Peter Becker Movies

  • 2006
    Discovering William Greaves

    Discovering William Greaves

    Discovering William Greaves

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    A documentary on the career of William Greaves, featuring Greaves, his wife and co-producer Louise Archambault, actor Ruby Dee, filmmaker St. Clair...

    Discovering William Greaves
  • 2019
    Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore

    Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore

    Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore

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    In 2009, Sean Baker sat down with the Godfather of Gore himself, Herschell Gordon Lewis, to discuss his legendary career as an exploitation pioneer...

    Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore
  • 2022
    Reflecting On Take Out

    Reflecting On Take Out

    Reflecting On Take Out

    02022HD

    In this new documentary, produced by the Criterion Collection in 2022, directors Sean Baker and Shih-Ching Tsou and actors Charles Jang, Wang-Thye...

    Reflecting On Take Out
  • 1996
    The Battle of Brazil: A Video History

    The Battle of Brazil: A Video History

    The Battle of Brazil: A Video History

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    The struggle of releasing "Brazil" in the United States of America is examined in this Criterion documentary.

    The Battle of Brazil: A Video History
  • 2019
    Introducing My Father, François Truffaut

    Introducing My Father, François Truffaut

    Introducing My Father, François Truffaut

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    Laura Truffaut shares her memories of her legendary filmmaker father.

    Introducing My Father, François Truffaut
  • 2010
    Tadao Sato on Ozu's The Only Son

    Tadao Sato on Ozu's The Only Son

    Tadao Sato on Ozu's The Only Son

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    Documentary and interview with Japanese film critic and scholar Tadao Sato about Yasujiro Ozu film The Only Son.

    Tadao Sato on Ozu's The Only Son
  • 2014
    Watching Gena Rowlands

    Watching Gena Rowlands

    Watching Gena Rowlands

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    Sheila O'Malley's visual essay "Watching Gena Rowlands" rounds out the set by focusing on Rowlands’ collaborations with Cassavetes.

    Watching Gena Rowlands
  • 2022
    Where It Began: The Origins of WALL·E

    Where It Began: The Origins of WALL·E

    Where It Began: The Origins of WALL·E

    02022HD

    In this program, created for the Criterion Collection in 2022, writer-director Andrew Stanton explores the films that inspired his approach to...

    Where It Began: The Origins of WALL·E
  • 2016
    Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of Tolerance

    Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of Tolerance

    Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of Tolerance

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    In 1998, documentary filmmaker Robert Drew and his associates attend the Museum of Tolerance.

    Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of Tolerance
  • 2019
    Evan Dalton Smith on Andy Griffith

    Evan Dalton Smith on Andy Griffith

    Evan Dalton Smith on Andy Griffith

    02019HD

    'A Face in the Crowd' was Andy Griffith's first film role; he would go on to be most famous for his folksy portrayal of Sheriff Andy Taylor on...

    Evan Dalton Smith on Andy Griffith
  • 2014
    Toil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth'

    Toil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth'

    Toil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth'

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    A new documentary on the Criterion Collection edition of Roman Polanski's 1971 adaptation of Macbeth featuring interviews with the director, producer...

    Toil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth'
  • 2010
    Underworld: How it Came to Be

    Underworld: How it Came to Be

    Underworld: How it Came to Be

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    Documentary on the making of Josef von Sternberg's 'Underworld,' which launched the American gangster genre as we know it.

    Underworld: How it Came to Be
  • 2019
    In Full Swing

    In Full Swing

    In Full Swing

    02019HD

    A documentary on the making of the 1936 film Swing Time, featuring interviews with jazz and film critic Gary Giddens, dance critic Brian Seibert, and...

    In Full Swing
  • 2022
    (There Is No) Cure

    (There Is No) Cure

    (There Is No) Cure

    02022HD

    In this new video essay, filmmaker Alexandre O. Philippe delves into the dread-inducing mood and tone of Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s modern horror...

    (There Is No) Cure
  • 2021
    Passion Project

    Passion Project

    Passion Project

    02021HD

    Explores the ten-year journey of adapting Uzodinma Iweala's 2005 novel "Beasts of No Nation" into the 2015 film.

    Passion Project
  • 2019
    Ron Briley on 'A Face in the Crowd'

    Ron Briley on 'A Face in the Crowd'

    Ron Briley on 'A Face in the Crowd'

    02019HD

    In this interview, shot by the Criterion Collection in 2018, Ron Briley, author of 'The Ambivalent Legacy of Elia Kazan: The Politics of the...

    Ron Briley on 'A Face in the Crowd'
  • 2016
    The Way of Folk

    The Way of Folk

    The Way of Folk

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    In this brand new featurette, executive producer T Bone Burnett and the Coen brothers discuss the history of some of the songs that heard in Inside...

    The Way of Folk
  • 2019
    Daniel London and Will Oldham on Old Joy

    Daniel London and Will Oldham on Old Joy

    Daniel London and Will Oldham on Old Joy

    02019HD

    In this conversation, shot by the Criterion Collection in 2019, actors Daniel London and Will Oldham reunite for the first time since the release of...

    Daniel London and Will Oldham on Old Joy
  • 2017
    Lighting Up with Hildy Johnson

    Lighting Up with Hildy Johnson

    Lighting Up with Hildy Johnson

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    In this 25-minute video essay, film scholar David Bordwell, co-author of "Film Art: An Introduction", conducts an analysis of Howard Hawks's "His...

    Lighting Up with Hildy Johnson
  • 2005
    Lucas, Coppola & Kurosawa

    Lucas, Coppola & Kurosawa

    Lucas, Coppola & Kurosawa

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    An featurette with George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola looking back on their experience working alongside iconic filmmaker Akira Kurosawa on...

    Lucas, Coppola & Kurosawa