The Criterion Collection
Dec 12, 2023 — In the history of cinema, French director Albert Lamorisse is a unique figure. His intense focus on three subjects—children, animals, and flight—is distinctive, and the fact that all of his works clock in under ninety minutes (and most under an...
On the Channel
Dec 12, 2023 — Channel Calendars Kick off the new year with a new favorite movie! There’s plenty to choose from in January, including a heap of catnip for fans of film felines, a spotlight on classic screen siren Ava Gardner, the gripping New...
Essays
Oct 17, 2023 — I. “Morbid Cinema” On October 10, 1962, there appeared a brief paragraph from the Associated Press: “Tod Browning, eighty-two, who directed scores of movies between 1917 and 1939, is dead. He succumbed Saturday after an illness, and no funeral plans...
The Daily
Jul 18, 2023 — In her music, her films, and her often stormy romances, Birkin captivated us for more than half a century.
The Daily
Jul 11, 2023 — Screenings of work by Yasujiro Ozu, John Ford, Erich von Stroheim, and more will all feature live musical accompaniment.
The Daily
Jun 5, 2023 — The director of one of the major early works of the French New Wave lived to see interest in his work revived.
The Daily
May 4, 2023 — The Thai artist and director picks ten features to screen alongside his own work in New York.
The Daily
Mar 3, 2023 — The reconstruction and preservation of history are crucial elements of all of this week’s stories.
Jan 10, 2023 — In its ambivalence toward its provocative themes, John M. Stahl’s groundbreaking exploration of racial identity demonstrates the insolubility of Hollywood’s representational conundrum.
The Daily
Jan 3, 2023 — With lists, polls, and remembrances, we look back once again to the year that was.