Josh Brolin’s Adventures in Moviegoing

Josh Brolin’s Adventures in Moviegoing

9 Episodes

In a career studded with acclaimed collaborations with auteurs like the Coen brothers, Denis Villeneuve, and Gus Van Sant, Josh Brolin has brought a rugged grit and grounded authenticity to his committed portrayals of complex, conflicted antiheroes. In this edition of Adventures in Moviegoing, Brolin sits down with Criterion president Peter Becker to discuss his life’s journey through cinema, from the formative impact of THE WARRIORS and APOCALYPSE NOW to why DOG DAY AFTERNOON is the movie he never gets tired of to his love for “imperfect” films. The films he has chosen to present include John Cassavetes’s A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE, Christopher Nolan’s FOLLOWING, and Michael Haneke’s THE PIANO TEACHER, works that center troubling, complicated characters whose stories reflect the discomfiting ambiguities of the human condition.

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Josh Brolin’s Adventures in Moviegoing

9 Episodes

  • Josh Brolin in Conversation
    23:11
    Josh Brolin in Conversation
    Episode 1

    Josh Brolin in Conversation

    Episode 1

  • Josh Brolin on PARIS, TEXAS
    03:40
    Josh Brolin on PARIS, TEXAS
    Episode 2

    Josh Brolin on PARIS, TEXAS

    Episode 2

  • Paris, Texas
    2:26:51
    Paris, Texas
    Episode 3

    Paris, Texas

    Episode 3

    Directed by Wim Wenders • 1984 • France, West Germany
    Starring Harry Dean Stanton, Dean Stockwell, Nastassja Kinski

    New German Cinema pioneer Wim Wenders (WINGS OF DESIRE) brings his keen eye for landscape to the American Southwest in PARIS, TEXAS, a profoundly moving character study written by ...

  • Josh Brolin on THE PIANO TEACHER
    03:48
    Josh Brolin on THE PIANO TEACHER
    Episode 4

    Josh Brolin on THE PIANO TEACHER

    Episode 4

  • The Piano Teacher
    2:11:01
    The Piano Teacher
    Episode 5

    The Piano Teacher

    Episode 5

    Directed by Michael Haneke • 2001 • France
    Starring Isabelle Huppert, Benoît Magimel

    In this riveting study of the dynamics of control, Academy Award–winning director Michael Haneke takes on Nobel laureate Elfriede Jelinek’s controversial 1983 novel about perverse female sexuality and the world ...

  • Josh Brolin on A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE
    03:56
    Josh Brolin on A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE
    Episode 6

    Josh Brolin on A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE

    Episode 6

  • A Woman Under the Influence
    2:27:02
    A Woman Under the Influence
    Episode 7

    A Woman Under the Influence

    Episode 7

    Directed by John Cassavetes • 1974 • United States
    Starring Gena Rowlands, Peter Falk

    This uncompromising portrait of domestic turmoil details the emotional breakdown of a suburban housewife and her family’s struggle to save her from herself. Gena Rowlands and Peter Falk give unforgettably harro...

  • Josh Brolin on FOLLOWING
    03:47
    Josh Brolin on FOLLOWING
    Episode 8

    Josh Brolin on FOLLOWING

    Episode 8

  • Following
    1:10:05
    Following
    Episode 9

    Following

    Episode 9

    Directed by Christopher Nolan • 1999 • United Kingdom
    Starring Jeremy Theobald, Alex Haw

    Before he became a sensation with the twisty revenge story MEMENTO, Christopher Nolan fashioned this low-budget, 16 mm black-and-white neonoir with comparable precision and cunning. Providing irrefutable evi...

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