Peter Becker Movies

An interview about 'Shoah' featuring Caroline Champetier, who did assistant camera work on the film, and Arnaud Desplechin.

Actor Jane Birkin talks about her friendship with director Agnes Varda, and about their work on 'Jane B. Par Agnes V.' and Kung-Fu Master!'.

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

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

A retrospective documentary on Brooks's career in television and film, featuring actresses Marilu Henner and Julie Kavner, among other collaborators.

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

Laura Truffaut shares her memories of her legendary filmmaker father.

Charli contemplates the messiness of the ethics in filmmaking and collaboration.

A 25-minute visual essay by Kent Jones about Jean-Luc Godard and his film 'Weekend'.

Orson Welles Biographer Simon Callow discusses the making of "Mr. Arkadin" (aka "Confidential Report.")

CHE was the first feature to use the Red camera, which Soderbergh embraced for its versatility and image quality. This short 2009 documentary looks...

'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...

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

New interview with cinematographer Hans Fromm.

An interview with Sharon Malone and Eric Holder regarding the 1963 desegregation of the University of Alabama.

Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences, a documentary looking at the samurai traditions and films that helped shape Kurosawa's masterpiece

This masterclass featuring writer-director Andrew Stanton was produced for the Criterion Collection in 2022.

To pay tribute to one of his filmmaking heroes, Sean Price Willams adopts a style that’s just as out there as his subject, mixing new material...

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

A visual essay by filmmaker Michael Almereyda.