Shinichiro Watanabe enters the Criterion Closet
Shinichiro Watanabe enters the Criterion Closet
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The Criterion Closet Is Hitting the Road
The Criterion Closet Is Hitting the Road
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✨Michael Cera’s Closet Picks!✨ The actor returns to the Criterion Closet, where he selects a few movies to watch with his kids, talks about his magical experience viewing Hobson’s Choice, and picks up a new edition of a film by his favorite director, Abbas Kiarostami. | The Criterion Collection
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✨Michael Cera’s Closet Picks!✨ The actor returns to the Criterion Closet, where he selects a few movies to watch with his kids, talks about his magical experience viewing Hobson’s Choice, and picks up a new edition of a film by his favorite director, Abbas Kiarostami. | The Criterion Collection
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✨ Willem Dafoe’s Closet Picks ✨ The acclaimed actor—now starring in Yorgos Lanthimos's POOR THINGS—shares his deep connection to ONIBABA, praises Isabelle Huppert and her performance in THE PIANO TEACHER, recalls GATE OF FLESH's influence on the Wooster Group, and selects a few of his collaborations with Wes Anderson and Martin Scorsese. | The Criterion Collection
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✨ Willem Dafoe’s Closet Picks ✨ The acclaimed actor—now starring in Yorgos Lanthimos's POOR THINGS—shares his deep connection to ONIBABA, praises Isabelle Huppert and her performance in THE PIANO TEACHER, recalls GATE OF FLESH's influence on the Wooster Group, and selects a few of his collaborations with Wes Anderson and Martin Scorsese. | The Criterion Collection
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Just in time for your evening shopping, we've got a brand-new Criterion Closet Picks supercut, featuring Bong Joon Ho, Barry Jenkins Agnès Varda, Bill Hader, Anna Karina, Euzhan Palcy, Claire Denis, Guillermo del Toro, Amy Heckrling, Guy Maddin, Wim Wenders, Lucrecia Martel, and many others! Head to criterion.com/sale and let our Closet visitors be your shopping guide! ⚡️ | The Criterion Collection
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Just in time for your evening shopping, we've got a brand-new Criterion Closet Picks supercut, featuring Bong Joon Ho, Barry Jenkins Agnès Varda, Bill Hader, Anna Karina, Euzhan Palcy, Claire Denis, Guillermo del Toro, Amy Heckrling, Guy Maddin, Wim Wenders, Lucrecia Martel, and many others! Head to criterion.com/sale and let our Closet visitors be your shopping guide! ⚡️ | The Criterion Collection
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While on the New York leg of their tour, Wilco stopped by for a trip inside our films closet! 🎶 🎥 | The Criterion Collection
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While on the New York leg of their tour, Wilco stopped by for a trip inside our films closet! 🎶 🎥 | The Criterion Collection
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✨Koji Yakusho’s Closet Picks!✨ The legendary actor shares his love for Akira Kurosawa classics RED BEARD and IKIRU, recalls how Tatsuya Nakadai was his teacher when he first began acting, admires the visual storytelling of CITY LIGHTS, and shouts out his latest collaborator, Wim Wenders. Shop Koji's Closet Picks for 50% OFF at Barnes & Noble! | The Criterion Collection
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✨Koji Yakusho’s Closet Picks!✨ The legendary actor shares his love for Akira Kurosawa classics RED BEARD and IKIRU, recalls how Tatsuya Nakadai was his teacher when he first began acting, admires the visual storytelling of CITY LIGHTS, and shouts out his latest collaborator, Wim Wenders. Shop Koji's Closet Picks for 50% OFF at Barnes & Noble! | The Criterion Collection
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❤️🚚 The Criterion Mobile Closet Returns to Los Angeles ❤️🚚 On June 6 and 7, the Criterion Mobile Closet will make its second LA stop in partnership with American Cinematheque at Aero Theatre, celebrating cinema in conjunction with Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair. Want to visit us? Head here and sign up to receive updates and get all the important information you'll need. https://bit.ly/42fXqwf American Cinematheque's Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair at Aero Theatre June 6–7, 11 a.m.–8 p.m. | The Cr
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A look back on the Criterion Mobile Closet at SXSW! ❤️🚚 Thank you so much to everyone who visited us in Austin — we had the best time and loved meeting you all. We're excited for our next stop! Watch this space. . . | The Criterion Collection
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✨ Wim Wenders’ Closet Picks✨ The legendary auteur returns to the closet, where he selects new editions of favorite films like DOWN BY LAW and WANDA, talks about Kurosawa’s genius for recreating weather on-screen, and shouts out his former assistant director Claire Denis. Shop Wim's Closet Picks! https://bit.ly/3PmydJM | The Criterion Collection
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✨Isabelle Huppert’s Closet Picks!✨ The legendary actor returns to the Criterion 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. | The Criterion Collection
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✨ Ricki Lee Jones's Closet Picks✨ Beloved singer-songwriter @rickieleejones_ shares her longtime love for Hollywood star William Powell, talks about her friendship with HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH director John Cameron Mitchell, and reenacts a moment from A TASTE OF HONEY. Shop Rickie Lee Jones's Closet Picks: https://bit.ly/3pZntrm | The Criterion Collection
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✨ St. Vincent's Closet Picks!✨ The musician—whose new album ALL BORN SCREAMING is out this week—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! Shop St. Vincent's Closet Picks! https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/642-st-vincent-s-closet-picks | The Criterion Collection
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✨ Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne’s Closet Picks ✨ The Palme d’Or–winning Belgian duo—whose new film TORI AND LOKITA (2023) is now playing exclusively on the Criterion Channel—talk about their friends Jane Campion and Cristian Mungiu, a Krzysztof Kieślowski masterpiece that has influenced their own work, and the “profound loneliness” of Barbara Loden’s WANDA. | The Criterion Collection
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Jordan visits the criterion closet #movie | Jordan Howlett
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✨Guillermo del Toro's Closet Picks!✨✨Guillermo del Toro's!✨The Criterion Closet’s very first guest stops by the Mobile Closet at the Toronto International Film Festival, where he examines the technical brilliance of a scene in NOTORIOUS, shares why he feels a kinship with Wes Anderson, and talks about drawing inspiration from Martin Scorsese’s powerful explorations of repression. | The Criterion Collection
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✨Maya and Ethan Hawke’s Closet Picks! ✨ The father-daughter team behind the new film WILDCAT—now playing in theaters c/o Oscilloscope—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. Shop Maya and Ethan's Closet Picks! | The Criterion Collection
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✨June Squibb's Closet Picks! ✨The actor shares her longtime love for the films of Akira Kurosawa, talks about seeing CHILDREN OF PARADISE at an art-house cinema in the 1940s, and fondly recalls riding a scooter with Richard Roundtree. | The Criterion Collection
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✨Aimee Lou Wood’s Closet Picks!✨The actor celebrates “awe-inspiring” performances by Holly Hunter in BROADCAST NEWS and by Cher in MOONSTRUCK, talks about watching THE BEFORE TRILOGY while filming THE WHITE LOTUS, and shouts out a favorite Philip Seymour Hoffman moment on-screen. | The Criterion Collection
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✨Kristin Scott Thomas’s Closet Picks! ✨ The actor and filmmaker talks about the comedic genius of THE AWFUL TRUTH, reflects on Andrei Tarkovsky’s dream sequences, and selects films starring screen legends like Jeanne Moreau and Simone Signoret. | The Criterion Collection
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✨ Wyclef Jean's Closet Picks! ✨ The composer, producer, and performer shares what he learned from LA BAMBA, talks about seeing his community reflected in MENACE II SOCIETY, and praises the vibrancy of BLACK ORPHEUS. | The Criterion Collection
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✨Nick Lowe’s Closet Picks! ✨ The musician reminisces about REPO MAN playing permanently on his tour bus, shares why THE FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX is a relaxing Sunday movie, and selects favorites by David Lean and Marlon Brando. Shop Nick's Closet Picks! https://bit.ly/4kbb1vL | The Criterion Collection
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✨ Dick Cavett’s Closet Picks! ✨ The legendary television host reminisces about having Katharine Hepburn and Jean-Luc Godard on his show, shares that he “doesn't see how a movie would get any better” than Stagecoach, and celebrates David Lean and Noël Coward’s collaborations. | The Criterion Collection
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✨Brady Corbet’s Closet Picks!✨The Oscar-nominated director and cowriter of THE BRUTALIST selects three favorites by Luchino Visconti, praises Larisa Shepitko as one of the greatest directors in history of cinema, and talks about the hypnotic, endlessly watchable THE MOTHER AND THE WHORE. Shop Brady's Closet Picks! https://bit.ly/3XiZpgr | The Criterion Collection
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✨ Walter Salles’s Closet Picks!✨ The director of I'M STILL HERE shares why ANDREI RUBLEV and STRANGER THAN PARADISE consistently renew his faith in cinema, talks about the unique mix of documentary and fiction in MEMORIES OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT, and praises how Garrett Bradley’s TIME shows love and memory as a form of resistance. https://bit.ly/3DYnbaG | The Criterion Collection
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✨Franklin Leonard’s Closet Picks!✨The producer and founder of the Black List praises Don Cheadle’s and Denzel Washington’s performances in DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS, talks about why everyone who wants to work in Hollywood should see BAMBOOZLED, and selects favorites by Charles Burnett and Alice Diop. | The Criterion Collection
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✨Joel Potrykus's Closet Picks! ✨ The underground auteur talks about Luis Buñuel’s surreal combination of the mundane and the absurd, shares what he learned from Martin Scorsese’s early shorts, and selects formative favorites. Shop Joel's Closet Picks! https://bit.ly/4iHb3JF | The Criterion Collection
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✨ Margaret Qualley's Closet Picks!✨ The actor talks about her favorite scenes in BEAU TRAVAIL and PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE, admires Nicole Kidman’s performance in TO DIE FOR, and shares her desire to dance with Bob Fosse. | The Criterion Collection
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✨Griffin Dunne’s Closet Picks! ✨ The actor and author talks about wishing he was in his favorite screwball comedy, THE AWFUL TRUTH; praises the harrowing brilliance of COME AND SEE; and shares his close connection to IN A LONELY PLACE and TASTE OF CHERRY. Shop Griffin's Closet Picks! https://bit.ly/4hOyosA | The Criterion Collection
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✨Karyn Kusama’s Closet Picks!✨The writer and director of GIRLFIGHT selects films featuring complex themes of power and ambition; praises women whose work she felt gave her permission to become a filmmaker, such as Martha Coolidge and Joan Micklin Silver; and shares her love for Yasujiro Ozu’s late masterpieces. Shop Karyn's Closet Picks! https://bit.ly/41RT4tD | The Criterion Collection
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