Carol Kane’s Closet Picks

[@bigneon_glitter]

Carol Kane is a national treasure.

[@Movielad76]

Now she's appearing on Star Trek Strange New Worlds, she's an intergalactic treasure! But seriously, she has excellent taste in films. Especially City Lights and The Fisher King.

[@xhrrdg]

She was great on Kimmy Schmidt

[@cecilhester]

I loved her in Scrooged.

[@kaspinet]

This is a commonly used phrase but in Kane's case, it's the absolute truth.

[@Whisky_4_1]

hear, hear!

[@artlesscalamity]

“My name is Carol Kane, I’m an ACKtooooor…” - ugh, love so much

[@waqasbadar300]

She's an Academy Award nominated legend, but somehow remained underrated throughout her career.

[@paulvoorhies8821]

WASC 4ever!!

[@James-In-Exile]

Probably the secret to a long career in Hollywood! She's always appearing in different films, and always delivers great work, but never gets too over-exposed or familiar to the audience.

[@JloveLamar]

​@James-In-Exile might have a long career, but the pay must suck. She just said she wanted to be in an action film so that she can make a living. She deserves to make more than a living. She's so talented.

[@random22026]

Her career ain't over yet! 😁

[@vjmtz]

Definitely! But when you think about who she acted with and how well she acted with such amazing and iconic actors - you can see why she is an amazing and underrated actress just as much as how she is meant to be less noticed in those roles.. Its like John Goodman level.... amazing actors who are amazing because they don't hog the spot light and tie scenes together by being so great at it.

[@whimbird6538]

holy shit why can't these be an hour. i am so there with this magnificent woman. i'd watch her for a whole day.

[@scottburch3178]

I know, what's the hurry?

[@Dirtbagshorty]

One of the finest actors to ever grace the big screen. There is nobody like Carol Kane.

[@bobhuber8480]

She was in Joe Versus The Volcano for three seconds!

[@SharreIWright]

* Actress, why do people in the comments section have to be so woke

[@Dirtbagshorty]

@@SharreIWright what the fuck are you on about

[@Dirtbagshorty]

@@SharreIWright what are you on about

[@kevinlakeman5043]

"What can you do?" "I can do this"- punch.

[@tygerstripes3752]

I'm impressed that Carol Kane throws props to Judy Davis' hair, because I always thought Carol had the best hair in the biz. Wonderful to see her here in the Closet.

[@gary-rr7jp]

Blondes always have more hair follicles than brunettes!😁

[@RebelBuddha1971]

I’ve always been in awe of her hair…still gorgeous, as is Carol herself, inside and out. Love her.

[@bornanagaming3329]

The most relaxing and comforting Criterion Closet video ever.

[@SharreIWright]

Why do they stick the DVDs in a cupboard? Why not have them on a bookcase in a room

[@mboykin6047]

What a delight to see this beautiful person again

[@RyanMichero]

Carol Kane, the legend, the queen, as adorable as ever

[@justinthecrazy]

Carol could play Bette Davis later in life in a biopic. Both legendary performers.

[@Gen-yh1jz]

I was thinking the same thing!

[@blackguyofthesouth2161]

She definitely has Bette Davis eyes❤❤❤❤❤

[@peterbadore1338]

Took the words right out of my mouth - er, fingers.

[@h0lly_blue]

legendary, so happy to see her here

[@Searchforthestars]

Love her in Scrooged. Always happy to see her.

[@tackyman2011]

It's a TOASTER!!

[@DavidLEzell]

I’m delighted to see other Scrooged fans in the world ❤

[@gtnixon2980]

​@@tackyman2011 Came here for this. Was not disappointed.

[@joegideon8461]

You know I like the rough stuff, don't you Frank?

[@billthecat666]

Close your eyes!

[@angelthman1659]

I was a cab driver in NYC in the mid 80s and picked up Carol Kane. She was a nice lady. We talked about movies. She was sharing her love for a movie called My LIfe as a Dog, which was out at the time. This was Lasse Hallström's first notable movie released here. I was wondering if that movie would be one of her picks here 🙃

[@irish66]

That's a favourite of mine/

[@culwin]

You picked up Simka

[@Donald_McE]

OMG, I've had a crush on Carol Kane for decades (Edit: Ever since I saw her in "Hester Street," wayback in 1975.)! Such a charming person, such a great actor, and such a joyous closet visitor. Thank you!

[@sooperheep]

Hester street definitely needs a criterion issue

[@crabstick250]

Yesssss Hester Street!!​@@sooperheep

[@MothGirl007]

She was stunningly beautiful in that movie.

[@IgnatiusThorogood]

Finally, some love for Local Hero. In proportioning itself as a 'little movie,' it makes one of the biggest impacts of any movie in that closet.

[@danshaggy292]

It's come up a couple of times on here recently

[@kmakaef]

I think you mean 'positioning' itself as a 'little movie'. 'Proportioning' doesn't make sense here.

[@ledeyabaklykova]

Knox Oil & Gas

[@elisabethschmerzler963]

My Dad raves about Local Hero whenever he is reminded of it. Funny enough he watched it because of Burt Lancaster and now I want to watch it with him because of Peter Capaldi!

[@kaspinet]

The baby everybody takes care of but doesn't want to talk about, the Northern Lights, mermaids, Ewen McGregor's uncle, a very young Peter Capaldi, Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, a fantastic Mark Knopfler soundtrack, and an unfortunate bunny, this movie has it all ❤❤❤

[@Horror-Man]

When A Stranger Calls (1979) is one of the most underrated horror films ever. People only talk about the first 10 minutes, but the rest of it is VERY unique and chilling.

[@chtinab]

THANK YOU

[@Gardenroses12]

Exactly

[@barrymoore4470]

Very much agree. I think this is one of the great American films of the Seventies.

[@Lyndaloulindin]

Yas!!!

[@jbjacobs9514]

My cousin and I still do lines from that opening sequence from the fabulous Carol Kane. The movie is amazing until she opens the door to Charles Durning and then the rest is a bore (not lovely Durning's fault). Her Simka in Taxi and this were my intros to her and I have loved her ever since!

[@JenTheDog]

Could watch her talk for hours! Thanks for bringing Carol Kane to the closet! A true delight and marvel

[@uwcb1]

Love ‘Local Hero’!! And Carol Kane is always a win.

[@ledeyabaklykova]

@@uwcb1 “MacIntyre !”

[@pete49327]

@@ledeyabaklykova dead on:) and the expression the male character makes when he notices the webbing between the woman's toes.

[@peybak]

I've always loved Carol Kane.

[@Memo2Self]

She mentions Hal Ashby and doesn't remind us she WORKED with him in "The Last Detail"? I fell in love for life.

[@marsupialdungbucket]

If they remake Harold and Maude (God forbid!) Carol Kane would save it as Maude.

[@whimbird6538]

@@marsupialdungbucket omg...she's the only possible choice for maude, if some studio dares to remake H&M. maybe timothee chalamet as harold, but with a hideous hair-cut exactly like bud cort's was. in fact, set the film in the exact same time period. no goddamn cell phones. just a cozy early 70s vibe movie. no douches allowed near it, if it happens, god forbid.

[@festushagan3921]

Me, too! She was so good.

[@markv1274]

@@whimbird6538 Timothée Chalamet *is* a douchebag, so your concept is self-defeating. "I'm so ashamed to have worked with Woody Allen. I had no idea that he was under a cloud of sexual misconduct allegations when I worked with him--despite the fact that this has been public knowledge since before I was born. Yet now that I've piggybacked on Woody's name and my face has been on screens in cinemas across the world, I've made a name for myself, and it's only a matter of time until Hollywood asks me to appear in a remake of a popular 1970s family movie, one that will bring me plenty of cash. The money that I made from Woody's film? I'll donate it to charity to make myself look good. My fans will be too dumb to work out that donating the money from my inflated salary just means that I'll pay less tax--and like I said, I'll make a tonne of money from my next few movies, now that I've been in a Woody Allen film." By the way, remaking _Harold and Maude_ is a *horrid* idea. We shouldn't even be hypothesising about it.

[@evanmichael3153]

Seeing her (and Andy) on TAXI as a toddler is embedded in my brain... 🤘♥️🤘

[@MsModestyBlaise]

She’s fantastic as were all of her choices. Wonderful!

[@jonhinson5701]

Watch her in Hester Street. She was amazing!

[@tylerfoster6267]

I wondered if she would grab Chilly Scenes of Winter and talk about Joan Micklin Silver.

[@_NoDrinkTheBleach]

My mom has been a huge Carol fan my whole life, and because of that I have also been a huge fan. She's so goddamn delightful, and it's always fun to hear her speak on any subject. But especially movies.

[@stevefazekas5429]

love carol Kane. Ever since I saw her in the last detail. No matter how small the part she always stood out.

[@postmodernrecycler]

I guess I have Carol Kane taste in movies; every single one is in my stash and rewatched regularly. Extra props for The Ice Storm, which doesn't seem as talked about.

[@markv1274]

Interesting, isn't it? It's a film that seems to have disappeared from the public view. If a cinema were to play _The Ice Storm_ from a 35mm print, I'd go and revisit it. I was a teenager when I saw _The Ice Storm_ at the movies, so it'd be interesting to see what reaction I have to it more than a quarter century later. There are some films that I've seen only once, at the cinema, and I wonder why they don't do the revival circuit. Especially since _The Ice Storm_ has Frodo-Before-He-Was-Frodo in it, you'd think it would be ripe for another run, yet this is just one of those fandom things. People who are crazy about _The Lord of the Rings_ claim to be huge Elijah Wood fans. What they really mean is that they're huge Elijah-Wood-as-Frodo fans. It's the same mentality that causes _Star Wars_ fanatics to have a "meh" reaction when _The Hidden Fortress_ is mentioned.

[@postmodernrecycler]

@@markv1274 I saw The Ice Storm with my best friend when it premiered. We couldn't have had more different taste. Both agreed it was some of the best possible of mainstream-ish filmmaking of the time. Perfect cast, like if the actors were changed it'd be a different movie, and Ang Lee before he was overblown. You should see it again if you haven't; it still holds up.

[@caleblatreille8224]

The aside about people movies vs. action movies is one of the realest moments in this whole series

[@miseentrope]

But when action movies are really about the people that's when it's something special.

[@markv1274]

@@miseentrope Now write me a list of action movies that have been about the people in the last ten years. It's going to be a short list.

[@Jimmy1982Playlists]

She's a total one of a kind! There will never be another ❤ Her performance in _Scrooged_ is a family favorite 😂

[@bertskybass6360]

Tremendous picks by a fantastic actor. Local Hero, Fisher King, The Ice Storm, and damned near every other pick of Carol’s are absolute classics.

[@craigadams4143]

❤ me some Carol Kane! Just watched WHEN A STRANGER CALLS this afternoon! Gurl , you also , ALWAYS give us good hair!!!! Plz NEVER retire!!!!💋

[@Gardenroses12]

Glad to see Carol Kane. She’s been around a long time.

[@avengersfan301]

They should put Tree's lounge in the criterion collection. Carol Kane’s great in it

[@walteranders167]

She has a beautiful film loving spirit. I'm grateful to see her on Star Trek Strange New Worlds.

[@MellowWind]

Agreed on the Royal Tenanbaums, The Ice Storm, Princess Bride, and of course Shampoo! Great picks, Carol.

[@isaacmartinez6904]

She does have amazing taste in movies.

[@otterpoet]

Carol Kane is a legend. Fell in love with her when I saw _When a Stranger Calls_ - a movie I *really* shouldn't have been watching that young XD

[@geneh460]

I love her so much. Just one of the best. Her performances never disappoint.

[@Jebbie1976]

I just love Carol Kane; so eccentricly beautiful & a phenomenal actress.

[@jeffthompson1685]

Carol Kane is brilliant. It's so nice seeing her. Thank you. ❤

[@RickyB1959]

She's so adorable and absolutely wonderful. (...side note: aren't they only supposed to pick 5 films? Way to go, Carol! You deserve extra films/movies/flicks/pictures!)

[@happyg8047]

Love me some Carol Kane..... anytime..... When a Stranger Calls, Annie Hall, Kimmy Schmidt..... incredible!!!

[@user-zy5dp8fl8n]

Run LILLIAN!

[@iangalbraith1993]

Carole actually has a look of Bette around the eyes. Superb choices

[@coyotegaxiola4281]

Literal Bette Davis eyes.

[@James-In-Exile]

Such a wonderfully eclectic mix of recommendations. Ms Kane has impeccable taste across all genres of film.

[@artmonkeys]

Carol Kane is a bright, shiny, glittering gem.

[@thegoddamnduke]

I just love hearing her voice. Great picks!

[@2_thumbs_up_baby]

Carol so wonderful to see you after so long!!!

[@davidhollingsworth4665]

Carol Kane is a singular talent. Just positively brilliant in every single way!

[@Vlad65WFPReviews]

We had the wonderful privilege to meet Ms Kane twice in a charming Parisian restaurant - she was travelling with her mother - and she was very gracious. We have been fans going back to The Last Detail - and then there's Princess Bride, Annie Hall and so much more. She is always great to watch.

[@CinemaGulp]

She is just the BEST! Love her so much. Great taste in film too!

[@TheStuport]

What a Treasure Carol Kane is to Everything she is involved with! We are the lucky ones to have seen her career unfold right before out eyes! AND...she is so funny with her voice! 🤣

[@ronbock8291]

I love Carol soooo much. She just fills me with joy.

[@missyrosez]

Thank you for the recommendations and your heartfelt explanation of why you chose each pic pick!

[@radiowatcher]

Her performances have given me such joy over the years. I love her.

[@BarbierStephane]

Carol Kane we love you.

[@eddyblanco7210]

Carol Kane is Legendary History that will remain immortal, Forever. Now and with her amazing catalog of media work. ❤🥰

[@EmilNiveboni]

Such a commited and personable actress. Kudos!!!

[@dougp4468]

Carol Kane is awesome here. She has good taste in films. I've seen about half of them. I'm looking forward to seeing the other half.

[@thezizzlerizzle]

Speaking of, she would be fantastic in a Wes Anderson film. Never thought of that before

[@erinmalone2669]

Ooooooooh. That would be amazing!

[@Jezza819]

That's a great idea.

[@granddeception4290]

When she said "I'm running out of time. That's how it is in life." Kind of broke my heart. Also really liked Carol in License to drive.

[@wyrdwitch13]

I first fell in love with her as Simka on Taxi!!! She is always so wonderful.

[@beebenson5139]

Shampoo is really a great movie. The way it turns towards the end raised my esteem of it tremendously.

[@pandabck]

She’s so absolutely wonderful. ❤

[@metanoia8088]

Recently watched Hester Street again. She is so wonderful in that timeless gem of a film.

[@kristinawalla]

Carol Kane ! We love u ! now i can't wait to see Between The Temples (i went straight to the trailer n it looks great 💓)

[@ericklingenberg5309]

Great actress & she looks amazing still!

[@filmkid541]

Am I dreaming?? Local Hero being picked twice in the past couple of weeks? That makes me so happy! Carol Kane made some great picks.

[@adrianbrowne7874]

Excellent selection of choices, from Carol Kane. & im pleased that the 'considerable talents' of both John Cassavetes & Gena Rowlands have been acknowledged here!😊

[@Jezza819]

So great to see Carol in the closet. She's a fantastic actor. Love her so much ❤❤

[@luxlamf]

Leave it Carol Kane to have the Best list EVER!!!

[@LinouGertz]

Love her voice, want to listen to her talking about movies all day!

[@denisefreitas6727]

Amazing picks, Carol! ❤

[@CelestialShaman44]

LOVE her voice.

[@brandothecatmeow]

I'm so glad she mentioned Ice Storm. Not enough people know about that brilliant movie

[@miseentrope]

Ang Lee's (director/co-writer with James Schamus) "The Ice Storm" is based on a kind of forgotten incisive novel by Rick Moody. Suggesting an unsettling double-feature read/watch with Jeffrey Eugenides's "The Virgin Suicides" (Sophia Coppola, director, 1999).

[@NomadicBrian]

The lovely Carol Kane. Very nice selection. Hobson's Choice excellent. Please watch for Charles Laughton when you can. Such a wonderful actor.

[@davidcaunter5346]

Love you Ms. Kane. If only today’s actors had your class and grace. ❤️

[@danip3270]

Between “Have fun storming the castle!” 😂 Or her in Taxi…oh man. Love her!😊❤

[@matthewclark9652]

"Local Hero" my favorite movie from 1983!!!

[@matthewpaul6904]

"Its a great movie even though im in it." We love you, Carol

[@EricKarlAnderson]

It doesn’t matter that you’re out of time - show us ONE MORE, Carol! 🙏 🙌❤️

[@MoMo-mo8bg]

I love this……I am going to make a list as I have never heard of most of these picks….all these actors have the best taste in their mentors work…..yes princess bride is one of my favorites!

[@chanceotter8121]

I have been enamored with her since Gene Wilder’s The World’s Greatest Lover, which I saw during Christmas break in 1977 when I was 15. Wonderful actress.

[@bradykelso8682]

Carol Kane in Hester Street. Great American performance! Cheers! 🌹

[@Telstar62a]

Hobson's Choice is such a great, slow-burning comedy; very subtle and gentle. I don't think I've seen Charles Laughton do a bad job. Also, check out his "Ruggles of Red Gap" from the '30s

[@styxcreek]

He never disappoints. Island Of Lost Souls (1932) is a great one

[@miseentrope]

Laughton's only directorial is the haunting fairytale "The Night of the Hunter." Absolute must-watch classic.

[@iangrant3615]

She is an icon and seems like a lovely human being. Let's all go watch some of her movies.

[@SicilMBuff13]

She is a legend hands down. Awesome picks

[@riccardobruero]

I first saw Carol Kane in MAFU CAGE and was impressed. Every film she plays in she gets my immediate attention, she plays the others away. Love her excellent dvd choices.

[@tbwatch88]

love that Local Hero. Judy Davis as well.

[@rabit818]

Love this lady. She is different, eccentric character

[@rosanajaquez3274]

Anyone who picks Hobson’s Choice is a treasure! Love Carol Kane❤

[@jaygatz4335]

Carol is delightful. I'm thrilled she selected Local Hero.

[@SvenNumberSeven]

Absolutely forever in love with this lady from now on. Even though she's 30 years older than me. I just watched 'Between the temples' a few hours ago. First time i saw her on the screen. Now i'm watching Taxi episodes. I'm smitten.

[@animasuzie]

So glad she picked Local Hero ! Wonderful.

[@kielay08]

One of the top 3 Best Criterion closet videos this year, hands down

[@festushagan3921]

Such a unique and quirky beauty, both inside and out. I have been in love with Carol since the first time I saw her in "Carnal Knowledge" WAY back in 1971. Then I saw her in "The Last Detail" and really fell in love. She has such talent and such a presence she is unforgettable, at least to me.

[@erinmalone2669]

Carol is a legend❤❤❤ I hope to see her in projects forever!

[@htunarrosa]

finally! this was a great video! way to go Mr. Weston!

[@antoniobronx4955]

Wow Million Dollar Movie… what great movie memories as a kid. I can still hear the theme song

[@zmani4379]

Carol Kane is awesome! I'd love to see someone cast her as Bette Davis

[@heleneh.6055]

I saw her once in the theatre at Carrie Fisher’s one -woman show. I insisted it was her and my friend was like, “nah.” Afterwards we went to the stage door for an autograph and she was there, with Carrie. I said to my friend, “see, I told you it was her,” and she overheard and snuck me a sly smile. Fantastic list btw. Loved her choices!

[@iamgoingtodeckyoutwo5966]

If Criterion Closet was a Quibi original it would still exist. I adore Carol Kane. Thank you.