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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Terry Zwigoff director “Dr. Strangelove. I saw this film first run when I was a young teenager, 1964. I was 16 years old. My parents took me to it in downtown Chicago... I just loved it. I…”
Matthew McConaughey actor “Fellini’s 8½. Just got done working in Italy for three months, where the ambiance is exceptional, and a lot of this man’s inspiration, what he did here is still…”
Danny McBride actor “After Hours. Think this is one of my favorite Scorsese films. Griffin Dunne is amazing. It’s a fever dream. This one’s killer. I did not know that y’all had…”
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…”