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(There Is No) Cure
Executive Producer
In this new video essay, filmmaker Alexandre O. Philippe delves into the dread-inducing mood and tone of Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s modern horror classic Cure, deploying a dizzying range of cinematic references to unravel the film’s eerie magic.
Reflecting On Take Out
Executive Producer
In this new documentary, produced by the Criterion Collection in 2022, directors Sean Baker and Shih-Ching Tsou and actors Charles Jang, Wang-Thye Lee, and Jeng-Hua Yu consider the making of the film and its importance in their lives since.
Passion Project
Executive Producer
Explores the ten-year journey of adapting Uzodinma Iweala's 2005 novel "Beasts of No Nation" into the 2015 film.
Robert Downey: Moment to Moment
Executive Producer
To pay tribute to one of his filmmaking heroes, Sean Price Willams adopts a style that’s just as out there as his subject, mixing new material and never-before-seen archival footage in this portrait of the underground film titan Robert Downey (A Prince).
A Very Tricky Balance
Executive Producer
In this program, director Bing Liu, executive producer Gordon Quinn, and producer Diane Quon discuss the conception of Minding the Gap and its evolution. The program features separated interviews that were conducted in 2020.
Uncovering The Naked City
Executive Producer
In this short documentary and personal essay, Bruce Goldstein, founder of Rialto Pictures and repertory director at New York’s FIlm Forum, tracks down many of the 100+ New York City locations—from the Bronx to the Lower East Side—used in his friend Jules Dassin’s classic police procedural THE NAKED CITY, while also spotlighting the contributions of producer Mark Hellinger and cinematographer William Daniels.
Miranda July: Where it Began
Executive Producer
In this documentary, produced in 2019, director Miranda July and filmmaker Lena Dunham explore July’s beginnings, including her early work as a performer, the creation of her Joanie 4 Jackie project, and the development and production of her first feature film, ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW.
Paris Is Burning: The Outtakes
Executive Producer
A collection film of additional footage from Paris is Burning
'Fail Safe' and the Cold War
Executive Producer
Film critic J. Hoberman discusses the best-selling 1962 novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler on which "Fail Safe" is based, along with the pervasiveness of nuclear paranoia in films of the sixties.
Paul Schrader: Man in a Room
Executive Producer
In the sixth installment of the Criterion Channel's Meet the Filmmakers series, director Alex Ross Perry (Her Smell, Listen Up Philip) visits the ever-iconoclastic auteur Paul Schrader during the making of his 2017 masterpiece First Reformed. On set and at home- where, for his own pleasure, he continues to work and rework his previous films- Schrader reflects on the highs and lows of his legendary career, the challenges and rewards of slow cinema, and the influences and experiences that continue to shape his approach to filmmaking. With this insightful portrait of one of his filmmaking heroes, Perry captures an artist who is continually at play, intentionally provocative, and never less than vital.
Daniel London and Will Oldham on Old Joy
Executive Producer
In 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.
Introducing My Father, François Truffaut
Executive Producer
Laura Truffaut shares her memories of her legendary filmmaker father.
On Camera: Fifteen Apollo Astronauts and Their Experience of a Lifetime
Executive Producer
A collection of excerpted on-screen interviews with fifteen of the Apollo astronauts.
Glamour And Tension - John Bailey On Notorious
Executive Producer
An analysis of Hitchcock's Notorious through Hitchcock's camera work, shots, camera angles, lens, and stylistic choices.
Poisoned Romance
Executive Producer
A deeper look at the human interactions and motivations in Notorious by Hitchcock biographer David Spoto
Poitier's Walter Lee
Executive Producer
An interview with film scholar Mia Mask, co-editor of Poitier Revisited.
In Search of Ozu
Executive Producer
In this documentary, filmmaker Daniel Raim delves into Yasujiro Ozu's remarkable late work, in which the master made the leap from black and white to color. In his stirring tribute to the great filmmaker, Raim examines Ozu's life and work through archival treasures such as his diary and the red teakettle from the family drama "Equinox Flower" (1958); sits down with Ozu's nephew and the producer of the director's gently elegiac final film, "An Autumn Afternoon" (1962); and interweaves many scenes and images from the vibrant and humane films with which the director capped his career.
A.W. A Portrait of Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Executive Producer
Canadian actor and filmmaker Connor Jessup (Closet Monster, Falling Skies) profiles Apichatpong Weerasethakul, a maverick of Thai cinema who explores the slippery nature of time and consciousness with a sublimely idiosyncratic, often surreal approach to film form.
Hawks on Hawks
Executive Producer
This ten-minute segment, heralded as part of a new shorts program, is composed of excerpts from a 1972 audio conversation between Hawks and Peter Bogdanovich, as well as a 1973 interview of Hawks with Richard Schickel, wherein the director reminisces about casting "His Girl Friday" (1940) and the changes from the original source material.
Lighting Up with Hildy Johnson
Executive Producer
In this 25-minute video essay, film scholar David Bordwell, co-author of "Film Art: An Introduction", conducts an analysis of Howard Hawks's "His Girl Friday" (1940), which he believes to be the apotheosis of classical Hollywood storytelling. Bordwell discusses the film's history and the status of Howard Hawks as an auteur before delving into a detailed analysis of various aspects of the film's narrative, dialogue, use of props, editing, and staging.
Way Out on a Limb
Executive Producer
Documentary with several of director Robert Altman's longtime collaborators, as they discuss making the film McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), the style and themes of the story and working with Altman.
Love/Work/Cinema: A Conversation with Christian Petzold and Nina Hoss
Executive Producer
New conversation between director Christian Petzold and actor Nina Hoss
Hans Fromm on 'Phoenix'
Executive Producer
New interview with cinematographer Hans Fromm.
Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of Tolerance
Executive Producer
In 1998, documentary filmmaker Robert Drew and his associates attend the Museum of Tolerance.
Robert Drew in His Own Words
Executive Producer
An overview of the life and career of documentary filmmaker Robert Drew, in his own words.
Andrew Cohen on Crisis and Its Outtakes
Executive Producer
Historian Andrew Cohen discusses Robert Drew's 1963 documentary Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment.
Sharon Malone and Eric Holder
Executive Producer
An interview with Sharon Malone and Eric Holder regarding the 1963 desegregation of the University of Alabama.
A Beautiful Demon: Kazuo Koike on 'Lady Snowblood'
Executive Producer
In this interview, conducted in 2015, prolific author Kazuo Koike talks about his original LADY SNOWBLOOD manga.
Coming to America: Jan Troell on 'The Emigrants' and 'The New Land'
Producer
An interview with director Jan Troell, conducted by critic Peter Cowie, on his epic Oscar-nominated masterpieces, The Emigrants (1971) and The New Land (1972).
Restoring the Apu Trilogy
Executive Producer
In 1993, the original negatives of Satyajit Ray’s The Apu Trilogy were burned in a massive nitrate fire at a laboratory in London. Even though there were no technologies available at the time capable of fully restoring such badly damaged film elements, the Academy Film Archive held on to them. And now times have changed.
Emotional Uncertainties
Executive Producer
In this short documentary, produced in 2015, actors Jeremy Irons and Meryl Streep and editor John Bloom discuss director Karel Reisz and their experiences working on THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN.
Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star
Executive Producer
Documentary taking a look at the career of Jackie Coogan who was considered the first child star.
Toil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth'
Executive Producer
A new documentary on the Criterion Collection edition of Roman Polanski's 1971 adaptation of Macbeth featuring interviews with the director, producer Andrew Braunsberg, assistant executive producer Victor Lownes, and actors Francesca Annis and Martin Shaw.
Between Horror, Fear, and Beauty
Executive Producer
Crew members recount the production of the 1961 gothic film The Innocents.
Giving Up the Ghost
Executive Producer
A visual essay by filmmaker Michael Almereyda.
Living 'Lord of the Flies'
Producer
Actor Tom Gaman (Simon) narrates some 8mm movies shot during the film's three-month production and shares memories of working on the movie during his summer vacation.
Making 'Badlands'
Executive Producer
An overview of the making of Badlands (1973).
Revolutions Per Second
Executive Producer
A 25-minute visual essay by Kent Jones about Jean-Luc Godard and his film 'Weekend'.
The Great Dictator: The Clown Turns Prophet
Executive Producer
In this visual essay, Charles Chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance, author of "Chaplin: Genius of the Cinema", draws upon a wealth of photography as well as a wide range of interviews (Paulette Goddard, Sydney Chaplin, Chuck Jones, Leni Riefenstahl, Mel Brooks, Joan Collins et al.) to examine the production history of "The Great Dictator", the film's importance as a satire, and legacy.
James L. Brooks - A Singular Voice
Executive Producer
A new documentary on Brooks’s career in television and film, featuring actresses Marilu Henner and Julie Kavner, among other collaborators.
The Making of 'The Night of the Hunter'
Executive Producer
Documentary exploring the production of "The Night of the Hunter."
Constructing a House
Executive Producer
Interview-based documentary looking back on the making and reception of Nobuhiko Ōbayashi's 1977 film House.
The Making of 'The Darjeeling Limited'
Executive Producer
A making of documentary on "The Darjeeling Limited".
Tadao Sato on Ozu's The Only Son
Executive Producer
Documentary and interview with Japanese film critic and scholar Tadao Sato about Yasujiro Ozu film The Only Son.
CHE and the Digital Cinema Revolution
Executive Producer
CHE was the first feature to use the Red camera, which Soderbergh embraced for its versatility and image quality. This short 2009 documentary looks at the evolution of the camera during the film’s production and at the many ways it has enhanced and altered the process of modern digital filmmaking.
Kurosawa and the Censors
Executive Producer
Danish film scholar, Lars-Martin Sorensen, describes US censorship of Japanese film during the American occupation of Japan (1945-1952) and the challenges Kurosawa faced from these censors on his early films, particularly Drunken Angel (1948).
Working with De Sica
Executive Producer
This short documentary features interviews with film scholar Callisto Cosulich, BICYCLE THIEVES coscreenwriter Suso Cecchi d’Amico, and actor Enzo Staiola. The interviews were conducted in Italy in 2005.
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
Executive Producer
A retrospective look at the career of Paul Robeson and his legacy as both an American and a citizen of the world.
Discovering William Greaves
Executive Producer
A documentary on the career of William Greaves, featuring Greaves, his wife and co-producer Louise Archambault, actor Ruby Dee, filmmaker St. Clair Bourne, and film scholar Scott MacDonald. Released within Criterion's Symbiopsychotaxiplasm set.
Fellini's Homecoming
Executive Producer
A documentary created by the Criterion Collection for their release of Italian film director Federico Fellini's Amarcord about his relationship with his home town, Rimini, featuring archive interviews with the director and more recent interviews with some of his friends and collaborators.
Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences
Executive Producer
Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences, a documentary looking at the samurai traditions and films that helped shape Kurosawa's masterpiece
Reviving Harry Lime
Executive Producer
Radio producer Harry Alan Towers discusses his work with Orson Welles.
Dreams and Burdens
Executive Producer
A retrospective interview with director Werner Herzog.
Five Directors on THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS
Executive Producer
In this collection of interviews conducted in 2004, directors Spike Lee, Mira Nair, Julian Schnabel, Steven Soderbergh, and Oliver Stone discuss the influence, style, and importance of Gillo Pontecorvo’s film THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS.
The Battle of Brazil: A Video History
Executive Producer
The struggle of releasing "Brazil" in the United States of America is examined in this Criterion documentary.