The Criterion Collection
Nov 29, 2019 — Since its debut in 2003, the online film publication Reverse Shot has found playful and provocative ways of blurring the boundaries between presumed opposites. With their tradition of symposiums—collections of newly commissioned essays on various topics and questions in film...
Oct 25, 2019 — It was a very long road to theaters for the Oscar-winning documentary When We Were Kings, a rousing record of a legendary boxing match, and a testament to the infectious energy, sly humor, and strong social conscience of Muhammad Ali....
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Aug 30, 2019 — This week, a feminist journal folds, a filmmaker pens a manifesto, and Richard Linklater commits to a twenty-year project.
In Theaters
Jun 14, 2019 — Starting this weekend, Janus Films is putting Jennie Livingston’s extraordinary snapshot of Harlem’s drag balls of the 1980s back on the big screen.
Interviews
May 22, 2019 — Cannes 2019 While politics has never been a stranger to the Cannes Film Festival lineup, this year’s offerings have proven to be even more charged than usual. And one of the more lively and notable premieres on the Croisette so...
Mar 6, 2019 — Performances As Howard Hawks was preparing to make His Girl Friday, his 1940 version of the classic Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur play The Front Page, he was determined not to repeat what he felt had been a problem with his earlier comedy Bringing Up...
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Feb 1, 2019 — A cast of dolls and a rhino are featured in this year’s award-winners, and Steven Soderbergh has previewed his new film.
Dec 11, 2018 — Note: The terms black and white were part of the way racial categories were referred to in South Africa under apartheid. Other terms, like nonwhite and non-European, were also used to mark racial segregation. In the following essay, the term...
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Nov 14, 2018 — He transformed a fledgling comic book publisher into a juggernaut brand.
On the Channel
Nov 7, 2018 — Over on the Criterion Channel on FilmStruck, we’ve always taken to heart that old adage about good things coming in small packages. Through our Short + Feature pairings, we’ve thrown the spotlight on some of the short films that have...