Criterion citation: "The artist, musician, and director of Heart of a Dog shouts out Guy Maddin as one of her favorite filmmakers, praises the first scene in Sunday Bloody Sunday, and can't resist Pier Paolo Pasolini's Trilogy of Life."

Film	Director	Ref
The Magician	Ingmar Bergman
André Gregory and Wallace Shawn: 3 Films	André Gregory, Wallace Shawn
My Winnipeg	Guy Maddin
White Dog	Samuel Fuller
Sunday Bloody Sunday	John Schlesinger
Trilogy of Life	Pier Paolo Pasolini
I Married a Witch	René Clair
Tout Va Bien	Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Papin
Design for Living	Ernst Lubitsch

Gaspar Noé (July 5, 2015)

Gaspar Noé

Criterion citation: "The Paris-based Argentine filmmaker selects a few films that align with his interest in cinematic provocation, including unsettling works by Shohei Imamura and Pier Paolo Pasolini."

Film	Director	Ref
Eclipse Series 37: When Horror Came to Shochiku	Shochiku Studio
Seconds	John Frankenheimer
Pigs, Pimps & Prostitutes: 3 Films by Shohei Imamura	Shōhei Imamura
Master of the House	Carl Theodor Dreyer
Safe	Todd Haynes
State of Siege	Costa-Gavras
Sundays and Cybèle	Serge Bourguignon
Jigoku	Nobuo Nakagawa
Island of Lost Souls	Erle C. Kenton
The Naked Prey	Cornel Wilde
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom	Pier Paolo Pasolini
Patriotism	Yukio Mishima, Domoto Masaki
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters	Paul Schrader

The Wolfpack (July 9, 2015)

Criterion citation: "The subjects of Crystal Moselle's award-winning 2015 documentary show off their voracious appetite for cinema, saluting films by everyone from Stan Brakhage to Jean Renoir to Alex Cox to Wes Anderson."

Film	Director	Ref
Following	Christopher Nolan
Rushmore	Wes Anderson
Burden of Dreams	Les Blank
Eraserhead	David Lynch
Hamlet	Laurence Olivier
M	Fritz Lang
Days of Heaven	Terrence Malick
The Rules of the Game	Jean Renoir
Tokyo Story	Yasujirō Ozu
Repo Man	Alex Cox
Rosemary's Baby	Roman Polanski
The Killing	Stanley Kubrick
Close-Up	Abbas Kiarostami
Stagecoach	John Ford
Repulsion	Roman Polanski
The Human Condition	Masaki Kobayashi
Videodrome	David Cronenberg
Traffic	Steven Soderbergh
John Cassavetes: Five Films	John Cassavetes
The Battle of Algiers	Gillo Pontecorvo

Sean Baker (July 31, 2015)

Sean Baker

Criterion citation: "The director of Take Out and Tangerine shares his father's favorite film, pays tribute to Chantal Akerman, and looks forward to revisiting Yi Yi."

Film	Director	Ref
I Married a Witch	René Clair
Naked	Mike Leigh
Life Is Sweet
Repo Man	Alex Cox
Kes	Ken Loach
Secret Sunshine	Lee Chang-dong
Jellyfish Eyes	Takashi Murakami
Yi Yi	Edward Yang
El Norte	Gregory Nava
Eclipse Series 19: Chantal Akerman in the Seventies	Chantal Akerman
Eating Raoul	Paul Bartel
Six Moral Tales	Éric Rohmer

Charlotte Rampling and Andrew Haigh (August 1, 2015)

Criterion citation: "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."

Film	Director	Ref
The Night Porter	Liliana Cavani
A Room with a View	James Ivory
Safety Last!	Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor
3 Films by Roberto Rossellini Starring Ingrid Bergman	Roberto Rossellini
If....	Lindsay Anderson
Ivan's Childhood	Andrei Tarkovsky
Ratcatcher	Lynne Ramsay
Trilogy of Life	Pier Paolo Pasolini
Weekend	Andrew Haigh
Watership Down	Martin Rosen
Black Narcissus	Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Bergman Island	Marie Nyreröd
Sunday Bloody Sunday	John Schlesinger

Patrick Brice (September 15, 2015)

Criterion citation: "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."

Film	Director	Ref
Mystery Train	Jim Jarmusch
Wings of Desire	Wim Wenders
Y tu mamá también	Alfonso Cuarón
Thief	Michael Mann
All That Jazz	Bob Fosse
Paris, Texas	Wim Wenders
Bottle Rocket	Wes Anderson

2016

Louis Garrel (March 7, 2016)

Louis Garrel

Film	Director	Ref
Pierre Étaix	Pierre Étaix
The Complete Jacques Tati	Jacques Tati
Summer with Monika	Ingmar Bergman
Eclipse Series 31: Three Popular Films by Jean-Pierre Gorin	Jean-Pierre Gorin
Persona	Ingmar Bergman
3 Films by Roberto Rossellini Starring Ingrid Bergman	Roberto Rossellini
Loves of a Blonde	Miloš Forman
Sólo con tu pareja	Alfonso Cuarón
Jules and Jim	François Truffaut
Amarcord	Federico Fellini
Europa	Lars von Trier

Joachim Trier (March 31, 2016)

Criterion citation: "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."

Film	Director	Ref
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters	Paul Schrader
All That Jazz	Bob Fosse
High and Low	Akira Kurosawa
The Emigrants/The New Land	Jan Troell
La Jetée/Sans Soleil	Chris Marker
The Phantom Carriage	Victor Sjöström
The Essential Jacques Demy	Jacques Demy
4 by Agnès Varda	Agnès Varda
House	Nobuhiko Obayashi
White Material	Claire Denis
Solaris	Andrei Tarkovsky
Heaven's Gate	Michael Cimino
Six Moral Tales	Éric Rohmer

Chris Eigeman (April 15, 2016)

Criterion citation: "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."

Film	Director	Ref
All That Jazz	Bob Fosse
The Vanishing	George Sluizer
Videodrome	David Cronenberg
The Friends of Eddie Coyle	Peter Yates
Pickup on South Street	Samuel Fuller
Night Train to Munich	Carol Reed
Contempt	Jean-Luc Godard

Anna Karina (May 1, 2016)

Anna Karina

Criterion citation: "The incomparable French icon visited during a rare visit to New York and made a stop in our film closet to reminisce about her groundbreaking work with Jean-Luc Godard, acting for Agnès Varda in Cléo from 5 to 7, her affection for Charlie Chaplin, and much more."

Film	Director	Ref
Pierrot le Fou	Jean-Luc Godard
Cléo from 5 to 7	Agnès Varda
A Woman Is a Woman	Jean-Luc Godard
Made in U.S.A.
The Kid	Charlie Chaplin

Amy Heckerling (May 5, 2016)

Criterion citation: "The director of Fast Times at Ridgemont High talks about one of her favorite actors, Peter Lorre; Federico Fellini's 'ultimate explanation of creativity'; and her choice for the most heartbreaking film of all time."

Film	Director	Ref
Ace in the Hole	Billy Wilder
City Lights	Charlie Chaplin
8½	Federico Fellini
I Vitelloni
Naked Lunch	David Cronenberg
Tokyo Story	Yasujirō Ozu
M	Fritz Lang

Ira Sachs (June 27, 2016)

Ira Sachs

Criterion citation: "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 a year."

Film	Director	Ref
The Complete Jacques Tati	Jacques Tati
Good Morning	Yasujirō Ozu
Salvatore Giuliano	Francesco Rosi
Charulata	Satyajit Ray
Shoah	Claude Lanzmann
Shock Corridor	Samuel Fuller
All That Jazz	Bob Fosse
The Magic Flute	Ingmar Bergman
The Moment of Truth	Francesco Rosi
Magnificent Obsession	Douglas Sirk

Tim Robbins (August 11, 2016)

Criterion citation: "The actor and filmmaker pays tribute to the subversive power of Shock Corridor and the Robert Altman masterpiece that inspired him to make movies."

Film	Director	Ref
Antonio Gaudi	Hiroshi Teshigahara
Eclipse Series 24: The Actuality Dramas of Allan King	Allan King
La Jetée/Sans Soleil	Chris Marker
Nashville	Robert Altman
Sweet Smell of Success	Alexander Mackendrick
Shock Corridor	Samuel Fuller
My Dinner with Andre	Louis Malle
Z	Costa-Gavras

Cristian Mungiu (August 26, 2016)

Cristian Mungiu

Criterion citation: "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."

Film	Director	Ref
Modern Times	Charlie Chaplin
Bicycle Thieves	Vittorio De Sica
Dekalog	Krzysztof Kieślowski
Blood Simple	Coen brothers
Easy Rider	Dennis Hopper

Matías Piñeiro (September 1, 2016)

Criterion citation: "Argentine writer-director Matías Piñeiro happily succumbs to Jean Renoir, Roberto Rossellini, and Jean Vigo."

Film	Director	Ref
Stage and Spectacle	Jean Renoir
La ciénaga	Lucrecia Martel
3 Films by Roberto Rossellini Starring Ingrid Bergman	Roberto Rossellini
To Be or Not to Be	Ernst Lubitsch
Les Blank: Always for Pleasure	Les Blank
Six Moral Tales	Éric Rohmer
The Complete Jean Vigo	Jean Vigo
A Day in the Country	Jean Renoir

Laura Albert and Jeff Feuerzeig (September 8, 2016)

Criterion citation: "The director and the subject of Author: The JT LeRoy Story take a trip to the closet, where Albert sheds some more light on the saga chronicled in their film and graces us with a song."

Film	Director	Ref
My Own Private Idaho	Gus Van Sant
Rushmore	Wes Anderson
Kiss Me Deadly	Robert Aldrich
Pigs, Pimps & Prostitutes: 3 Films by Shohei Imamura	Shōhei Imamura
On the Waterfront	Elia Kazan
Repo Man	Alex Cox
The Rose	Mark Rydell

Philip Rosenthal (September 19, 2016)

Philip Rosenthal

Criterion citation: "The veteran writer and producer chooses Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove, Preston Sturges's Sullivan's Travels, and Alfred Hitchcock's Foreign Correspondent."

Film	Director	Ref
Babette's Feast	Gabriel Axel
Stagecoach	John Ford
Foreign Correspondent	Alfred Hitchcock
Dr. Strangelove	Stanley Kubrick
Overlord	Stuart Cooper
Make Way for Tomorrow	Leo McCarey
Sullivan's Travels	Preston Sturges
On the Waterfront	Elia Kazan
The Innocents	Jack Clayton

Barry Jenkins (September 24, 2016)

Barry Jenkins

Criterion citation: "The first Criterion Barry Jenkins ever owned was Ratcatcher. (The second was George Washington.) He also loves Cassavetes, Kieślowski, and Demy."

Film	Director	Ref
The Apu Trilogy	Satyajit Ray
Weekend	Andrew Haigh
John Cassavetes: Five Films	John Cassavetes
Dekalog	Krzysztof Kieślowski
Three Colours
La Haine	Mathieu Kassovitz
Blood Simple	Coen brothers
Fat Girl	Catherine Breillat
Monsoon Wedding	Mira Nair
La ciénaga	Lucrecia Martel
Ratcatcher	Lynne Ramsay
George Washington	David Gordon Green
Rashomon	Akira Kurosawa
Breathless	Jean-Luc Godard
The Essential Jacques Demy	Jacques Demy
The Complete Jacques Tati	Jacques Tati
A Brighter Summer Day	Edward Yang

Barry Levinson (November 11, 2016)

Barry Levinson

Criterion citation: "Oscar-winning filmmaker Barry Levinson shouts out two of Fellini's most personal films and praises the game-changing work of such masters as Cassavetes and Godard."

Film	Director	Ref
Jules and Jim	François Truffaut
Spartacus	Stanley Kubrick
Dont Look Back	D. A. Pennebaker
One-Eyed Jacks	Marlon Brando
Chimes at Midnight	Orson Welles
Shadows	John Cassavetes

Owen Kline (December 2, 2016)

Criterion citation: "The actor and filmmaker came in to work on a supplement for our The Squid and the Whale edition. We learned he's a big fan of the Robert Downey Sr. Eclipse series."

Film	Director	Ref
Written on the Wind	Douglas Sirk
Crumb	Terry Zwigoff
The Shooting/Ride in the Whirlwind	Monte Hellman
The Horse's Mouth	Ronald Neame
Pickpocket	Robert Bresson
Eclipse Series 33: Up All Night with Robert Downey Sr.	Robert Downey Sr.
The Golden Age of Television	Various directors
Paths of Glory	Stanley Kubrick
The Naked Kiss	Samuel Fuller

2017

Ben Wheatley (January 7, 2017)

Ben Wheatley

Criterion citation: "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."

Film	Director	Ref
The Horse's Mouth	Ronald Neame
Grey Gardens	Albert and David Maysles, Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer
Two-Lane Blacktop	Monte Hellman
Things to Come	William Cameron Menzies
Fishing with John	John Lurie
Seven Samurai	Akira Kurosawa
Zatōichi	Takeshi Kitano
Seconds	John Frankenheimer
Sweet Smell of Success	Alexander Mackendrick
Crumb	Terry Zwigoff
Rumble Fish	Francis Ford Coppola
Watership Down	Martin Rosen

Alicia Malone (February 19, 2017)

Criterion citation: "We were excited to welcome author and TCM host Alicia Malone into the closet, where she offered up quick takes on Akira Kurosawa's Ikiru, Nicolas Roeg's Walkabout, and David Lynch's Eraserhead."

Film	Director	Ref
Breaker Morant	Bruce Beresford
Eraserhead	David Lynch
Ikiru	Akira Kurosawa
Lady Snowblood	Toshiya Fujita
Weekend	Jean-Luc Godard
Gilda	Charles Vidor
His Girl Friday	Howard Hawks
Walkabout	Nicolas Roeg

Flying Lotus (March 19, 2017)

Flying Lotus

Criterion citation: "The envelope-pushing musician, producer, and filmmaker grabs Brazil, Rushmore, and Jellyfish Eyes (but takes a pass on Salò)."

Film	Director	Ref
Brazil	Terry Gilliam
Rushmore	Wes Anderson
Naked Lunch	David Cronenberg
Jellyfish Eyes	Takashi Murakami
Carnival of Souls	Herk Harvey
Dreams	Ingmar Bergman
Masculin Féminin	Jean-Luc Godard
A Touch of Zen	King Wu
Stalker	Andrei Tarkovsky
Fantastic Mr. Fox	Wes Anderson

John Safdie and Benny Safdie (March 30, 2017)

Criterion citation: "Mike Leigh's Meantime, Ermanno Olmi's Il posto, and Robert Bresson's A Man Escaped top the list for the sibling duo behind Good Time and Uncut Gems."

Film	Director	Ref
Meantime	Mike Leigh
A Man Escaped	Robert Bresson
My Beautiful Laundrette	Stephen Frears
Fox and His Friends	Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Bicycle Thieves	Vittorio De Sica
Walkabout	Nicolas Roeg
Blood Simple	Coen brothers
The Player	Robert Altman
Il Posto	Ermanno Olmi
L'Argent	Robert Bresson
Tess	Roman Polanski

Alexander Payne (April 16, 2017)

Alexander Payne

Criterion citation: "The Oscar-winning writer-director sings the praises of Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni in Ettore Scola's A Special Day and cops to never having seen Robert Altman's 3 Women."

Film	Director	Ref
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom	Pier Paolo Pasolini
Ace in the Hole	Billy Wilder
3 Women	Robert Altman
L'Avventura	Michelangelo Antonioni
The Breaking Point	Michael Curtiz
Speedy	Ted Wilde
Red Beard	Akira Kurosawa
A Special Day	Ettore Scola
The Executioner	Luis García Berlanga

Ethan Hawke and Jonathan Marc Sherman (May 22, 2017)

Ethan Hawke

Criterion citation: "Longtime friends and collaborators Ethan Hawke and Jonathan Marc Sherman stopped by the office to contribute to our new edition of Baal—and have some fun in the closet."

Film	Director	Ref
The Before Trilogy	Richard Linklater
Black Orpheus	Marcel Camus
The 400 Blows	François Truffaut
Tootsie	Sydney Pollack
Breaker Morant	Bruce Beresford
Rumble Fish	Francis Ford Coppola
Berlin Alexanderplatz	Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Ace in the Hole	Billy Wilder
Paris, Texas	Wim Wenders
Sullivan's Travels	Preston Sturges
One-Eyed Jacks	Marlon Brando
Five Easy Pieces	Bob Rafelson
House	Nobuhiko Obayashi
The Essential Jacques Demy	Jacques Demy

Tavi Gevinson (June 30, 2017)

Tavi Gevinson

Criterion citation: "While browsing our collection, the editor, actor, and fashion maven shared some stories of movie love, including one about how Broadcast News played a part in her college applications."

Film	Director	Ref
8½	Federico Fellini
Election	Alexander Payne
Dressed to Kill	Brian De Palma
Fox and His Friends	Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Metropolitan	Whit Stillman
Barcelona
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders	Jaromil Jireš
Eclipse Series 19: Chantal Akerman in the Seventies	Chantal Akerman
Martha Graham: Dance on Film	Nathan Kroll
Broadcast News	James L. Brooks
Moonrise Kingdom	Wes Anderson

Lee Unkrich (July 4, 2017)

Lee Unkrich

Criterion citation: "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."

Film	Director	Ref
Three Colours	Krzysztof Kieślowski
Bicycle Thieves	Vittorio De Sica
Loves of a Blonde	Miloš Forman
The Graduate	Mike Nichols
Punch-Drunk Love	Paul Thomas Anderson
An Angel at My Table	Jane Campion
Seconds	John Frankenheimer
All That Jazz	Bob Fosse

Aubrey Plaza and Jeff Baena (July 5, 2017)

Criterion citation: "The comedy duo snatch up everything from Preston Sturges's The Lady Eve to Todd Haynes's Safe."

Film	Director	Ref
The Lady Eve	Preston Sturges
For All Mankind	Al Reinert
Harold and Maude	Hal Ashby
Being There
America, Lost and Found	Lance Bird, Tom Johnson
Under the Volcano	John Huston
Scenes from a Marriage	Ingmar Bergman
The Squid and the Whale	Noah Baumbach
3 Women	Robert Altman
Day for Night	François Truffaut
City Lights	Charlie Chaplin
Ghost World	Terry Zwigoff
The Big Chill	Lawrence Kasdan
The Player	Robert Altman
I Married a Witch	René Clair
Safe	Todd Haynes

John Waters (July 26, 2017)

John Waters

Criterion citation: "While we were working on our new edition of Polyester, the Pope of Trash paid us a visit and shared stories about meeting Shirley Stoler and watching 8½ under the influence."

Film	Director	Ref
8½	Federico Fellini
The Honeymoon Killers	Leonard Kastle
The Blob	Irvin Yeaworth
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls	Russ Meyer
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me	David Lynch

Lucrecia Martel (September 17, 2017)

Lucrecia Martel

Criterion citation: "The Argentine master behind such enigmatic, formally audacious films as Zama and La Ciénaga reveals her love of genre cinema."

Film	Director	Ref
The Lady Vanishes	Alfred Hitchcock
Seven Samurai	Akira Kurosawa
Amarcord	Federico Fellini
Beauty and the Beast	Jean Cocteau
Love Streams	John Cassavetes
Time Bandits	Terry Gilliam
Eyes Without a Face	Georges Franju
Naked Lunch	David Cronenberg
Carnival of Souls	Herk Harvey
The Red Shoes	Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Cat People	Jacques Tourneur

Claire Denis (October 2, 2017)

Claire Denis

Criterion citation: "The great French director talks about her formative experiences with the work of Carl Theodor Dreyer and gets wistful about Ingmar Bergman's Summer with Monika."

Film	Director	Ref
Ordet	Carl Theodor Dreyer
Day of Wrath
Gertrud
Gate of Flesh	Seijun Suzuki
Tout Va Bien	Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Gorin
His Girl Friday	Howard Hawks

Euzhan Palcy (November 5, 2017)

Criterion citation: "The trailblazing director of A Dry White Season reminisces about her childhood love of Hitchcock, the kindness that François Truffaut showed her, and a Brazilian classic that changed her life."

Film	Director	Ref
Black Orpheus	Marcel Camus
The Lady Vanishes	Alfred Hitchcock
Cronos	Guillermo del Toro
The Naked Island	Kaneto Shindo
The Devil's Backbone	Guillermo del Toro
Pan's Labyrinth
A Dry White Season	Euzhan Palcy
The 400 Blows	François Truffaut
John Cassavetes: Five Films	John Cassavetes
A Film Trilogy by Ingmar Bergman	Ingmar Bergman
Love Streams	John Cassavetes

Paul Dano (November 14, 2017)

Paul Dano

Criterion citation: "The actor-director stopped by our offices to stock up on movies by Yasujiro Ozu, Edward Yang, and other filmmakers who have shaped his sensibility."

Film	Director	Ref
One-Eyed Jacks	Marlon Brando
The Essential Jacques Demy	Jacques Demy
A Brighter Summer Day	Edward Yang
Good Morning	Yasujirō Ozu
Make Way for Tomorrow	Leo McCarey
This Sporting Life	Lindsay Anderson
Yi Yi	Edward Yang
My Own Private Idaho	Gus Van Sant

M.I.A. and Stephen Loveridge (November 24, 2017)

Criterion citation: "The star and the director of Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. show love to politically charged films like Missing and Dheepan, and reminisce about the emotional balm they found in our Janus Films collector's set."

Film	Director	Ref
Naked	Mike Leigh
Missing	Costa-Gavras
Kes	Ken Loach
Badlands	Terrence Malick
Dheepan	Jacques Audiard
Bottle Rocket	Wes Anderson

James L. Brooks (December 6, 2017)

James L. Brooks

Criterion citation: "The director of Broadcast News and Terms of Endearment paid us a visit and talked about some of his comedy favorites, from Oscar Wilde to Albert Brooks."

Film	Director	Ref
The Importance of Being Earnest	Anthony Asquith
The Lady Eve	Preston Sturges
Sullivan's Travels	Preston Sturges
Shampoo	Hal Ashby
Lost in America	Albert Brooks
John Cassavetes: Five Films	John Cassavetes

Karina Longworth (December 20, 2017)

Criterion citation: "The prolific writer and creator of the popular film podcast You Must Remember This stopped by for a visit and picked up an eclectic mix of old Hollywood and art-house classics."

Film	Director	Ref
Loves of a Blonde	Miloš Forman
Mamma Roma	Pier Paolo Pasolini
The Scarlet Empress	Josef von Sternberg
I Am Curious (Yellow)	Vilgot Sjöman
Border Radio	Allison Anders, Dean Lent, Kurt Voss
People on Sunday	Robert Siodmak, Edgar G. Ulmer
Chronicle of a Summer	Jean Rouch, Edgar Morin
Desert Hearts	Donna Deitch
Personal Shopper	Olivier Assayas
Marseille Trilogy	Marcel Pagnol

2018

Richard E. Grant (January 14, 2018)

Richard E. Grant

Criterion citation: "The Oscar-nominated veteran bags a few favorite movies—and delivers some spot-on impressions of Jeanne Moreau and Dustin Hoffman while he's at it."

Film	Director	Ref
Jules and Jim	François Truffaut
Cries and Whispers	Ingmar Bergman
Hamlet	Laurence Olivier
The French Lieutenant's Woman	Karel Reisz
Nashville	Robert Altman
Some Like It Hot	Billy Wilder
La Strada	Federico Fellini

Terry Gilliam (January 27, 2018)

Terry Gilliam

Criterion citation: "While in town for the release of his new movie The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, the legendary filmmaker stopped by to pick up some Criterion favorites."

Film	Director	Ref
Yojimbo/Sanjuro	Akira Kurosawa
The Complete Jacques Tati	Jacques Tati
Rififi	Jules Dassin
8½	Federico Fellini
Paths of Glory	Stanley Kubrick
Ingmar Bergman's Cinema	Ingmar Bergman

Kim Cattrall (February 13, 2018)

Criterion citation: "On a recent visit, the award-winning Sex and the City star chatted with us about falling in love with movies as a child and the Hollywood and art-house classics that have been her personal touchstones."

Film	Director	Ref
Jules and Jim	François Truffaut
Sullivan's Travels	Preston Sturges
Heaven Can Wait	Ernst Lubitsch
Limelight	Charlie Chaplin
A Taste of Honey	Tony Richardson
Wanda	Barbara Loden
Fanny and Alexander	Ingmar Bergman
The Complete Jacques Tati	Jacques Tati
Tom Jones	Tony Richardson
Nashville	Robert Altman
Repulsion	Roman Polanski
Cat People	Jacques Tourneur

Joanna Hogg (February 27, 2018)

Joanna Hogg

Criterion citation: "The acclaimed director of The Souvenir gushes over her favorite musicals and stocks up on films by Federico Fellini."

Film	Director	Ref
8½	Federico Fellini
La Strada
The Red Shoes	Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Bad Timing	Nicolas Roeg
All That Jazz	Bob Fosse
The Age of Innocence	Martin Scorsese

John Sayles (March 24, 2018)

Criterion citation: "During the production of our release of Matewan, the first Sayles film in the collection, the director paid us a visit and talked about some of his formative moviegoing experiences."

Film	Director	Ref
La Strada	Federico Fellini
The Organizer	Mario Monicelli
His Girl Friday	Howard Hawks
State of Siege	Costa-Gavras

Jacqueline Novak and John Early (April 5, 2018)

Criterion citation: "Shortly before the critically acclaimed success of their off-Broadway show Get on Your Knees, the two comedians stopped by for a few good laughs in our closet."

Film	Director	Ref
Picnic at Hanging Rock	Peter Weir
3 Women	Robert Altman
The Uninvited	Lewis Allen
Night of the Living Dead	George A. Romero
Fat Girl	Catherine Breillat
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me	David Lynch
Magnificent Obsession	Douglas Sirk
Island of Lost Souls	Erle C. Kenton
White Material	Claire Denis
Female Trouble	John Waters
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!	Pedro Almodóvar

Leslie Harris (April 27, 2018)

Criterion citation: "The director of Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. stopped by to talk about the movies that loom large in her personal canon."

Film	Director	Ref
The Rules of the Game	Jean Renoir
Scenes from a Marriage	Ingmar Bergman
4 by Agnès Varda	Agnès Varda
Divorce Italian Style	Pietro Germi
8½	Federico Fellini

John Dwyer (May 11, 2018)

Criterion citation: "The underground rock veteran (and founding member of the band Osees, a.k.a. Thee Oh Sees or Oh Sees) stopped by our office to stock up on an eclectic mix of cinematic thrills."

Film	Director	Ref
Naked Lunch	David Cronenberg
Grey Gardens	Albert and David Maysles, Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer
Repo Man	Alex Cox
Odd Man Out	Carol Reed
The Manchurian Candidate	John Frankenheimer
True Stories	David Byrne
Night of the Living Dead	George A. Romero

Matthew Modine (May 26, 2018)

Matthew Modine

Criterion citation: "During a trip to our offices, the actor reminisced about working with legendary directors like Robert Altman and Stanley Kubrick."

Film	Director	Ref
High and Low	Akira Kurosawa
Tanner '88	Robert Altman
The Black Stallion	Carroll Ballard
Dr. Strangelove	Stanley Kubrick
Night of the Living Dead	George A. Romero
Midnight Cowboy	John Schlesinger
The Player	Robert Altman

Desiree Akhavan (June 19, 2018)

Desiree Akhavan

Criterion citation: "The writer-director-star of Appropriate Behavior shares what she's learned about life and cinema from her favorite movies."

Film	Director	Ref
Knife in the Water	Roman Polanski
Do the Right Thing	Spike Lee
The Spirit of the Beehive	Víctor Erice
Ratcatcher	Lynne Ramsay
Faces	John Cassavetes
Love Streams
Tiny Furniture	Lena Dunham
Safe	Todd Haynes
I Knew Her Well	Antonio Pietrangeli
Day for Night	François Truffaut
Life Is Sweet	Mike Leigh

Jenni Olson (July 3, 2018)

Jenni Olson

Criterion citation: "The pioneering filmmaker and historian stopped by our offices to pick up an eclectic mix of Hollywood and art-house classics that have shaped her love of cinema."

Film	Director	Ref
Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles	Chantal Akerman
Sweet Smell of Success	Alexander Mackendrick
Desert Hearts	Donna Deitch
Memories of Underdevelopment	Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Eclipse Series 2: The Documentaries of Louis Malle	Louis Malle

Rodarte (July 13, 2018)

Criterion citation: "The sisters behind the acclaimed fashion brand share their love for the iconoclastic filmmakers who have inspired them."

Film	Director	Ref
In the Mood for Love	Wong Kar-wai
The Double Life of Veronique	Krzysztof Kieślowski
Videodrome	David Cronenberg
Sisters	Brian De Palma
In a Lonely Place	Nicholas Ray
Polyester	John Waters
Shampoo	Hal Ashby
Multiple Maniacs	John Waters
The Red Shoes	Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

Ben Sinclair (July 22, 2018)

Criterion citation: "The cocreator and star of the HBO series High Maintenance shared a few wacky urban tales with us while digging through some of his favorite movies."

Film	Director	Ref
Short Cuts	Robert Altman
Bad Timing	Nicolas Roeg
Close-Up	Abbas Kiarostami
Punch-Drunk Love	Paul Thomas Anderson
Being John Malkovich	Spike Jonze
Funny Games	Michael Haneke
Old Joy	Kelly Reichardt
The Princess Bride	Rob Reiner
Midnight Cowboy	John Schlesinger

2019

Jaboukie Young-White, Lorelei Ramirez, Fumi Abe, Nore Davis, and Tomas Delgado (January 24, 2019)

Jaboukie Young-White

Criterion citation: "Things got a little hectic (and hilarious) when New York comedians Jaboukie Young-White, Lorelei Ramirez, Fumi Abe, Nore Davis, and Tomas Delgado visited the Criterion offices."

Film	Director	Ref
The Complete Jacques Tati	Jacques Tati
Good Morning	Yasujirō Ozu
Yojimbo	Akira Kurosawa
Frances Ha	Noah Baumbach
Beastie Boys Video Anthology	Beastie Boys
Some Like It Hot	Billy Wilder
Rosemary's Baby	Roman Polanski
Night of the Living Dead	George A. Romero
Sunday Bloody Sunday	John Schlesinger
Pan's Labyrinth	Guillermo del Toro
True Stories	David Byrne
24 Frames	Abbas Kiarostami
Made in U.S.A.	Jean-Luc Godard
Man Bites Dog	Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde
Sex, Lies, and Videotape	Steven Soderbergh
Ikiru	Akira Kurosawa
The Big Chill	Lawrence Kasdan
Shampoo	Hal Ashby

Marco Bellocchio (October 7, 2019)

Marco Bellocchio

Criterion citation: "The celebrated Italian auteur stopped by our closet last year while in town to present his mafia epic The Traitor."

Film	Director	Ref
Pickpocket	Robert Bresson
Umberto D.	Vittorio De Sica
Throne of Blood	Akira Kurosawa
Othello	Orson Welles
Barry Lyndon	Stanley Kubrick

Peter Sarsgaard (December 18, 2019)

Criterion citation: "The acclaimed actor chatted with us about his fondest movie memories, including his experience of discovering art-house cinema in Catholic school."

Film	Director	Ref
La Strada	Federico Fellini
The Night Porter	Liliana Cavani
Eating Raoul	Paul Bartel
Breaking the Waves	Lars von Trier
Safe	Todd Haynes
True Stories	David Byrne
Wanda	Barbara Loden

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