2024 Closet Picks#Pamela Anderson (November 12)

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{{For|the history of the Criterion Closet and Closet Picks from 2010–2019|Criterion Closet}}Closet Picks is a video series by The Criterion Collection. Involving its Criterion Closet where all of its distributed titles are stored, Criterion regularly invites individuals in the film and entertainment industries, as well as those adjacent to them, to peruse and choose from its selection of discs. The video series began in 2010 when director Guillermo del Toro visited the Criterion office, during which he was filmed making his selections from the Criterion Closet. Since then, Criterion has filmed over two hundred installments of Closet Picks; past visitors include Ari Aster, Wim Wenders, Hideo Kojima, and many others.{{Cite web |last=Ang |first=Raymond |date=2024-09-27 |title=How the Criterion Closet Became Internet Famous |url=https://www.gq.com/story/how-the-criterion-closet-became-internet-famous |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=GQ |language=en-US}}

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January

= [[Charles Melton]] (January 3) =

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Criterion citation: "The award-winning actor, best known for Todd Haynes's May December, champions the twisted pleasure of Memories of Murder, selects favorites featuring his costar Julianne Moore, and talks about the subtle beauty of films like Drive My Car and After Life."{{Cite web |title=Charles Melton's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/621-charles-melton-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Film

!Director

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Mikey and Nicky

|Elaine May

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After Life

|Hirokazu Kore-eda

Memories of Murder

|Bong Joon-ho

EO

|Jerzy Skolimowski

Eyes Without a Face

|Georges Franju

Le Samouraï

|Jean-Pierre Melville

La Piscine

|Jacques Deray

La Strada

|Federico Fellini

Cure

|Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Drive My Car

|Ryusuke Hamaguchi

Short Cuts

| rowspan="2" |Robert Altman

3 Women
Safe

|Todd Haynes

A Special Day

|Ettore Scola

WALL-E

|Andrew Stanton

= [[Joel Kim Booster]] (January 22) =

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Criterion citation: "The comedian, actor, and writer recalls wearing out videotapes of Mothra vs. Godzilla; praises Sound of Metal and its star, Riz Ahmed; and talks about the power and importance of seeing love between two Asian men depicted on-screen in Happy Together."{{Cite web |title=Joel Kim Booster's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/637-joel-kim-booster-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Director

!Ref

The Philadelphia Story

|George Cukor

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The Big Chill

|Lawrence Kasdan

The Others

|Alejandro Amenábar

Sound of Metal

|Darius Marder

Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954–1975

|Various directors

In the Mood for Love

|Wong Kar-wai

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

|John Cameron Mitchell

= [[Callum Turner]] (January 24) =

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Criterion citation: "The actor describes the beauty of discovering Agnès Varda, shares how Mean Streets inspired his desire to act, and selects all-time favorite films, from Five Easy Pieces to The Leopard."{{Cite web |title=Callum Turner's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/641-callum-turner-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Film

!Director

!Ref

The Complete Films of Agnès Varda

|Agnès Varda

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Au hasard Balthazar

|Robert Bresson

Five Easy Pieces

|Bob Rafelson

Mean Streets

|Martin Scorsese

The Kid with a Bike

|Dardenne brothers

The Cranes Are Flying

|Mikhail Kalatozov

Come and See

|Elem Klimov

Naked

|Mike Leigh

The Leopard

|Luchino Visconti

La Strada

|Federico Fellini

Nothing but a Man

|Michael Roemer

= [[Devo]] (January 28) =

Criterion citation: "The duo behind the legendary band share their formative memories of encountering Island of Lost Souls, praise Fellini's unique sonic sensibility, and talk about their love for Tony Curtis and Burt Lancaster in Sweet Smell of Success."{{Cite web |title=DEVO: Gerald Casale and Mark Mothersbaugh's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/660-devo-gerald-casale-and-mark-mothersbaugh-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Film

!Director

!Ref

Island of Lost Souls

|Erle C. Kenton

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Essential Fellini

|Federico Fellini

Sweet Smell of Success

|Alexander Mackendrick

Monsters and Madmen

|Various directors

February

= [[Paul Giamatti]] (February 6) =

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Criterion citation: "The award-winning actor talks about his childhood experience seeing Carnival of Souls and his love for low-budget horror treasures, shares how Blue Velvet ignited his desire to become an actor and why Rashomon always moves him to tears, and praises the performances in John Frankenheimer's Seconds."{{Cite web |title=Paul Giamatti's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/631-paul-giamatti-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Film

!Director

!Ref

Carnival of Souls

|Herk Harvey

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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

|Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

Rashomon

|Akira Kurosawa

Solaris

|Andrei Tarkovsky

Cat People

|Jacques Tourneur

Seconds

|John Frankenheimer

Blue Velvet

|David Lynch

Eclipse Series 11: Larisa Shepitko

|Larisa Shepitko

= [[JR (artist)|JR]] (February 27) =

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Criterion citation: "The artist and codirector of Agnès Varda's documentary Faces Places talks about his intimate collaboration with the late iconic filmmaker, praises world-expanding masterpieces like La haine and Roma, and shouts out his friend Louis Garrel."{{Cite web |title=JR's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/725-jr-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Film

!Director

!Ref

The Complete Films of Agnès Varda

|Agnès Varda

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John Cassavetes: Five Films

|John Cassavetes

Amores perros

|Alejandro González Iñárritu

WALL-E

|Andrew Stanton

Mean Streets

|Martin Scorsese

La Haine

|Mathieu Kassovitz

The Innocent

|Louis Garrel

EO

|Jerzy Skolimowski

Roma

|Alfonso Cuarón

= [[Tim Blake Nelson]] (February 28) =

Criterion citation: "The award-winning actor, writer, and director shares his love for the hard-boiled voice-over in Blast of Silence, praises the exquisite acting and production design of Topsy-Turvy, and selects favorites by his frequent collaborators Joel and Ethan Coen."{{Cite web |title=Tim Blake Nelson's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/659-tim-blake-nelson-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Film

!Director

!Ref

Blast of Silence

|Allen Baron

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Topsy-Turvy

|Mike Leigh

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

|John Cassavetes

Inside Llewyn Davis

| rowspan="2" |Coen brothers

Miller's Crossing
Tokyo Story

|Yasujirō Ozu

March

= [[Chelsea Peretti]] (March 5) =

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Criterion citation: "The comedian, actor, and director talks about loving the relatable weirdness of Grey Gardens and the compulsive passion of Crumb; praises Miranda July's singular, offbeat voice; and shares how The 400 Blows (a Natasha Lyonne recommendation) evokes empathy for the pains of growing up."{{Cite web |title=Chelsea Peretti's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/636-chelsea-peretti-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Film

!Director

!Ref

Girlfriends

|Claudia Weill

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Me and You and Everyone We Know

|Miranda July

Trainspotting

|Danny Boyle

Grey Gardens

|Albert and David Maysles, Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer

Crumb

|Terry Zwigoff

Hollywood Shuffle

|Robert Townsend

Wild Strawberries

|Ingmar Bergman

The 400 Blows

|François Truffaut

Mikey and Nicky

|Elaine May

The Blob

|Irvin Yeaworth

= [[Molly Ringwald]] (March 11) =

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Criterion citation: "The actor and writer shares her love of the literary qualities of Eric Rohmer's cinema, recalls the thrill of watching Bruno Dumont's La vie de Jésus, and selects films by auteurs she has worked with, including Jean-Luc Godard and John Cassavetes."{{Cite web |title=Molly Ringwald's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/639-molly-ringwald-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Director

!Ref

Dietrich & von Sternberg in Hollywood

|Josef von Sternberg

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A Face in the Crowd

|Elia Kazan

Celine and Julie Go Boating

|Jacques Rivette

Eric Rohmer's Tales of the Four Seasons

|Éric Rohmer

Eclipse Series 8: Lubitsch Musicals

|Ernst Lubitsch

Band of Outsiders

|Jean-Luc Godard

La Vie de Jésus

|Bruno Dumont

Essential Fellini

|Federico Fellini

John Cassavetes: Five Films

| rowspan="2" |John Cassavetes

Love Streams
Umberto D.

|Vittorio De Sica

= [[Cheryl Dunye]] (March 17) =

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Criterion citation: "The writer, director, actor, and producer shares what Marlon Riggs's work means to her as a Black queer filmmaker, praises Rainer Werner Fassbinder's radical approach to melodrama, and spotlights Chantal Akerman, Agnès Varda, and other directors whose work she can't live without."{{Cite web |title=Cheryl Dunye's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/653-cheryl-dunye-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Film

!Director

!Ref

I Married a Witch

|René Clair

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A Hollis Frampton Odyssey

|Hollis Frampton

Mudbound

|Dee Rees

The Cameraman

|Edward Sedgwick

Chantal Akerman Masterpieces, 1968–1978

|Chantal Akerman

To Die For

|Gus Van Sant

The Signifyin' Works of Marlon Riggs

|Marlon Riggs

BRD Trilogy

|Rainer Werner Fassbinder

The Complete Films of Agnès Varda

|Agnès Varda

The Watermelon Woman

|Cheryl Dunye

= [[Kerry Condon]] (March 28) =

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Criterion citation: "The acclaimed actor shares how Nancy Savoca's Dogfight profoundly affected her views of acting and love, praises the way David Gordon Green conjures the feeling of youth in George Washington, and selects endlessly entertaining favorites, from Valley of the Dolls to The Night of the Hunter."{{Cite web |title=Kerry Condon's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/644-kerry-condon-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Director

!Ref

The Night of the Hunter

|Charles Laughton

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Fish Tank

|Andrea Arnold

Kes

|Ken Loach

George Washington

|David Gordon Green

The Tin Drum

|Volker Schlöndorff

Secrets & Lies

|Mike Leigh

McCabe & Mrs. Miller

|Robert Altman

Valley of the Dolls

|Mark Robson

Dogfight

|Nancy Savoca

All About My Mother

|Pedro Almodóvar

The Prince of Tides

|Barbra Streisand

= [[St. Vincent (musician)|St. Vincent]] (March 28) =

Criterion citation: "The singer shares her love for The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant and its decadent drama, praises Nicole Kidman's hilariously psychotic performance in To Die For, and talks about the intimate dream state of Brand upon the Brain!"{{Cite web |title=St. Vincent's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/642-st-vincent-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Film

!Director

!Ref

Female Trouble

|John Waters

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The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

|Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

|Pedro Almodóvar

To Die For

|Gus Van Sant

Brand upon the Brain!

|Guy Maddin

Chantal Akerman Masterpieces, 1968–1978

|Chantal Akerman

Dazed and Confused

|Richard Linklater

Diamonds of the Night

|Jan Němec

April

= [[Bertrand Bonello]] (April 3) =

Criterion citation: "The writer, director, and composer talks about the enduring inspiration of The Age of Innocence, praises the tonal precision of David Cronenberg's Crash, and shares his love for Pasolini's potent mix of poetry and intelligence."{{Cite web |title=Bertrand Bonello's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/640-bertrand-bonello-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Film

!Director

!Ref

The Age of Innocence

|Martin Scorsese

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Crash

|David Cronenberg

Clean, Shaven

|Lodge Kerrigan

Pasolini 101

|Pier Paolo Pasolini

Close-Up

|Abbas Kiarostami

= [[Maya Hawke]] and [[Ethan Hawke]] (April 5) =

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Criterion citation: "The father-daughter team behind the new film Wildcat talk about their love of Children of Paradise, the films of Wim Wenders, and the influence of Picnic at Hanging Rock and An Angel at My Table."{{Cite web |title=Maya and Ethan Hawke's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/647-maya-and-ethan-hawke-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Film

!Director

!Ref

War and Peace

|Sergei Bondarchuk

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Frances Ha

|Noah Baumbach

Children of Paradise

|Marcel Carné

3 Women

|Robert Altman

Husbands

|John Cassavetes

The Magnificent Ambersons

|Orson Welles

Pina

|Wim Wenders

An Angel at My Table

|Jane Campion

Tess

|Roman Polanski

Tokyo Story

|Yasujirō Ozu

Days of Heaven

|Terrence Malick

Picnic at Hanging Rock

|Peter Weir

Kicking and Screaming

|Noah Baumbach

= [[Annie Baker]] and Lucian Johnston (April 9) =

Criterion citation: "The writer-director of Janet Planet joins the film's editor in praising Maurice Pialat's unsentimental depiction of childhood, their collaborator Maria von Hausswolff's cinematography in Godland, and the ineffable magic of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger."{{Cite web |title=Annie Baker and Lucian Johnston's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/662-annie-baker-and-lucian-johnston-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Film

!Director

!Ref

Naked Childhood

|Maurice Pialat

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L'Argent

|Robert Bresson

A Matter of Life and Death

|Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

Godland

|Hlynur Pálmason

Design for Living

|Ernst Lubitsch

The Complete Films of Agnès Varda

|Agnès Varda

= [[Jane Schoenbrun]] (April 16) =

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Criterion citation: "The writer and director admires how filmmakers like Jacques Tati, Wes Anderson, and David Lynch sculpt their own universes, selects a Spike Lee double feature, and praises Víctor Erice's films as some of the best in cinema history."{{Cite web |title=Jane Schoenbrun's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/658-jane-schoenbrun-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Film

!Director

!Ref

The Complete Jacques Tati

|Jacques Tati

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Bamboozled

|Spike Lee

Malcolm X

|Spike Lee

El Sur

|Víctor Erice

Peeping Tom

|Michael Powell

Werckmeister Harmonies

|Béla Tarr, Ágnes Hranitzky

Autumn Sonata

|Ingmar Bergman

The Grand Budapest Hotel

|Wes Anderson

Eraserhead

|David Lynch

= [[Jeremy O. Harris]] (April 16) =

Criterion citation: "The award-winning playwright, actor, producer, and director shares his love for Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, celebrates how Bob Fosse captured dance on-screen like no one else, and talks about the artists who have shaped him, from Lena Dunham and the Dogme 95 directors to Pasolini and Fassbinder."{{Cite web |title=Jeremy O. Harris's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/661-jeremy-o-harris-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Film

!Director

!Ref

Melvin Van Peebles: Essential Films

|Melvin Van Peebles

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Original Cast Album: Company

|D. A. Pennebaker

The Celebration

|Thomas Vinterberg

Teorema

| rowspan="2" |Pier Paolo Pasolini

Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
Tiny Furniture

|Lena Dunham

Girlfriends

|Claudia Weill

All That Jazz

|Bob Fosse

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

|Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Yi Yi

|Edward Yang

Metropolitan

|Whit Stillman

May

= [[Ryusuke Hamaguchi]] (May 3) =

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Criterion citation: "The Oscar-winning writer and director talks about Army of Shadows and Jean-Pierre Melville's cinema of betrayal, shares his love for Denis Lavant's dancing in Beau travail, and selects favorites by Yasujiro Ozu, Ernst Lubitsch, and Nicholas Ray."{{Cite web |title=Ryusuke Hamaguchi's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/652-ryusuke-hamaguchi-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Director

!Ref

Late Spring

|Yasujirō Ozu

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Army of Shadows

|Jean-Pierre Melville

La Haine

|Mathieu Kassovitz

Toni

|Jean Renoir

Beau Travail

|Claire Denis

Until the End of the World

|Wim Wenders

John Cassavetes: Five Films

|John Cassavetes

Heaven Can Wait

|Ernst Lubitsch

A Story of Floating Weeds/Floating Weeds

|Yasujirō Ozu

The Essential Jacques Demy

|Jacques Demy

Judex

|Georges Franju

Bigger Than Life

|Nicholas Ray

Fists in the Pocket

|Marco Bellocchio

Cure

|Kiyoshi Kurosawa

My Darling Clementine

|John Ford

= [[Dylan Baker]] (May 7) =

Criterion citation: "The actor, who stars in Todd Solondz's Happiness, shares his appreciation for the playwright behind the source material of George Cukor's Holiday; praises It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World as one of the funniest films he has ever seen; and talks about the deep impression that Local Hero has left on him."{{Cite web |title=Dylan Baker's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/721-dylan-baker-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Film

!Director

!Ref

Destry Rides Again

|George Marshall

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Holiday

|George Cukor

Quadrophenia

|Franc Roddam

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

|Stanley Kramer

Christ Stopped at Eboli

|Francesco Rosi

Local Hero

|Bill Forsyth

The Ascent

|Larisa Shepitko

Ride with the Devil

|Ang Lee

= [[Ross brothers]] (May 9) =

Criterion citation: "The acclaimed filmmaking duo reminisce about getting their cinematic education while working in a video store, share how Touki bouki has inspired every film they've ever made, and select life-changing favorites by Barbara Kopple, Abbas Kiarostami, and Les Blank."{{Cite web |title=Bill and Turner Ross's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/667-bill-and-turner-ross-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Film

!Director

!Ref

Dead Man

|Jim Jarmusch

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Touki Bouki

|Djibril Diop Mambéty

Les Blank: Always for Pleasure

|Les Blank

Time

|Garrett Bradley

Dekalog

|Krzysztof Kieślowski

The Cameraman

|Edward Sedgwick

Close-Up

|Abbas Kiarostami

Harlan County, USA

|Barbara Kopple

= [[Paul Scheer]] (May 21) =

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Criterion citation: "The comedian, actor, and author reflects on what Alex Cox's Walker has to say about American history, talks about the subtle depth of Two-Lane Blacktop, and praises performances by Peter Falk and Walter Matthau."{{Cite web |title=Paul Scheer's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/672-paul-scheer-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Film

!Director

!Ref

Walker

|Alex Cox

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Mikey and Nicky

|Elaine May

Two-Lane Blacktop

|Monte Hellman

Hopscotch

|Ronald Neame

Make Way for Tomorrow

|Leo McCarey

Klute

|Alan J. Pakula

= [[Jerry Schatzberg]] (May 22) =

Criterion citation: "The legendary photographer and filmmaker talks about the inspiring beauty of Marlene Dietrich, reminiscences about the great actor and screenwriter Carole Eastman, and selects favorites such as On the Waterfront and 'Round Midnight."{{Cite web |title=Jerry Schatzberg's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/681-jerry-schatzberg-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Film

!Director

!Ref

Knife in the Water

|Roman Polanski

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Dietrich & von Sternberg in Hollywood

|Josef von Sternberg

On the Waterfront

|Elia Kazan

Round Midnight

|Bertrand Tavernier

The Shooting

|Monte Hellman

The Complete Films of Agnès Varda

|Agnès Varda

June

= [[Viggo Mortensen]] (June 3) =

Criterion citation: "The award-winning actor and director goes deep on his favorite westerns, highlighting Gregory Peck's psychological performance in The Gunfighter and Barbara Stanwyck's fierceness in The Furies, Leonard Cohen's music in McCabe & Mrs. Miller, and Budd Boetticher's lean, mean Ranown films."{{Cite web |title=Viggo Mortensen's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/670-viggo-mortensen-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Director

!Ref

Stagecoach

|John Ford

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Red River

|Howard Hawks

Forty Guns

|Samuel Fuller

The Gunfighter

|Henry King

The Furies

|Anthony Mann

3:10 to Yuma

|Delmer Daves

McCabe & Mrs. Miller

|Robert Altman

The Ranown Westerns: Five Films Directed by Budd Boetticher

|Budd Boetticher

= [[Carol Kane]] (June 14) =

Criterion citation: "The legendary actor talks about her lifelong love of Bette Davis, reminisces about working with John Cassavetes, and selects favorites by Hal Ashby, Gillian Armstrong, and Bill Forsyth."{{Cite web |title=Carol Kane's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/676-carol-kane-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Film

!Director

!Ref

All About Eve

|Joseph L. Mankiewicz

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John Cassavetes: Five Films

|John Cassavetes

Local Hero

|Bill Forsyth

My Brilliant Career

|Gillian Armstrong

The Princess Bride

|Rob Reiner

Shampoo

|Hal Ashby

Hobson's Choice

|David Lean

My Own Private Idaho

|Gus Van Sant

The Fisher King

|Terry Gilliam

City Lights

|Charlie Chaplin

The Ice Storm

|Ang Lee

The Royal Tenenbaums

|Wes Anderson

= [[Lily Gladstone]] and [[Erica Tremblay]] (June 15) =

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Criterion citation: "The award-winning actor and star of Fancy Dance is joined by the film's director in praising the brilliance of Kelly Reichardt, sharing their connection to After Life and Frances Ha, and selecting favorites by Martin Scorsese and Hirokazu Kore-eda."{{Cite web |title=Lily Gladstone & Erica Tremblay's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/674-lily-gladstone-erica-tremblay-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Film

!Director

!Ref

Local Hero

|Bill Forsyth

| rowspan="10" |

Quadrophenia

|Franc Roddam

After Life

|Hirokazu Kore-eda

Old Joy

|Kelly Reichardt

Scorcese Shorts

|Martin Scorsese

Certain Women

|Kelly Reichardt

Down by Law

|Jim Jarmusch

Frances Ha

|Noah Baumbach

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

|Terry Gilliam

Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese

|Martin Scorsese

= [[Winona Ryder]] (June 16) =

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Criterion citation: "The iconic actor shares her profound connection to Hirokazu Kore-eda's After Life, recalls the deep impact Gena Rowlands had on her life and career, and selects favorites by Gordon Parks, Jim Jarmusch, Albert Brooks, and John Sayles."{{Cite web |title=Winona Ryder's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/677-winona-ryder-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Film

!Director

!Ref

Au revoir les enfants

|Louis Malle

| rowspan="8" |

The Learning Tree

|Gordon Parks

John Cassavetes: Five Films

|John Cassavetes

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

| rowspan="2" |Jim Jarmusch

Down by Law
Lost in America

|Albert Brooks

Matewan

|John Sayles

After Life

|Hirokazu Kore-eda

= [[Ayo Edebiri]] (June 17) =

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Criterion citation: "The actor shares her love for sexy and stylish heist movies like Charade and Thief; praises the work of Juzo Itami (whom she calls 'the G.O.A.T.') and his wife, Nobuko Miyamoto; and talks about the African American surrealist imagery in To Sleep with Anger."{{Cite web |title=Ayo Edebiri's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/666-ayo-edebiri-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Film

!Director

!Ref

High and Low

|Akira Kurosawa

| rowspan="7" |

Charade

|Stanley Donen

Bottle Rocket

|Wes Anderson

Thief

|Michael Mann

The Funeral

|Juzo Itami

To Sleep with Anger

|Charles Burnett

Eyimofe

|Arie Esiri, Chuko Esiri

= [[Agnieszka Holland]] (June 21) =

Criterion citation: "The writer-director of Europa Europa and Green Border talks about Agnès Varda's influence on women in cinema, praises contemporary masterworks like Parasite and Anatomy of a Fall, and shares why she always returns to Diamonds of the Night before making a new film."{{Cite web |title=Agnieszka Holland's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/683-agnieszka-holland-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Film

!Director

!Ref

The Complete Films of Agnès Varda

|Agnès Varda

| rowspan="6" |

La Notte

|Michelangelo Antonioni

Parasite

|Bong Joon-ho

Perfect Days

|Wim Wenders

Anatomy of a Fall

|Justine Triet

Diamonds of the Night

|Jan Němec

July

= [[Gina Gershon]] (July 2) =

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Criterion citation: "The acclaimed actor shares her love for Donald Sutherland's and Julie Christie's performances in Don't Look Now, praises Terry Gilliam's vast imagination, and talks about getting energized by listening to the Godzilla score."{{Cite web |title=Gina Gershon's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/671-gina-gershon-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Film

!Director

!Ref

Don't Look Now

|Nicolas Roeg

| rowspan="7" |

Bound

|The Wachowskis

Brazil

|Terry Gilliam

Lola Montes

|Max Ophüls

Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954–1975

|Various directors

The Seventh Seal

|Ingmar Bergman

The Friends of Eddie Coyle

|Peter Yates

= [[Zoë Kravitz]] and [[Channing Tatum]] (July 9) =

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Criterion citation: "The director of Blink Twice is joined by the film's star in sharing their love for John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands, praising Paris Is Burning as 'the greatest documentary of all time,' and selecting favorites, from Harlan County USA and The Fisher King to Moonstruck and The Rose."{{Cite web |title=Zoë Kravitz and Channing Tatum's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/675-zoe-kravitz-and-channing-tatum-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Film

!Director

!Ref

A Woman Under the Influence

|John Cassavetes

| rowspan="13" |

Harlan County, USA

|Barbara Kopple

Paris Is Burning

|Jennie Livingston

Lord of the Flies

|Peter Brook

The Vanishing

|George Sluizer

Seven Samurai

|Akira Kurosawa

The Killing

|Stanley Kubrick

The Fisher King

|Terry Gilliam

The Rose

|Mark Rydell

Moonstruck

|Norman Jewison

Midnight Cowboy

|John Schlesinger

Koker Trilogy

|Abbas Kiarostami

Thelma & Louise

|Ridley Scott

= [[Greg Gonzalez]] (July 17) =

Criterion citation: "The singer of the band Cigarettes After Sex shares his love for La Bamba, talks about how the romance of Eric Rohmer inspires his music, and selects favorites, from The Worst Person in the World to The Tales of Hoffmann."{{Cite web |title=Greg Gonzalez's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/685-greg-gonzalez-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Film

!Director

!Ref

La Bamba

|Luis Valdez

| rowspan="6" |

The Last Picture Show

|Peter Bogdanovich

Eric Rohmer's Tale of the Four Seasons

|Éric Rohmer

The Worst Person in the World

|Joachim Trier

Risky Business

|Paul Brickman

The Tales of Hoffmann

|Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

= [[Bill Hader]] (July 23) =

Criterion citation: "The actor and director returns to the Closet, where he clarifies his feelings on Salò, or The 120 Days of Sodom; shares how much he learned about filmmaking from supplemental features on the Criterion editions of Barry Lyndon and Roma; and selects favorite films such as Real Life and Cold War."{{Cite web |title=Bill Hader's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/720-bill-hader-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Film

!Director

!Ref

Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom

|Pier Paolo Pasolini

| rowspan="15" |

Yi Yi

|Edward Yang

Ikiru

|Akira Kurosawa

Barry Lyndon

|Stanley Kubrick

Roma

|Alfonso Cuarón

Real Life

|Albert Brooks

My Darling Clementine

|John Ford

Essential Fellini

|Federico Fellini

Cold War

|Paweł Pawlikowski

Salvatore Giuliano

|Francesco Rosi

A Man Escaped

|Robert Bresson

Petite Maman

|Céline Sciamma

Eclipse Series 24: The Actuality Dramas of Allan King

|Allan King

The Asphalt Jungle

|John Huston

Cat People

|Jacques Tourneur

August

= [[Lee Daniels]] (August 2) =

Criterion citation: "The writer-director talks about how Federico Fellini and John Waters gave him the passion and confidence to become a filmmaker, shares his poignant experience watching Claudine as a young man, and selects favorites such as Pickup on South Street, Do the Right Thing, and The Piano."{{Cite web |title=Lee Daniels's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/682-lee-daniels-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Film

!Director

!Ref

|Federico Fellini

| rowspan="9" |

Essential Fellini

|Federico Fellini

Do the Right Thing

|Spike Lee

Querelle

|Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Female Trouble

|John Waters

Pickup on South Street

|Samuel Fuller

The Piano

|Jane Campion

Claudine

|John Berry

Spartacus

|Stanley Kubrick

September

= [[Jarvis Cocker]] (September 13) =

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Criterion citation: "The musician and Pulp front man shares how films like Blue Velvet and Meantime altered his view of cinema, talks about collaborating with Wes Anderson and Danny Boyle, and decides he's finally ready to watch Salò, or The 120 Days of Sodom."{{Cite web |title=Jarvis Cocker's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/748-jarvis-cocker-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Film

!Director

!Ref

The Incredible Shrinking Man

|Jack Arnold

| rowspan="7" |

Blue Velvet

|David Lynch

Meantime

|Mike Leigh

Trainspotting

|Danny Boyle

Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom

|Pier Paolo Pasolini

Fantastic Mr. Fox

| rowspan="2" |Wes Anderson

The Grand Budapest Hotel

= [[Jude Law]] (September 16) =

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Criterion citation: "The actor talks about what Andrei Tarkovsky's films have taught him about stillness in cinema, reflects on the various adaptations of The Talented Mr. Ripley, and shares his formative experience of seeing London on-screen in My Beautiful Launderette and Mona Lisa."{{Cite web |title=Jude Law's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/684-jude-law-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Film

!Director

!Ref

Stalker

|Andrei Tarkovsky

| rowspan="6" |

Purple Noon

|René Clément

The Wages of Fear

|Henri-Georges Clouzot

Local Hero

|Bill Forsyth

Mona Lisa

|Neil Jordan

The Night of the Hunter

|Charles Laughton

= [[Jennifer Kent]] (September 18) =

Criterion citation: "The writer and director of the cult classic The Babadook shares her love for fellow Australian filmmaker Peter Weir's The Last Wave, talks about her repeat viewings of Mulholland Dr., and selects spine-tingling Japanese horror classics Kuroneko and Onibaba."{{Cite web |title=Jennifer Kent's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/726-jennifer-kent-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Film

!Director

!Ref

Häxan

|Benjamin Christensen

| rowspan="7" |

The Last Wave

|Peter Weir

Kuroneko

| rowspan="2" |Kaneto Shindo

Onibaba
Mulholland Drive

|David Lynch

A Man Escaped

|Robert Bresson

Tokyo Story

|Yasujirō Ozu

= [[Nathalie Emmanuel]] (September 25) =

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Criterion citation: "The actor and star of Megalopolis shares her deep connection to Steve McQueen's Small Axe, reminisces about growing up repeatedly watching Love & Basketball, and reflects on the cultural importance of Paris Is Burning."{{Cite web |title=Nathalie Emmanuel's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/738-nathalie-emmanuel-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Film

!Director

!Ref

The Red Shoes

|Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

| rowspan="5" |

Small Axe

|Steve McQueen

Love & Basketball

|Gina Prince-Bythewood

Paris Is Burning

|Jennie Livingston

The Worst Person in the World

|Joachim Trier

= [[Kevin Smith]] (September 26) =

Criterion citation: "The filmmaker and author shares how Hollywood Shuffle and Slacker inspired him to make movies, talks about why actors make great directors, and selects favorites such as His Girl Friday and Bull Durham."{{Cite web |title=Kevin Smith's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/760-kevin-smith-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Film

!Director

!Ref

His Girl Friday

|Howard Hawks

| rowspan="7" |

Citizen Kane

|Orson Welles

Hollywood Shuffle

|Robert Townsend

Bull Durham

|Ron Shelton

The Prince of Tides

|Barbra Streisand

Deep Cover

|Bill Duke

Slacker

|Richard Linklater

October

= [[Janelle Monáe]] (October 1) =

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Criterion citation: "In celebration of Halloween, the singer-songwriter, actor, and producer shares her spooky season favorites, highlighting both the spine-tingling sensations and social undercurrents that permeate such classics as Night of the Living Dead, Brazil, and Eraserhead."{{Cite web |title=Janelle Monáe's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/733-janelle-monae-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Film

!Director

!Ref

The Blob

|Irvin Yeaworth

| rowspan="5" |

Eraserhead

|David Lynch

Nineteen Eighty-Four

|Michael Radford

Brazil

|Terry Gilliam

Night of the Living Dead

|George A. Romero

= [[Andrew Garfield]] (October 2) =

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Criterion citation: "The actor praises films by directors he has worked with, talks about how Mike Leigh's Naked and Ken Loach's Kes helped define contemporary British cinema, and thanks his father for his love of Tampopo."{{Cite web |title=Andrew Garfield's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/730-andrew-garfield-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Film

!Director

!Ref

Brazil

|Terry Gilliam

| rowspan="10" |

The Red Shoes

|Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

Salesman

|Albert and David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin

Hoop Dreams

|Steve James

Naked

|Mike Leigh

Kes

|Ken Loach

The Game

|David Fincher

Happiness

|Todd Solondz

Original Cast Album: Company

|D. A. Pennebaker

Tampopo

|Juzo Itami

= [[RaMell Ross]] (October 2) =

Criterion citation: "The director and cowriter of Nickel Boys praises The Qatsi Trilogy as 'vital for understanding the visual world,' quotes from Chris Marker's Sans Soleil, and talks about watching Bruce Lee movies with his dad."{{Cite web |title=RaMell Ross's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/756-ramell-ross-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Film

!Director

!Ref

The Tin Drum

|Volker Schlöndorff

| rowspan="11" |

World of Wong Kar Wai

|Wong Kar-wai

La Jetée/Sans Soleil

|Chris Marker

Mirror

| rowspan="2" |Andrei Tarkovsky

Stalker
Cameraperson

|Kirsten Johnson

Qatsi Trilogy

|Godfrey Reggio

To Sleep with Anger

|Charles Burnett

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

|Jim Jarmusch

Bruce Lee: His Greatest Hits

|Various directors

Jubal

|Delmer Daves

= [[Isabelle Huppert]] (October 3) =

Criterion citation: "The legendary actor returns to Closet, where she shares her love for independent American gems such as Barbara Loden's Wanda and Michael Roemer's Nothing but a Man, talks about Roberto Rossellini's work with Ingrid Bergman, and selects Italian cinema classics I Knew Her Well and Juliet of the Spirits."{{Cite web |title=Isabelle Huppert's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/741-isabelle-huppert-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Film

!Director

!Ref

Wanda

|Barbara Loden

| rowspan="9" |

3 Films by Roberto Rossellini Starring Ingrid Bergman

|Roberto Rossellini

I Knew Her Well

|Antonio Pietrangeli

Juliet of the Spirits

|Federico Fellini

La Cérémonie

|Claude Chabrol

Two or Three Things I Know About Her

|Jean-Luc Godard

Eclipse Series 3: Late Ozu

|Yasujirō Ozu

Saint Omer

|Alice Diop

Nothing but a Man

|Michael Roemer

= [[Marianne Jean-Baptiste]] and [[Mike Leigh]] (October 7) =

Criterion citation: "The legendary director joins the star of his new film Hard Truths in the Criterion Closet, where they share their love for Akira Kurosawa and Charles Burnett, reminisce about early moviegoing experiences, and select favorites for each other."{{Cite web |title=Marianne Jean-Baptiste & Mike Leigh's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/749-marianne-jean-baptiste-mike-leigh-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Film

!Director

!Ref

A Story of Floating Weeds/Floating Weeds

|Yasujirō Ozu

| rowspan="15" |

Night on Earth

|Jim Jarmusch

John Cassavetes: Five Films

|John Cassavetes

Secrets & Lies

|Mike Leigh

To Sleep with Anger

|Charles Burnett

Loves of a Blonde

|Miloš Forman

Kes

|Ken Loach

White Material

|Claire Denis

Hunger

|Steve McQueen

The Life of Oharu

|Kenji Mizoguchi

Eclipse Series 23: The First Films of Akira Kurosawa

|Akira Kurosawa

Ashes and Diamonds

|Andrzej Wajda

EO

|Jerzy Skolimowski

Claudine

|John Berry

The Ranown Westerns: Five Films Directed by Budd Boetticher

|Budd Boetticher

= [[Anna Kendrick]] (October 7) =

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Criterion citation: "The actor and director talks about the thrilling sensation of seeing All That Jazz for the first time, reminisces about watching Klute while on the set of Twilight, and reflects upon her favorite Ingmar Bergman films, such as Winter Light and Cries and Whispers."{{Cite web |title=Anna Kendrick's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/729-anna-kendrick-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Film

!Director

!Ref

All That Jazz

|Bob Fosse

| rowspan="6" |

Klute

|Alan J. Pakula

Stalker

|Andrei Tarkovsky

The Passion of Joan of Arc

|Carl Theodor Dreyer

Saint Omer

|Alice Diop

Ingmar Bergman's Cinema

|Ingmar Bergman

= [[Payal Kapadia (filmmaker)|Payal Kapadia]] (October 8) =

Criterion citation: "The writer and director of All We Imagine as Light shares why Sans Soleil and Arabian Nights are gifts that keep on giving, talks about Aki Kaurismäki's 'fun and audacious' Leningrad Cowboys films, and praises Louis Malle's Phantom India as a must-watch for everyone."{{Cite web |title=Payal Kapadia's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/737-payal-kapadia-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Film

!Director

!Ref

Loves of a Blonde

|Miloš Forman

| rowspan="8" |

La Jetée/Sans Soleil

|Chris Marker

Charulata

|Satyajit Ray

Trilogy of Life

|Pier Paolo Pasolini

Eclipse Series 29: Aki Kaurismäki's Leningrad Cowboys

|Aki Kaurismäki

Eclipse Series 2: The Documentaries of Louis Malle

|Louis Malle

Paris Is Burning

|Jennie Livingston

Martin Scorcese's World Cinema Project No. 2

|Various directors

= [[André Holland]] (October 9) =

Criterion citation: "The actor and star of Exhibiting Forgiveness talks about his hero, the late James Earl Jones, and his performance in Claudine; shares how Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun sparked his desire to perform; and selects films by friends and collaborators Dee Rees and Barry Jenkins."{{Cite web |title=André Holland's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/745-andre-holland-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Film

!Director

!Ref

Pariah

|Dee Rees

| rowspan="7" |

Melvin Van Peebles: Essential Films

|Melvin Van Peebles

To Sleep with Anger

|Charles Burnett

Medicine for Melancholy

|Barry Jenkins

Claudine

|John Berry

Matewan

|John Sayles

A Raisin in the Sun

|Daniel Petrie

= [[Amelia Dimoldenberg]] (October 9) =

Criterion citation: "The host of the hit interview show Chicken Shop Date talks about Portrait of a Lady on Fire and being drawn to films with undeniable chemistry, praises 12 Angry Men as one of the greatest films of all time, and reflects on how realistically The Worst Person in the World portrays the experience of being a woman falling in and out of love."{{Cite web |title=Amelia Dimoldenberg's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/734-amelia-dimoldenberg-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Film

!Director

!Ref

Fish Tank

|Andrea Arnold

| rowspan="8" |

A Hard Day's Night

|Richard Lester

12 Angry Men

|Sidney Lumet

All That Jazz

|Bob Fosse

The Worst Person in the World

|Joachim Trier

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

| rowspan="2" |Céline Sciamma

Petite Maman
Girlfriends

|Claudia Weill

= [[Gints Zilbalodis]] (October 17) =

Criterion citation: "The director of Flow praises the mixture of abstraction and emotion in Woman in the Dunes, talks about how Martin Scorsese played by his own rules with After Hours, and selects his comfort movie, Fantastic Mr. Fox."{{Cite web |title=Gints Zilbalodis's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/751-gints-zilbalodis-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Film

!Director

!Ref

Punch-Drunk Love

|Paul Thomas Anderson

| rowspan="8" |

Y tu mamá también

|Alfonso Cuarón

Being There

|Hal Ashby

Woman in the Dunes

|Hiroshi Teshigahara

After Hours

|Martin Scorsese

Fantastic Mr. Fox

|Wes Anderson

Qatsi Trilogy

|Godfrey Reggio

High and Low

|Akira Kurosawa

= [[Edward Berger]] (October 18) =

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Criterion citation: "The director of All Quiet on the Western Front and Conclave shares his love for Downhill Racer and its innovative sound design, talks about the emotional impact of Cold War, and selects a few of Roberto Rossellini's films featuring Ingrid Bergman, in honor of his friend and collaborator Isabella Rossellini."{{Cite web |title=Edward Berger's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/731-edward-berger-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Film

!Director

!Ref

Do the Right Thing

|Spike Lee

| rowspan="7" |

Downhill Racer

|Michael Ritchie

3 Films by Roberto Rossellini Starring Ingrid Bergman

| rowspan="2" |Roberto Rossellini

Roberto Rossellini's War Trilogy
Cold War

|Paweł Pawlikowski

The Exterminating Angel

|Luis Buñuel

Fanny and Alexander

|Ingmar Bergman

= [[Maura Delpero]] (October 24) =

Criterion citation: "The writer and director of Vermiglio expresses her love for the poetry of Ermanno Olmi, praises how Michael Haneke's films cut right to your heart and mind, and celebrates the emotional power of The Piano."{{Cite web |title=Maura Delpero's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/759-maura-delpero-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Film

!Director

!Ref

Il Posto

| rowspan="3" |Ermanno Olmi

| rowspan="7" |

The Fiances
The Tree of Wooden Clogs
Koker Trilogy

|Abbas Kiarostami

The Piano Teacher

|Michael Haneke

The Piano

|Jane Campion

Fish Tank

|Andrea Arnold

November

= [[Jeremy Pope]] (November 11) =

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Criterion citation: "The singer and actor reflects on Marlon Riggs's Tongues Untied and the importance of seeing Black queer men express themselves on-screen, talks about working with Regina King on One Night in Miami . . ., and selects favorites by Carl Franklin and Spike Lee."{{Cite web |title=Jeremy Pope's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/736-jeremy-pope-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Film

!Director

!Ref

Devil in a Blue Dress

|Carl Franklin

| rowspan="6" |

Paris Is Burning

|Jennie Livingston

Do the Right Thing

|Spike Lee

One Night in Miami...

|Regina King

The Signifyin' Works of Marlon Riggs

|Marlon Riggs

The Philadelphia Story

|George Cukor

= [[Pamela Anderson]] (November 12) =

Criterion citation: "The actor and star of The Last Showgirl talks about being profoundly inspired by Barbara Loden's Wanda, shares her passion for the poetry of Abbas Kiarostami, and praises the style and craft of actors like Romy Schneider, Katharine Hepburn, and Jeanne Moreau."{{Cite web |title=Pamela Anderson's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/757-pamela-anderson-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Film

!Director

!Ref

La Piscine

|Jacques Deray

| rowspan="11" |

Blue Velvet

|David Lynch

La Vérité

|Henri-Georges Clouzot

Breathless

|Jean-Luc Godard

La Strada

|Federico Fellini

Elevator to the Gallows

|Louis Malle

Wanda

|Barbara Loden

Koker Trilogy

|Abbas Kiarostami

Summertime

|David Lean

Ingmar Bergman's Cinema

|Ingmar Bergman

Fists in the Pocket

|Marco Bellocchio

= [[Johnnie To]] (November 25) =

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Criterion citation: "The legendary director shares the importance of learning from the work of Krzysztof Kieślowski, talks about how Straw Dogs sparked his desire to pursue filmmaking, and selects box sets by two of his favorite filmmakers, Martin Scorsese and Masaki Kobayashi."{{Cite web |title=Johnnie To's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/746-johnnie-to-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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Roma

|Alfonso Cuarón

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Dekalog

| rowspan="2" |Krzysztof Kieślowski

Three Colours
Harakiri

| rowspan="2" |Masaki Kobayashi

Eclipse Series 38: Masaki Kobayashi Against the System
Straw Dogs

|Sam Peckinpah

Raging Bull

| rowspan="2" |Martin Scorsese

Scorcese Shorts
Eclipse Series 23: The First Films of Akira Kurosawa

|Akira Kurosawa

= [[Andrew Stanton]] (November 26) =

Criterion citation: "The director and cowriter of WALL·E shares why Paper Moon and Local Hero speak to his heart, reminisces about the privilege of collaborating with Albert Brooks, and talks about why Matewan is an essential film for everyone to see."{{Cite web |title=Andrew Stanton's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/761-andrew-stanton-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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Paper Moon

|Peter Bogdanovich

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Brazil

|Terry Gilliam

Local Hero

|Bill Forsyth

The Worst Person in the World

|Joachim Trier

Defending Your Life

|Albert Brooks

Matewan

|John Sayles

December

= [[Juliette Binoche]] and [[Ralph Fiennes]] (December 4) =

Criterion citation: "The celebrated actors and costars of The Return recommend favorites to each other, share their love for Andrei Tarkovsky and Orson Welles, and discover such Eclipse box sets as The First Films of Samuel Fuller and Basil Dearden's London Underground."{{Cite web |title=Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/765-juliette-binoche-and-ralph-fiennes-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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Down by Law

|Jim Jarmusch

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The Magnificent Ambersons

|Orson Welles

Amores perros

|Alejandro González Iñárritu

Essential Fellini

|Federico Fellini

Pasolini 101

|Pier Paolo Pasolini

Close-Up

|Abbas Kiarostami

Eclipse Series 23: The First Films of Akira Kurosawa

|Akira Kurosawa

Eclipse Series 3: Late Ozu

|Yasujirō Ozu

Eclipse Series 5: The First Films of Samuel Fuller

|Samuel Fuller

Eclipse Series 2: The Documentaries of Louis Malle

|Louis Malle

Eclipse Series 26: Silent Naruse

|Mikio Naruse

Eclipse Series 25: Basil Dearden's London Underground

|Basil Dearden

The Furies

|Anthony Mann

Au hasard Balthazar

|Robert Bresson

Mirror

|Andrei Tarkovsky

= [[Norman Reedus]] (December 12) =

Criterion citation: "The actor and author raves about the visual beauty of The Color of Pomegranates, shares his love for Debbie Harry and her performance in Videodrome, and reflects on the formative experience of seeing River Phoenix in My Own Private Idaho as a young actor."{{Cite web |title=Norman Reedus's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/758-norman-reedus-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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Blue Velvet

|David Lynch

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The Color of Pomegranates

|Sergei Parajanov

Videodrome

|David Cronenberg

My Own Private Idaho

|Gus Van Sant

= [[Mikey Madison]] (December 19) =

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Criterion citation: "The actor and star of Anora talks about Five Easy Pieces and being drawn to morally ambiguous characters, praises Isabelle Huppert's performance in The Piano Teacher as one of the greatest of all time, and selects Take Out, one of her collaborator Sean Baker's early New York films."{{Cite web |title=Mikey Madison's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/762-mikey-madison-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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Five Easy Pieces

|Bob Rafelson

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Easy Rider

|Dennis Hopper

Take Out

|Sean Baker, Shih-Ching Tsou

The Piano Teacher

|Michael Haneke

Gilda

|Charles Vidor

Eyes Without a Face

|Georges Franju

The Kid

|Charlie Chaplin

Heaven's Gate

|Michael Cimino

= [[Francis Ford Coppola]] (December 19) =

Criterion citation: "The legendary filmmaker praises Jacques Tati's dedication to getting his films made, reflects on the lessons he learned from Dorothy Arzner when she was his professor, and shares the joy he finds in inspiring new generations of directors."{{Cite web |title=Francis Ford Coppola's Closet Picks |url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/763-francis-ford-coppola-s-closet-picks |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}

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!Director

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The Complete Jacques Tati

|Jacques Tati

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Rumble Fish

|Francis Ford Coppola

Dance, Girl, Dance

|Dorothy Arzner

David Lean Directs Noël Coward

|David Lean

== References ==

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