December 2023
The legendary auteur returns to the Criterion Closet, where he selects new editions of favorite films likeDown by LawandWanda,talks about Kurosawa’s genius for recreating weather on-screen, and shouts out his former assistant director Claire Denis.
11 picks

Box Set

Jim Jarmusch
1986 • United States • 1h 46m

François Truffaut
1959 • France • 1h 39m

Edward Sedgwick
1928 • United States • 1h 14m
Unavailable
Box Set

Akira Kurosawa
1980 • Japan • 3h
Unavailable
Barbara Loden
1970 • United States • 1h 43m

Claire Denis
1999 • France • 1h 33m

Wim Wenders
1991 • Germany • 2h 38m

Robert Bresson
1966 • France • 1h 36m

Robert Bresson
1967 • France • 1h 21m