The Criterion Collection
Essays
Jun 24, 2025 — The product of a famously tumultuous production, William Friedkin’s nerve-jangling adaptation of the classic suspense novel The Wages of Fear infuses the mechanics of genre with rough-hewn realism and the New Hollywood’s renegade spirit.
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Jun 11, 2025 — Acropolis Cinema presents the LA premiere of The Damned and the world premiere of a new restoration of The Passage.
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Jun 3, 2025 — Along with Rebuilding, starring Josh O’Connor, the festival will present a fresh slate of world premieres in July.
May 30, 2025 — The director discusses her path from neuroscience to cinema and the childhood memory that inspired her short August Visitor, a film about culture and intergenerational understanding.
May 27, 2025 — A landmark of independent cinema, Charles Burnett’s debut feature captures daily life in Watts, Los Angeles, with a depth and precision that evokes the history of Black American music.
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May 27, 2025 — The triumphant return of Jafar Panahi capped off what many consider to be a terrific year at Cannes.
May 27, 2025 — In the singular mid-1980s TV show Eternity’s Pillar, the jazz iconoclast gives viewers a chance to experience the healing powers of her music—and the intense spiritual practice that fuels it.
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May 22, 2025 — The jury honors tales of haunted appliances, an exiled community, and a life-changing diagnosis.
May 20, 2025 — Set in the dying days of the 1960s, Bruce Robinson’s semi-autobiographical tale of two unemployed actors is a triumph of screenwriting and a brilliant showcase for then-unknown stars Richard E. Grant and Paul McGann.