Closet Picks

27 Mar 2025

Steve Coogan’s Closet Picks

The actor, screenwriter, and producer talks about the monochromatic world of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, praises the way that the cinematography of Klute turns viewers into voyeurs, and shares why His Girl Friday represents Hollywood at its finest.

Choices
7
Single films
7
Box sets
0
Chose Director Year
1 The Lady Vanishes Alfred Hitchcock 1938
2 12 Angry Men Sidney Lumet 1957
3 The Spy Who Came in from the Cold Martin Ritt 1965
4 A Matter of Life and Death Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger 1946
5 The Servant Joseph Losey 1963
6 Klute Alan J. Pakula 1971
7 His Girl Friday Howard Hawks 1940

Watch the video · On criterion.com