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David Byrne's Criterion Closet Picks

June 16, 2025

The legendary musician, filmmaker, and visual artist talks about The Color of Pomegranates and how it challenges the idea of what a film can be, shouts out Neil Young’s Dead Man score, and shares his affection for the sentimentality in A Matter of Life and Death.

Watch this visit to the closet on YouTube and check out more closet picks from 2025. Shop David’s closet picks here.

Check out the All Time Top Criterion Closet Picks list as well as a list of all the Criterion films that have never been picked during a closet visit!

  • Jour de Fête
  • Monsieur Hulot's Holiday
  • Mon Oncle
  • PlayTime
  • Trafic
  • Parade
  • The Color of Pomegranates
  • Dead Man
  • A Matter of Life and Death
  • The 39 Steps
  • True Stories