April 2026
The actor and director shares his intimate connections toEating RaoulandThe Great Escape,explains what defines “the Lubitsch touch,” and praises the heartrending performances inThe Last Picture Show.
18 picks

Elia Kazan
1957 • United States • 2h 5m
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Samuel Fuller
1957 • United States • 1h 20m
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Alex Cox
1984 • United States • 1h 32m

Paul Bartel
1982 • United States • 1h 27m

John Sturges
1963 • United States • 2h 53m
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Bertrand Tavernier
1986 • United States • 2h 11m
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John Frankenheimer
1966 • United States • 1h 47m
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Ernst Lubitsch
1932 • United States • 1h 23m
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Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
1943 • United Kingdom • 2h 43m

Orson Welles
1975 • United States • 1h 29m

Samuel Fuller
1953 • United States • 1h 20m
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Haskell Wexler
1969 • United States • 1h 51m
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Lindsay Anderson
1963 • United Kingdom • 2h 14m

Nagisa Oshima
1983 • United Kingdom • 2h 4m

Terry Zwigoff
1995 • United States • 2h
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Peter Bogdanovich
1971 • United States • 1h 59m
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John Cassavetes
1959 • United States • 1h 37m