Peter Becker Movies

In this new video essay, filmmaker Alexandre O. Philippe delves into the dread-inducing mood and tone of Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s modern horror...

Documentary and interview with Japanese film critic and scholar Tadao Sato about Yasujiro Ozu film The Only Son.

Fim scholar Vida T. Johnson, co-author of 'The Films of Andrei Tarkovsky: A Visual Fugue, discusses the significance of 'Ivan's Childhood' in...

In this documentary, producers Tom Luddy and Mata Yamamoto recount the challenges of producing “Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters.”

In the sixth installment of the Criterion Channel's Meet the Filmmakers series, director Alex Ross Perry (Her Smell, Listen Up Philip) visits the...

CHE was the first feature to use the Red camera, which Soderbergh embraced for its versatility and image quality. This short 2009 documentary looks...

Actor Jane Birkin talks about her friendship with director Agnes Varda, and about their work on 'Jane B. Par Agnes V.' and Kung-Fu Master!'.

In this 25-minute video essay, film scholar David Bordwell, co-author of "Film Art: An Introduction", conducts an analysis of Howard Hawks's "His...

A tour through the vaults of Pixar. WALL-E writer-director Andrew Stanton unearths a few treasures, including his sketchbook, concept art, visual gag...

Orson Welles Biographer Simon Callow discusses the making of "Mr. Arkadin" (aka "Confidential Report.")

In 2009, Sean Baker sat down with the Godfather of Gore himself, Herschell Gordon Lewis, to discuss his legendary career as an exploitation pioneer...

This masterclass featuring writer-director Andrew Stanton was produced for the Criterion Collection in 2022.

In this program, created for the Criterion Collection in 2022, writer-director Andrew Stanton explores the films that inspired his approach to...

In this short documentary, actress Hsu Feng discusses her iconic role as Yang Hui-zhen in King Hu's A Touch of Zen.

A documentary created by the Criterion Collection for their release of Italian film director Federico Fellini's Amarcord about his relationship with...

Charli contemplates the messiness of the ethics in filmmaking and collaboration.

In 1993, the original negatives of Satyajit Ray’s The Apu Trilogy were burned in a massive nitrate fire at a laboratory in London. Even though...

Actor Tom Gaman (Simon) narrates some 8mm movies shot during the film's three-month production and shares memories of working on the movie during his...

New conversation between director Christian Petzold and actor Nina Hoss

Stars Genevieve Lemon and Karen Colston recall their work in Jane Campion's 1989 film 'Sweetie'.