The Criterion Channel Movies

  • 2020
    30 Years of the Film Foundation: Martin Scorsese and Ari Aster in Conversation

    30 Years of the Film Foundation: Martin Scorsese and Ari Aster in Conversation

    30 Years of the Film Foundation: Martin Scorsese and Ari Aster in Conversation

    102020HD

    In the following conversation, recorded remotely in 2020, filmmakers Martin Scorsese and Ari Aster discuss the mission, evolution, and ongoing work...

    30 Years of the Film Foundation: Martin Scorsese and Ari Aster in Conversation
  • 2020
    Paul Schrader: Man in a Room

    Paul Schrader: Man in a Room

    Paul Schrader: Man in a Room

    62020HD

    In the sixth installment of the Criterion Channel's Meet the Filmmakers series, director Alex Ross Perry (Her Smell, Listen Up Philip) visits the...

    Paul Schrader: Man in a Room
  • 2019
    Introducing My Father, François Truffaut

    Introducing My Father, François Truffaut

    Introducing My Father, François Truffaut

    102019HD

    Laura Truffaut shares her memories of her legendary filmmaker father.

    Introducing My Father, François Truffaut
  • 2004
    Marxist Poetry: The Making of The Battle of Algiers

    Marxist Poetry: The Making of The Battle of Algiers

    Marxist Poetry: The Making of The Battle of Algiers

    7.22004HD

    To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS, we revisited our edit of the film and interviews with director Gillo Pontecorvo and...

    Marxist Poetry: The Making of The Battle of Algiers
  • 2014
    Untied! Reflections on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

    Untied! Reflections on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

    Untied! Reflections on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

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    Produced in 2014, this documentary about the making of TIE ME UP! TIE ME DOWN! features interviews with director Pedro Almodóvar; actors...

    Untied! Reflections on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
  • 2012
    The Making of All About My Mother

    The Making of All About My Mother

    The Making of All About My Mother

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    A documentary from 2012 on the making of the film, featuring interviews with Pedro Almodóvar; Agustín Almodóvar; actors...

    The Making of All About My Mother
  • 2020
    Uncovering The Naked City

    Uncovering The Naked City

    Uncovering The Naked City

    02020HD

    In this short documentary and personal essay, Bruce Goldstein, founder of Rialto Pictures and repertory director at New York’s FIlm Forum,...

    Uncovering The Naked City
  • 2013
    Safety Last!: Locations and Effects

    Safety Last!: Locations and Effects

    Safety Last!: Locations and Effects

    02013HD

    In this short documentary produced for the Criterion Collection, Oscar-winning visual-effects expert Craig Barron and film writer John Bengtson,...

    Safety Last!: Locations and Effects
  • 2018
    Bo Harwood on the Films of John Cassavetes

    Bo Harwood on the Films of John Cassavetes

    Bo Harwood on the Films of John Cassavetes

    02018HD

    Musician Bo Harwood discusses his work with filmmaker John Cassavetes.

    Bo Harwood on the Films of John Cassavetes
  • 2018
    Bo Harwood on 'A Woman Under the Influence'

    Bo Harwood on 'A Woman Under the Influence'

    Bo Harwood on 'A Woman Under the Influence'

    102018HD

    Composer Bo Harwood discusses his score for John Cassavetes' 1974 film A Woman Under the Influence.

    Bo Harwood on 'A Woman Under the Influence'
  • 2016
    The Way of Folk

    The Way of Folk

    The Way of Folk

    02016HD

    In this brand new featurette, executive producer T Bone Burnett and the Coen brothers discuss the history of some of the songs that heard in Inside...

    The Way of Folk
  • 2018
    In Search of Ozu

    In Search of Ozu

    In Search of Ozu

    7.22018HD

    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...

    In Search of Ozu
  • 2017
    The Universe Is Out There: Josh and Benny Safdie

    The Universe Is Out There: Josh and Benny Safdie

    The Universe Is Out There: Josh and Benny Safdie

    72017HD

    Get to know the siblings whose films have captured the skittering pulse of New York’s city streets. An original documentary featuring footage...

    The Universe Is Out There: Josh and Benny Safdie
  • 2019
    Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore

    Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore

    Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore

    02019HD

    In 2009, Sean Baker sat down with the Godfather of Gore himself, Herschell Gordon Lewis, to discuss his legendary career as an exploitation pioneer...

    Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore
  • 2016
    Athina Rachel Tsangari: Cinema on the Edges

    Athina Rachel Tsangari: Cinema on the Edges

    Athina Rachel Tsangari: Cinema on the Edges

    02016HD

    Athina Rachel Tsangari has become one of the foremost figures of the so-called “Greek Weird Wave”—a movement characterized by its...

    Athina Rachel Tsangari: Cinema on the Edges
  • 2018
    Hitchcock, Hopper, and the Penultimate Moment

    Hitchcock, Hopper, and the Penultimate Moment

    Hitchcock, Hopper, and the Penultimate Moment

    02018HD

    In this new video by filmmaker Daniel Raim, production designer Robert F. Boyle uncovers how two great artists—Alfred Hitchcock and Edward...

    Hitchcock, Hopper, and the Penultimate Moment
  • 2004
    Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers

    Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers

    Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers

    102004HD

    This 17-minute documentary is featured on the 3-Disc Criterion Collection DVD of The Battle of Algiers (1966), released in 2004. An in-depth look at...

    Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers
  • 2018
    A.W. A Portrait of Apichatpong Weerasethakul

    A.W. A Portrait of Apichatpong Weerasethakul

    A.W. A Portrait of Apichatpong Weerasethakul

    7.52018HD

    Canadian actor and filmmaker Connor Jessup (Closet Monster, Falling Skies) profiles Apichatpong Weerasethakul, a maverick of Thai cinema who...

    A.W. A Portrait of Apichatpong Weerasethakul
  • 2019
    A Walk with Charles Burnett

    A Walk with Charles Burnett

    A Walk with Charles Burnett

    02019HD

    Filmmaker Robert Townsend executive-produced the following fifty-six-minute program for Criterion’s Meet the Filmmakers series in 2018. In it,...

    A Walk with Charles Burnett
  • 2021
    Robert Downey: Moment to Moment

    Robert Downey: Moment to Moment

    Robert Downey: Moment to Moment

    02021HD

    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...

    Robert Downey: Moment to Moment