Genius

Jan 17, 2023 — One of contemporary cinema’s most provocative filmmakers launched his career with three deeply unnerving, deliriously genre-blending portraits of Europe.

Dec 7, 2022 — The Sight and Sound poll calls for more deliberation and the best-of-2022 lists keep coming.

Dec 5, 2022 — For all the weekend’s best-of-2022 lists and awards, the Sight and Sound poll remains topic #1.

Nov 30, 2022 — Three Keaton shorts will open A Day of Silents at the Castro before a series runs through December 21 in Berkeley.

Oct 21, 2022 — The Viennale and the Austrian Film Museum present twelve features by a vital figure in the Japanese New Wave.

Oct 18, 2022 — Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s hypnotic serial-killer film dives into the realm of the uncanny and envisions the breakdown of Japanese society.

Sep 19, 2022 — Let’s have a look at the award-winners and critical favorites.

Sep 9, 2022 — James Wong Howe was a fighter, and he learned how to be one over the course of a turbulent upbringing. Born Wong Tung Jim in 1899, in the Chinese province of Guangdong, the man who would become one of the...

Aug 30, 2022 — Next month, the Criterion Channel celebrates the films of trailblazing cinematographer James Wong Howe, European acting icon Romy Schneider, and Spanish provocateur Carlos Saura.

Aug 9, 2022 — An indie pioneer whose life was cut tragically short, the Texas filmmaker found grace in the tedium of repressive small-town existence.