The prolific German actor recalls the time he met Paul Morrissey on a plane, the festival encounter that led to his first film shot in the United States, and his experience working […]
Udo Kier’s Criterion Closet Picks
Rolling Stone Short Film: Yello – Oh Yeah
This is the story of how Yello’s 1980s hit “Oh Yeah” became one of the most recognizable songs in American pop culture. From its Swiss avant-garde origins to ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ […]
EYES WIDE SHUT: Recreating New York with Stanley Kubrick
In an illuminating interview for the new Criterion 4K edition EYES WIDE SHUT (1999), Lisa Leone talks about her close collaboration with Stanley Kubrick and the unorthodox way she became involved in […]
As China’s film industry booms, partnership with Hollywood weakens
Once a profitable partnership, China’s relationship with Hollywood’s film industry is waning. The weakened link is not only because of U.S. tariffs, but also due to China’s rising success in the global […]
A Night Out With Jack
By Chalkie Davies I was so psyched that I was going to photograph Robbie Robertson, he was staying at the Savoy and was one of my favourite musicians. Unfortunately, when I arrived […]
Yoshida dormitory, Kyoto University
For his documentary Yoshida Dorm, director Jamie McCormack visits the elite Kyoto University to meet with a radical community fighting to maintain Japan’s oldest student accommodation. Built in 1913, the dorm is […]
At Toma House in Nara, Japan, a historic Shinto priest house becomes an art space built on memory
In the Japanese city of Nara, Shingo Sakuma and Jin-Yi Liu have preserved an 18th century Shinto priest family’s residence on the edge of a primeval forest leading to the Kasugataisha Shrine. […]
Architect Suzuko Yamada’s gorilla-inspired steel Tokyo home establishes rhythms its towering garden
Japanese architect Suzuko Yamada’s suburban Tokyo home brings together an effusion of living trees with a network of bare steel pipes, enfolding a shape-shifting design that encourages flow between the split-level interior […]
Michael Madsen: Why I Love Movies
Mammoth Film Festival’s THE LOOP teams up with HAIR BY SAMUEL to capture the essence of casual cool that Samuel represents in a conversation with actors and filmmakers asking them WHY THEY […]
Watch the new Hirokazu Kore-eda short film shot on iPhone
Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda’s new short film, “Last Scene,” was shot entirely on iPhone 16 Pro.
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