Noah Baumbach’s Adventures in Moviegoing

Noah Baumbach’s Adventures in Moviegoing

17 Episodes

Growing up in New York City as the son of two writers, director Noah Baumbach had a unique exposure to a wide range of cinema—from classic swashbucklers to French New Wave masterpieces—from an early age. In this edition of Adventures in Moviegoing, the Jay Kelly director sits down with Criterion president Peter Becker to discuss those formative cinematic experiences. The films he has chosen to present include graceful comedies from Ernst Lubitsch (TO BE OR NOT TO BE) and Jacques Tati (MONSIEUR HULOT’S HOLIDAY) as well as exquisitely subtle, humanistic marriage stories from Yasujiro Ozu (THE FLAVOR OF GREEN TEA OVER RICE) and Satyajit Ray (CHARULATA).

Subscribe Share
Noah Baumbach’s Adventures in Moviegoing

17 Episodes

  • Noah Baumbach in Conversation
    26:28
    Noah Baumbach in Conversation
    Episode 1

    Noah Baumbach in Conversation

    Episode 1

  • Noah Baumbach on PAPER MOON
    03:53
    Noah Baumbach on PAPER MOON
    Episode 2

    Noah Baumbach on PAPER MOON

    Episode 2

  • Paper Moon
    1:42:39
    Paper Moon
    Episode 3

    Paper Moon

    Episode 3

    Directed by Peter Bogdanovich • 1973 • United States
    Starring Ryan O'Neal, Tatum O'Neal, Madeline Kahn

    Peter Bogdanovich revisits the lyrical strain of bittersweet nostalgia he tapped into in THE LAST PICTURE SHOW in this 1930s-set comedy about the unlikely partnership that develops between a sm...

  • Noah Baumbach on THE 39 STEPS
    03:40
    Noah Baumbach on THE 39 STEPS
    Episode 4

    Noah Baumbach on THE 39 STEPS

    Episode 4

  • The 39 Steps
    1:27:06
    The 39 Steps
    Episode 5

    The 39 Steps

    Episode 5

    Directed by Alfred Hitchcock • 1935 • United Kingdom
    Starring Robert Donat, Madeline Carroll, Lucie Mannheim

    A heart-racing spy story by Alfred Hitchcock, THE 39 STEPS follows Richard Hannay (Robert Donat) as he stumbles upon a conspiracy that thrusts him into a hectic chase across the Scottish ...

  • Noah Baumbach on TO BE OR NOT TO BE
    04:07
    Noah Baumbach on TO BE OR NOT TO BE
    Episode 6

    Noah Baumbach on TO BE OR NOT TO BE

    Episode 6

  • To Be or Not to Be
    1:39:14
    To Be or Not to Be
    Episode 7

    To Be or Not to Be

    Episode 7

    Directed by Ernst Lubitsch • 1942 • United States

    As nervy as it is hilarious, this screwball masterpiece from Ernst Lubitsch stars Jack Benny and, in her final screen appearance, Carole Lombard as husband-and-wife thespians in Nazi-occupied Warsaw who become caught up in a dangerous spy plot. T...

  • Noah Baumbach on MONSIEUR HULOT'S HOLIDAY
    03:26
    Noah Baumbach on MONSIEUR HULOT'S HOLIDAY
    Episode 8

    Noah Baumbach on MONSIEUR HULOT'S HOLIDAY

    Episode 8

  • Monsieur Hulot's Holiday
    1:28:55
    Monsieur Hulot's Holiday
    Episode 9

    Monsieur Hulot's Holiday

    Episode 9

    Directed by Jacques Tati • 1953 • France
    Starring Jacques Tati, Nathalie Pascaud

    Monsieur Hulot, Jacques Tati’s endearing clown, takes a holiday at a seaside resort, where his presence provokes one catastrophe after another. Tati’s masterpiece of gentle slapstick is a series of effortlessly well...

  • Noah Baumbach on WINTER LIGHT
    03:15
    Noah Baumbach on WINTER LIGHT
    Episode 10

    Noah Baumbach on WINTER LIGHT

    Episode 10

  • Winter Light
    1:21:22
    Winter Light
    Episode 11

    Winter Light

    Episode 11

    Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1963 • Sweden
    Starring Gunnar Björnstrand, Ingrid Thulin, Max von Sydow

    “God, why hast thou forsaken me?” With WINTER LIGHT, Ingmar Bergman explores the search for redemption in a meaningless existence. Small-town pastor Tomas Ericsson (Gunnar Björnstrand) performs h...

  • Noah Baumbach on SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER
    03:01
    Noah Baumbach on SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER
    Episode 12

    Noah Baumbach on SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER

    Episode 12

  • Shoot the Piano Player
    1:21:45
    Shoot the Piano Player
    Episode 13

    Shoot the Piano Player

    Episode 13

    Directed by François Truffaut • 1960 • France
    Starring Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger

    François Truffaut is drunk on the possibilities of cinema in this, his most playful film. Part thriller, part comedy, part tragedy, SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER relates the adventures of mild-mannered ...

  • Noah Baumbach on THE FLAVOR OF GREEN TEA OVER RICE
    03:39
    Noah Baumbach on THE FLAVOR OF GREEN TEA OVER RICE
    Episode 14

    Noah Baumbach on THE FLAVOR OF GREEN TEA OVER RICE

    Episode 14

  • The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice
    1:56:18
    The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice
    Episode 15

    The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice

    Episode 15

    Directed by Yasujiro Ozu • 1952 • Japan
    Starring Shin Saburi, Michiyo Kogure, Keiko Tsushima

    One of the ineffably lovely domestic sagas made by Yasujiro Ozu at the height of his mastery, THE FLAVOR OF GREEN TEA OVER RICE is a sublimely piercing portrait of a marriage coming quietly undone. Secre...

  • Noah Baumbach on CHARULATA
    04:00
    Noah Baumbach on CHARULATA
    Episode 16

    Noah Baumbach on CHARULATA

    Episode 16

  • Charulata
    1:59:29
    Charulata
    Episode 17

    Charulata

    Episode 17

    Directed by Satyajit Ray • 1964 • India
    Starring Madhabi Mukherjee, Soumitra Chatterjee, Shailen Mukherjee

    Satyajit Ray’s exquisite story of a woman’s artistic and romantic yearning takes place in late nineteenth-century, pre-independence India, in the gracious home of a liberal-minded, workahol...

×