Movies: The Criterion Collection
- 2020
Making 'The Irishman' (2020)
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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....
- 2020
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War (2020)
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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....
- 2015
Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom' (2015)
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Martin Scali, who was Wes Anderson's assistant on "Fantastic Mr. Fox", shot this short documentary in Newport, Rhode Island, during the filming of "Moonrise Kingdom"....
- 2013
The Making of 'Nashville' (2013)
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Retrospective documentary on the making of Robert Altman's Nashville (1975)....
- 2011
The Great Dictator: The Clown Turns Prophet (2011)
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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 ...
- 2017
Women in Love: Helen Shaver and Patricia Charbonneau on Desert Hearts (2017)
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DESERT HEARTS depended on the connection between its two lead actors, Patricia Charbonneau and Helen Shaver, and on their trust in director Donna Deitch. In the following program, made by the Criterion Collection in New York in 2017, the actors and t...
- 2006
Building the Inferno: Nobuo Nakagawa and the Making of 'Jigoku' (2006)
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A new documentary on director Nobuo Nakagawa and the making of the film, Jigoku. Featuring exclusive interview with Nakagawa collaborators....
- 2013
Functions of Film Sound (2013)
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This visual essay sets clips from Robert Bresson's "A Man Escaped" to a reading of "Functions of Film Sound," a chapter from David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson's book "Film Art." The chapter analyzes the sound design of Bresson's masterpiece as a me...
- 2009
André Gregory and Wallace Shawn (2009)
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In this hour-long piece, recorded in 2009, filmmaker Noah Baumbach talks with his friends the writer-actors André Gregory and Wallace Shawn about their experiences making My Dinner with Andre. Baumbach speaks first with Gregory, and then with Shawn....
- 2005
Lucas, Coppola & Kurosawa (2005)
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Directors George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola discuss [Akira] Kurosawa and their roles as executive producers of Kagemusha....
- 2019
Sniffing Out ‘Polyester’ (2019)
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Featurette on the making of John Waters' "Polyester."...
- 2008
Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad (2008)
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Documentary about the technical achievements of the 1940 film classic The Thief of Bagdad....
- 2014
Modes of Masculinity: The Western and Red River (2014)
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Author Lee Clark Mitchell discusses the Western genre and literature....
- 2006
Men of Mystery (2006)
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Orson Welles Biographer Simon Callow discusses the making of "Mr. Arkadin" (aka "Confidential Report.")...
- 2020
Miranda July: Where it Began (2020)
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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 fe...
- 2009
CHE and the Digital Cinema Revolution (2009)
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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 a...
- 2022
Making of Drive My Car (2022)
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Program about the making of the film, featuring behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with actors Reika Kirishima, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Masaki Okada, Park Yu-rim, Jin Dae-yeon, and others...
- 2018
Dietrich Icon (2018)
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Film scholars Mary Desjardins, Amy Lawrence, and Patricia White consider the collaboration between Marlene Dietrich and Josef von Sternberg, as well as Dietrich's role as a Hollywood icon....
- 2005
Lucas, Coppola, and Kurosawa (2005)
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Directors George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola discuss [Akira] Kurosawa and their roles as executive producers of Kagemusha....
- 2013
Caroline Champetier and Arnaud Desplechin: A Conversation about 'Shoah' (2013)
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An interview about 'Shoah' featuring Caroline Champetier, who did assistant camera work on the film, and Arnaud Desplechin....