Closet Picks

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.

Choices
6
Single films
3
Box sets
3
Chose Director Year
1 John Cassavetes: Five Filmsbox set, 6 films
2 The Before Trilogybox set, 3 films
3 Dekalog Krzysztof Kieślowski 1988
4 Chantal Akerman Masterpieces, 1968–1978box set, 9 films
5 Lone Star John Sayles 1996
6 Flow Gints Zilbalodis 2024

Watch the video · On criterion.com