Commentaries
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DR. NO Commentary
This audio commentary features director Terence Young, writer Richard Maibaum, editor Peter Hunt, production designer Ken Adam, and Bruce Eder.
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FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE Commentary
This audio commentary features director Terence Young, writer Richard Maibaum, editor Peter Hunt, and Steven Jay Ruben.
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GOLDFINGER Commentary
This audio commentary features Guy Hamilton, Richard Maibaum, Peter Hunt, Ken Adam, and Bruce Eder.
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REPO MAN Commentary
This audio commentary, recorded in 2000, features director Alex Cox, executive producer Michael Nesmith, casting director Victoria Thomas, and actors Sy Richardson, Zander Schloss, and Del Zamora.
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THE GAME Commentary
This audio commentary, recorded by the Criterion Collection in 1997, features director David Fincher, actor Michael Douglas, screenwriters John Brancato and Michael Ferris, director of photography Harris Savides, production designer Jeffrey Beecroft, and visual effects supervisor Kevin Haug.
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THE DARJEELING LIMITED Commentary
This audio commentary, recorded in March 2010, features director Wes Anderson and coscreenwriters Roman Coppola and Jason Schwartzman.
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ROBOCOP Commentary
This commentary track, recorded for the Criterion Collection in 1995, features director Paul Verhoeven, co-writer Edward Neumeier, executive producer Jon Davison, and ROBOCOP expert Paul M. Sammon.
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THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH Commentary
This commentary by director Nicolas Roeg and actors David Bowie and Buck Henry was recorded in 1992. Roeg was recorded in October and again with Bowie in November; Henry was recorded in October.
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KILLER OF SHEEP Commentary
This commentary track, recorded in 2007, features director Charles Burnett and film scholar Richard Peña.
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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.
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COMPENSATION Commentary
This commentary track, recorded in 2023, features director Zeinabu irene Davis, screenwriter Marc Arthur Chéry, and director of photography Pierre H. L. Désir Jr.
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SAFETY LAST! Commentary
Recorded in 2005, this audio commentary features film critic Leonard Maltin and Harold Lloyd’s longtime archivist, director Richard Correll.
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8½ Commentary
This commentary combines an audio essay, read by actress Tanya Zalcon and interviews with Fellini friend and documentarian Gideon Bachmann and NYU film professor Antonio Monda. It was recorded in New York and Berlin in 2001.
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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.
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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.
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THE KILLER Commentary
This commentary track, recorded exclusively for the Criterion Collection laserdisc in 1992, features director John Woo and production executive Terence Chang.
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GREY GARDENS Commentary
Recorded in 2001, this audio commentary features filmmakers Albert Maysles, Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer, and Susan Froemke.
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PRINCE OF BROADWAY Commentary
This commentary track, recorded in 2011, features director Sean Baker.
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THIRTY TWO SHORT FILMS ABOUT GLENN GOULD Commentary
This commentary track, produced in 2025, features director-cowriter François Girard and cowriter-actor Don McKellar.
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EASTERN CONDORS Commentary
This commentary track, recorded in 2024, features film critic Tony Rayns.
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MONTEREY POP Commentary
Recorded in 2002, this commentary features MONTEREY POP producer Lou Adler and filmmaker D. A. Pennebaker.
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GIMME SHELTER Commentary
Recorded in 2000, this commentary features directors Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin, along with collaborator Stanley Goldstein.
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BASQUIAT Commentary
This commentary track, recorded in 2024, features director Julian Schnabel and writer and curator Giulia D’Agnolo Vallan.
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THE AMERICAN FRIEND Commentary
This audio commentary, recorded in 2002, features director Wim Wenders and actor Dennis Hopper.