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  • CRUMB Commentary 1

    This commentary, featuring CRUMB director Terry Zwigoff, was recorded in San Francisco in April 2010.

  • 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.

  • HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH Commentary

    This commentary, recorded in 2001, features actor-director John Cameron Mitchell and director of photography Frank G. DeMarco. The two discuss all aspects of the film’s shoot, from color tests and staging to lighting and design.

  • THE AMERICAN FRIEND Commentary

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

  • THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS Commentary

    Recorded in 2002, this commentary features writer-director Wes Anderson.

  • 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 GRADUATE Commentary 1

    This 2007 audio commentary features director Mike Nichols in conversation with filmmaker Steven Soderbergh.

  • 3 WOMEN Commentary

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

  • 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.

  • EASY RIDER Commentary 2

    This commentary, featuring actor-director-writer Dennis Hopper, actor-writer Peter Fonda, and production manager Paul Lewis, was recorded in 1995.

  • ON THE WATERFRONT Commentary

    This audio commentary features Richard Schickel, author of “Elia Kazan: A Biography,” and Jeff Young, author of “Kazan: The Master Director Discusses His Films.”

  • DEAD RINGERS Commentary

    This commentary track, recorded exclusively for the Criterion Collection in 1996, features director David Cronenberg, Jeremy Irons, editor Ron Sanders, production designer Carol Spier, and director of photography Peter Suschitzky.

  • CÉLINE AND JULIE GO BOATING Commentary

    Recorded in 2017, this commentary features film scholar Adrian Martin.

  • HEARTS AND MINDS Commentary

    Recorded in 2001, this audio commentary features director Peter Davis.

  • THE CELEBRATION Commentary

    This commentary track, recorded in 2005, features director Thomas Vinterberg.

  • ZÉRO DE CONDUITE Commentary

    Recorded in 2011, this commentary features Michael Temple, author of “Jean Vigo.”

  • THE TRIAL Commentary

    This audio commentary features film historian Joseph McBride