The Criterion Closet is going mobile. In celebration of their 40th anniversary, Criterion has built a replica of their famous film closet inside an 18-foot delivery van, and later this month, they will be taking their Criterion Closet Picks show on the road across the USA, starting in New York City, with other locations to be announced –– bringing this experience to movie-loving communities everywhere.
Buy Dr. Strangelove, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (The Criterion Collection) Blu-rayStocked with more than 1,500 definitive editions of the most important classic and contemporary films from around the world, the Criterion Collection Closet may offer more cinematic inspiration per square foot than any place on the planet.
Since 2010, when Guillermo del Toro first allowed Criterion to film him choosing a few movies from the closet, nearly 200 filmmakers, stars, and move-loving luminaries of all kinds often come to Criterion and championed the films they love in Criterion’s popular Criterion Closet Picks video series –– which has welcomed stars Laurie Anderson, Gregg Araki, Agnès B., Sean Baker, Alec Baldwin, Cate Blanchett, Raúl Castillo, Kim Cattrall, Anton Corbijn, Willem Dafoe, Lee Daniels, Guillermo del Toro, Minnie Driver, John Dwyer, Ayo Edebiri, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Gina Gershon, Tavi Gevinson, Bill Hader, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Jeremy O. Harris, Ethan Hawke, JR, Zoë Kravitz, Jude Law, Dan Levy, M.I.A., Tyler Mitchell, Viggo Mortensen, Hari Nef, Molly Ringwald, Winona Ryder, Josh and Benny Safdie, Jerry Schatzberg Jason Schwartzman, St. Vincent, Channing Tatum, John Waters, and more.
Now film fans all over America will be able to have their own Criterion Closet experiences and record their own Closet Picks videos as the mobile Closet makes its way around the country. In celebration of Criterion’s 40th Anniversary, guests can make their own very personal “Closet picks”, shop the closet, and receive a free signature “Polaroid” shot and a Criterion tote bag. The offer coincides with the recent release of CC40 –– the forty-film box set that celebrates forty years of the Criterion Collection curated by the closet picks, with an eclectic mix of classic and contemporary films presented with all their special features and essays in a deluxe clothbound, slipcased edition.
The mobile Criterion Closet will make its debut at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall during the Opening Night and Centerpiece weekends of the 62nd New York Film Festival, September 28 – 29th and October 5 – 6th, from 11am – 9pm daily.
