# 2024 Closet Picks

Closet Picks is a video series by The Criterion Collection. Involving its Criterion Closet where all of its distributed titles are stored, Criterion regularly invites individuals in the film and entertainment industries, as well as those adjacent to them, to peruse and choose from its selection of discs. The video series began in 2010 when director Guillermo del Toro visited the Criterion office, during which he was filmed making his selections from the Criterion Closet. Since then, Criterion has filmed over two hundred installments of Closet Picks; past visitors include Ari Aster, Wim Wenders, Hideo Kojima, and many others.
All dates are drawn from the closet picks database.

## January
### Charles Melton (January 3)

Criterion citation: "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."
| Film | Director |
| Mikey and Nicky | Elaine May |
| After Life | Hirokazu Kore-eda |
| Memories of Murder | Bong Joon-ho |
| EO | Jerzy Skolimowski |
| Eyes Without a Face | Georges Franju |
| Le Samouraï | Jean-Pierre Melville |
| La Piscine | Jacques Deray |
| La Strada | Federico Fellini |
| Cure | Kiyoshi Kurosawa |
| Drive My Car | Ryusuke Hamaguchi |
| Short Cuts | Robert Altman |
| 3 Women | Robert Altman |
| Safe | Todd Haynes |
| A Special Day | Ettore Scola |
| WALL-E | Andrew Stanton |

### Joel Kim Booster (January 22)

Criterion citation: "The comedian, actor, and writer recalls wearing out videotapes of Mothra vs. Godzilla; praises Sound of Metal and its star, Riz Ahmed; and talks about the power and importance of seeing love between two Asian men depicted on-screen in Happy Together."
| Film | Director |
| The Philadelphia Story | George Cukor |
| The Big Chill | Lawrence Kasdan |
| The Others | Alejandro Amenábar |
| Sound of Metal | Darius Marder |
| Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954–1975 | Various directors |
| In the Mood for Love | Wong Kar-wai |
| Hedwig and the Angry Inch | John Cameron Mitchell |

### Callum Turner (January 24)

Criterion citation: "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."
| Film | Director |
| The Complete Films of Agnès Varda | Agnès Varda |
| Au hasard Balthazar | Robert Bresson |
| Five Easy Pieces | Bob Rafelson |
| Mean Streets | Martin Scorsese |
| The Kid with a Bike | Dardenne brothers |
| The Cranes Are Flying | Mikhail Kalatozov |
| Come and See | Elem Klimov |
| Naked | Mike Leigh |
| The Leopard | Luchino Visconti |
| La Strada | Federico Fellini |
| Nothing but a Man | Michael Roemer |

### Devo (January 28)

Criterion citation: "The duo behind the legendary band share their formative memories of encountering Island of Lost Souls, praise Fellini's unique sonic sensibility, and talk about their love for Tony Curtis and Burt Lancaster in Sweet Smell of Success."
| Film | Director |
| Island of Lost Souls | Erle C. Kenton |
| Essential Fellini | Federico Fellini |
| Sweet Smell of Success | Alexander Mackendrick |
| Monsters and Madmen | Various directors |

## February
### Paul Giamatti (February 6)

Criterion citation: "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."
| Film | Director |
| Carnival of Souls | Herk Harvey |
| The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp | Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger |
| Rashomon | Akira Kurosawa |
| Solaris | Andrei Tarkovsky |
| Cat People | Jacques Tourneur |
| Seconds | John Frankenheimer |
| Blue Velvet | David Lynch |
| Eclipse Series 11: Larisa Shepitko | Larisa Shepitko |

### JR (February 27)

Criterion citation: "The artist and codirector of Agnès Varda's documentary Faces Places talks about his intimate collaboration with the late iconic filmmaker, praises world-expanding masterpieces like La haine and Roma, and shouts out his friend Louis Garrel."
| Film | Director |
| The Complete Films of Agnès Varda | Agnès Varda |
| John Cassavetes: Five Films | John Cassavetes |
| Amores perros | Alejandro González Iñárritu |
| WALL-E | Andrew Stanton |
| Mean Streets | Martin Scorsese |
| La Haine | Mathieu Kassovitz |
| The Innocent | Louis Garrel |
| EO | Jerzy Skolimowski |
| Roma | Alfonso Cuarón |

### Tim Blake Nelson (February 28)

Criterion citation: "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."
| Film | Director |
| Blast of Silence | Allen Baron |
| Topsy-Turvy | Mike Leigh |
| The Killing of a Chinese Bookie | John Cassavetes |
| Inside Llewyn Davis | Coen brothers |
| Miller's Crossing | Coen brothers |
| Tokyo Story | Yasujirō Ozu |

## March
### Chelsea Peretti (March 5)

Criterion citation: "The comedian, actor, and director talks about loving the relatable weirdness of Grey Gardens and the compulsive passion of Crumb; praises Miranda July's singular, offbeat voice; and shares how The 400 Blows (a Natasha Lyonne recommendation) evokes empathy for the pains of growing up."
| Film | Director |
| Girlfriends | Claudia Weill |
| Me and You and Everyone We Know | Miranda July |
| Trainspotting | Danny Boyle |
| Grey Gardens | Albert and David Maysles, Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer |
| Crumb | Terry Zwigoff |
| Hollywood Shuffle | Robert Townsend |
| Wild Strawberries | Ingmar Bergman |
| The 400 Blows | François Truffaut |
| Mikey and Nicky | Elaine May |
| The Blob | Irvin Yeaworth |

### Molly Ringwald (March 11)

Criterion citation: "The actor and writer shares her love of the literary qualities of Eric Rohmer's cinema, recalls the thrill of watching Bruno Dumont's La vie de Jésus, and selects films by auteurs she has worked with, including Jean-Luc Godard and John Cassavetes."
| Film | Director |
| Dietrich & von Sternberg in Hollywood | Josef von Sternberg |
| A Face in the Crowd | Elia Kazan |
| Celine and Julie Go Boating | Jacques Rivette |
| Eric Rohmer's Tales of the Four Seasons | Éric Rohmer |
| Eclipse Series 8: Lubitsch Musicals | Ernst Lubitsch |
| Band of Outsiders | Jean-Luc Godard |
| La Vie de Jésus | Bruno Dumont |
| Essential Fellini | Federico Fellini |
| John Cassavetes: Five Films | John Cassavetes |
| Love Streams | John Cassavetes |
| Umberto D. | Vittorio De Sica |

### Cheryl Dunye (March 17)

Criterion citation: "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."
| Film | Director |
| I Married a Witch | René Clair |
| A Hollis Frampton Odyssey | Hollis Frampton |
| Mudbound | Dee Rees |
| The Cameraman | Edward Sedgwick |
| Chantal Akerman Masterpieces, 1968–1978 | Chantal Akerman |
| To Die For | Gus Van Sant |
| The Signifyin' Works of Marlon Riggs | Marlon Riggs |
| BRD Trilogy | Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
| The Complete Films of Agnès Varda | Agnès Varda |
| The Watermelon Woman | Cheryl Dunye |

### Kerry Condon (March 28)

Criterion citation: "The acclaimed actor shares how Nancy Savoca's Dogfight profoundly affected her views of acting and love, praises the way David Gordon Green conjures the feeling of youth in George Washington, and selects endlessly entertaining favorites, from Valley of the Dolls to The Night of the Hunter."
| Film | Director |
| The Night of the Hunter | Charles Laughton |
| Fish Tank | Andrea Arnold |
| Kes | Ken Loach |
| George Washington | David Gordon Green |
| The Tin Drum | Volker Schlöndorff |
| Secrets & Lies | Mike Leigh |
| McCabe & Mrs. Miller | Robert Altman |
| Valley of the Dolls | Mark Robson |
| Dogfight | Nancy Savoca |
| All About My Mother | Pedro Almodóvar |
| The Prince of Tides | Barbra Streisand |

### St. Vincent (March 28)

Criterion citation: "The singer shares her love for The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant and its decadent drama, praises Nicole Kidman's hilariously psychotic performance in To Die For, and talks about the intimate dream state of Brand upon the Brain!"
| Film | Director |
| Female Trouble | John Waters |
| The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant | Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
| Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown | Pedro Almodóvar |
| To Die For | Gus Van Sant |
| Brand upon the Brain! | Guy Maddin |
| Chantal Akerman Masterpieces, 1968–1978 | Chantal Akerman |
| Dazed and Confused | Richard Linklater |
| Diamonds of the Night | Jan Němec |

## April
### Bertrand Bonello (April 3)

Criterion citation: "The writer, director, and composer talks about the enduring inspiration of The Age of Innocence, praises the tonal precision of David Cronenberg's Crash, and shares his love for Pasolini's potent mix of poetry and intelligence."
| Film | Director |
| The Age of Innocence | Martin Scorsese |
| Crash | David Cronenberg |
| Clean, Shaven | Lodge Kerrigan |
| Pasolini 101 | Pier Paolo Pasolini |
| Close-Up | Abbas Kiarostami |

### Maya Hawke and Ethan Hawke (April 5)

Criterion citation: "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."
| Film | Director |
| War and Peace | Sergei Bondarchuk |
| Frances Ha | Noah Baumbach |
| Children of Paradise | Marcel Carné |
| 3 Women | Robert Altman |
| Husbands | John Cassavetes |
| The Magnificent Ambersons | Orson Welles |
| Pina | Wim Wenders |
| An Angel at My Table | Jane Campion |
| Tess | Roman Polanski |
| Tokyo Story | Yasujirō Ozu |
| Days of Heaven | Terrence Malick |
| Picnic at Hanging Rock | Peter Weir |
| Kicking and Screaming | Noah Baumbach |

### Annie Baker and Lucian Johnston (April 9)

Criterion citation: "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."
| Film | Director |
| Naked Childhood | Maurice Pialat |
| L'Argent | Robert Bresson |
| A Matter of Life and Death | Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger |
| Godland | Hlynur Pálmason |
| Design for Living | Ernst Lubitsch |
| The Complete Films of Agnès Varda | Agnès Varda |

### Jane Schoenbrun (April 16)

Criterion citation: "The writer and director admires how filmmakers like Jacques Tati, Wes Anderson, and David Lynch sculpt their own universes, selects a Spike Lee double feature, and praises Víctor Erice's films as some of the best in cinema history."
| Film | Director |
| The Complete Jacques Tati | Jacques Tati |
| Bamboozled | Spike Lee |
| Malcolm X | Spike Lee |
| El Sur | Víctor Erice |
| Peeping Tom | Michael Powell |
| Werckmeister Harmonies | Béla Tarr, Ágnes Hranitzky |
| Autumn Sonata | Ingmar Bergman |
| The Grand Budapest Hotel | Wes Anderson |
| Eraserhead | David Lynch |

### Jeremy O. Harris (April 16)

Criterion citation: "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."
| Film | Director |
| Melvin Van Peebles: Essential Films | Melvin Van Peebles |
| Original Cast Album: Company | D. A. Pennebaker |
| The Celebration | Thomas Vinterberg |
| Teorema | Pier Paolo Pasolini |
| Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom | Pier Paolo Pasolini |
| Tiny Furniture | Lena Dunham |
| Girlfriends | Claudia Weill |
| All That Jazz | Bob Fosse |
| Ali: Fear Eats the Soul | Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
| Yi Yi | Edward Yang |
| Metropolitan | Whit Stillman |

## May
### Ryusuke Hamaguchi (May 3)

Criterion citation: "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."
| Film | Director |
| Late Spring | Yasujirō Ozu |
| Army of Shadows | Jean-Pierre Melville |
| La Haine | Mathieu Kassovitz |
| Toni | Jean Renoir |
| Beau Travail | Claire Denis |
| Until the End of the World | Wim Wenders |
| John Cassavetes: Five Films | John Cassavetes |
| Heaven Can Wait | Ernst Lubitsch |
| A Story of Floating Weeds/Floating Weeds | Yasujirō Ozu |
| The Essential Jacques Demy | Jacques Demy |
| Judex | Georges Franju |
| Bigger Than Life | Nicholas Ray |
| Fists in the Pocket | Marco Bellocchio |
| Cure | Kiyoshi Kurosawa |
| My Darling Clementine | John Ford |

### Dylan Baker (May 7)

Criterion citation: "The actor, who stars in Todd Solondz's Happiness, shares his appreciation for the playwright behind the source material of George Cukor's Holiday; praises It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World as one of the funniest films he has ever seen; and talks about the deep impression that Local Hero has left on him."
| Film | Director |
| Destry Rides Again | George Marshall |
| Holiday | George Cukor |
| Quadrophenia | Franc Roddam |
| It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Stanley Kramer |
| Christ Stopped at Eboli | Francesco Rosi |
| Local Hero | Bill Forsyth |
| The Ascent | Larisa Shepitko |
| Ride with the Devil | Ang Lee |

### Ross brothers (May 9)

Criterion citation: "The acclaimed filmmaking duo reminisce about getting their cinematic education while working in a video store, share how Touki bouki has inspired every film they've ever made, and select life-changing favorites by Barbara Kopple, Abbas Kiarostami, and Les Blank."
| Film | Director |
| Dead Man | Jim Jarmusch |
| Touki Bouki | Djibril Diop Mambéty |
| Les Blank: Always for Pleasure | Les Blank |
| Time | Garrett Bradley |
| Dekalog | Krzysztof Kieślowski |
| The Cameraman | Edward Sedgwick |
| Close-Up | Abbas Kiarostami |
| Harlan County, USA | Barbara Kopple |

### Paul Scheer (May 21)

Criterion citation: "The comedian, actor, and author reflects on what Alex Cox's Walker has to say about American history, talks about the subtle depth of Two-Lane Blacktop, and praises performances by Peter Falk and Walter Matthau."
| Film | Director |
| Walker | Alex Cox |
| Mikey and Nicky | Elaine May |
| Two-Lane Blacktop | Monte Hellman |
| Hopscotch | Ronald Neame |
| Make Way for Tomorrow | Leo McCarey |
| Klute | Alan J. Pakula |

### Jerry Schatzberg (May 22)

Criterion citation: "The legendary photographer and filmmaker talks about the inspiring beauty of Marlene Dietrich, reminiscences about the great actor and screenwriter Carole Eastman, and selects favorites such as On the Waterfront and 'Round Midnight."
| Film | Director |
| Knife in the Water | Roman Polanski |
| Dietrich & von Sternberg in Hollywood | Josef von Sternberg |
| On the Waterfront | Elia Kazan |
| Round Midnight | Bertrand Tavernier |
| The Shooting | Monte Hellman |
| The Complete Films of Agnès Varda | Agnès Varda |

## June
### Viggo Mortensen (June 3)

Criterion citation: "The award-winning actor and director goes deep on his favorite westerns, highlighting Gregory Peck's psychological performance in The Gunfighter and Barbara Stanwyck's fierceness in The Furies, Leonard Cohen's music in McCabe & Mrs. Miller, and Budd Boetticher's lean, mean Ranown films."
| Film | Director |
| Stagecoach | John Ford |
| Red River | Howard Hawks |
| Forty Guns | Samuel Fuller |
| The Gunfighter | Henry King |
| The Furies | Anthony Mann |
| 3:10 to Yuma | Delmer Daves |
| McCabe & Mrs. Miller | Robert Altman |
| The Ranown Westerns: Five Films Directed by Budd Boetticher | Budd Boetticher |

### Carol Kane (June 14)

Criterion citation: "The legendary actor talks about her lifelong love of Bette Davis, reminisces about working with John Cassavetes, and selects favorites by Hal Ashby, Gillian Armstrong, and Bill Forsyth."
| Film | Director |
| All About Eve | Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
| John Cassavetes: Five Films | John Cassavetes |
| Local Hero | Bill Forsyth |
| My Brilliant Career | Gillian Armstrong |
| The Princess Bride | Rob Reiner |
| Shampoo | Hal Ashby |
| Hobson's Choice | David Lean |
| My Own Private Idaho | Gus Van Sant |
| The Fisher King | Terry Gilliam |
| City Lights | Charlie Chaplin |
| The Ice Storm | Ang Lee |
| The Royal Tenenbaums | Wes Anderson |

### Lily Gladstone and Erica Tremblay (June 15)

Criterion citation: "The award-winning actor and star of Fancy Dance is joined by the film's director in praising the brilliance of Kelly Reichardt, sharing their connection to After Life and Frances Ha, and selecting favorites by Martin Scorsese and Hirokazu Kore-eda."
| Film | Director |
| Local Hero | Bill Forsyth |
| Quadrophenia | Franc Roddam |
| After Life | Hirokazu Kore-eda |
| Old Joy | Kelly Reichardt |
| Scorcese Shorts | Martin Scorsese |
| Certain Women | Kelly Reichardt |
| Down by Law | Jim Jarmusch |
| Frances Ha | Noah Baumbach |
| The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | Terry Gilliam |
| Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese | Martin Scorsese |

### Winona Ryder (June 16)

Criterion citation: "The iconic actor shares her profound connection to Hirokazu Kore-eda's After Life, recalls the deep impact Gena Rowlands had on her life and career, and selects favorites by Gordon Parks, Jim Jarmusch, Albert Brooks, and John Sayles."
| Film | Director |
| Au revoir les enfants | Louis Malle |
| The Learning Tree | Gordon Parks |
| John Cassavetes: Five Films | John Cassavetes |
| Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai | Jim Jarmusch |
| Down by Law | Jim Jarmusch |
| Lost in America | Albert Brooks |
| Matewan | John Sayles |
| After Life | Hirokazu Kore-eda |

### Ayo Edebiri (June 17)

Criterion citation: "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."
| Film | Director |
| High and Low | Akira Kurosawa |
| Charade | Stanley Donen |
| Bottle Rocket | Wes Anderson |
| Thief | Michael Mann |
| The Funeral | Juzo Itami |
| To Sleep with Anger | Charles Burnett |
| Eyimofe | Arie Esiri, Chuko Esiri |

### Agnieszka Holland (June 21)

Criterion citation: "The writer-director of Europa Europa and Green Border talks about Agnès Varda's influence on women in cinema, praises contemporary masterworks like Parasite and Anatomy of a Fall, and shares why she always returns to Diamonds of the Night before making a new film."
| Film | Director |
| The Complete Films of Agnès Varda | Agnès Varda |
| La Notte | Michelangelo Antonioni |
| Parasite | Bong Joon-ho |
| Perfect Days | Wim Wenders |
| Anatomy of a Fall | Justine Triet |
| Diamonds of the Night | Jan Němec |

## July
### Gina Gershon (July 2)

Criterion citation: "The acclaimed actor shares her love for Donald Sutherland's and Julie Christie's performances in Don't Look Now, praises Terry Gilliam's vast imagination, and talks about getting energized by listening to the Godzilla score."
| Film | Director |
| Don't Look Now | Nicolas Roeg |
| Bound | The Wachowskis |
| Brazil | Terry Gilliam |
| Lola Montes | Max Ophüls |
| Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954–1975 | Various directors |
| The Seventh Seal | Ingmar Bergman |
| The Friends of Eddie Coyle | Peter Yates |

### Zoë Kravitz and Channing Tatum (July 9)

Criterion citation: "The director of Blink Twice is joined by the film's star in sharing their love for John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands, praising Paris Is Burning as 'the greatest documentary of all time,' and selecting favorites, from Harlan County USA and The Fisher King to Moonstruck and The Rose."
| Film | Director |
| A Woman Under the Influence | John Cassavetes |
| Harlan County, USA | Barbara Kopple |
| Paris Is Burning | Jennie Livingston |
| Lord of the Flies | Peter Brook |
| The Vanishing | George Sluizer |
| Seven Samurai | Akira Kurosawa |
| The Killing | Stanley Kubrick |
| The Fisher King | Terry Gilliam |
| The Rose | Mark Rydell |
| Moonstruck | Norman Jewison |
| Midnight Cowboy | John Schlesinger |
| Koker Trilogy | Abbas Kiarostami |
| Thelma & Louise | Ridley Scott |

### Greg Gonzalez (July 17)

Criterion citation: "The singer of the band Cigarettes After Sex shares his love for La Bamba, talks about how the romance of Eric Rohmer inspires his music, and selects favorites, from The Worst Person in the World to The Tales of Hoffmann."
| Film | Director |
| La Bamba | Luis Valdez |
| The Last Picture Show | Peter Bogdanovich |
| Eric Rohmer's Tale of the Four Seasons | Éric Rohmer |
| The Worst Person in the World | Joachim Trier |
| Risky Business | Paul Brickman |
| The Tales of Hoffmann | Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger |

### Bill Hader (July 23)

Criterion citation: "The actor and director returns to the Closet, where he clarifies his feelings on Salò, or The 120 Days of Sodom; shares how much he learned about filmmaking from supplemental features on the Criterion editions of Barry Lyndon and Roma; and selects favorite films such as Real Life and Cold War."
| Film | Director |
| Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom | Pier Paolo Pasolini |
| Yi Yi | Edward Yang |
| Ikiru | Akira Kurosawa |
| Barry Lyndon | Stanley Kubrick |
| Roma | Alfonso Cuarón |
| Real Life | Albert Brooks |
| My Darling Clementine | John Ford |
| Essential Fellini | Federico Fellini |
| Cold War | Paweł Pawlikowski |
| Salvatore Giuliano | Francesco Rosi |
| A Man Escaped | Robert Bresson |
| Petite Maman | Céline Sciamma |
| Eclipse Series 24: The Actuality Dramas of Allan King | Allan King |
| The Asphalt Jungle | John Huston |
| Cat People | Jacques Tourneur |

## August
### Lee Daniels (August 2)

Criterion citation: "The writer-director talks about how Federico Fellini and John Waters gave him the passion and confidence to become a filmmaker, shares his poignant experience watching Claudine as a young man, and selects favorites such as Pickup on South Street, Do the Right Thing, and The Piano."
| Film | Director |
| 8½ | Federico Fellini |
| Essential Fellini | Federico Fellini |
| Do the Right Thing | Spike Lee |
| Querelle | Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
| Female Trouble | John Waters |
| Pickup on South Street | Samuel Fuller |
| The Piano | Jane Campion |
| Claudine | John Berry |
| Spartacus | Stanley Kubrick |

## September
### Jarvis Cocker (September 13)

Criterion citation: "The musician and Pulp front man shares how films like Blue Velvet and Meantime altered his view of cinema, talks about collaborating with Wes Anderson and Danny Boyle, and decides he's finally ready to watch Salò, or The 120 Days of Sodom."
| Film | Director |
| The Incredible Shrinking Man | Jack Arnold |
| Blue Velvet | David Lynch |
| Meantime | Mike Leigh |
| Trainspotting | Danny Boyle |
| Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom | Pier Paolo Pasolini |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox | Wes Anderson |
| The Grand Budapest Hotel | Wes Anderson |

### Jude Law (September 16)

Criterion citation: "The actor talks about what Andrei Tarkovsky's films have taught him about stillness in cinema, reflects on the various adaptations of The Talented Mr. Ripley, and shares his formative experience of seeing London on-screen in My Beautiful Launderette and Mona Lisa."
| Film | Director |
| Stalker | Andrei Tarkovsky |
| Purple Noon | René Clément |
| The Wages of Fear | Henri-Georges Clouzot |
| Local Hero | Bill Forsyth |
| Mona Lisa | Neil Jordan |
| The Night of the Hunter | Charles Laughton |

### Jennifer Kent (September 18)

Criterion citation: "The writer and director of the cult classic The Babadook shares her love for fellow Australian filmmaker Peter Weir's The Last Wave, talks about her repeat viewings of Mulholland Dr., and selects spine-tingling Japanese horror classics Kuroneko and Onibaba."
| Film | Director |
| Häxan | Benjamin Christensen |
| The Last Wave | Peter Weir |
| Kuroneko | Kaneto Shindo |
| Onibaba | Kaneto Shindo |
| Mulholland Drive | David Lynch |
| A Man Escaped | Robert Bresson |
| Tokyo Story | Yasujirō Ozu |

### Nathalie Emmanuel (September 25)

Criterion citation: "The actor and star of Megalopolis shares her deep connection to Steve McQueen's Small Axe, reminisces about growing up repeatedly watching Love & Basketball, and reflects on the cultural importance of Paris Is Burning."
| Film | Director |
| The Red Shoes | Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger |
| Small Axe | Steve McQueen |
| Love & Basketball | Gina Prince-Bythewood |
| Paris Is Burning | Jennie Livingston |
| The Worst Person in the World | Joachim Trier |

### Kevin Smith (September 26)

Criterion citation: "The filmmaker and author shares how Hollywood Shuffle and Slacker inspired him to make movies, talks about why actors make great directors, and selects favorites such as His Girl Friday and Bull Durham."
| Film | Director |
| His Girl Friday | Howard Hawks |
| Citizen Kane | Orson Welles |
| Hollywood Shuffle | Robert Townsend |
| Bull Durham | Ron Shelton |
| The Prince of Tides | Barbra Streisand |
| Deep Cover | Bill Duke |
| Slacker | Richard Linklater |

## October
### Janelle Monáe (October 1)

Criterion citation: "In celebration of Halloween, the singer-songwriter, actor, and producer shares her spooky season favorites, highlighting both the spine-tingling sensations and social undercurrents that permeate such classics as Night of the Living Dead, Brazil, and Eraserhead."
| Film | Director |
| The Blob | Irvin Yeaworth |
| Eraserhead | David Lynch |
| Nineteen Eighty-Four | Michael Radford |
| Brazil | Terry Gilliam |
| Night of the Living Dead | George A. Romero |

### Andrew Garfield (October 2)

Criterion citation: "The actor praises films by directors he has worked with, talks about how Mike Leigh's Naked and Ken Loach's Kes helped define contemporary British cinema, and thanks his father for his love of Tampopo."
| Film | Director |
| Brazil | Terry Gilliam |
| The Red Shoes | Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger |
| Salesman | Albert and David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin |
| Hoop Dreams | Steve James |
| Naked | Mike Leigh |
| Kes | Ken Loach |
| The Game | David Fincher |
| Happiness | Todd Solondz |
| Original Cast Album: Company | D. A. Pennebaker |
| Tampopo | Juzo Itami |

### RaMell Ross (October 2)

Criterion citation: "The director and cowriter of Nickel Boys praises The Qatsi Trilogy as 'vital for understanding the visual world,' quotes from Chris Marker's Sans Soleil, and talks about watching Bruce Lee movies with his dad."
| Film | Director |
| The Tin Drum | Volker Schlöndorff |
| World of Wong Kar Wai | Wong Kar-wai |
| La Jetée/Sans Soleil | Chris Marker |
| Mirror | Andrei Tarkovsky |
| Stalker | Andrei Tarkovsky |
| Cameraperson | Kirsten Johnson |
| Qatsi Trilogy | Godfrey Reggio |
| To Sleep with Anger | Charles Burnett |
| Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai | Jim Jarmusch |
| Bruce Lee: His Greatest Hits | Various directors |
| Jubal | Delmer Daves |

### Isabelle Huppert (October 3)

Criterion citation: "The legendary actor returns to Closet, where she shares her love for independent American gems such as Barbara Loden's Wanda and Michael Roemer's Nothing but a Man, talks about Roberto Rossellini's work with Ingrid Bergman, and selects Italian cinema classics I Knew Her Well and Juliet of the Spirits."
| Film | Director |
| Wanda | Barbara Loden |
| 3 Films by Roberto Rossellini Starring Ingrid Bergman | Roberto Rossellini |
| I Knew Her Well | Antonio Pietrangeli |
| Juliet of the Spirits | Federico Fellini |
| La Cérémonie | Claude Chabrol |
| Two or Three Things I Know About Her | Jean-Luc Godard |
| Eclipse Series 3: Late Ozu | Yasujirō Ozu |
| Saint Omer | Alice Diop |
| Nothing but a Man | Michael Roemer |

### Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Mike Leigh (October 7)

Criterion citation: "The legendary director joins the star of his new film Hard Truths in the Criterion Closet, where they share their love for Akira Kurosawa and Charles Burnett, reminisce about early moviegoing experiences, and select favorites for each other."
| Film | Director |
| A Story of Floating Weeds/Floating Weeds | Yasujirō Ozu |
| Night on Earth | Jim Jarmusch |
| John Cassavetes: Five Films | John Cassavetes |
| Secrets & Lies | Mike Leigh |
| To Sleep with Anger | Charles Burnett |
| Loves of a Blonde | Miloš Forman |
| Kes | Ken Loach |
| White Material | Claire Denis |
| Hunger | Steve McQueen |
| The Life of Oharu | Kenji Mizoguchi |
| Eclipse Series 23: The First Films of Akira Kurosawa | Akira Kurosawa |
| Ashes and Diamonds | Andrzej Wajda |
| EO | Jerzy Skolimowski |
| Claudine | John Berry |
| The Ranown Westerns: Five Films Directed by Budd Boetticher | Budd Boetticher |

### Anna Kendrick (October 7)

Criterion citation: "The actor and director talks about the thrilling sensation of seeing All That Jazz for the first time, reminisces about watching Klute while on the set of Twilight, and reflects upon her favorite Ingmar Bergman films, such as Winter Light and Cries and Whispers."
| Film | Director |
| All That Jazz | Bob Fosse |
| Klute | Alan J. Pakula |
| Stalker | Andrei Tarkovsky |
| The Passion of Joan of Arc | Carl Theodor Dreyer |
| Saint Omer | Alice Diop |
| Ingmar Bergman's Cinema | Ingmar Bergman |

### Payal Kapadia (October 8)

Criterion citation: "The writer and director of All We Imagine as Light shares why Sans Soleil and Arabian Nights are gifts that keep on giving, talks about Aki Kaurismäki's 'fun and audacious' Leningrad Cowboys films, and praises Louis Malle's Phantom India as a must-watch for everyone."
| Film | Director |
| Loves of a Blonde | Miloš Forman |
| La Jetée/Sans Soleil | Chris Marker |
| Charulata | Satyajit Ray |
| Trilogy of Life | Pier Paolo Pasolini |
| Eclipse Series 29: Aki Kaurismäki's Leningrad Cowboys | Aki Kaurismäki |
| Eclipse Series 2: The Documentaries of Louis Malle | Louis Malle |
| Paris Is Burning | Jennie Livingston |
| Martin Scorcese's World Cinema Project No. 2 | Various directors |

### André Holland (October 9)

Criterion citation: "The actor and star of Exhibiting Forgiveness talks about his hero, the late James Earl Jones, and his performance in Claudine; shares how Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun sparked his desire to perform; and selects films by friends and collaborators Dee Rees and Barry Jenkins."
| Film | Director |
| Pariah | Dee Rees |
| Melvin Van Peebles: Essential Films | Melvin Van Peebles |
| To Sleep with Anger | Charles Burnett |
| Medicine for Melancholy | Barry Jenkins |
| Claudine | John Berry |
| Matewan | John Sayles |
| A Raisin in the Sun | Daniel Petrie |

### Amelia Dimoldenberg (October 9)

Criterion citation: "The host of the hit interview show Chicken Shop Date talks about Portrait of a Lady on Fire and being drawn to films with undeniable chemistry, praises 12 Angry Men as one of the greatest films of all time, and reflects on how realistically The Worst Person in the World portrays the experience of being a woman falling in and out of love."
| Film | Director |
| Fish Tank | Andrea Arnold |
| A Hard Day's Night | Richard Lester |
| 12 Angry Men | Sidney Lumet |
| All That Jazz | Bob Fosse |
| The Worst Person in the World | Joachim Trier |
| Portrait of a Lady on Fire | Céline Sciamma |
| Petite Maman | Céline Sciamma |
| Girlfriends | Claudia Weill |

### Gints Zilbalodis (October 17)

Criterion citation: "The director of Flow praises the mixture of abstraction and emotion in Woman in the Dunes, talks about how Martin Scorsese played by his own rules with After Hours, and selects his comfort movie, Fantastic Mr. Fox."
| Film | Director |
| Punch-Drunk Love | Paul Thomas Anderson |
| Y tu mamá también | Alfonso Cuarón |
| Being There | Hal Ashby |
| Woman in the Dunes | Hiroshi Teshigahara |
| After Hours | Martin Scorsese |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox | Wes Anderson |
| Qatsi Trilogy | Godfrey Reggio |
| High and Low | Akira Kurosawa |

### Edward Berger (October 18)

Criterion citation: "The director of All Quiet on the Western Front and Conclave shares his love for Downhill Racer and its innovative sound design, talks about the emotional impact of Cold War, and selects a few of Roberto Rossellini's films featuring Ingrid Bergman, in honor of his friend and collaborator Isabella Rossellini."
| Film | Director |
| Do the Right Thing | Spike Lee |
| Downhill Racer | Michael Ritchie |
| 3 Films by Roberto Rossellini Starring Ingrid Bergman | Roberto Rossellini |
| Roberto Rossellini's War Trilogy | Roberto Rossellini |
| Cold War | Paweł Pawlikowski |
| The Exterminating Angel | Luis Buñuel |
| Fanny and Alexander | Ingmar Bergman |

### Maura Delpero (October 24)

Criterion citation: "The writer and director of Vermiglio expresses her love for the poetry of Ermanno Olmi, praises how Michael Haneke's films cut right to your heart and mind, and celebrates the emotional power of The Piano."
| Film | Director |
| Il Posto | Ermanno Olmi |
| The Fiances | Ermanno Olmi |
| The Tree of Wooden Clogs | Ermanno Olmi |
| Koker Trilogy | Abbas Kiarostami |
| The Piano Teacher | Michael Haneke |
| The Piano | Jane Campion |
| Fish Tank | Andrea Arnold |

## November
### Jeremy Pope (November 11)

Criterion citation: "The singer and actor reflects on Marlon Riggs's Tongues Untied and the importance of seeing Black queer men express themselves on-screen, talks about working with Regina King on One Night in Miami . . ., and selects favorites by Carl Franklin and Spike Lee."
| Film | Director |
| Devil in a Blue Dress | Carl Franklin |
| Paris Is Burning | Jennie Livingston |
| Do the Right Thing | Spike Lee |
| One Night in Miami... | Regina King |
| The Signifyin' Works of Marlon Riggs | Marlon Riggs |
| The Philadelphia Story | George Cukor |

### Pamela Anderson (November 12)

Criterion citation: "The actor and star of The Last Showgirl talks about being profoundly inspired by Barbara Loden's Wanda, shares her passion for the poetry of Abbas Kiarostami, and praises the style and craft of actors like Romy Schneider, Katharine Hepburn, and Jeanne Moreau."
| Film | Director |
| La Piscine | Jacques Deray |
| Blue Velvet | David Lynch |
| La Vérité | Henri-Georges Clouzot |
| Breathless | Jean-Luc Godard |
| La Strada | Federico Fellini |
| Elevator to the Gallows | Louis Malle |
| Wanda | Barbara Loden |
| Koker Trilogy | Abbas Kiarostami |
| Summertime | David Lean |
| Ingmar Bergman's Cinema | Ingmar Bergman |
| Fists in the Pocket | Marco Bellocchio |

### Johnnie To (November 25)

Criterion citation: "The legendary director shares the importance of learning from the work of Krzysztof Kieślowski, talks about how Straw Dogs sparked his desire to pursue filmmaking, and selects box sets by two of his favorite filmmakers, Martin Scorsese and Masaki Kobayashi."
| Film | Director |
| Roma | Alfonso Cuarón |
| Dekalog | Krzysztof Kieślowski |
| Three Colours | Krzysztof Kieślowski |
| Harakiri | Masaki Kobayashi |
| Eclipse Series 38: Masaki Kobayashi Against the System | Masaki Kobayashi |
| Straw Dogs | Sam Peckinpah |
| Raging Bull | Martin Scorsese |
| Scorcese Shorts | Martin Scorsese |
| Eclipse Series 23: The First Films of Akira Kurosawa | Akira Kurosawa |

### Andrew Stanton (November 26)

Criterion citation: "The director and cowriter of WALL·E shares why Paper Moon and Local Hero speak to his heart, reminisces about the privilege of collaborating with Albert Brooks, and talks about why Matewan is an essential film for everyone to see."
| Film | Director |
| Paper Moon | Peter Bogdanovich |
| Brazil | Terry Gilliam |
| Local Hero | Bill Forsyth |
| The Worst Person in the World | Joachim Trier |
| Defending Your Life | Albert Brooks |
| Matewan | John Sayles |

## December
### Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes (December 4)

Criterion citation: "The celebrated actors and costars of The Return recommend favorites to each other, share their love for Andrei Tarkovsky and Orson Welles, and discover such Eclipse box sets as The First Films of Samuel Fuller and Basil Dearden's London Underground."
| Film | Director |
| Down by Law | Jim Jarmusch |
| The Magnificent Ambersons | Orson Welles |
| Amores perros | Alejandro González Iñárritu |
| Essential Fellini | Federico Fellini |
| Pasolini 101 | Pier Paolo Pasolini |
| Close-Up | Abbas Kiarostami |
| Eclipse Series 23: The First Films of Akira Kurosawa | Akira Kurosawa |
| Eclipse Series 3: Late Ozu | Yasujirō Ozu |
| Eclipse Series 5: The First Films of Samuel Fuller | Samuel Fuller |
| Eclipse Series 2: The Documentaries of Louis Malle | Louis Malle |
| Eclipse Series 26: Silent Naruse | Mikio Naruse |
| Eclipse Series 25: Basil Dearden's London Underground | Basil Dearden |
| The Furies | Anthony Mann |
| Au hasard Balthazar | Robert Bresson |
| Mirror | Andrei Tarkovsky |

### Norman Reedus (December 12)

Criterion citation: "The actor and author raves about the visual beauty of The Color of Pomegranates, shares his love for Debbie Harry and her performance in Videodrome, and reflects on the formative experience of seeing River Phoenix in My Own Private Idaho as a young actor."
| Film | Director |
| Blue Velvet | David Lynch |
| The Color of Pomegranates | Sergei Parajanov |
| Videodrome | David Cronenberg |
| My Own Private Idaho | Gus Van Sant |

### Mikey Madison (December 19)

Criterion citation: "The actor and star of Anora talks about Five Easy Pieces and being drawn to morally ambiguous characters, praises Isabelle Huppert's performance in The Piano Teacher as one of the greatest of all time, and selects Take Out, one of her collaborator Sean Baker's early New York films."
| Film | Director |
| Five Easy Pieces | Bob Rafelson |
| Easy Rider | Dennis Hopper |
| Take Out | Sean Baker, Shih-Ching Tsou |
| The Piano Teacher | Michael Haneke |
| Gilda | Charles Vidor |
| Eyes Without a Face | Georges Franju |
| The Kid | Charlie Chaplin |
| Heaven's Gate | Michael Cimino |

### Francis Ford Coppola (December 19)

Criterion citation: "The legendary filmmaker praises Jacques Tati's dedication to getting his films made, reflects on the lessons he learned from Dorothy Arzner when she was his professor, and shares the joy he finds in inspiring new generations of directors."
| Film | Director |
| The Complete Jacques Tati | Jacques Tati |
| Rumble Fish | Francis Ford Coppola |
| Dance, Girl, Dance | Dorothy Arzner |
| David Lean Directs Noël Coward | David Lean |