Oscar Isaac actually bought films from the Criterion Collection's exclusive Closet subscription service, unlike most celebrities who receive the luxury box and treat it as a status symbol. The actor has genuinely filled his Closet membership with legitimate purchases, making him an outlier in Hollywood's world of performative cinephilia.
The AV Club investigation attempted to track which celebrities have actually dug into Criterion's premium offering, a members-only service that releases limited edition physical media. Most A-listers receive the boxes for clout but never crack them open. Isaac stands out because he's actually engaged with the collection as intended, not as a shelf-sitting prop.
This speaks to a broader phenomenon in entertainment: celebrities treating high-minded cultural products as accessories rather than genuine interests. The Criterion Closet becomes another status play, sitting unopened in mansions alongside other art-world purchases meant to signal taste. Isaac's commitment to actually watching and owning these films marks him as either genuinely passionate about cinema or at minimum willing to follow through on what he publicly claims to value.
His behavior exposes how hollow celebrity film fandom often is. In an industry obsessed with appearances, actually consuming the art you claim to love represents a small but telling rebellion.