Closet Picks
A searchable database of every pick from the Criterion Collection's Closet Picks YouTube series — with verbatim quotes, timestamped video links, and connections between guests and films.
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Colman Domingo actor “I saw this, Claudine. James Earl Jones, Diahann Carroll. One of my favorite films that I’ve watched over and over again, just about Black life, 1974. Woman really…”
Eric André actor “Okay. I’m glad you have Uncut Gems, not only because it’s a great movie. I befriended Josh, and he is the one that told me at the beginning of quarantine, I was…”
Thomas Bangalter musician “The Color of Pomegranates, Sayat-Nova. I think it’s The Most Beautiful film ever made. Music for the eyes. Every shot is a poem. The closest would be, like, a film…”
Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein actor “You’ve seen Being There, right? Where did it go? You’ve seen it already. But that’s okay. I would love to have it. Peter Sellers, Being There. It’s a beautiful…”