With every passing year Ethan Hawke looks more and more like my mechanic.

I'd like to see David Lynch visit the closet.

I love Ethan Hawke. He just seems like a genuinely nice guy.

Why does Ethan Hawke look like a mechanic? Lol.

I honestly can't get enough of actors and directors talking about their favorite movies!!!

''This movie is like doing acid without having to do acid'' ''So you're okay when it's over?''

Ethan Hawke is of my favorite actors of all time and in my opinion one of the most underrated ones working today. The Before Trilogy, Training Day, Tape, Waking Life, Daybreakers, Predestination, Boyhood, Sinister. All outstanding films

Their Picks: Tootsie Breaker Morant Rumble Fish Berlin Alexanderplatz Ace in the Hole Paris, Texas Sullivan's Travels The Before Trilogy One-Eyed Jacks Five Easy Pieces Hausu The Essential Jacques Demy

Reasons why I want to be a film director. 10% - Want to be a part of the history of cinema and the people. 15% - Having a personal story that I want to tell. 56030507090348% - Getting FREE CRITERION BLURAYS BOOOIIIIIIIIIII

I love both of these guys’ enthusiasm. They seem really down to earth and passionate about film. I love it!

PT Anderson and Ethan Hawke can you imagine

God, I love Ethan Hawke

I love how dorky this conversation is.

So excited for Paul Shrader's First Reformed. Heard Ethan Hawke is terrific in it.

The way he characterizes Paris, Texas is so true. Everyone knows Paris, Texas is great, but it really is so much better even than that. It is a phenomenal film, I was stunned at how good it was. Guy has great taste, I love seeing such great actors gush about the movies they love

Ethan Hawke just compared Kubrick to PTA 🙌 Also Berlin Alexanderplatz is a masterpiece

He just compared Kubrick to P.T.Anderson I'm totally ok with that

I'm glad Ethan mentioned Tootsie, while it was a mega success back in the 80's I think it's underrated today.

Ethan looks like such a fun dude to hang out with. By the way, I’m so glad you did Tootsie too! I remember my parents and Aunt/uncle watching this film while I was just a young toddler, and always thinking how weird it was. It took me 35 years to understand how great the film is...

I was wondering if Ethan was going to notice the before trilogy!

Greatest first and only film: The Night of the Hunter ;)

Ethan Hawke sounds like a cool dude to hang out with.

"Bill Murray is a genius, okay." -- Ethan Hawke

Ethan deserves more roles. His performance in First Reformed was incredible. Paris, Texas breaks my heart at the end. Great picks

They have such EXCELLENT chemistry and camaraderie!!! They need to get together to co-host on Turner Classic Movies!!!

Ethan Hawke is just great.

PTA closet picks must happen soon!! Also, Sydney needs Blu release

House (along with Lynch's Eraserhead) is indeed a bizarre trip!

I have Tootsie I'm pleased to say. I'm from the UK & it was the greatest news ever when it was confirmed that Criterion were gonna start to distribute over here. It's been expensive collecting them whilst trying to get movies I want from other labels too but I have 28 of the titles they've made available so far but there's some I'm dying for them to release here that they haven't yet. Some Malick in the near future would be awesome please guys. 👍

having dinner with ethan hawke and talking about movies sounds like one of the best things on the planet

I love that Ethan Hawke took Paris Texas ❤️

I wish River Phoenix were still alive to have co starred with Ethan in a movie

Proof you can never take the kid and that childhood awe and admiration of film out of a person..

That PTA comment just made like Ethan Hawke a lot more

I love when there are two people in the criterion closet and u can tell they’re best buds

There is a video store in my home town, and it happens to be my favorite store of any kind in town. It has a fairly substantial Criterion section. So, cinephiles in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, are truly blessed. Spin-It ♥

That is easily the best description of house I’ve ever heard

I wish there was a follow up video with Ethan's review of Hausu. Love that movie!

I always wonder if Ethan ever thinks about making The Explorers. I know it's not well known(or even very good) but it had a huge impact on me as a kid.

My appreciation of Ethan Hawke (already high) jumped about ten-fold when he took Breaker Morant. A fantastic film and part of the juggernaut of great Australian films from the early 80’s.

Tape and Waking Life staring Ether Hawke should be out on Criterion, such good underrated films

The Rumble Fish part made me love this! Such a great film!

Breaker morant, just like wake in fright and picnic at hanging rock are such haunting movies, I watched all of them some time ago and I still got them fresh as I had seen them yesterday. Think aussie movies are the most underrated in the world

Love seeing Ethans passion for film bleed through this video.

First of all, definitely two guys who I would want to hang out with any time. Second, Hawke has had a remarkable career filled with good choices of scripts and great performances. As much as I hate Lifetime Achievement kind of awards he is a worthy candidate already . I have to say that his performance in The Great Lord Bird was both great and entertaining. Such a fun watch especially after having watched First Reformed a few months before.

I very much enjoyed this video, they speak to each other as if no one else is there. Just two cinema dorks, Iove it.

OH...MY...GOD...there's a DOOR in the closet...literally, it's like watching a program and seeing the fourth wall...although, it's slightly disappointing...I always imagined the Criterion Closet to have a more "classier" door, something in a sturdy wood with a glass center...but, now, I'll always know...the Criterion Closet is built inside an old stairwell...

Josh Brolin and Steve Carell

Love that they mention Don’t Box Me In. Stan Ridgway is one of my favorite songwriters.

Matt Dillion is really underrated and I am glad he notices his performance in Rumble Fish, I wish people recognized it as much as Mickey Rourke.

Can we please get Scorsese in here?

I am so enticed, encapsulated and enthralled by Ethan Hawke especially when he talks about film

Such great chemistry between them. I love it!

House is definitely an absolute masterpiece in the most absurd way possible. A definite must watch for sure.

I don't know why it comes as a surprise to me that actors are also movie buffs.

I'm so happy that Ethan Hawke is a Fassbinder fan. That makes me appreciate him even more!

I Fricken love Ethan Hawke, he needs to do more westerns - I think his best acting days are still to come and that's saying a lot..

Breaker Morant. Aussie film. RUMBLE fish. Music by Stewart Copland. Fantastic Film Score.

"House" is pretty freaking amazing. Have to agree.

"a dude turns into a pile of bananas with a hat and it makes logical sense" is my favorite description of house ever

Ethan shamelessly plugging the before trilogy gives me life 🤣

When I first started collecting DVDs I found Crit's RoboCop in my local Media Play -- it'd gone out of print by that point. Still have it, I'll never get rid of it.

2:05 - "I would like you to grow to a ripe old age so we can be like Statler and Waldorf. The guys on The Muppets." Little does Jonathan realize, Waldorf is sitting and watching them on the shelf behind them. Statler is usually there too, but for this episode, he was hiding.

I love the concept of this thing. let actors go around picking out their favs and talking about it but can you expand this to be a whole video store. Why must it be a closet, there's just 1000 or so movies in that small space, I see that many movies in a week :)

After watching every closet pick, I always look for the comment where it listed all the picks so I can download them. I wish one-day I could visit this store and actually buy few film.

I loved Ethan Hawke in First Reformed and in so many other films, he’s so underrated. I haven’t watched the Before Trilogy but honestly, this video makes me want to pick it up.

The House recommendation from Johnathan Marc was spot on. House (1977) is trippy and the soundtrack is stellar.

I was considering getting House, but I didn’t know enough about it. After hearing that description, I’m definitely getting it. Who wouldn’t want to see a man turned into a pile of bananas wearing a hat? 😂

Bill Murray has the greatest line in Tootsie: "I saw your play... what happened?" And it was totally ad-libbed.

Funny how well known actors like Ethan hawke get excited about watching other actor's movies still waiting for midnight express greatest true to life movie and soundtrack also ragging bull to get a well deserved criterion treatment

Great picks gentemen. Paris texas and Ace in the hole are some of my favorites.

haha, i love that they chose House, that was actually one of the first Criterion movies i ever owned along with Blow out and Eraser head (not counting my Stanley Kubrick collection)

boyhood and before trilogy is my fav of all time. thank you ethan hawke

As soon as someone picks House, you know they're legit.

In a strange way, this feels like the scene from Before Sunset when he's in the record store.

Could you start making a list of what they grab in the description? It would make it easier to look those movies up.

I love that they love doing this.

I could watch these videos for hours, wish they were longer.

3:12 "Do you have a favorite side of it." LMAO!

It looks like the janitor has found his way in to the closet lol - Hawke is brilliant!

They movies they picked are just awesome.

❤️ Ethan Hawke, great actor!! That is huge DVD’s collections!!

If I did a Criterion Closet video it would just be me coming in with huge boxes and cleaning out shelf by shelf.

everybody literally picks up HOUSE and I love it!

This is probably the funniest closet picks

Need the Coen Brothers on here!

Hawke's spot on about Fassbinder! Ha. Thanks.

love the guys description of hausu. totally agree. must have from the closet.

I love this series. Hoping for better lighting though. :)

When is the John Waters cloest video coming?

YOOO MATT DILLON IN RUMBLE FISH I FUCKING LOVE YOU ETHAN HAWK MORE THAN EVER

Five Easy Pieces is always one of my favorites

That was so comedic. Nice closet video.

Comon criterion such a good episode with Ethank Hawk wish you guys would make them longer.

“The Before Trilogy, huh I don’t remember that one” 🤣🤣🤣

Hawke is growing up like a good old wine.

HOUSE!!! Finally a film I know and love 😂

Has Jordan Peele been in the closet? I’d love to see that.

oh my god I would love to have the before trilogy and talk about it with ethan hawke he is absolutely one of my favorite actors and gattaca movie should restored to the criterion collection

That Brando and Kubrick thing is interesting I’m gonna watch it and log it under Kubrick movies😂😂