Ira Sachs
August 2025
The writer and director returns to the Criterion Closet, where he talks about the infectious energy ofNight and the City,shares whyBeau travailandCold Waterwere transformative works for independent filmmakers in the 1990s, and praises the work of Michael Roemer.
7 picks
Picks (7)
3 Women
Robert Altman
1977 • United States • 2h 4m
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Night and the City
Jules Dassin
1950 • United States • 1h 35m
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Beau travail
Claire Denis
1999 • France • 1h 33m
Cold Water
Olivier Assayas
1994 • France • 1h 35m
Nothing but a Man
Michael Roemer
1964 • United States • 1h 35m
The Heiress
William Wyler
1949 • United States • 1h 55m
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The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
1972 • West Germany • 2h 4m