The Criterion Collection
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Aug 12, 2024 — Featuring a new restoration of The Spook Who Sat by the Door, the series includes films by Renoir, Tarkovsky, and Edward Yang.
Jul 17, 2024 — Glauber Rocha’s ambitious breakthrough film manifested the project of Cinema Novo, a new wave that sought to overcome the influence of Brazil’s colonial origins and find images and sounds that could reconceive the nation.
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Jul 8, 2024 — The other big winner in Karlovy Vary is Lilja Ingolfsdottir, whose Loveable takes home five awards.
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Jun 24, 2024 — Costars and critics remember an outstanding actor who neither looked nor sounded like a movie star.
On the Channel
Jun 12, 2024 — This summer, we’re bringing back one of our favorite seasonal themes with a hard-boiled Neonoir collection. Plus: Pop Shakespeare, Times Square, and Columbia Screwball.
Essays
Jun 11, 2024 — A radically strange, postmodern adaptation of a novel by Jean Genet, Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s final film is grounded by a sweaty, seething, meaty eroticism—a confrontational sexuality that remains bracing.
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Jun 10, 2024 — Sam Fragoso gets Linklater talking about the evolution of his approach to making films from Slacker through Hit Man.
May 21, 2024 — The Senegalese filmmaker’s steadfast devotion to African autonomy led him to become a foundational contributor to the hard-won, dynamic flourishing of an independent cinematic tradition on his home continent.
Essays
Apr 30, 2024 — The gentle rapport between actors Lili Taylor and River Phoenix fuels this humane examination of American masculinity, a film that showcases the nuanced and compassionate approach of director Nancy Savoca.
On the Channel
Apr 17, 2024 — Three of this month’s programs blast back to the turbulent midcentury moment when old Hollywood gave way to something new.