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Jeremy Workman

American documentary filmmaker and editor of films about artists, eccentrics and outsiders, among them The World Before Your Feet (2018), Lily Topples the World (2021) and Secret Mall Apartment (2024); he has also cut many of Criterion's trailers.

7 things

Lola MontèsOther Max Ophuls

loved

Lola Montès is a beautiful, virtuoso piece of cinema.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Jeremy Workman, the entry for Lola Montès.

2019-06-19·criterion.com ↗

The Thin Blue LineOther Errol Morris

loved

If I had to pick a favorite, it’s his transcendent 1988 classic The Thin Blue Line, which recounts a murder case and then riffs and re-riffs on it like a Bach fugue.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Jeremy Workman, the entry for The Thin Blue Line.

2019-06-19·criterion.com ↗

Blast of SilenceOther Allen Baron

loved

Movies like Don Siegel’s The Lineup and Irving Lerner’s Murder by Contract (both of which have popped up on the new Criterion Channel recently!) embody this subgenre, but the high point for me is Allen Baron’s Blast of Silence, which seems to grow in stature every year.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Jeremy Workman, the entry for Blast of Silence.

2019-06-19·criterion.com ↗

RevancheOther Götz Spielmann

loved

What I love most about Revanche is this narrative magic trick it pulls.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Jeremy Workman, the entry for Revanche.

2019-06-19·criterion.com ↗

MacbethOther Roman Polanski

loved

For me, Roman Polanski’s Macbeth is really the greatest of all Macbeths (and would have to be in the running for best Shakespeare film).

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Jeremy Workman, the entry for Macbeth.

2019-06-19·criterion.com ↗

KoyaanisqatsiOther Godfrey Reggio

loved

But more importantly, Koyaanisqatsi has had a profound effect on me as a filmmaker and editor.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Jeremy Workman, the entry for Koyaanisqatsi.

2019-06-19·criterion.com ↗

Green for DangerOther Sidney Gilliat

recommended

But the one from this period that I always recommend to friends is Green for Danger, a delightful British murder mystery that I had never heard of.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Jeremy Workman, the entry for Green for Danger.

2019-06-19·criterion.com ↗

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