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  • A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE Commentary

    This audio commentary, recorded by the Criterion Collection in 2004, features cameraman Mike Ferris and sound recordist–composer Bo Harwood. Ferris and Harwood first worked together on A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE and went on to collaborate on The Killing of a Chinese Bookie and Opening Night.

  • BURDEN OF DREAMS Commentary

    This commentary features director Les Blank, editor and sound recordist Maureen Gosling, and director Werner Herzog. Blank and Gosling were recorded together in San Francisco in September 2004. Herzog was recorded in Los Angeles in January 2005.

  • BRINGING UP BABY Commentary

    This commentary track, recorded in 2005, features filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich.

  • DOGFIGHT Commentary

    This commentary track, recorded in 2003, features director Nancy Savoca and producer Richard Guay.

  • YOU CAN COUNT ON ME Commentary

    This commentary track, recorded in 2001, features writer-director Kenneth Lonergan.

  • THE KILLER Commentary

    This commentary track, recorded exclusively for the Criterion Collection laserdisc in 1992, features director John Woo and production executive Terence Chang.

  • THE OTHERS Commentary

    This Spanish-language commentary track, recorded in 2022 and subtitled in English, features director Alejandro Amenábar.

  • HARD BOILED Commentary

    This commentary track, recorded exclusively for the Criterion Collection in 1993, features director John Woo, producer Terence Chang, filmmaker Roger Avary, and film critic Dave Kehr.

  • NASHVILLE Commentary

    This audio commentary, recorded in 2000, features director Robert Altman.

  • GREY GARDENS Commentary

    Recorded in 2001, this audio commentary features filmmakers Albert Maysles, Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer, and Susan Froemke.

  • MCCABE & MRS. MILLER Commentary

    This 2002 audio commentary features director Robert Altman and producer David Foster.

  • TAXI DRIVER Commentary

    This audio commentary featuring director Martin Scorsese and screenwriter Paul Schrader was recorded for the Criterion Collection’s 1990 laserdisc edition of TAXI DRIVER.

  • 3 WOMEN Commentary

    This audio commentary, recorded in New York in 2003, features director Robert Altman discussing 3 WOMEN and filmmaking in general.

  • PRINCE OF BROADWAY Commentary

    This commentary track, recorded in 2011, features director Sean Baker.

  • THIRTY TWO SHORT FILMS ABOUT GLENN GOULD Commentary

    This commentary track, produced in 2025, features director-cowriter François Girard and cowriter-actor Don McKellar.

  • EASTERN CONDORS Commentary

    This commentary track, recorded in 2024, features film critic Tony Rayns.

  • MONTEREY POP Commentary

    Recorded in 2002, this commentary features MONTEREY POP producer Lou Adler and filmmaker D. A. Pennebaker.

  • GIMME SHELTER Commentary

    Recorded in 2000, this commentary features directors Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin, along with collaborator Stanley Goldstein.

  • BASQUIAT Commentary

    This commentary track, recorded in 2024, features director Julian Schnabel and writer and curator Giulia D’Agnolo Vallan.

  • KILLER OF SHEEP Commentary

    This commentary track, recorded in 2007, features director Charles Burnett and film scholar Richard Peña.

  • THE AMERICAN FRIEND Commentary

    This audio commentary, recorded in 2002, features director Wim Wenders and actor Dennis Hopper.

  • NOWHERE Commentary

    This commentary track, recorded in 2024, features director Gregg Araki and actors James Duval, Rachel True, Nathan Bexton, Jordan Ladd, Sarah Lassez, Guillermo Diaz, and Jaason Simmons.

  • THE LAST EMPEROR Commentary

    This commentary features director Bernardo Bertolucci, producer Jeremy Thomas, screenwriter Mark Peploe, and composer-actor Ryuichi Sakamoto. It was produced by Mark Rance and was recorded in 2003 and 2007.

  • SWEET SWEETBACK’S BAADASSSSS SONG Commentary

    This audio commentary featuring director Melvin Van Peebles was recorded in 1997 for the Criterion Collection’s laserdisc edition of SWEET SWEETBACK’S BAADASSSSS SONG.