{"id":480,"date":"2026-06-19T11:38:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T11:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/longhaulmovingpros.com\/?p=480"},"modified":"2026-06-19T11:38:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T11:38:11","slug":"the-closet-is-the-next-best-thing-to-actually-getting-an-invite-to-the-criterion-collections-fabled-closet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/longhaulmovingpros.com\/?p=480","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe Closet\u201d Is the Next Best Thing to Actually Getting an Invite to the Criterion Collection\u2019s Fabled Closet"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>If we\u2019re honest, being famous mostly looks pretty awful. Still, it does have its perks\u2014like getting to do one of those Criterion Collection videos where you\u2019re granted admission to the legendary Criterion closet, rummage around a bit, and take a few of your favorite films. (Unless you\u2019re Slavoj \u017di\u017eek, that is, in which case you pocket half the collection.)<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/longhaulmovingpros.com\/?p=478\">Spotify Will Now Reserve Tickets for Superfans Before General Sales Can Skyrocket in Price<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve ever wished you were important enough to get an invite to the Criterion closet, here\u2019s the next best thing: a virtual online version featuring 1,247 titles from which to choose. The site, simply called \u201cThe Closet\u201d, provides a pretty decent approximation of the experience of browsing the real thing\u2014the films are all shelved by spine number, and while you can turn toward the \u201cdoor\u201d to access a search function, it\u2019s more fun just rooting around to see what you find. Look, here at #328 is Louis Malle\u2019s <em>Murmur of the Heart<\/em>, which our boy Slavoj described as \u201cone of those nice gentle French films where you have incest!\u201d Here\u2019s #170, <em>Trouble in Paradise<\/em>, \u201cthe best critique of capitalism and a wonderful reversal of the usual logic of transgression.\u201d And so on.<\/p>\n<p>All in all, it\u2019s a nice interface for finding something to stream on the Criterion Channel, a service that\u2019s thoughtfully curated with themed collections but can be a bit of a pain if you just want to browse the whole selection.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Still, if the whole virtual reality thing is a bit too much to handle, you can switch over to List View, in which case you get a nice comprehensive grid of all 1,247 titles, along with a search bar and filters for decade of release, country of origin, language, and director. It\u2019s better than Criterion\u2019s own search page, to be honest, and both the virtual closet and the search page would sit nicely on the official site. Developer Oli Evans, who created The Closet, might be getting a phone call from Criterion soon.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/longhaulmovingpros.com\/?p=476\">AI Pioneer Yann LeCun Calls xAI a \u2018Failure,\u2019 Reignites Feud With Elon Musk<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>With all that said, there\u2019s one mystery about The Closet: there\u2019s the occasional title missing, and it\u2019s not entirely clear why. At first, we figured that was because the missing titles were unavailable to stream, but that doesn\u2019t seem to be the case. Take #387, for instance, which was nowhere to be found when we had a look through the closet. According to IMDb, that space should have been filled by a single-disc edition of Chris Marker\u2019s <em>La Jet\u00e9e <\/em>and <em>Sans Soleil<\/em>\u2014both of which do seem to be available to watch on the Criterion site.<\/p>\n<p>This could just be a glitch that will be worked out in a future version of the site, or it could be that there are byzantine rights issues of which we\u2019re not aware. The most likely answer, however, is that Slavoj \u017di\u017eek has absconded with the missing titles and is refusing to give them back. Case closed.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/longhaulmovingpros.com\/?p=474\">Scientists Discover Surprising Link Between Birth Control Pills and Emotional Eating<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take as many titles as you like! 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