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TO DIE FOR Commentary
This commentary track, recorded in 2023, features director Gus Van Sant, editor Curtiss Clayton, and director of photography Eric Alan Edwards.
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TAKE OUT Commentary
Recorded in 2006, this commentary features directors Sean Baker and Shih-ching Tsou and actor Charles Jang.
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THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH Commentary
This commentary by director Nicolas Roeg and actors David Bowie and Buck Henry was recorded in 1992. Roeg was recorded in October and again with Bowie in November; Henry was recorded in October.
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BEFORE MIDNIGHT Commentary
This audio commentary from 2013 features writer-director Richard Linklater and writer-actors Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy.
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MODERN TIMES Commentary
This audio commentary by Chaplin biographer David Robinson was recorded exclusively for the Criterion Collection in 2010.
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ELECTION Commentary
This audio commentary, featuring director Alexander Payne, was recorded in 1999.
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POLYESTER Commentary
This commentary, featuring director John Waters, was recorded for the Criterion Collection laserdisc release of POLYESTER in 1993.
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THE KID Commentary
This audio commentary, featuring Charlie Chaplin scholar Charles Maland, was recorded in 2015.
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GILDA Commentary
This audio commentary, recorded in 2010 for Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, features film critic Richard Schickel.
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THE CELEBRATION Commentary
This commentary track, recorded in 2005, features director Thomas Vinterberg.
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WILD STRAWBERRIES Commentary
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SEVEN SAMURAI Commentary 1
This commentary features the renowned scholars and critics David Desser, Joan Mellen, Stephen Prince, Tony Rayns, and Donald Richie discussing SEVEN SAMURAI’s signature style, historical importance, and ongoing influence. They were recorded individually in 2005 and 2006.
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TOTALLY F***ED UP Commentary
This commentary track, recorded in 2005, features director Gregg Araki and actors James Duval and Gilbert Luna.
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NOWHERE Commentary
This commentary track, recorded in 2024, features director Gregg Araki and actors James Duval, Rachel True, Nathan Bexton, Jordan Ladd, Sarah Lassez, Guillermo Diaz, and Jaason Simmons.
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DHEEPAN Commentary
This French-language audio commentary, featuring DHEEPAN director Jacques Audiard and coscreenwriter Noé Debré, was recorded in 2016. It is presented here with English subtitles.
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THE DOOM GENERATION Commentary
This commentary track, recorded in 2011, features director Gregg Araki and actors Rose McGowan, James Duval, and Johnathon Schaech.
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ONIBABA Commentary
Recorded in 2001, this audio commentary features director Kaneto Shindo and actors Kei Sato and Jitsuko Yoshimura.
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HÄXAN Commentary
Recorded in 2001, this commentary features Danish film scholar Casper Tybjerg, Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies at the University of Copenhagen.
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NIGHT ON EARTH Commentary: Los Angeles
Recorded in 2007, this audio commentary features director of photography Frederick Elmes and location sound mixer Drew Kunin.
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CLOSE-UP Commentary
Recorded in 2009, this commentary features Iranian filmmaker Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa and American film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum, coauthors of the book “Abbas Kiarostami.”
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WHEN A WOMAN ASCENDS THE STAIRS Commentary
This commentary features Donald Richie, author of "A Hundred Years of Japanese Film, The Films of Akira Kurosawa" and "Ozu: His Life and Films," and was recorded in New York City, in 2004 and 2006.
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BURDEN OF DREAMS Commentary
This commentary features director Les Blank, editor and sound recordist Maureen Gosling, and director Werner Herzog. Blank and Gosling were recorded together in San Francisco in September 2004. Herzog was recorded in Los Angeles in January 2005.
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BLACK GOD, WHITE DEVIL Commentary
This commentary track, recorded in February 2023, features restoration producer Lino Meireles.
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SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS Commentary
Recorded in 2010, this commentary features film scholar James Naremore, author of the BFI Film Classics series’ “Sweet Smell of Success.”