Joel and Ethan Coen tapped Barry Sonnenfeld to photograph their debut feature—a first for the cinematographer as well, as he had never shot on 35 mm film before. In May 2016, the three sat down to discuss and illustrate the film’s lighting and design, and to talk about some mistakes they felt the...

The following conversation between film scholars Eddie Muller and Imogen Sara Smith was recorded in February 2022. In it, they discuss why DOUBLE INDEMNITY is considered a “definitive” noir.

In this 2004 interview, director Catherine Breillat discusses her filmmaking methods and the alternate ending to FAT GIRL.

In these interviews, recorded in 2005, filmmaker and critic Mario Sesti and actors Lando Buzzanca and Stefania Sandrelli discuss director Pietro Germi on the set of DIVORCE ITALIAN STYLE.

This interview with DHEEPAN director Jacques Audiard was conducted in Paris in February 2017.

Although ON THE WATERFRONT was Eva Marie Saint’s first feature film, she had been a successful actor for years before landing the role of Edie Doyle, which earned her an Oscar. She later starred in Alfred Hitchcock’s NORTH BY NORTHWEST and John Frankenheimer’s ALL FALL DOWN, among many other movi...

Translator, interpreter, and writer Michael F. Moore worked on the subtitles for the restored version of CHRIST STOPPED AT EBOLI, taking into account the dialects of the Basilicata region of Italy, where the film takes place. In this interview, filmed in 2020, he discusses director Francesco Rosi...

In these video interviews, recorded in 2010, director Nobuhiko Obayashi, his daughter and story scenarist Chigumi Obayashi, and screenwriter Chiho Katsura discuss the making of HOUSE, from its whimsical conception to its mind-boggling creation.

Costume designer Gabriella Pescucci won an Academy Award for her work on THE AGE OF INNOCENCE. In the following program, recorded for the Criterion Collection in Rome in 2017, she talks with Antonio Monda, artistic director of the Rome Film Festival, about designing the film’s period costumes.

Filmed in May 2022, this conversation features director Kiyoshi Kurosawa discussing CURE with filmmaker Ryusuke Hamaguchi (DRIVE MY CAR), a former student of his.

In this 2015 documentary, actor Samantha Eggar, executive producer Pierre David, cinematographer Mark Irwin, assistant director John Board, and special makeup effects artists Rick Backer (VIDEODROME) and Joe Blasco (RABID, SHIVERS) discuss director David Cronenberg's early work and the making of ...

In this video interview, conducted in 2011, renowned Japanese-film critic Tadao Sato offers his insights on the cinematic accomplishments and cultural significance of KURONEKO.

This new video appreciation of HOUSE’s stylistic and genre-tweaking daring features filmmaker Ti West (THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL).

This 2011 video piece features filmmaker John Landis, award-winning makeup artist Rick Baker, and horror film aficionado Bob Burns in conversation.

These interviews with ERASERHEAD director’s assistant Catherine Coulson, actors Charlotte Stewart and Judith Anna Roberts, and cinematographer Frederick Elmes were conducted in 2014.

In this interview, conducted in March 2014, actor Michael Ironside discusses SCANNERS and his extensive career in both Canada and Hollywood.

In 2019, Jane Fonda sat down for an interview with Illeana Douglas to discuss her career, including KLUTE.

This interview with director Park Chan-wook was recorded in 2020.

In this interview, recorded in 2015, actor Dustin Hoffman recalls the making of THE GRADUATE.

In this final episode of “Second Look,” a four-part interview series Federico Fellini did on Belgian television in 1960, the director discusses LA DOLCE VITA and the scandal surrounding its release. Also interviewed, among others, are actors Yvonne Furneaux and Marcello Mastroianni, author Albert...

In this interview, recorded in Los Angeles in 2009, director and film writer Peter Bogdanovich discusses MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW and the career of filmmaker Leo McCarey.

Cinematographer Boris Kaufman, filmmaker Dziga Vertov’s younger brother, photographed some of the most beloved films of all time, including Jean Vigo's ZÉRO DE CONDUITE, Elia Kazan’s ON THE WATERFRONT, and Sudney Lumet’s 12 ANGRY MEN. In this 2011 piece, cinematographer John Bailey discusses Kauf...

In this program, actors Gena Rowlands, Lynn Carlin, and Seymour Cassel and longtime Cassavetes collaborator Al Ruban discuss the production of FACES. The interviews were conducted in 2004.