Yorgos Lanthimos and Ariane Labed's Closet Picks

You might recall the Kitchen Conversation we had in September with Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos and his wife, actor Ariane Labed, when their film THE LOBSTER premiered at the New York Film Festival. During their visit to Criterion, the duo also took a trip inside our film closet to talk about (and take home) some of their favorites from the collection, from Bob Rafelson’s FIVES EASY PIECES to Robert Bresson’s AU HASARD BALTHAZAR.

[@MaddestMousse]

- "Josh Safdie was telling me that this is a brilliant film." - "Great."

[@JM-pm3ob]

I’d love to have seen that conversation

[@rufashaochicken]

Just talented people hanging out together. You'd love to see it.

[@MaddestMousse]

@@oscarsalesgirl296 hmmmm haha yeah eh now that you mention it it definitely does seem like that could be possible. Cause yeah seems strange that when he gets to that film and mentions Josh all of a sudden she gets dismissive/uninterested out of nowhere, her reaction does seem telling of something. Although I would have to assume these segments are edited down quite a bit and heavily condensed from a lot more footage that we're not seeing, so who knows, maybe her reaction there had nothing to do with Josh even.

[@MaddestMousse]

Oh... Could also have something to do with the mere fact that it was a Polanski film...

[@MaddestMousse]

Cause it does kinda seem the reaction is maybe to the film itself when she looks at the DVD, that little head movement is like "uhh yeah okay alright then sure if you say so" or like "okay... whatever, like I care". not that the movie isn't brilliant I dunno but more just a reaction to Polanski himself that can potentially come with mention of his work? Maybe she's just full on not down with him in full capacity and knows that Yorgos knows that and that's what that reaction is.

[@loina86]

Τhe way they look at each other is so beautiful, it's almost like you can see the intimacy, admiration and love between them. Such a sweet couple.

[@brianbogosian5845]

Did you see them together in 'Attenberg?'

[@srtamyllenap]

I noticed that too❤

[@fede018]

Are they still together?

[@c.nelson3747]

@@fede018 Yes! They've been married since 2013.

[@fede018]

@@c.nelson3747 good to know fame and acclaim didn't ruin a marriage 👍

[@carayverson]

I like that he's not a total weirdo.

[@Hylss]

Yeah, the promotion for The Favourite has lifted the veil off him. I loved his WTF with Marc Maron episode and he took that Harry Potter spell joke really well. Plus he landed a hot wife, so he must be normal. :D

[@kevlow9494]

@@Hylss I enjoyed the Favourite immensely, but The Killing of a Sacred Deer is my personal favorite.

[@MaddestMousse]

I don't to be frank, I was hoping he'd be super weird, but hey I guess it makes sense, usually how it works.

[@H0LYSM0KES]

there's a method to the madness.

[@witchymist7536]

@@Hylss I cant find his wtf episode!

[@vladimir7849]

the way she looks at him!

[@juanaltredo2974]

+Vladimir thats the biggest test to find out if a woman is really in love with a guy, it never fails

[@ambskater97]

/r/GirlsMirin

[@subject_of_ymir]

Looks like she's gonna eat him.

[@stephenblant]

She's waiting to get word in! Typical director... up his own ass and loving the sound of his own voice!

[@arleh5402]

$$$

[@strontiumblog]

I owe a lot to Yorgos -- the unique brilliance of both Dogtooth and The Lobster gave me that final push I need to make my decision to pursue film in further education. I'll make sure to check out the films he selected here. Thanks a lot for this video.

[@smotnick]

Glad for your decision, but that's a pathetic reason for inspiration!

[@strontiumblog]

+smotnick Care to elaborate? All I'm saying is that Lanthimos' films can't really be told in any other medium of storytelling, and hence helped convince me that cinema can be a unique and powerful tool for discussion. If The Lobster can get financed, there really can't be too many limitations on creativity or originality in the industry.

[@kieranl5249]

+strontiumblog yeah, dude, I feel the same way about Tarkovsky. Pursue your dreams, man, make art!

[@strontiumblog]

+Ciaran L Thanks! With the amount of money I'm going to be spending on university, I thought I may as well go for something I actually want to do. It's absolutely terrible how the arts are so underrated, especially at the school I used to go to.

[@marcinb4647]

+Trumpf oftheWall On the contrary, if YOU don't see the brilliance of Dogtooth then you're just a pathetic lobster pretending a human being!

[@bored175]

Josh Safdie is friends with Yorgos Lanthimos and recommends films to him. Nice.

[@chunkyass69]

It's funny how the criterion collection is this prestigious honor yet the collection looks like it's kept in the janitors closet.

[@sdovas]

It IS!!!

[@mrmogford8117]

chunkyass69 I hope they never upgrade

[@thewinchester7955]

that's the beauty of it

[@littleghostfilms3012]

all that brilliance in such an intimate space. you turn around and there is Bresson, Lucretia Martel, Tarkovsky , it's beautiful surrounding you! I love Yorgos, a great film visionary!

[@seanmatyas3938]

@@littleghostfilms3012 that is true, but Criterion does such fantastic cover art that I would love almost a studio where everything was flat faced instead of book ended.

[@Sam-hd7iy]

Yorgos is one of the greatest of this generation

[@kre_dopeprod.3766]

why?

[@Capgungoesbang]

I'm always excited when someone picks a Mike Leigh movie.

[@waynej2608]

I always liked his. Another Year. Talented fella.

[@vbacs22]

My most favourite director ever. I could not pick which one is his best movie.

[@TheOblivionCK]

I would love to see Dogtooth on criterion

[@00-00-d5h]

+Chris Kostaras true

[@diegogaeta5774]

Is now !!

[@zootopia8586]

I got Dogtooth from my local branch library in Williamsville, NY.

[@modalsoul6511]

My favorite Director of this generation hands down

[@CrazyMitch89]

In order: 1. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul 2. 12 Angry Men 3. Salesman 4. Naked 5. Man Bites Dog 6. Le Samurai 7. Five Easy Pieces 8. Viridiana 9. Things to Come 10. Branded to Kill 11. Macbeth 12. Pickpockets 13. Au Hazard Balthazard

[@smotnick]

Never heard of "Branded to Kill" and I thought I knew them all! lol

[@asafisher7407]

+smotnick Branded to kill was made in a era of Japanese cinema where new filmmakers of the 60s wanted to move away from the darker ideas of past directors and chose to make exploitation like films (which would become it's own thing much later into modern day with films like Ichi the killer and Battle Royal) based off of popular western films, James Bond for example

[@Drizzykicks]

branded to kill is great .

[@ritual301]

I am finally here to tell you *Thank you* for leaving this comment;)

[@vishnu2407]

Branded to Kill is one of Seijun Suzuki's bests! It's actually quite a few cult Hollywood directors. Jarmusch's Ghost Dog heavily pays tribute to it

[@moeezS]

Funny he mentions Josh Safdie, I just saw Heaven Knows What a couple days ago.

[@AehsSeven]

Good Time is fantastic also

[@wethole]

it's crazy that he mentions him, given how big the brothers have become (and they even ended up in the closet as well)

[@andrewramirez739]

And now the Safdies will be in the closet

[@movielover828]

Both "Good Time" and "The Killing of a Sacred Deer" were in competition for the Palme d'Or at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.

[@HugoSoup57]

12 Angry Men is an absolutely excellent classic, definitely in of my favorite films of all-time.

[@seanmatyas3938]

One of the few films i can watch over and over and still be drawn into the characters as if it is my first time watching it. It is a near perfect movie.

[@movielover828]

"The Favourite", "Poor Things", "The Killing of a Sacred Deer", "The Lobster" and "Dogtooth" are the top 5 movies that Yorgos Lanthimos directed, hands down.👏🏻

[@haruhi2815]

god i really want a film nerd as a husband . i feel like nothing can ever go wrong or we can never be bored of each other. 😣

[@rodrigovargas1433]

Man Bites Dog is hands down one of the best films ever made. So raw and unapologetically perfect

[@inco9943]

best student film ever made

[@odradekfilms]

Pointlessly sadistic IMO. Just cynicism and the pleasure of carnage

[@ParagonKevin]

Wow Yorgos pulling out Le Samourai made me so happy!

[@POObumpoopo]

I hope to one day see ALPS (directed by Yorgos, and featuring Ariane in a supporting role) in the criterion collection. I think it's his masterpiece.

[@rayjubb8726]

Yet nobody ever speaks of it. Strange really. It’s superb

[@ionbarbueremia5225]

get paul thomas anderson in the closet!

[@smotnick]

I thought he was already OUT???

[@divinuscontundito2748]

Desperate for attention much?

[@marcinb4647]

Are you his mom? Fuck off with that hipster shitmaker!

[@flannerymonaghan-morrs4740]

Yeah that would be pretty good. Awesome filmmaker.

[@tinaprivitera6669]

This NEEDS to happen.

[@lyricsfromsweden]

"Josh Safdie was telling me that this is a brilliant film". I never made that connection before.

[@Deepidea102]

Ariane Labed is so Beautiful, can't wait to see her in Assassin's Creed

[@smotnick]

Huh? Looks like Jane Doe who hasn't slept.

[@divinuscontundito2748]

Who the...Who the fuck is that?

[@ASMRgreydeth]

Fifteenth Apostle look it up on google , it wouldn't hurt. almost all people look really sleepy tbh . college classes are a sleep killer.

[@divinuscontundito2748]

FredisBread Is this guy talking about the woman from Blindspot?

[@ASMRgreydeth]

yup

[@j.jmarlon1417]

The lobster and The Killing of the sacred deer are films I watch to literally study!

[@simonwoods7112]

Aww. They're adorable together.

[@timothycollins9739]

She picked out Man Bites Dog. She's a keeper. :)

[@CarlosHernandez-rl2wg]

Timothy Collins That's a rarity!

[@jeanbiroute]

It's delicious if you speak french. His words are the movie.

[@anttivuorenmaa350]

Ariane Labed is also a brilliant director. Y'all should look her up. Shame Yorgos isn't giving her any space to talk in this video.

[@timothycollins9739]

@@anttivuorenmaa350 Didn't know that, I'll check out her stuff. And you're right, he did talk a lot.

[@APAL880]

@@timothycollins9739 he wasn't stopping her from speaking.

[@TheAngous]

Ariane Labed just nailed it in the Assassin's Creed trailer.

[@filmbrat]

In order: 1. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul 2. 12 Angry Men 3. Salesman 4. Naked 5. Man Bites Dog 6. Le Samurai 7. Five Easy Pieces 8. Viridiana 9. Things to Come 10. Branded to Kill 11. Macbeth 12. Pickpockets 13. Au Hazard Balthazard

[@danielgentelev7008]

Every Bresson lover is genuinely human!

[@angel4everable]

I've watched all of the films he picks. Can I have Ariane now?

[@alinacalm]

No

[@klausweasley]

Mike Leigh's Naked? Someone puts some clothes on him!

[@jacobharris4838]

I think we were all thinking the same thing XD

[@BarryH90dz]

made me chuckle

[@monwhooperinvasive8064]

GREAT duo!

[@dariussalepetru6770]

And now Yorgos Lanthimos will directed a new movie ,,Poor Things" I will watch this upcoming movie in cinemas in cinemas This Christmas

[@NoirFan84]

My God, his wife is still well in love with him, you can see it in how she looks at him, & she's fit. Lucky guy.

[@smotnick]

That is good. Most guys couldn't say that.

[@jodalar13425]

If ua ctually see Lanthimos a few years back...he was acutally pretty good looking. Now he is a bit chubby

[@neighborhoodmusicsnob5517]

@@jodalar13425 nothing wrong with that

[@stephenblant]

No! It's a look of despise hidden under a an average everyday look because she just can't ever have her own thoughts anymore. Typical megalomaniac director!

[@neighborhoodmusicsnob5517]

@@stephenblant tell us more about why your wife left you buddy

[@nonnopipa207]

i love this two dudes, they are so precious, an Yorgos have no competitors at the very moment (my opinion) fing genius

[@TheUltimoLee]

No idea what he's said, i'm mesmerized by her

[@marcinb4647]

start getting out

[@existentialistremnant6231]

I'd typically say 'Simp', but that would be hypocritical

[@vicehara]

Love your films, Yorgmos. The Lobster is easily one of my favorite comedies, if you consider it a comedy. Keep up that original, quirky humor.

[@ionbarbueremia5225]

The Lobster is fucking amazing

[@vicehara]

+Ion Barbu Eremia I saw it at Sundance and it was wonderful watching it in theaters.

[@ionbarbueremia5225]

Vice Hara jelly

[@jarelllevingston7882]

He did with The Favourite.

[@bencheshire]

I loved The Lobster, a perfect fit for the collection.

[@fatboymatt]

2023 Yogos: "I'm here for the Bresson on 4K."

[@paddyoconnor91]

Would love to see David Thewlis in one of Yorgos' files!

[@Jeannekm126]

I liked this dude selection. One of the things I like about these videos in that I get to know films I've never heard before.

[@nickgalin]

Au Hasard Balthazar is an amazing film.

[@davidbrizuela1042]

Just seen Alpes, Yorgos is one of the best directors working right now

[@Shionshowa]

Love you yorgos

[@gbdguy445]

If these two started an ASMR channel, I'd be hooked!

[@rexdaileg6573]

so are getting some yorgos love criterion?

[@bnk57]

One of my favs.

[@jcc6913]

I want someone to look at me while talking about Blu Rays the way she looks at him as he talks about Blu Rays

[@georgeehret3480]

Anyone else watching this after seeing The Favourite?

[@shitpostheavy]

Here here

[@luisgabriel7539]

Love the movie "C'est arrivé près de chez vous"! Documentary type, dark comedy, brilliant!!!!

[@Peter32tjrksor]

i just watched the lobster. these two are crazy

[@ydnis8374]

Is it only me who thinks that Ariane Labed looks lot like Kristen Stewart?

[@Ravi-xf8dw]

Yes

[@legendarybrox9517]

Wow. Easy now. Why do you have to insult Ariane like that?

[@ydnis8374]

Legendary Brox it’s not an insult as I adore Kristen Stewart with all of my heart. 😌

[@benitojuarez5190]

Now make Yorgos a criterion director

[@Sergeantpaprika]

Of course he knows Josh Safdie. Amazing.

[@hiramcal]

3:25 So Yorgos and the Safdie brothers are friends! What a nice friendship!

[@alkismakris]

Ariane 😍

[@terminalspines]

Yorgos films are tailor made for the Criterion treatment. I'll be patiently waiting to give you my money for a copy of The Lobster, Alps, and Dogtooth.

[@nimimerkillinen]

nice picks!

He chose Viridiana! and say "I love luis Buñuel"

[@jonathanhopper2026]

When it comes to directors, I always try to guess a handful I think they will pick. I had Lanthimos pegged so well. I assumed he'd pick something from Bunuel, Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, Naked, and then something overly stylish (Le Samourai/Branded to Kll). I also loved seeing Labed choosing Man Bites Dog. Possibly explains why they clicked personally. Now I'm thinking of a double-feature of Man Bites Dog and Alps, or Dogtooth

[@justinarcha7805]

I have five easy pieces and naked coming in the mail already! I’ll have to get his other recommendations too

[@jeronimobalcarcel4613]

Of course he likes Bresson.

[@Kaisersozze]

Yorgos has a new Favourite actress, I imagine Ariane is not too pleased.

[@rayjubb8726]

Well they’re married so I’d say Ariana wins 😂

[@Kaisersozze]

Yeah it could be worse.@@rayjubb8726

[@YorgosL1]

@@Kaisersozzei have seen his new film with emma 🤣 oh man she did some spicy scenes. Not poor thing but the new one

[@Kaisersozze]

@@YorgosL1 new one looks good but yeah I doubt his wife would like that

[@YorgosL1]

@@Kaisersozze his wife has stop being in his movie after he discovered emma but she has a husband so idk what’s going with their relationship unless there is something going on

[@brandothecatmeow]

I literally just bought Branded to Kill. Been a fan of Suzuki for decades.

[@nerdommeetsboy]

I must have seen too many of these videos because I've heard of all of these releases but one!

[@MrRazorblade999]

They are all classic movies. It would be funny if you had not heard about them.

[@lucasvieira1805]

3:26 GREAT! ahahahahah

[@Theomite]

Wait, does this mean that THE LOBSTER is coming to Criterion?! Because I saw that THE CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA is coming to it and thought, "Fuck, *that* was fast!" lol

[@modalsoul6511]

There will not be A criterion version of The Lobster, it's an A24 released film, not gonna happen.

[@Espo2250]

ariane labed is gorgeous

[@mattalbino1726]

Dogtooth Criterion?

[@pandemits]

I had forgotten that Mr. Polansky even made a version of the Scottish play... I vaguely remember the Mel Gibson version, at a time that I was too young to understand why they made so much fazz about it...

[@postmodernrecycler]

Polanski is a dirty word now, but his Scottish Tragedie is full of such brutal supernaturalism and inventive imagery as to make it one of the best films of the play.

[@cowboydanl]

They seem to have a good relationship.

[@alexanderclaylavin]

Yea you better shout out Buñuel

[@DEVVINGIORGIO]

lanthimnos legend,

[@dariussalepetru6770]

He is from Greece 🇬🇷

[@inyostudio]

When will a Yorgos film be added to the collection

[@maxturgeon89]

I agree with Ariane Labed, I prefer Au Hasard Balthazar, even though Pickpocket is of course also a masterpiece.

[@smotnick]

Great, so she doesn't get to pick until the end and then you can't even see what her DVD pick is!!!

[@samhain2099]

So, no criterion collection version for The Castle Of Purity and Noriko´s Dinner Table?

[@nigelfuentes5763]

Please the killing of a sacred deer for the collection

[@CarmenRomero-ds1rr]

Wich one Ariane liked the most? I wish she could talk more

[@АндрейЛапшин-е2ц]

Dogtooth is brilliant

[@gabrielnoel7168]

Five easy pieces!! Man Bites Dog!! i always knew yorgos and i would get along

[@Nerdzombiedisco]

I hope for a woman to look at me like Ariane looks at Yorgos.

[@lunardium]

😍

[@MaddestMousse]

Man Bites Dog! Yes Yorgos!

[@MaddestMousse]

/Yes Ariane Labed!!!!****

[@marcinb4647]

Macbeth was just a poor suggestion from some Josh

[@alsharpe]

Josh Safdie, director of Heaven Knows What and this year's Good Time.

[@yannisgk]

i dunno bout "lobster" but his wife is very beautiful!!! ;)

[@smotnick]

By the way, THE LOBSTER was more like the THE CRAYFISH or THE SHRIMP.

[@Ashogo]

'Yorgos Lanthinos explains his picks to Ariane Labed' more like.

[@conansmith5164]

lobster is so good

[@afshinjanani]

3:50 the name of movie please?

[@enchilada5006]

What? No Spongebob movie!

[@lifeisclimbing]

Who is this lady? His wife? She has a sweet stare.

[@sarahansari4720]

Pretty bummed that Yorgos Lanthimos isn't a spell from Harry Potter

[@mystha9169]

Pieces

[@zootopia8586]

So most of the films that I watch are the ones that great filmmakers watch. So should I believes that Cioran read Nietzsche.

[@gabrielidusogie9189]

Saw Macbeth in hs

[@natalie6501]

Get Wes Anderson in this wardrobe now

[@robkeaton6143]

She has nice eyes

[@alicewestlake1460]

they cute

[@gouvyrock]

ariane is cute

[@Blady99]

Ariane’s a babe