9 Mar 2026
Steven Knight’s Closet Picks
The screenwriter and director talks about the timelessness of Brief Encounter, praises the performances of Richard Burton in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and Marlon Brando in One-Eyed Jacks, and reminisces about discovering French cinema at an early age.
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
- Choices
- 9
- Single films
- 9
- Box sets
- 0
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Brief Encounter | David Lean | 1945 |
| 2 |  Le cercle rouge | Jean-Pierre Melville | 1970 |
| 3 |  The Spy Who Came in from the Cold | Martin Ritt | 1965 |
| 4 |  Paris, Texas | Wim Wenders | 1984 |
| 5 |  3:10 to Yuma | Delmer Daves | 1957 |
| 6 |  One-Eyed Jacks | Marlon Brando | 1961 |
| 7 |  Betty Blue | Jean-Jacques Beineix | 1986 |
| 8 |  Dont Look Back | D. A. Pennebaker | 1967 |
| 9 |  Citizen Kane | Orson Welles | 1941 |