Criterion Closet

Patton Oswalt

The actor and comedian gravitates to 1940s film noir, the “weirdly timely” shock comedy of John Waters, and movies with memorable soundtracks.

9 picks / Filmed June 2023

Picks

9 picks

Samuel Fuller

1957 • United States • 1h 20m

Edgar G. Ulmer

1945 • United States • 1h 8m

John Waters

1974 • United States • 1h 38m

Yasujiro Ozu

1952 • Japan • 1h 56m

Jean-Pierre Melville

1967 • France • 1h 45m

Ronald Bronstein

2007 • United States • 1h 47m

Masahiro Shinoda

1964 • Japan • 1h 36m

Krzysztof Kieślowski

1988 • Poland • 56m

Carl Franklin

1992 • United States • 1h 45m