We met award-winning actor Alec Baldwin on Twitter ( @AlecBaldwin ) and asked him to contribute a Criterion Top 10. His response was immediate and enthusiastic. Baldwin’s film credits include Beetlejuice, Miami Blues, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Cooler (for which he was nominated for an Oscar), and The Departed. He has won two Emmys for his role as Jack Donaghy on NBC’s 30 Rock. In October 2011, he debuted a WNYC podcast, Here's the Thing, on which he interviews artists, writers, actors, and other public figures.
Biography via Criterion.
The List
1
Z
Costa-Gavras
1969
122 min
2
Sweet Smell of Success
UnavailableAlexander Mackendrick
1957
97 min
3
Sid & Nancy
UnavailableAlex Cox
1986
114 min
4
The Royal Tenenbaums
UnavailableWes Anderson
2001
110 min
5
Paths of Glory
UnavailableStanley Kubrick
1957
88 min
6
High and Low
Akira Kurosawa
1963
142 min
7
Gimme Shelter
David Maysles , Albert Maysles , and Charlotte Zwerin
1970
92 min
8
Oliver Twist
David Lean
1948
121 min
9
Do the Right Thing
UnavailableSpike Lee
1989
120 min
10
Hunger
Steve McQueen
2008
96 min