25 Aug 2025
Ira Sachs’s Closet Picks
The writer and director returns to the Criterion Closet, where he talks about the infectious energy of Night and the City, shares why Beau travail and Cold Water were transformative works for independent filmmakers in the 1990s, and praises the work of Michael Roemer.
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
- Choices
- 7
- Single films
- 7
- Box sets
- 0
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  3 Women | Robert Altman | 1977 |
| 2 |  Night and the City | Jules Dassin | 1950 |
| 3 |  Beau travail | Claire Denis | 1999 |
| 4 |  Cold Water | Olivier Assayas | 1994 |
| 5 |  Nothing but a Man | Michael Roemer | 1964 |
| 6 |  The Heiress | William Wyler | 1949 |
| 7 |  The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | 1972 |