Most Viewed From The Criterion Collection

Documentary about the technical achievements of the 1940 film classic The Thief of Bagdad.

In this documentary, produced in 2019, director Miranda July and filmmaker Lena Dunham explore July’s beginnings, including her early work as a...

This documentary traces the "physical history" of Fritz Lang’s M, from its production and original distribution to the digital restoration used...

In this essay on Babette's Feast, filmmaker Michael Almereyda charts the path from Isak Dinesen’s story to Gabriel Axel’s film, taking...

An appreciation of Stagecoach, with director and Ford biographer Peter Bogdanovich.

Director Robert Altman and writer Garry Trudeau discuss their collaboration on Tanner ‘88 in a conversation recorded in June 2004.

'A Face in the Crowd' was Andy Griffith's first film role; he would go on to be most famous for his folksy portrayal of Sheriff Andy Taylor on...

Directors George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola discuss [Akira] Kurosawa and their roles as executive producers of Kagemusha.

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of "Sólo con tu pareja", the debut feature film of director Alfonso Cuarón.

Retrospective documentary on the making of Robert Altman's Nashville (1975).

An audio essay narrated by Greg Pflugfelder explaining the events surrounding a tuna-fish boat called 'Daigo fukuryu maru'. The event inspires the...

In this interview, shot by the Criterion Collection in 2018, Ron Briley, author of 'The Ambivalent Legacy of Elia Kazan: The Politics of the...

Video homage to legendary stuntman Yakima Canutt, with celebrated stunt coordinator Vic Armstrong.

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...

Haskell Wexler revisits the themes of his previous work "Medium Cool" on the occasion of the Occupy demonstrations in Chicago in 2012.

A new documentary by Daniel Raim and Eugene Suen on the making of "Flowers of Shanghai," featuring behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with Mark...

In this hour-long piece, recorded in 2009, filmmaker Noah Baumbach talks with his friends the writer-actors André Gregory and Wallace Shawn...

Featurette on the making of John Waters' "Polyester."

Documentary short chronicling the process of restoring John Cassavetes' debut feature, Shadows (1959)

Film scholar Homay King discusses director Josef von Sternberg's cinematic China and the role of star Anna May Wong in 'Shanghai Express'.