10 Sept 2025
Mark Duplass’s Closet Picks
The writer, director, and actor reminisces about encountering The Before Trilogy for the first time, describes a technically innovative shot from Lone Star, and shares how the structure of Chantal Akerman’s early films inspired his own filmmaking.
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
- Choices
- 6
- Single films
- 3
- Box sets
- 3
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  John Cassavetes: Five Films box set, 6 films | ||
| 2 |  The Before Trilogy box set, 3 films | ||
| 3 |  Dekalog | Krzysztof Kieślowski | 1988 |
| 4 |  Chantal Akerman Masterpieces, 1968–1978 box set, 9 films | ||
| 5 |  Lone Star | John Sayles | 1996 |
| 6 |  Flow | Gints Zilbalodis | 2024 |