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  • 2020
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    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

    10.00 2020 HD

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

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  • 2016
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    Athina Rachel Tsangari: Cinema on the Edges

    Athina Rachel Tsangari: Cinema on the Edges

    1 2016 HD

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

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  • 2019
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    Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore

    Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore

    1 2019 HD

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

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  • 2004
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    Marxist Poetry: The Making of The Battle of Algiers

    Marxist Poetry: The Making of The Battle of Algiers

    7.20 2004 HD

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

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  • 2018
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    A.W. A Portrait of Apichatpong Weerasethakul

    A.W. A Portrait of Apichatpong Weerasethakul

    7.50 2018 HD

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

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  • 2019
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    A Walk with Charles Burnett

    A Walk with Charles Burnett

    1 2019 HD

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

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  • 2012
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    The Making of All About My Mother

    The Making of All About My Mother

    1 2012 HD

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

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  • 2016
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    The Way of Folk

    The Way of Folk

    1 2016 HD

    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...

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  • 2020
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    Paul Schrader: Man in a Room

    Paul Schrader: Man in a Room

    6.00 2020 HD

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

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  • 2018
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    In Search of Ozu

    In Search of Ozu

    7.20 2018 HD

    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...

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  • 2017
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    The Universe Is Out There: Josh and Benny Safdie

    The Universe Is Out There: Josh and Benny Safdie

    7.00 2017 HD

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

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  • 2021
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    Robert Downey: Moment to Moment

    Robert Downey: Moment to Moment

    1 2021 HD

    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...

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  • 2013
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    Safety Last!: Locations and Effects

    Safety Last!: Locations and Effects

    1 2013 HD

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

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  • 2004
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    Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers

    Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers

    10.00 2004 HD

    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...

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  • 2018
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    Bo Harwood on 'A Woman Under the Influence'

    Bo Harwood on 'A Woman Under the Influence'

    10.00 2018 HD

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

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  • 2020
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    Uncovering The Naked City

    Uncovering The Naked City

    1 2020 HD

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

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  • 2018
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    Bo Harwood on the Films of John Cassavetes

    Bo Harwood on the Films of John Cassavetes

    1 2018 HD

    Musician Bo Harwood discusses his work with filmmaker John Cassavetes.

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  • 2019
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    Introducing My Father, François Truffaut

    Introducing My Father, François Truffaut

    10.00 2019 HD

    Laura Truffaut shares her memories of her legendary filmmaker father.

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  • 2014
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    Untied! Reflections on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

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

    1 2014 HD

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

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  • 2018
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    Hitchcock, Hopper, and the Penultimate Moment

    Hitchcock, Hopper, and the Penultimate Moment

    1 2018 HD

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

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