Ben Sinclair’s Closet Picks

[@Brandon-rb4sm]

The thought of going on a road trip with Michael Haneke and not allowing him to use the restroom is hilarious.

[@frankpeter6851]

In the movie an old friend gives another old friend a massage while at a natural hot spring.

[@PentameronSV]

0:19 - *MIDNIGHT COWBOY* _dir. John Schlesinger_ (1969) 0:26 - *CLOSE-UP* _dir. Abbas Kiarostami_ (1990) 0:56 - *THE PRINCESS BRIDE* _dir. Rob Reiner_ (1987) 1:20 - *BAD TIMING* _dir. Nicolas Roeg_ (1980) 2:20 - *PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE* _dir. Paul Thomas Anderson_ (2002) 2:30 - *FUNNY GAMES* _dir. Michael Haneke_ (1997) 2:55 - *BEING JOHN MALKOVICH* _dir. Spike Jonze_ (1999) 3:27 - *SHORT CUTS* _dir. Robert Altman_ (1993) 4:30 - *OLD JOY* _dir. Kelly Reichardt_ (2006)

[@iago8761]

Thank you very much.

[@hafizarashid7857]

The bold and italics... too kind

[@keepmewierd]

“Thank you Short Cuts....and Lindsay I miss you, hope you’re ok” lmao

[@JonasPolsky]

I didn't know that this closet contained movies I'd heard of.

[@abraxamovic]

😂😂😂

[@canaisyoung3601]

If you spend enough time in there, you'll find them. But most are movies that most people have never seen or heard of unless they went to film school or know people who are into obscure movies.

[@jsheav3n]

Also a lot of them are "foreign" movies

[@gseifers1]

I love that he talks about and respects the packaging design. As a graphic/product designer, I really love collecting physical media for a lot of that reason!

[@jakobsanchez738]

Him kissing the Blu-ray case of Old Joy was just so pure

[@ElliotCoen]

This was a good one. Great picks all round. Loved the story behind Bad Timing and getting coerced to move out of the house lol. That's the best thing about these videos, hearing the stories people have about watching the films.

[@weslinklater5194]

Facts brother

[@asdfghjkl9260]

Ben is the best, and High Maintenance is the best show on HBO that not enough people watch.

[@noodtayne599]

it should be nominated every year

[@FarenMonique]

PERIOD.

[@TheHYEGUY]

That and The Young/New Pope

[@AlJalandhari]

Hell fucking yeah. I know literally no one else who watches it

[@boidinktwistie4389]

but if enough people did watch it, would you still like it?

[@chemicalbrotha78]

I could've watched this man in this closet for an hour. I've never heard of the guy and have never watched his show....but he's very funny and entertaining.

[@prescottlillo9983]

He sounds exactly like him

[@Sp0nge5]

"And I a-nun-ci-ate" with that look at the camera, holy moly.

[@juentare1485]

hahaha

[@stevebeach1218]

@@Sp0nge5 looked like a deep fake video. very unsettling

[@jamesquinonez3914]

The Princess Bride box is pretty awesome!

[@slickster2880]

Unfortunately, the movie isn't.

[@tomschult133]

@@slickster2880 it's pretty fun though, and I'm a pretty snobby film lover myself. I just hate that kid.

[@parkerbracken2659]

The enthusiasm present in this, while not as manic as Safdie Brothers closet raid, is just as potent as any of the best closet vids. I really really love this.

[@zaxzxx3665]

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[@Capgungoesbang]

Ben is the man and High Maintenance is a remarkable piece of work!

[@peterunwin4408]

For the love of god please get the rights to every other PT anderson film

[@tracy_chapman6900]

i mean they already have the rights to the best one

[@lucvaillancourt8580]

Michael Hanukkah lol

[@pukeyourguts]

it is pretty much how you say it tbf

[@shaunmcarthur3616]

I think everyone needs a Ben Sinclair in their life

[@film_magician]

He seems like John Malkovich in costume.

[@film_magician]

haha OMG I wrote that before he grabbed Being John Malkovich and talks about looking like him. Too funny.

[@froggore52]

I love that he comments on the cover art. Very few of these closet pickers comment on the release, just the film.

[@LAvsPORTLAND]

Everyone needs to know that Ben Sinclair’s Cameo account is absolute magic

[@SaintMartins]

The Criterion Closet, with all those dvd's, looks like a typical tiny apartment of a film fanatic living in New York city with the rent only $3,000 a month !

[@throckmorton3705]

nobody ever talks about “that cold day in a park,” an early altman film.

[@penbucket]

That was the funniest Closet Pick video you've ever uploaded. I HAVE to check out High Maintenance.

[@asdfghjkl9260]

These were some really great picks.

[@robertwright3683]

This gentleman is an absolute delight.

[@NoirFan84]

Someone showing some love for Nic Roeg's most underappreciated masterpiece Bad Timing. 🎉🎊 My guy. Great picks.

[@gnalkhere]

Him and Isabelle Huppert both

[@NoirFan84]

@@gnalkhere Good memory.

[@jakobsanchez738]

I don't know anything about it, so when he said something about Art Garfunkel fucking a corpse, I was like, "Ok, I'm in"

[@witchestoast8347]

my favourite horror-movie. heartbreaking, but I'm so happy when somebody talk about that story, it's really masterpiece, it's like overtrauma. Theresa Russell said people still come up to her and thank for «Bad Timing». I love «Track 29» and «Insignificance» too

[@witchestoast8347]

@@jakobsanchez738 it's a little more complicated there

[@caseycarpenter7343]

I would love to see Timothee Chalamet and Saoirse Ronan looking through the Criterion closet.

[@ozybeastias8893]

You guys NEED to get the duo from Portrait of a Lady on Fire in the closet.

[@mauriciomurga20]

When the ARI ASTER & Safdie video? Also JOE TALBOT , director of Last BlAck man in SF

[@emanuelmartinez2597]

The Safdie brothers already have done a closet video.

[@mauriciomurga20]

Emanuel Martinez i know, but in the CRITERION INSTAGRAM there is a photo of ARI ASTER and the SAFDIES together picking movies in the closet

[@moltisanti9417]

Yeah, same here, still waiting for the ari aster and safdies video

[@46thandBliss]

I asked this a few weeks ago and some pretentious douche got mad about it

[@crabbopolis]

This may be one of the best ones yet.

[@AaronAnaya]

When I saw the thumbnail I thought it was Will Oldham lol.

[@alejandroaz]

Hahahahahahaha, the Haneke’s bathroom ideas is awesome.

[@workhard.nerdharder.3518]

Uuh... holy shit. This guy made me laugh out loud alone after a bad day. Not knowing who he is at all. Excuse me while I go check out his acclaimed series right quick.. like immediately. Fuck me his energy is so my speed. I wish there was a word for his snark. It's straight fire.

[@workhard.nerdharder.3518]

Right? I'm stoned rn!?

[@workhard.nerdharder.3518]

Who is liking these??!

[@witchestoast8347]

«Bad Timing» is a good, good choice. I think, I clicked it because that boy looked like John M., and a minute later I heard the name of my favorite (horror) movie. I remember Robert Smith from «The Cure» saying (and singing) that he felt like a pig after this movie. and how much I love it when people can love films like «Bad Timing» and «the Princess-Bride» at the same time

[@yourisleergedoe5002]

Make one with David Bordwell and/or Kirsten Thompson! That would be really cool!

[@pinkmonkeybird2206]

"and then when art garfunkle fucks the corspe. im like oh my god"- perfect line

[@ommm8]

This is a great one, hilarious and interesting 👌

[@erichodge567]

The "I look like John Malkovich" bit was scary.

[@HocusPocusTY]

The road trip movie idea should have- him + John Malkovich + Will Oldham + Brett Gelman and directed by michael haneke

[@zaxzxx3665]

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[@gaelvillarruel7482]

02:27 I want that edition of Punch-drunk Love

[@randolphperkins6584]

I am glad that he chose at least one title by Michael Haneke!

[@anarchoautism]

We need to get David Lynch on here

[@pablosegura3140]

I fell like he was in between a drop off and he stop by the criterion closet

[@seanmatyas3938]

One of the few people who comments on Criterions beautiful dvd covers. I hate that as digital became more prevalent DVD/BluRays started getting cheaper and cheaper with their cases :( Also funny Midnight Cowboy story. Went to a western themed bar with some coworkers and they had a bunch of western movie posters on the walls but they also had a Midnight Cowboy poster that they hung right outside the bathrooms. I was the only person who had seen that movie so I was the only one that thought that placement was hilarious :P

[@ChristineKikiMac]

I can't wait to see what you do next!

[@brandonsimon7895]

Someone go on a roadtrip with this man

[@petersonj198]

LOLOL Best closet video ever, despite the Bad TIming Spoiler.

[@zaxzxx3665]

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[@Petemejia77]

3:11 HE DOES! Was thinking it before he mentions it!

[@quentinlewis1153]

Once he said he looked like John Malkovich I couldn't unsee it.

[@Nickplay21]

What a wonderful episode.

[@PrankZabba]

1:49 - Oh, now I got to watch this movie now! LOL!

[@gardenbro4207]

spoiler alert, dick

[@maxalserda9127]

A road trip with Michael Hanake would be interesting...

[@alexscott730]

MORE HIGH MAINTENANCE SEASONS NOW!!!...The awkward hug with your gay client is fuckin comedy gold🤣

[@nativewizard]

before he pulled out being john malkovich I thought he looks a lot like john malkovich!

[@skooter6235]

Short Cuts was stories from Raymond Carver. All he wrote were short stories, thus Short Cuts.. he died before the movie came out, tragically

[@indevelopment]

Now where’s the guy who says Magnolia is essentially a remake of Short Cuts?

[@Mooseman327]

Great pics, funny guy.

[@felixbronkhorst1674]

I want to see Martin Scorsese in the closet presenting the new World Cinema Project Vol.3 box set!

[@sdm12342002]

Great picks.

[@thevoid99]

i still haven't seen "bad timing" as the only film among his picks that i haven't seen.

[@witchestoast8347]

but you've seen all the others, it's wow, it means so much. «Bad Timing» is heartbreaking, my favourite horror movie, but everything needs it's own time

[@margaretbuckley9309]

Great picks Midnight cowboy The princess bride

[@akhileshshetty581]

Movies mentioned: Midnight cowboy, close-up, the princess bride, bad timing, punch drunk love, funny games, being John Malkovich, short cuts, old joy.

[@zaxzxx3665]

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[@gavinkerslake]

I was watching random TV in the late 90s, and this German movie came on... Then all this stuff stared happening. I'm not sure why I didn't switch it off, I just kept watching and watching, and it got worse and worse. So that was my first Haneke film, and it was Funny Games! Brutal but strangely brilliant.

[@humberot_]

I need a Humberto M. Rodríguez Closer pick 😆🙏

[@henmack30017]

This guy is the absolute best. Thank you CC

[@zaxzxx3665]

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[@JonaReahl]

So how does one get to go to the Criterion Closet?

[@evanmichael3153]

"And then when Art Garfunkel fucks the corpse, I'm like 'oh my God, this is a lot'! And then..." LMFAO. Easily my favorite of the Closet Picks.

[@μικροσκοπικόςβάτραχος]

funny games makes SO much sense

[@inyostudio]

the Dave episode he directed was really good

[@lapasion17]

Damn, I love this guy!... And now that I know he is also a film connoisseur, wowww... High Maintenance is the best show!!!

[@Kishan_Baijnath]

Really good one. Thank you. :)

[@bucklakelukie]

2:20 some 2001 match cut shit from the criterion closet editor

[@ririschannelx]

What he said about Haneke is such a mood 😂

[@VincentVisions]

I love this man and his show

[@stalonso206]

If you haven't watched "High Maintenance" yet then you have good times ahead

[@miltonvandemerwe8006]

So where is the guy who will name those picks???!

[@Peter32tjrksor]

He's in the description

[@PentameronSV]

He's here!

[@dracoslasher35]

Love Ben and love High Maintenance

[@andrewwilson4733]

what is that cup he's clutching? Coffee?

[@devine4402]

Hey! It’s The Guy!!!

[@theheartofablackbird2109]

[@maskychain816]

Holy fuck he looks just like John Malkovich when he does that and when he enunciates he sounds pretty fucking close to him

[@jjm2412]

I'd love to see Quentin Tarantino in here. That'd be awesome

[@adamkrinsky9054]

he has all of these but on 35mm reel LOL

[@CinematicDependency]

Should I watch high maintainer? I don’t watch many shows just because it feels like the market for them is becoming over saturated with a bunch of low quality shit.

[@CinematicDependency]

Maintenance* soorry

[@SMJonesz]

Worth checking out even a few episodes, they're all self contained so its not a huge investment!

[@eduardocampos5739]

A.S.A.P. !

[@lobsterdfw1]

I want to smoke pot and talk films with this dude.

[@solhoroshmujik]

He is soo much like his character in high maintenance Jesus Christ!!

[@nathanielfriedman9832]

If you guys don't release the Safdie/ari aster picks in the next month...I swear to god...

[@davidsanderson5918]

Ha haaaa I'd love to see this guy do a FULL ON John Malkovich impression.

[@myimorata7678]

There is NO WAY I would watch a movie rather than make love!

[@myemimiese]

Will we see Lulu Wang's visit?

[@reviewswithgayden3232]

Finally some live for haneke

[@aaronshouting588]

Need to get Robert Eggers in there

[@ODjangoo]

3:07 whoa

[@orsonabram6057]

“MICHAEL HANUKKAH”

[@mishael8579]

Please do one with Noah Baumbach

[@Meesterlijker]

Please get Paul Thomas Anderson to do a Closet Pick. And then Quentin Tarantino.

[@noisesandwich]

He's great...I'd like to smoke a bowl with him.

[@KingMinosxxvi]

That was a good one

[@nyastclair8174]

He does indeed look like John Malkovich lol

[@orangemancometh]

Hard to believe he went to Oberlin…

[@pags1989]

Nobody ever picks Ride With The Devil, what a shame.

[@ADS0791]

This guy is hilarious

[@wifi4baby416]

Will Oldham kisses a lot of movies in this