Broadcast News sparked Aaron Sorkin's ambition, now in Criterion's closet

Sebastian Stan's visit adds Paul Newman, Michael Haneke and Moonstruck to a nine-upload week.

Channel: CRITERION Story of October 14, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

Aaron Sorkin’s Closet Picks

Aaron Sorkin traces his desire to become a screenwriter to Broadcast News in "Aaron Sorkin's Closet Picks," the most watched of Criterion's new uploads this week, with about 164,000 views. For the writer behind The West Wing and The Social Network, James L. Brooks's newsroom film is more than a favorite: it helped suggest a vocation.

His selections also include Tanner '88, Network, The Graduate and The Princess Bride. The description promises a story Mike Nichols told him about working with Simon & Garfunkel, alongside memories of William Goldman and Rob Reiner championing his early career. Viewers are comparing the picks, with some anticipating Network as soon as Broadcast News and Tanner '88 appeared. Others return to the pleasure of reading Goldman's Princess Bride before seeing the film.

"Sebastian Stan's Closet Picks" is the newer visit carrying the most daily momentum. The actor praises Paul Newman in Hud and recalls working with Michael Haneke as a child on 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance. His choices stretch from Moonstruck to Beyond the Hills, with two Hal Ashby films, Being There and Shampoo, along the way. A separate Stan clip selecting Paris, Texas is also among the channel's most active videos, as is its Moonstruck compilation.

Beyond the closet, Hiro Murai tells Chris Ryan why Barry Lyndon is the Kubrick film he returns to most often. The Brood gets two different introductions: one from author Grady Hendrix about Cronenberg's blend of emotional anguish and body horror, and another from Bill Hader, drawn from an Adventures in Moviegoing conversation recorded in 2016.

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The videos drawing views on CRITERION right now

Sebastian Stan’s Closet Picks135,515 views · 2026-10-12 Matt Damon Picks Steven Soderbergh’s TRAFFIC | Criterion Closet Picks73,286 views · 2026-10-08 Hiro Murai on BARRY LYNDON | Now on the Criterion Channel68,993 views · 2026-10-07 Bill Hader on David Cronenberg’s THE BROOD | Adventures in Moviegoing42,926 views · 2026-10-11 Grady Hendrix on THE BROOD | Criterion Channel Spotlight29,815 views · 2026-10-08 We ❤️ MOONSTRUCK | Criterion Closet Picks Edition9,275 views Sebastian Stan Picks PARIS, TEXAS | Criterion Closet Picks20,199 views

The numbers

Here is Criterion's week in views, subscribers and new uploads.

subscribers

935,000

total views

232,469,655

first-day views of each video posted this week

Sebastian Stan’s Closet Picks

108,870

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Rotten Tomatoes TV

1,420,000

hollywoodstreams

1,350,000

Fandango (Stream)

1,260,000

Focus Features

1,090,000

CRITERION

935,000

Legendary

610,000

GODZILLA OFFICIAL by TOHO

586,000

Sony Pictures Releasing UK

574,000

Warner Bros. Rewind

495,000

As of October 14, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.