Best of Criterion Closet Picks

Criterion Closet Picks has been a great source of inspiration and entertainment over the years. Here are a few highlights from the ongoing series.
VISITORS in order of appearance:
Bong Joon Ho
Bill Hader
Ethan Hawke
Jonathan Marc Sherman
Guillermo Del Toro
Kim Cattrall
Mike Leigh
Anna Karina
Wallace Shawn
Andre Gregory
Philip Kaufman
John Waters
Michael Cera
Ben Wheatley
Richard Ayoade
Phil Rosenthal
William Friedkin
Barry Jenkins
Louis Garrel

[@sherlockkrankcase3578]

Hearing Bong Joon-Ho say Park Chan-Wok stole his copy was so good.

[@floris1912]

Hopefully Bong Joon-Ho is going to make a vengeance trilogy based on this

[@captainstrangiato961]

The transition of Bill Hader with the Willy Wonka music as he holds up Salò to 7:22 with Barry Jenkins on the ground saying "I am done" repeatedly is one of the funniest and perfect transitions I've ever seen!!! Love them!!

[@splintmeow4723]

It is just too wholesome 🤣

[@boobysr]

Those are my two favorite moments i was glad to see them back to back

[@radioJim]

At first I was a little put off because you typed "Wanka", but then you typed "Solo" which sort of balances things out in its own bizarre way.

[@captainstrangiato961]

@@Myiic nah it was Solo: A Star Wars Story ;)

[@captainstrangiato961]

Sorry for the confusion lol I fixed it

[@ericbilly]

god how i would have loved for michael cera to pontificate on the artistic merits of the emoji movie

[@Pancrasio-it9qd]

xD

[@HansAlRachid]

Good lord, that Salò bit. I wonder if this clip got anyone to watch that movie, thinking it might be a whimsical good time.

[@p.livianos6622]

4:19 this moment is just like "My Dinner with Andre" in real life

[@Gunnumn]

I would pull out Transformers 2007 and say "Citizen Kane of car commercials right here!"

[@lorenzolopezdesoche4017]

I would pull out Transformers The Movie (1986) and say “The Akira of toy commercials right here!”

[@LifesNeverHumDrum]

Bong Joon-Ho struggling to hold an armful of dvds is so cute and also me

[@TheSkaOreo]

“How do you choose…AH REPULSION!”

[@l3illyShine]

I think we all want to Park Chan Wook come in and respond to Bong's accusation xD

[@jacksonwright5145]

This is a great compilation! Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory have such a reverence for all these films. I love Barry Jenkins' embarrassment at taking so many XD

[@coolcoconuts4453]

Knowing that Park Chan-Wook stole a DVD from Bong Joon-Ho, implying that they're friends, makes me so damn happy

[@bisma1352]

yess i love watching these and the ones in this complition are definitely some of the best

[@maxcasteel2141]

Love House and the two songs that makes up the entire soundtrack

[@wolvepotter5858]

Moral of the Story : Never lend Park Chan-Wok your copy of Medium Cool

[@anthonynewsome]

The Agnes Varda boxset is an absolute, there needs to be a John Waters box set,

[@o.steinman3855]

this video' wonderful, should be much more popular

[@TheJohnnycreep]

Thank u that was so nice

[@lobogryz8501]

I will go directly to the xxx section and pick The postman always comes twice and spend 30 minutes talking about it.

[@sadness.mp4]

my man. that thumbnail is fucking brilliant. i want the highres :D based picks indeed

[@BIacklce]

I think it's funny that criterion is shooting these videos on a toaster quality hand cam

[@Pedro-zu3uq]

LMAO

[@rightonrightonrighton]

That ending had me howling

[@platformblues]

Right?! 😆

[@devinkhoury4490]

1:29 describes how I feel about every Godard movie tbh

[@paulhelfant614]

I have no clue what any of these movies are the last movie I watched I only saw parts of. It was Midway from 1976. And the last tv show I watched was the original Magnum Pi.

[@gamingbutter5768]

@Paul Helfant The nostalgia I feel when I watch it is immense. I was a kid and my whole family gathered to watch it and each of my 4 family members loved a different character. Mine was Higgins.great times.

[@diegogalbarriatu447]

What movie is the one they talk about at the start of the video?

[@ladofletters]

House (1977, dir. Nobuhiko Obayashi)

[@griffinnunnelee7236]

“House”. It really is one of the craziest Japanese films ever made, but pretty fun

[@devinkhoury4490]

also why did Michael cera recommend close up??? lmaoooooo taste of cherry wouldve been betterrrrrrrrrr for friends atleast.

[@marcjohnson3553]

Unacceptable to have no Gaspar Noé in sight!

[@D.S.handle]

Wtf, where is the Emoji Movie? I was expecting some real kino and not some popcorn flicks.

[@evanpb]

I don't think I've seen a single one of these movies :/

[@ladofletters]

No shame in that. For me, a big part of Criterion Closet is about finding new titles I otherwise wouldn't have sought out. The visitor's selected films are usually listed at the end of each video or in the comments section.

[@haterade5137]

Bill Hader is why I saw house. That or tim and eric