Adventures in Moviegoing
Criterion Channel original series where filmmakers, actors, and writers discuss their life in film, followed by curated playlists of films interleaved with commentary clips.
Adam Gopnik
The author and longtime “New Yorker” contributor sat down with Antonio Monda to share some of his favorite films, including THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG and ORPHEUS.
7 films·11h 40m
Alan Arkin
From earning an Academy Award nomination for his very first screen role in THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING, THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING to his Oscar win forty years later for LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, Alan Arkin has enjoyed an eclectic and distinguished career as both an actor and director. A lifelong cinephile who grew up watching international masterpieces at New York’s legendary Thalia theater, he sits down with his son and fellow actor, Adam Arkin, to discuss his passionate opinions on movies, sharing what he learned about acting from the great French film stars and singling out the director he would have given anything to work with. As something of a specialist in black comedy, the films Arkin has selected unsurprisingly include several superlative examples of the genre, including a devastatingly funny Italian gem (MAFIOSO), a wild counterculture parable (GREASER’S PALACE), and an absurdist art-world satire (THE SQUARE).
4 films·8h 9m
Alan Cumming
Tony-winning actor, director, activist, and bon vivant Alan Cumming is known for both his chameleonic performances (this is a man, after all, who has played every role in “Macbeth”) and charmingly irreverent wit. In this edition of Adventures in Moviegoing, the stage and screen star sits down with Criterion president Peter Becker to discuss everything from Scottish-cinema rarities to the reasons why he’s decidedly antiauteurist to the films he loves dearly. The selections he’s chosen—including Orson Welles’s trickster metadocumentary F FOR FAKE, Charlie Chaplin’s audacious political satire THE GREAT DICTATOR, and Volker Schlöndorff’s surreal antiwar statement THE TIN DRUM—display the same slyly subversive spirit he brings to his own work.
7 films·13h 31m
Ari Aster
With the indelibly disturbing nightmares HEREDITARY and MIDSOMMAR, Ari Aster has already established himself as one of twenty-first-century cinema’s most audacious auteurs. In this edition of Adventures in Moviegoing, Aster sits down to discuss the unforgettable films that have shaped his life and work. Many of his choices—including Julien Duvivier’s moody noir PANIQUE, the twisted psychological shocker LADY IN A CAGE, and Lucrecia Martel’s unnerving mystery THE HEADLESS WOMAN—quiver with the same sense of dread that runs through Aster’s own work.
7 films·13h 38m
Barry Jenkins
The director of IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK and MOONLIGHT joined us to talk about film school, second impressions, and the art of seeing as an amateur—and to select an eclectic group of personal favorites.
4 films·7h 2m
Bill Hader
The comedian and actor presents a selection of his favorite films, and talks about watching movies with his dad, fart jokes in Ozu pictures, and why Bergman’s THE VIRGIN SPRING is hilarious. Be warned—some introductions contain plot spoilers!
8 films·15h 24m
Brad Bird
The creator of RATATOUILLE’s arch-critic Anton Ego doesn’t hate reviewers—he even sat down with one to talk about some of his favorite movies!
5 films·9h 8m
David Chase
As a writer-director, producer, and creator of THE SOPRANOS, David Chase has left an indelible imprint on popular culture, revolutionizing the art of television by bringing a boldly cinematic sensibility to the small screen. In this edition of Adventures in Moviegoing, he sits down with crime-fiction author Megan Abbott to discuss his formative cinematic experiences—from his early memories of the classic gangster movies that would influence his work to the filmmaker he considers his “first director crush”—as well as the selection of favorites he has chosen to present, including a jazz-inflected crime thriller by Louis Malle (ELEVATOR TO THE GALLOWS) and a freewheeling Italian road comedy (IL SORPASSO).
5 films·9h 4m
Edgar Wright
British director Edgar Wright, the avid genre remixer behind SHAUN OF THE DEAD, HOT FUZZ, SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD, BABY DRIVER, and LAST NIGHT IN SOHO, sits down with critic Alicia Malone to discuss his early moviegoing memories (including sneaking into GREMLINS as a child), his abiding love for popular genres, and what he looks for in a good horror movie. The films he has chosen to present reflect his omnivorous embrace of art house and grindhouse alike, with the British teen exploitation shocker BEAT GIRL and Mario Bava’s hyperstylish giallo classic BLOOD AND BLACK LACE rubbing shoulders with masterpieces by Max Ophuls, Ingmar Bergman, and Luis Buñuel.
5 films·10h 31m
Ethan Hawke
The thinking man’s movie star, Ethan Hawke has moved seamlessly between mainstream hits and acclaimed passion projects for directors such as Richard Linklater and Paul Schrader ever since breaking into Hollywood at age fourteen, garnering Academy Award nominations for both acting and screenwriting along the way. In this edition of Adventures in Moviegoing, Hawke sits down with his friend and collaborator, artist and author Greg Ruth, to discuss why the first movie he ever saw is still his favorite, how the rise of video-store culture shaped his view of cinema, and which films he would have given anything to have been on set for while they were being made. The films that the Texan-born Hawke has curated reflect his Lone Star State roots and include offbeat revisionist westerns from John Huston and Robert Altman and an independent gem from Eagle Pennell, the unsung pioneer of Austin’s indie scene.
5 films·9h 3m
Greta Gerwig
From indie darling to helmer of 2023’s biggest (and pinkest) blockbuster, Greta Gerwig has blazed a unique trail by remaining true to her idiosyncratic voice—forged by a lifelong passion for literature, theater, and dance—at every step of her evolution. In this edition of Adventures in Moviegoing, the Barbie director sits down with Criterion president Peter Becker to discuss her formative love of classic MGM musicals, the first director’s filmography she ever binge-watched, and the rare movie she considers “perfect.” The films she has chosen to present reflect her interests in acting and innovative performers like Toshiro Mifune (YOJIMBO) and David Thewlis (NAKED) and in auteurs like Max Ophuls (THE EARRINGS OF MADAME DE . . .) and Claire Denis (BEAU TRAVAIL) for whom camerawork is a kind of choreography.
8 films·15h 24m
Guillermo del Toro
The Oscar-winning director of THE SHAPE OF WATER and PAN’S LABYRINTH sat down with MYTHBUSTERS’ Adam Savage to talk about the cinematic inspirations that fuel his flights of phantasmagoria—and to introduce some of his favorite films.
11 films·19h 46m
Isabella Rossellini
As the daughter of two legendary film artists, Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini, Isabella Rossellini grew up immersed in cinema before making her own indelible mark on the medium through her brilliant performances for auteurs like David Lynch and Guy Maddin and her own acclaimed projects like the GREEN PORNO series. For this edition of Adventures in Moviegoing, she has selected bittersweet, deeply personal films that represent the essence of cinema for her: silent-cinema grace notes from Charlie Chaplin (THE CIRCUS) and Buster Keaton (ONE WEEK), elementally inventive works made at home with limited resources (ITALIANAMERICAN, JANE B. PAR AGNÈS V.), and dizzying flights of imagination (THE THIEF OF BAGDAD, A TRIP TO THE MOON).
7 films·10h 38m
James Gray
In the latest edition of Adventures in Moviegoing, Queens-born filmmaker and famously delightful raconteur James Gray (TWO LOVERS, ARMAGEDDON TIME) discusses his filmic education courtesy of New York’s vibrant repertory cinemas and the formative discoveries that shaped his uniquely intelligent approach to moviemaking. The films he has selected—including exemplars of elegant, emotionally layered storytelling like Alexander Korda’s THAT HAMILTON WOMAN, Luchino Visconti’s ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS, and Lina Wertmüller’s SEVEN BEAUTIES—reflect the commitment to careful craftsmanship and complex moral inquiry that have helped make Gray one of the most thoughtful and sincere American directors working today.
6 films·11h 40m
Jhumpa Lahiri
Acclaimed author Jhumpa Lahiri shares her picks and talks about watching Bengali films with her mother, who was nearly cast in PATHER PANCHALI, as well as seeing her own novel THE NAMESAKE adapted into a film by Mira Nair.
6 films·13h 38m
John Turturro
A virtuoso actor who brings an unpredictable edge to his always memorable performances for frequent collaborators like the Coen brothers and Spike Lee, John Turturro is also a fervent cinephile who became enamored with the golden-age Hollywood stars whose films he watched religiously on television while growing up in Queens. In this edition of Adventures In Moviegoing, he sits down with Criterion Collection curatorial director Ashley Clark to discuss a selection of the films that have marked his life, including those built around commanding, physical performances from favorite actors like Burt Lancaster (BRUTE FORCE), Marlon Brando (ON THE WATERFRONT), and Toshiro Mifune (SEVEN SAMURAI).
9 films·15h 44m
John Waters
A sui generis icon of counterculture cinema and style, John Waters upends traditional notions of “good taste” and heteronormative social conventions with a gleefully transgressive mix of camp humor, outrageous provocation, and daring empathy. In this edition of Adventures in Moviegoing, he sits down with film critic Michael Koresky to discuss his formative moviegoing memories in both his beloved hometown of Baltimore, where the shock cinema of B-movie meister William Castle made a lasting impression, and in New York City, where he was influenced by the uncompromising underground scene championed by critic and filmmaker Jonas Mekas. The films Waters has chosen to present—including Samuel Fuller’s THE NAKED KISS and Barbara Loden’s WANDA—are connected by their focus on complicated women who defy moral and social norms, as portrayed by iconoclastic filmmakers who also challenge and subvert the status quo.
5 films·8h 58m
John Waters
A sui generis icon of counterculture cinema and style, John Waters upends traditional notions of “good taste” and heteronormative social conventions with a gleefully transgressive mix of camp humor, outrageous provocation, and daring empathy. In this edition of Adventures in Moviegoing, he sits down with film critic Michael Koresky to discuss his formative moviegoing memories in both his beloved hometown of Baltimore, where the shock cinema of B-movie meister William Castle made a lasting impression, and in New York City, where he was influenced by the uncompromising underground scene championed by critic and filmmaker Jonas Mekas. The films Waters has chosen to present—including Samuel Fuller’s THE NAKED KISS and Barbara Loden’s WANDA—are connected by their focus on complicated women who defy moral and social norms, as portrayed by iconoclastic filmmakers who also challenge and subvert the status quo.
5 films·8h 58m
Jonathan Lethem
The acclaimed author of “The Fortress of Solitude” joins novelist Heidi Julavitz to discuss exploring New York’s art-house theaters as a child, idolizing Truffaut at age eleven, and his fiction’s cinematic influences, several of which can be viewed here.
7 films·12h 29m
Josh and Benny Safdie
The undisputed kings of kinetic, adrenaline-rush cinema that unfolds at the heart-stopping pace of a New York minute, Josh and Benny Safdie have been keeping audiences on the edge of their seats (and on the verge of a panic attack) for over a decade with whirlwind character studies like UNCUT GEMS, GOOD TIME, and HEAVEN KNOWS WHAT. In this edition of Adventures in Moviegoing, the brothers sit down to discuss everything from how their father’s love of film shaped their upbringing (and made Dustin Hoffman a surrogate screen dad) to their deep-cut-heavy list of the best New York movies (there’s a lot). The films they’ve chosen to present include a slice-of-life gem from Mike Leigh (MEANTIME); a gritty thriller from Elaine May (MIKEY AND NICKY); and self-reflexive revelations from Krzysztof Kieślowski (CAMERA BUFF) and Jafar Panahi (THE MIRROR), all of which reflect the abiding humanism that courses through the duo’s own work.
6 films·11h 6m
Josh Brolin
In a career studded with acclaimed collaborations with auteurs like the Coen brothers, Denis Villeneuve, and Gus Van Sant, Josh Brolin has brought a rugged grit and grounded authenticity to his committed portrayals of complex, conflicted antiheroes. In this edition of Adventures in Moviegoing, Brolin sits down with Criterion president Peter Becker to discuss his life’s journey through cinema, from the formative impact of THE WARRIORS and APOCALYPSE NOW to why DOG DAY AFTERNOON is the movie he never gets tired of to his love for “imperfect” films. The films he has chosen to present include John Cassavetes’s A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE, Christopher Nolan’s FOLLOWING, and Michael Haneke’s THE PIANO TEACHER, works that center troubling, complicated characters whose stories reflect the discomfiting ambiguities of the human condition.
4 films·8h 53m
Julie Taymor
Guest programmer Julie Taymor—renowned for her Broadway-conquering production of “The Lion King” and films like FRIDA, TITUS, and ACROSS THE UNIVERSE—sat down with critic Michael Sragow to talk about the movies that have shaped her as an artist. In a wide-ranging discussion that touches on her formative years in Paris and Indonesia, Taymor reveals the differences between working in theater and film, her love of black-and-white cinematography, and why she prefers Fellini to Bergman. The films she has selected span countries and styles, but all demonstrate a fascination with theatricality, artifice, and performance that informs her unique way of seeing the world.
4 films·7h 20m
Justin Simien
What would the world look like if Charles Burnett and Kathleen Collins were spoken of in the same terms as Fritz Lang and Stanley Kubrick? That’s the question at the heart of this edition of Adventures in Moviegoing, in which Justin Simien, the creator of DEAR WHITE PEOPLE and BAD HAIR, sits down with fellow filmmaker Janicza Bravo to discuss the decades-long erasure of Black artists from the cinematic canon, the expectations and constraints faced by contemporary Black directors, and why, in Simien’s opinion, every Black film is an experimental film. Their incisive conversation is presented alongside a selection of some of Simien’s favorite touchstones of Black cinema, including Gordon Parks’s gorgeous coming-of-age odyssey THE LEARNING TREE—the first major studio film made by an African American director—and Collins’s luminous character study LOSING GROUND.
3 films·5h 11m
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
The leading scorer in NBA history traces his journey from basketball superstar to writer and cultural critic with filmmaker Philip Kaufman, in a conversation that touches on sports, jazz, and the moral stakes of samurai movies.
5 films·11h 0m
Karyn Kusama
The slyly subversive films of Karyn Kusama breathe fresh life into well-tread genres ranging from the sports drama (GIRLFIGHT) to teen horror (JENNIFER’S BODY) to the detective thriller (DESTROYER) through their daring tonal shifts and complex depictions of strong, fully realized women. In this episode of Adventures in Moviegoing, Kusama sits down with presenter and critic Alicia Malone to discuss the films she loves, including art-house classics by titans like Chantal Akerman, Satyajit Ray, and Akira Kurosawa.
5 films·13h 59m
Marlon James
The Booker Prize–winning author of “A Brief History of Seven Killings” and “Black Leopard, Red Wolf” talks about violence, gay relationships, and desperate characters in cinema, and selects some of his favorite films.
5 films·9h 36m
Mary Bronstein
Following her blistering debut feature, YEAST (featuring a breakthrough performance by a young Greta Gerwig), Mary Bronstein directed Rose Byrne to an Academy Award nomination in her emotionally stunning maternal maelstrom IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU. In this edition of Adventures in Moviegoing, Bronstein sits down with Aliza Ma, head of programming for the Criterion Channel, to talk about her love of movies, from her early infatuation with Hollywood legends like Natalie Wood and Marilyn Monroe, whose blend of star power and fragility fascinated her, to discovering the possibilities of indie filmmaking through directors such as Richard Linklater and Todd Solondz. The films she has chosen to present—including Shirley Clarke’s vérité landmark PORTRAIT OF JASON, George A. Romero’s horror bombshell NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, and Susan Seidelman’s punk classic SMITHEREENS—reflect the same uncompromising DIY ethos she has brought to her own work.
5 films·9h 0m
Mary Karr
The brilliant writer Mary Karr sat down with critic Antonio Monda to talk about the films that matter to her. That interview, and the films she selected, are presented here.
7 films·14h 36m
Megan Abbott
The award-winning novelist and writer for THE DEUCE talks crime, adolescence, and movies.
7 films·13h 26m
Michael Cera
Did you know that the star of JUNO, SUPERBAD, and SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD is a major cinephile? Here he tells us how he was introduced to art-house cinema by director Miguel Arteta (YOUTH IN REVOLT). Now he wants to do the same for you!
8 films·16h 36m
Michael Cunningham
The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of “The Hours” and “The Snow Queen” shares his love for thrillers and recounts how he gave in to the irresistible charms of GREY GARDENS.
10 films·20h 1m
Mira Nair
The director of MONSOON WEDDING reflects on the different worlds she has lived in and shares some of the films that have helped her cross between them.
5 films·9h 46m
Noah Baumbach
Growing up in New York City as the son of two writers, director Noah Baumbach had a unique exposure to a wide range of cinema—from classic swashbucklers to French New Wave masterpieces—from an early age. In this edition of Adventures in Moviegoing, the Jay Kelly director sits down with Criterion president Peter Becker to discuss those formative cinematic experiences. The films he has chosen to present include graceful comedies from Ernst Lubitsch (TO BE OR NOT TO BE) and Jacques Tati (MONSIEUR HULOT’S HOLIDAY) as well as exquisitely subtle, humanistic marriage stories from Yasujiro Ozu (THE FLAVOR OF GREEN TEA OVER RICE) and Satyajit Ray (CHARULATA).
7 films·12h 5m
Patton Oswalt
For five years in the 1990s, comedian and actor Patton Oswalt lived a double life as a movie junkie, a habit he picked up at the famed Los Angeles repertory house the New Beverley and which he documents in his memoir, “Silver Screen Fiend: Learning About Life from an Addiction to Film.” In this edition of Adventures in Moviegoing, Oswalt sits down with Alicia Malone to discuss the origins of his cinemania as well as some of his all-time favorite films, including a pair of Japanese New Wave crime dramas, the landmark concert documentary GIMME SHELTER (which he calls one of the greatest horror films ever made), and Kelly Reichardt’s revelatory breakout feature OLD JOY.
8 films·14h 6m
Paul Dano
Guest programmer Paul Dano discusses his admiration for Yasujiro Ozu, his experience working with Paul Thomas Anderson, and the films that have shaped him as an artist both in front of and behind the camera.
3 films·8h 7m
Paul Feig
The director of BRIDESMAIDS, SPY, and GHOSTBUSTERS sat down with author Sam Wasson to explore the movies that have shaped his approach to filmmaking.
5 films·9h 46m
Paul Schrader
A legendary screenwriter, director, critic, and cinephile whose work searches for spiritual salvation in the modern world, Paul Schrader did not in fact see a movie until he was a teenager—a result of his being raised in a strict Calvinist household that forbade filmgoing. In this edition of Adventures in Moviegoing, he sits down with Criterion Channel programmer Aliza Ma to discuss how he came to worship at the altar of cinema—a journey that began with the discovery of the films of Ingmar Bergman and his life-changing association with the critic Pauline Kael. As he explains, each movie he has selected proved a revelation in his understanding of the medium, including masterpieces by Carl Theodor Dreyer (ORDET) and Yasujiro Ozu (AN AUTUMN AFTERNOON) that reflect his interest in what he famously dubbed “transcendental” film style.
7 films·13h 26m
Philip Kaufman
From childhood weekends in Chicago movie theaters to eye-opening art-house encounters at Cambridge’s Brattle Theatre, the acclaimed writer-director recounts the cinematic experiences that shaped his eclectic career.
6 films·10h 40m
Rachel Kushner
With her latest novel, "Creation Lake," hitting shelves this September, acclaimed writer Rachel Kushner—whose "The Flamethrowers" was recently named one of the best 100 books of the twenty-first century by the New York Times—sits down with Criterion Channel curator Aliza Ma to discuss her long-standing fascination with film and the ways in which cinema has influenced her own art. Reflecting on her favorite movies made in her onetime home of San Francisco, why Michelangelo Antonioni is always with her, and why she considers Barbara Loden’s WANDA to be the greatest film ever made about the United States, Kushner offers astute cultural insight into the filmgoing experience and the alchemical relationship between the cinematic image and the printed word.
8 films·14h 58m
Rebecca Miller
The filmmaker and novelist shares stories of discovering movies with her artistically adventurous parents and explores her taste for emotionally gripping films that push the boundaries of realism.
4 films·9h 0m
Rian Johnson
The director of inventive indie hits like LOOPER and BRICK, Rian Johnson brought his unique sensibility to the multiplex with the 2017 blockbuster STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI. A passionate cinephile, he sat down with Alicia Malone to present a lineup of favorites that unsurprisingly reflect his fascination with dark science fiction and troubled psychological undercurrents. From a time-traveling short by Chris Marker to a dystopian epic by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, his selections display the same intelligent, inventive approach to genre that he brings to his own work.
6 films·11h 2m
Richard Linklater
While other budding directors were honing their craft in film school, Richard Linklater was getting a crash course in the art and history of cinema his own way: by watching anything and everything he could at the local repertory theaters in Houston and Austin, where he discovered the world-cinema masterworks and avant-garde rarities that would inspire him to create independent touchstones like SLACKER, DAZED AND CONFUSED, and BEFORE SUNRISE. In this edition of Adventures in Moviegoing, Linklater sits down to discuss his path from working on an oil rig to directing, why he considers the eighties to be an underrated cinematic decade, and how his Austin Film Society grew from a DIY labor of love into a cultural powerhouse. A seasoned film programmer dating back to his early days as founder of the AFS, Linklater brings a curator’s omnivorous sensibility to the lineup of favorites he has chosen to present, which include a radically subversive family drama by Nagisa Oshima (THE CEREMONY), an outrageously stylized tour through the Berlin underworld courtesy of Ulrike Ottinger (TICKET OF NO RETURN), a torrid François Truffaut deep cut (THE WOMAN NEXT DOOR), and a haunting work of pure cinema by James Benning (LANDSCAPE SUICIDE).
9 films·17h 48m
Roger Corman
The legendary producer, director, distributor, and mentor sat down with the Wall Street Journal’s Joe Morgenstern to discuss his life in film, covering everything from exploitation flicks to art-house classics.
4 films·9h 22m
Sofia Coppola
As the director of some of the most singular and stylish films of the last two decades—including LOST IN TRANSLATION, THE VIRGIN SUICIDES and THE BEGUILED—Sofia Coppola is perhaps unsurprisingly drawn to movies that feature strong auteur visions, a keen attention to atmosphere and mood, and a touch of cool. She sits down with Criterion president Peter Becker to discuss memorable viewing experiences—from falling in love with Jean-Luc Godard’s BREATHLESS at the age of twelve to discovering Rainer Werner Fassbinder deep cut FEAR OF FEAR during a recent retrospective—as well as the mesmerizing cinematic rhythms of Chantal Akerman, Michelangelo Antonioni, and Wong Kar-wai.
5 films·10h 28m
Spike Lee
Always bold, subversive, and razor-sharp, auteur and cultural icon Spike Lee sees the complexities of life in America with a clarity like no other. In this edition of Adventures in Moviegoing, he sits down with Sheril Antonio, his colleague at New York University Tisch School of the Arts, to discuss his formative cinematic experiences—from growing up watching James Bond movies with his mother to the impressions that pioneering Black performers like Sidney Poitier, Jim Brown, and Melvin Van Peebles made on him. The films he has chosen to present, like ROME OPEN CITY, THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS, and SWEET SWEETBACK’S BAADASSSSS SONG, crackle with the defiantly independent spirit that runs through his own work.
5 films·9h 11m
Tessa Thompson
Anchoring both high-profile blockbusters like the CREED and THOR franchises and acclaimed, adventurous indies like SORRY TO BOTHER YOU and PASSING, actor and producer Tessa Thompson has emerged as one of the most intriguing and versatile performers of her generation. In this edition of Adventures in Moviegoing, Thompson sits down with Criterion curatorial director Ashley Clark to discuss acting legends like Angela Bassett and Al Pacino, as well as the films that have had a lasting impact on her understanding of the art. Encompassing the ravishing bossa nova beauty of Marcel Camus’s BLACK ORPHEUS, the wildly unrestrained sensuality of Jean-Jacques Beineix’s BETTY BLUE, and the jagged surrealist comedy of Janicza Bravo’s LEMON, her selections offer a menu of bold, transportive, and immersive moviegoing experiences.
7 films·13h 51m
Wim Wenders
Whether traveling the open roads of his native Germany, the American West, or—as in his acclaimed latest, PERFECT DAYS—the streets of Tokyo, Wim Wenders maps both the inner worlds of wanderers and dreamers and the outer spaces they inhabit. In this edition of Adventures in Moviegoing, Wenders sits down with fellow filmmaker Michael Almereyda to discuss his own meandering path toward directing, one that began in earnest with his cinematic self-education while studying art in Paris. The films he has chosen to present include favorites by Yasujiro Ozu, Agnès Varda, and Laurie Anderson, artists who speak through a cinematic grammar all their own.
7 films·12h 22m
Wim Wenders
Whether traveling the open roads of his native Germany, the American West, or—as in his acclaimed latest, PERFECT DAYS—the streets of Tokyo, Wim Wenders maps both the inner worlds of wanderers and dreamers and the outer spaces they inhabit. In this edition of Adventures in Moviegoing, Wenders sits down with fellow filmmaker Michael Almereyda to discuss his own meandering path toward directing, one that began in earnest with his cinematic self-education while studying art in Paris. The films he has chosen to present include favorites by Yasujiro Ozu, Agnès Varda, and Laurie Anderson, artists who speak through a cinematic grammar all their own.
7 films·12h 22m
Wyatt Cenac
A former writer and correspondent for THE DAILY SHOW, the star of Barry Jenkins’s MEDICINE FOR MELANCHOLY, and the producer and host of the HBO series “Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas,” comedian and actor Wyatt Cenac is also a passionate cinephile who, unsurprisingly, has strong insights into what makes for good screen comedy. In this edition of Adventures in Moviegoing, Cenac sits down with film scholar Michael B. Gillespie to discuss his selection of favorites, which include button-pushing racial satires from Spike Lee and Robert Downey Sr., graceful cinematic charades by Jacques Tati, and trailblazing works by Ousmane Sembène and Horace Ové.
8 films·13h 6m