Known for
10.0Actors Patricia Charbonneau and Helen Shaver discuss the making of with groundbreaking film of queer cinema, Desert Hearts (1985, Donna Deitch) and how it impacted their careers.
Women in Love: Desert Hearts
2017
8.5A program featuring director Sofia Coppola, actors Kirsten Dunst and Josh Hartnett, and cinematographer Ed Lachman looking back at The Virgin Suicides nearly 20 years on.
Revisiting The Virgin Suicides
2018
NRIn this short documentary, actor Shih Chun addresses his longtime collaboration with director King Hu and his performance as Gu Sheng-zhai in A Touch of Zen.
The Highest Standards — Shih Chun on A Touch of Zen
2016
NRThis is a collection of Welles’ TV appearances from the 70s and 80s, including the one he did with Merv Griffin just hours before he died. Included on the Criterion release of Citizen Kane
My Guest is Orson Welles
2021
7.2Join legendary director Martin Scorsese, and acting icons Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Al Pacino going behind the scenes of their universally acclaimed movie.
Making 'The Irishman'
2020
NRActor Tatsuya Fuji recounts the making of "In The Realm Of The Senses"
In The Realm Of The Senses: Tatsuya Fuji
2009
Behind the camera
10.0Actors Patricia Charbonneau and Helen Shaver discuss the making of with groundbreaking film of queer cinema, Desert Hearts (1985, Donna Deitch) and how it impacted their careers.
Women in Love: Desert Hearts
2017
8.5A program featuring director Sofia Coppola, actors Kirsten Dunst and Josh Hartnett, and cinematographer Ed Lachman looking back at The Virgin Suicides nearly 20 years on.
Revisiting The Virgin Suicides
2018
NRIn this short documentary, actor Shih Chun addresses his longtime collaboration with director King Hu and his performance as Gu Sheng-zhai in A Touch of Zen.
The Highest Standards — Shih Chun on A Touch of Zen
2016
NRThis is a collection of Welles’ TV appearances from the 70s and 80s, including the one he did with Merv Griffin just hours before he died. Included on the Criterion release of Citizen Kane
My Guest is Orson Welles
2021
7.2Join legendary director Martin Scorsese, and acting icons Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Al Pacino going behind the scenes of their universally acclaimed movie.
Making 'The Irishman'
2020
NRActor Tatsuya Fuji recounts the making of "In The Realm Of The Senses"
In The Realm Of The Senses: Tatsuya Fuji
2009
NRFilmed in Los Angeles in August 2017, director Donna Deitch, cinematographer Robert Elswit and production designer Jeannine Oppewall discuss their collaboration in creating the look of DESERT HEARTS.
Remembering Reno: Reflections on the Making of Desert Hearts
2017
NRIn this short documentary, actress Hsu Feng discusses her iconic role as Yang Hui-zhen in King Hu's A Touch of Zen.
The Reluctant Lead — Hsu Feng on A Touch of Zen
2016
NRIn this short documentary, Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ang Lee describes his appreciation for King Hu's Dragon Inn and A Touch of Zen, and the influence they had on his own acclaimed martial arts film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000).
A Touch of Art — Ang Lee on King Hu
2016
NRIn 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.
Daniel London and Will Oldham on Old Joy
2019
NRExplores the ten-year journey of adapting Uzodinma Iweala's 2005 novel "Beasts of No Nation" into the 2015 film.
Passion Project
2021
NRIn this short documentary, film critic Tony Rayns discusses director King Hu and A Touch of Zen.
Art-house Martial Arts — Tony Rayns on A Touch of Zen
2016
NRAn interview with Paul Schrader on his 1990 film "The Comfort of Strangers"
The Beauty of Horror: Paul Schrader on The Comfort of Strangers
2020
George Stevens Jr shares his insights and observations about his father's production of "Swing Time"
George Stevens Jr. On 'Swing Time'
2019
Telestrator commentary and interview with Joel and Ethan Coen and Barry Sonnenfeld.
Shooting 'Blood Simple'
2016
NRIn this interview, conducted in spring 2021, scholar Nick Rees-Roberts traces the influence of La Piscine on the worlds of film and fashion in the half century since its release.
Undressing a Legacy
2021
NRIn this interview, filmed by the Criterion Collection in 2019, film scholar Mia Mask discusses blackface and the 'Bojangles of Harlem' number in George Stevens's 'Swing Time' (1936).
Mia Mask On Bojangles Of Harlem
2019
NRIn this archival documentary, cinematographer John Bailey, production designer Eiko Ishioka, and composer Philip Glass discuss the conception of Paul Schrader's film, the image of Mishima that they had prior to committing to the project, the manner in which some of his ideas resonated with them, the unusual portrait of Mishima that the film offers, its form and visual style, etc.
Making Mishima
2008
NRExtra from Election (1999) Criterion Release. Short interview with star Reese Witherspoon about production of the film.
Election - Reese Witherspoon
2017
NRIntroductory piece to Alexander Payne's student film "The Passion of Martin" included on the Criterion Collection release of Election (1999).
Election - "The Passion of Martin" Introduction
2017
NRA summary of the problems of the best surviving film elements and the restoration of the film
The Film That Warped Too Much: A Restoration Demonstration
2013
NRWriter and Rookie editor in chief Tavi Gevinson explores THE VIRGIN SUICIDES through the lens of adolescence, suicide, and memory. It features Gevinson’s own writing and imagery from a fanzine she made about Sofia Coppola’s movie in 2012.
Strange Magic
2018
NRA documentary on the making of the 1936 film Swing Time, featuring interviews with jazz and film critic Gary Giddens, dance critic Brian Seibert, and Dorothy Fields biographer Deborah Grace Winer. This is an all-encompassing feature covering the evolution of the Hollywood musical, Astaire's and Rogers' work, and the film's music, written by Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields.
In Full Swing
2019
NRIn this documentary, producers Tom Luddy and Mata Yamamoto recount the challenges of producing “Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters.”
Producing Mishima
2008
An audio essay narrated by Greg Pflugfelder explaining the events surrounding a tuna-fish boat called 'Daigo fukuryu maru'. The event inspires the story of Godzilla.
The Unluckiest Dragon
2012
