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Catherine Breillat's Criterion Closet Picks

October 11, 2023

Legendary French auteur Catherine Breillat talks about the intimacy of discovering yourself in cinema, shares her lifelong connection to Viridiana and Black Orpheus, and praises directors whose work continues to inspire and transport her, from Elia Kazan and David Lynch to Shohei Imamura
and Andrei Tarkovsky.

Watch this visit to the closet on YouTube and check out more closet picks from 2024. A polaroid from this visit was posted on Instagram. Shop Catherine’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!

  • Viridiana
  • Eraserhead
  • On the Waterfront
  • Vengeance Is Mine
  • Black Orpheus
  • Andrei Rublev
  • Crisis
  • A Ship to India
  • Port of Call
  • Thirst
  • To Joy
  • Summer Interlude
  • Waiting Women
  • Summer with Monika
  • Sawdust and Tinsel
  • A Lesson in Love
  • Dreams
  • Smiles of a Summer Night
  • The Seventh Seal
  • Wild Strawberries
  • Brink of Life
  • The Magician
  • The Virgin Spring
  • The Devil's Eye
  • Through a Glass Darkly
  • Winter Light
  • The Silence
  • All These Women
  • Persona
  • Hour of the Wolf
  • Shame
  • The Rite
  • The Passion of Anna
  • Fårö Document
  • The Touch
  • Cries and Whispers
  • Scenes from a Marriage
  • Scenes from a Marriage
  • The Magic Flute
  • The Serpent's Egg
  • Autumn Sonata
  • Fårö Document 1979
  • From the Life of the Marionettes
  • Fanny and Alexander
  • Fanny and Alexander
  • After the Rehearsal
  • Saraband