The Criterion Collection Movies

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

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...

Join legendary director Martin Scorsese, and acting icons Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Al Pacino going behind the scenes of their universally...

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...

Martin Scali, who was Wes Anderson's assistant on "Fantastic Mr. Fox", shot this short documentary in Newport, Rhode Island, during the filming of...

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

Author Lee Clark Mitchell discusses the Western genre and literature.

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...

A new documentary by Daniel Raim on Yasujiro Ozu's relationship with longtime screenwriter Kogo Noda.

A film scholar named Mark Shiel discusses the history of italian neo-realism in filmmaking, accompanied by rare still photographs and newly restored...

In this documentary, film scholars Gerd Germünden and Noah Isenberg discuss the artistic origins of Marlene Dietrich in the cabarets of Weimar...

Documentary and interview with Japanese film critic and scholar Tadao Sato about Yasujiro Ozu film The Only Son.

Writer and Rookie editor in chief Tavi Gevinson explores THE VIRGIN SUICIDES through the lens of adolescence, suicide, and memory. It features...

A documentary created by the Criterion Collection for their release of Italian film director Federico Fellini's Amarcord about his relationship with...

Documentary on the making of Josef von Sternberg's 'Underworld,' which launched the American gangster genre as we know it.

A documentary on the making of the 1936 film Swing Time, featuring interviews with jazz and film critic Gary Giddens, dance critic Brian Seibert, and...

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...

Program about the making of the film, featuring behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with actors Reika Kirishima, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Masaki...

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

Orson Welles Biographer Simon Callow discusses the making of "Mr. Arkadin" (aka "Confidential Report.")