I love hearing these two artists just talk about what they like and what excites them. I could watch them for hours. I saw Annie Baker's THE FLICK in NYC and it was MAJOR. she is such a brilliant creative voice right now. love seeing this. thanks criterion.

Design for Living is Ernst Lubitsch/Gary Cooper at their best. Glad it's gotten picked from the closet guests a couple times now.

Kudos to the editor of this trip to the Criterion Closet. We appreciate you.

it's a shame that there are so many negative comments about this video being "boring." I am happy to hear both Annie and Lucian's thoughts about the movies they love and how they look at them as filmmakers. Especially because they offer unique perspectives as playwright and editor.

One of the greatest playwrights of our time made a movie and did a Criterion Closet video?!?! Can I be blessed twice? YES I CAN!

I like how Annie and Lucian are mentioning Godland. I should check that movie out.

Annie Baker is one of my favorite playwrights - so excited to see her included in this series! :)

Bresson and Pialat picks require instant likes.

Thank you for posting these closet picks ... even if I rarely recognize today's talent. They're fun to watch ... and I like to see if they choose the same films I would choose.

Lol her reaction in the beginning "I am very happy to be here!!" "Amen!" -Coming to America

I love this video. Would fancy more double ups to hear more fascinating conversations between artists.

I wish you could show trailers over the audio of the movies they talk about. Seeing a piece of the film would really help decide what I want to seek out from these.

My mind heard L'Enfance Nue and immediately came Timothee in Lady Bird lmao

Annie Baker made a movie!?! Her plays are phenomenal, I could watch and read them over and over.

I love Annie Baker just so much. Such a genius she is

Annie Baker is one of the greatest playwrights of our time! Can't wait for her new film.

did anyone else feel like he took over the talking, but was more interested in what she might've had to say?

which varda film did he pick out? struggling to catch it

Very enjoyable

Great 😊

Someone picking Pialat finally. Based, very based.

Godland is amazing.

I could do this all day 😢

So they didn't take any movies?

HELL YESS!

Godland is the unknown masterpiece of recent years.

People in the film industry seem to have a natural gift for oxymorons. This film is so AMBIGUOUS followed by so BLUNT. It is something that just amuses my very limited brain, probably as it is so common and paradoxical; both the behaviour and my brain.

I went to high school with Annie Baker! I don't know this Lucian fella but he seems nice enough

I’m curious what Kevin Costner’s Picks are.🤔

Who is this Annie Baker? Has she done something substantial?

ANNIE BAKER

I think this video shows you the side of filmmaking that's very very articulate and yet lack of a better expression sanitized. I'm pretty sure if you are a film student or behind the scenes writer, it'll be more like a classroom than a casual outing. I won't go as far to say it's boring, but it's not the usual fandom experience.

Can a man and a woman be inside a closet for considerable time and just be friends? Hahaha! I like how they not only agreed on some films they've seen, they also recommended films for each other. Does that Varda collection get picked every time?

First 2.0

first

First 420.69

Snore

Both boring and incoherent. This wasn't a good episode.

Typical pretentious film fans over analyzing a film. Just say you like it and carry on. I bet they're the common Criterion Collection fans, they buy the films only when Barnes & Nobles has a 50% sale & keep them sealed, never watch them, pretend they saw it or stream it online.

They should choose me to enter the Criterion Closet. @criterion think about it!

Criterion is doing an awfully good job at encouraging viewers to abandon these videos by continuing to bring in filmmakers who seem incapable of speaking without using the word “like” as a placeholder in ALMOST EVERY SENTENCE. There may be nothing that makes a person sound more brainless than that particular habit. Between the two of them, they use “like” 42 (!) times in a grammatically incorrect way.

who?

This segment was about five minutes longer than it needed to be.

"like", "like", "like', .......... snore

Boring too much talking

It is reached the point where I am unable to stomach the number of "like" thrown in to every sentence. It is jarring to hear such monotonous language. Of course, it all started in 'merka but has travelled the globe. Sad.