21 Oct 2025
Yorgos Lanthimos’s Closet Picks
The writer and director returns to the Criterion Closet, where he pays tribute to David Lynch, praises Mikey and Nicky as a perfect collaboration between a director and actors, and reminisces about watching Persona in Ingmar Bergman’s theater on Fårö Island.
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
- Choices
- 6
- Single films
- 5
- Box sets
- 1
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Inland Empire | David Lynch | 2006 |
| 2 |  Carnal Knowledge | Mike Nichols | 1971 |
| 3 |  Mikey and Nicky | Elaine May | 1976 |
| 4 |  Black God, White Devil | Glauber Rocha | 1964 |
| 5 |  Persona | Ingmar Bergman | 1966 |
| 6 |  Three Films by Luis Buñuel box set, 3 films |