Guests

Every guest who has visited the Criterion Closet, filterable by profession.

Adrian Utley

actor
5 picks

Agnès B.

producer
7 picks

Agnes Varda

director
7 picks

Agnieszka Holland

director
6 picks

Aimee Lou Wood

actor
9 picks

Alain Guiraudie

director
6 picks

Alan Palomo

musician
8 picks

Alden Ehrenreich

actor
8 picks

Alec Baldwin

actor
3 picks

Alessandro Borghi, Felix van Groeningen, and Charlotte Vandermeersch

actor
6 picks

Alexander Payne

actor
11 picks

Alfonso Cuaron And Pawel Pawlikowski

11 picks

Alicia Malone

actor
8 picks

Alicia Silverstone

actor
7 picks

Amelia Dimoldenberg

actor
8 picks

Amir Naderi

director
5 picks

Amy Heckerling

director
7 picks

Amy Irving

actor
9 picks

André Bonzel

director
5 picks

Andre Gregory And Wallace Shawn

6 picks

André Holland

actor
7 picks

Andrew Garfield

actor
10 picks

Andrew Stanton

writer
6 picks

Anna Karina

actor
5 picks

Anna Kendrick

actor
6 picks

Annie Baker and Lucian Johnston

producer
6 picks

ANOHNI

actor
7 picks

Anton Corbijn

director
5 picks

Ari Aster

director
35 picks

Asif Kapadia

director
14 picks

Atom Egoyan

director
8 picks

Aubrey Plaza And Jeff Baena

18 picks

Ayo Edebiri

actor
7 picks

Azazel Jacobs

director
9 picks

Barbara Sukowa

actor
7 picks

Barbie Ferreira

actor
11 picks

Barry Jenkins

director
17 picks

Barry Levinson

director
6 picks

Barry Sonnenfeld

director
5 picks

Ben Affleck

actor
13 picks

Ben Gibbards

9 picks

B

Ben Sinclair

director
9 picks

Ben Wheatley

director
12 picks

Benjamin Millepied

actor
6 picks

Benny Safdie

director
21 picks

Bertrand Bonello

director
5 picks

Betsey Johnson

actor
5 picks

Bi Gan

director
5 picks

Bill and Turner Ross

actor
8 picks

Bill Hader

actor
21 picks

B

Bill Pope

cinematographer
7 picks

Billy Crudup

actor
8 picks

Bong Joon Ho

director
11 picks

Bowen Yang

actor
9 picks

Brady Corbet

actor
11 picks

Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij

actor
6 picks

Callum Turner

actor
11 picks

Carl Franklin

director
12 picks

Carol Kane

actor
12 picks

Carrie Coon

actor
12 picks

Cate Blanchett and Todd Field

actor
16 picks

Catherine Breillat

director
7 picks

Cauleen Smith

director
11 picks

C

Charles Burnett

editor
9 picks

Charles Melton

actor
14 picks

Charli XCX

actor
4 picks

Charlie Day

actor
9 picks

Charlotte Gainsbourg

actor
6 picks

Charlotte Rampling And Andrew Haigh

13 picks

Charlotte Wells

director
4 picks

Chelsea Peretti

actor
11 picks

Cheryl Dunye

director
10 picks

Chiara Mastroianni

actor
9 picks

Chris Eigeman

actor
7 picks

Christian Petzold

producer
7 picks

Cillian Murphy

actor
5 picks

Claire Danes

actor
7 picks

Claire Denis’

actor
7 picks

Claude Lelouch

director
5 picks

Colin Quinn

actor
8 picks

Cristian Mungiu

director
5 picks

Dan Levy

director
9 picks

Daniels’

actor
6 picks

Danny Boyle

director
8 picks

David Byrne

actor
6 picks

David Cronenberg

director
4 picks

David Remnick

actor
9 picks

Denis Villeneuve

director
7 picks

Derek Cianfrance

director
6 picks

Desiree Akhavan

actor
11 picks

DEVO: Gerald Casale and Mark Mothersbaugh

actor
4 picks

Diane Kruger

actor
5 picks

Dick Cavett

actor
7 picks

Diego Calva

actor
16 picks

Diego Luna

actor
8 picks

Dylan Baker

actor
8 picks

Edgar Wright

director
11 picks

Edward Berger

actor
7 picks

Elegance Bratton

director
11 picks

Elle Fanning

actor
10 picks

Elvis Mitchell

actor
7 picks

Eric Bana

actor
6 picks

Ethan Hawke and Jonathan Marc Sherman

actor
14 picks

Ethel Cain

actor
6 picks

Euzhan Palcy

director
11 picks

Five Comics’

19 picks

Florence Welch

actor
8 picks

Floyd Norman

actor
6 picks

Flying Lotus

musician
10 picks

Francis Ford Coppola

director
4 picks

François Girard

director
10 picks

Frederick Wiseman

director
5 picks

Gael Garcia Bernal

actor
6 picks

Garrett Bradley

musician
14 picks

Gaspar Noe

director
13 picks

Gina Gershon

actor
7 picks

Gina Prince-Bythewood

director
12 picks

Gints Zilbalodis

director
8 picks

Greg Gonzalez

actor
6 picks

Gregg Araki

director
6 picks

Griffin Dunne

actor
6 picks

Guillermo del Toro

director
16 picks

Guy Maddin

director
7 picks

Hari Nef

actor
9 picks

Harris Dickinson

actor
8 picks

Harris Savides

cinematographer
6 picks

Hideo Kojima

cinematographer
9 picks

Hlynur Pálmason

director
10 picks

Ira Sachs

director
10 picks

Isabel Sandoval

director
9 picks

Isabelle Huppert

actor
9 picks

Jack Garfein

director
6 picks

Jacqueline Novak and John Early

actor
11 picks

Jacques Audiard

director
9 picks

Jafar Panahi

director
1 picks

James Acheson

other
3 picks

James L. Brooks

producer
6 picks

Jamie Lee Curtis

actor
12 picks

Jane Schoenbrun

director
9 picks

Janelle Monáe

actor
5 picks

Jarvis Cocker

actor
7 picks

Jason Schwartzman

actor
8 picks

Jay Duplass

actor
5 picks

Jean Pierre And Luc Dardenne

7 picks

Jenni Olson

director
5 picks

Jennifer Kent

director
7 picks

Jeremy O. Harris

actor
11 picks

Jeremy Pope

actor
6 picks

Jeremy Thomas

actor
8 picks

Jerry Schatzberg

director
6 picks

Jerzy Skolimowski

director
7 picks

Jia Zhangke

director
6 picks

Joachim Trier

director
13 picks

Joanna Hogg

director
6 picks

Jodie Foster

actor
13 picks

Joel Edgerton

actor
8 picks

Joel Kim Booster

actor
7 picks

Joel Potrykus

director
6 picks

John Darnielle

actor
9 picks

John David Washington and Malcolm Washington

actor
14 picks

John Dwyer

actor
7 picks

John Lithgow

actor
6 picks

John Sayles

director
4 picks

John Waters’

director
5 picks

Johnnie To

director
8 picks

Joseph Kosinski

director
6 picks

Josh Brolin

actor
7 picks

JR

actor
9 picks

Judd Apatow

director
11 picks

Jude Law

actor
6 picks

Julia Fox

actor
6 picks

Julia Garner

actor
8 picks

Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes

actor
14 picks

Julio Torres

actor
8 picks

June Squibb

actor
9 picks

Justine Triet

director
7 picks

Kahlil Joseph

director
5 picks

K

Karina Longworth

actor
10 picks

Karyn Kusama

director
8 picks

Kathryn Bigelow

director
8 picks

Katya Zamolodchikova

actor
8 picks

Kemp Powers

director
6 picks

Ken Burns

director
7 picks

Kerry Condon

actor
11 picks

Kevin Bacon

actor
7 picks

Kevin Smith

director
7 picks

Kim Cattrall

actor
12 picks

Kleber Mendonça Filho

director
9 picks

Koji Yakusho

actor
7 picks

Kristin Scott Thomas

actor
10 picks

Kyle MacLachlan

actor
7 picks

Laura Albert & Jeff Feuerzeig

actor
7 picks

Laura Dern

actor
21 picks

Laurie Anderson

actor
9 picks

Lav Diaz

director
12 picks

Lee Daniels

director
9 picks

Lee Unkrich

director
8 picks

Lena Dunham

director
9 picks

Leslie Harris

director
5 picks

Lila Avilés

director
7 picks

Lily Gladstone & Erica Tremblay

actor
10 picks

Lina Rodriguez

other
7 picks

Louis Garrel

actor
11 picks

Luca Guadagnino

director
7 picks

Lucrecia Martel

director
11 picks

Lucy Liu

actor
6 picks

​Luis Guzmán

actor
6 picks

M.I.A. and Stephen Loveridge

actor
6 picks

Manuel Garcia-Rulfo

actor
6 picks

Marc Maron

actor
11 picks

Marco Bellocchio

director
5 picks

Margaret Qualley

actor
6 picks

Marianne Jean-Baptiste & Mike Leigh

actor
24 picks

Marion Cotillard

actor
4 picks

M

Mark Bridges

other
10 picks

Mark Duplass

actor
6 picks

Mark Rylance

actor
10 picks

Mary Bronstein

director
8 picks

Mary Harron

director
6 picks

Matías Piñeiro

director
8 picks

Matt Dillon

actor
7 picks

Matteo Garrone

actor
6 picks

Matthew Broderick

actor
7 picks

Matthew Modine

actor
7 picks

Maura Delpero

director
7 picks

Maura Tierney

actor
7 picks

Maya and Ethan Hawke

actor
12 picks

Michael Cera

actor
13 picks

Michael K Williams

actor
6 picks

Michael Shannon

actor
7 picks

Michelle Zauner

actor
5 picks

Mikey Madison

actor
8 picks

Minnie Driver

actor
6 picks

Molly Ringwald

actor
11 picks

Natasha Lyonne

actor
20 picks

Nathalie Emmanuel

actor
5 picks

Nathan Lane

actor
13 picks

Neal Brennan

actor
8 picks

Nia DaCosta

director
9 picks

Nicholas Britell

musician
6 picks

Nicholas Hoult

actor
8 picks

Nick Lowe

actor
4 picks

Nick Offerman

actor
5 picks

Nicolas Winding Refn

director
7 picks

Norman Reedus

actor
4 picks

Nuri Bilge Ceylan

director
7 picks

Owen Kline

actor
9 picks

Pablo Larrain

director
7 picks

Pamela Anderson

actor
11 picks

Park Chan-wook

director
12 picks

Patrick Brice

director
7 picks

Patton Oswalt

actor
9 picks

Paul B. Preciado

director
7 picks

Paul Dano

actor
8 picks

Paul Giamatti

actor
8 picks

Paul Scheer

actor
6 picks

Paul W. Downs

actor
5 picks

Pauline Chalamet

actor
9 picks

Payal Kapadia

director
8 picks

Peter Sarsgaard

actor
7 picks

Peter Wolf

actor
6 picks

Phil Rosenthal

writer
9 picks

Philip Kaufman

writer
6 picks

Questlove

actor
6 picks

Rachel Sennott

actor
5 picks

RaMell Ross

director
11 picks

Raúl Castillo

actor
6 picks

Raven Jackson

actor
10 picks

Rebecca Miller

actor
5 picks

Reginald Hudlin

director
8 picks

Renate Reinsve

actor
9 picks

Rian Johnson

director
4 picks

Richard Ayoade

actor
6 picks

Richard E. Grant

actor
11 picks

Rickie Lee Jones

actor
6 picks

Rob Delaney

actor
4 picks

Robert Downey Sr

director
4 picks

Robert Eggers

director
7 picks

Rodarte

actor
9 picks

Rodrigo Prieto

actor
6 picks

Roger & James Deakins

other
13 picks

Roger Corman

producer
5 picks

Ron Shelton

writer
6 picks

Ronan Farrow

actor
5 picks

Rosamund Pike

actor
8 picks

Rosanna Arquette

actor
9 picks

Rose Byrne

actor
6 picks

Rosine Mbakam

director
4 picks

Ruben Östlund

director
6 picks

Ryan Coogler

director
8 picks

Ryusuke Hamaguchi

director
15 picks

RZA

musician
9 picks

Sally Potter

director
6 picks

Sara Dosa

producer
7 picks

Sarita Choudhury

actor
9 picks

Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman

actor
7 picks

Sean Baker

director
12 picks

Seth Meyers

actor
9 picks

Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg

actor
18 picks

Simon Pegg

actor
4 picks

Slavoj Žižek

actor
12 picks

St. Vincent

actor
8 picks

Stellan Skarsgård

6 picks

Steve Coogan

actor
7 picks

Susanna Hoffs

actor
6 picks

Tavi Gevinson

actor
11 picks

Ted Danson & Mary Steenburgen

actor
8 picks

Terry Gilliam

director
6 picks

The Quay Brothers’

6 picks

The Wolfpack

23 picks

Theodore Witcher

writer
7 picks

Tim Blake Nelson

actor
6 picks

Tim Robbins

actor
8 picks

Todd Haynes

director
16 picks

Tom Rothman

actor
8 picks

Trace Lysette

actor
9 picks

Tracy Letts

actor
12 picks

Tunde Adebimpe

actor
8 picks

Tyler Mitchell

actor
13 picks

Udo Kier

actor
4 picks

Vicky Krieps

actor
7 picks

Viggo Mortensen

actor
8 picks

Vince Staples

actor
8 picks

Volker Schlöndorff

director
7 picks

Wagner Moura

actor
6 picks

Walter Salles

director
6 picks

Wilco

actor
10 picks

Will Arnett

actor
6 picks

Willem Dafoe

actor
12 picks

William Friedkin

director
9 picks

Wim Wenders

director
11 picks

Winona Ryder

actor
8 picks

Wyclef Jean

actor
5 picks

Yo La Tengo

actor
10 picks

Yorgos Lanthimos

director
19 picks

Zeinabu irene Davis

director
8 picks

Zoë Kravitz and Channing Tatum

actor
13 picks