The Criterion Collection
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Jun 21, 2022 — The producer of our edition of the masterful 1987 melodrama tells the stories of some of director Stanley Kwan’s legendary collaborators, including superstars Anita Mui and Leslie Cheung.
May 31, 2022 — Wayne Wang’s breakthrough feature, a milestone in Asian American cinema, is a humorous and intimate snapshot of San Francisco’s Chinatown.
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May 26, 2022 — The top awards at this year’s Critics’ Week go to stories of young people with uncertain futures.
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Apr 26, 2022 — The Sydney-based festival of new restorations offers a rich set of globally accessible program notes.
Production Notes
Apr 22, 2022 — Over my forty-plus years at Janus and Criterion, few films have meant more to me than For All Mankind, because of my lifelong passion for space travel. I remember being a second-semester freshman and registering for Astronomy 101. It was...
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Apr 20, 2022 — Running parallel to Cannes, two independent programs will present work ripe for discovery.
Mar 29, 2022 — About half an hour into love jones, Theodore Witcher’s romance from 1997 starring Larenz Tate and Nia Long, the two main characters amble along a Chicago block as raindrops fall, soft but insistent. The colors are warm, naturalistic—browns, mauves, and...
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Mar 17, 2022 — New restorations of the six films directed by the renowned actress will screen from coast to coast.
Mar 15, 2022 — The story of queerness in American cinema isn’t complete without the unusual case of These Three (1936) and The Children’s Hour (1961). Both films are based on Lillian Hellman’s 1934 play The Children’s Hour, inspired by an incident in which...
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Mar 10, 2022 — The Austin festival will stage its first in-person event since 2019.