Film2021My Guest is Orson WellesThis is a collection of Welles’ TV appearances from the 70s and 80s, including the one he did with Merv Griffin just hours before he died. Included on the Criterion release of Citizen KaneOpen details →
Film2021Passion ProjectExplores the ten-year journey of adapting Uzodinma Iweala's 2005 novel "Beasts of No Nation" into the 2015 film.Open details →
Film2021Undressing a LegacyIn this interview, conducted in spring 2021, scholar Nick Rees-Roberts traces the influence of La Piscine on the worlds of film and fashion in the half century since its release.Open details →
Film★ 7.22020Making 'The Irishman'Join legendary director Martin Scorsese, and acting icons Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Al Pacino going behind the scenes of their universally acclaimed movie.Open details →
Film2020The Beauty of Horror: Paul Schrader on The Comfort of StrangersAn interview with Paul Schrader on his 1990 film "The Comfort of Strangers"Open details →
Film2019Daniel London and Will Oldham on Old JoyIn this conversation, shot by the Criterion Collection in 2019, actors Daniel London and Will Oldham reunite for the first time since the release of Old Joy and discuss their memories of making the film.Open details →
Film2019Mia Mask On Bojangles Of HarlemIn this interview, filmed by the Criterion Collection in 2019, film scholar Mia Mask discusses blackface and the 'Bojangles of Harlem' number in George Stevens's 'Swing Time' (1936).Open details →
Film2019In Full SwingA documentary on the making of the 1936 film Swing Time, featuring interviews with jazz and film critic Gary Giddens, dance critic Brian Seibert, and Dorothy Fields biographer Deborah Grace Winer. This is an all-encompassing feature covering the evolution of the Hollywood musical, Astaire's and Rogers' work, and the film's music, written by Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields.Open details →
George Stevens Jr. On 'Swing Time'Film2019George Stevens Jr. On 'Swing Time'George Stevens Jr shares his insights and observations about his father's production of "Swing Time"Open details →
Film★ 8.52018Revisiting The Virgin SuicidesA program featuring director Sofia Coppola, actors Kirsten Dunst and Josh Hartnett, and cinematographer Ed Lachman looking back at The Virgin Suicides nearly 20 years on.Open details →
Film2018Strange MagicWriter and Rookie editor in chief Tavi Gevinson explores THE VIRGIN SUICIDES through the lens of adolescence, suicide, and memory. It features Gevinson’s own writing and imagery from a fanzine she made about Sofia Coppola’s movie in 2012.Open details →
Film2017Election - Reese WitherspoonExtra from Election (1999) Criterion Release. Short interview with star Reese Witherspoon about production of the film.Open details →
Film★ 10.02017Women in Love: Desert HeartsActors Patricia Charbonneau and Helen Shaver discuss the making of with groundbreaking film of queer cinema, Desert Hearts (1985, Donna Deitch) and how it impacted their careers.Open details →
Film2017Remembering Reno: Reflections on the Making of Desert HeartsFilmed in Los Angeles in August 2017, director Donna Deitch, cinematographer Robert Elswit and production designer Jeannine Oppewall discuss their collaboration in creating the look of DESERT HEARTS.Open details →
Film2017Election - "The Passion of Martin" IntroductionIntroductory piece to Alexander Payne's student film "The Passion of Martin" included on the Criterion Collection release of Election (1999).Open details →
Shooting 'Blood Simple'Film2016Shooting 'Blood Simple'Telestrator commentary and interview with Joel and Ethan Coen and Barry Sonnenfeld.Open details →
Film2016The Reluctant Lead — Hsu Feng on A Touch of ZenIn this short documentary, actress Hsu Feng discusses her iconic role as Yang Hui-zhen in King Hu's A Touch of Zen.Open details →
Film2016Art-house Martial Arts — Tony Rayns on A Touch of ZenIn this short documentary, film critic Tony Rayns discusses director King Hu and A Touch of Zen.Open details →
Film2016The Highest Standards — Shih Chun on A Touch of ZenIn this short documentary, actor Shih Chun addresses his longtime collaboration with director King Hu and his performance as Gu Sheng-zhai in A Touch of Zen.Open details →
Film2016A Touch of Art — Ang Lee on King HuIn this short documentary, Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ang Lee describes his appreciation for King Hu's Dragon Inn and A Touch of Zen, and the influence they had on his own acclaimed martial arts film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000).Open details →
Film2013The Film That Warped Too Much: A Restoration DemonstrationA summary of the problems of the best surviving film elements and the restoration of the filmOpen details →
The Unluckiest DragonFilm2012The Unluckiest DragonAn audio essay narrated by Greg Pflugfelder explaining the events surrounding a tuna-fish boat called 'Daigo fukuryu maru'. The event inspires the story of Godzilla.Open details →
Film2009In The Realm Of The Senses: Tatsuya FujiActor Tatsuya Fuji recounts the making of "In The Realm Of The Senses"Open details →
Film2008Making MishimaIn this archival documentary, cinematographer John Bailey, production designer Eiko Ishioka, and composer Philip Glass discuss the conception of Paul Schrader's film, the image of Mishima that they had prior to committing to the project, the manner in which some of his ideas resonated with them, the unusual portrait of Mishima that the film offers, its form and visual style, etc.Open details →
Film2008Producing MishimaIn this documentary, producers Tom Luddy and Mata Yamamoto recount the challenges of producing “Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters.”Open details →