The Criterion Collection
Essays
Nov 22, 2011 — 12 Angry Men (1957), the first feature film directed by the legendary Sidney Lumet, is a Hollywood classic that, ironically, helped to define an era of filmmaking grounded in the gritty realism and frenetic energy of urban New York. A...
Dec 9, 2002 — What makes Jean-Luc Godard’s classic so unique a viewing experience today, even more than in 1963, is the way it stimulates an audience’s intelligence as well as its senses.
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Feb 29, 2024 — Film Forum presents two-week series featuring two dozen films, many of them screening from rare 35 mm prints.
Dec 20, 2018 — New York launches an Iranian film festival and sends its Art of the Real series to Los Angeles.
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Oct 9, 2025 — The renowned critic and scholar programs a series for Japan Society in New York.
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Aug 20, 2025 — He locked eyes with audiences in films by Pasolini, Soderbergh, Frears, Stephen Elliott, and Edgar Wright.
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Jun 10, 2025 — At MoMA, curator David Schwartz celebrates seventeen landmark New York screening venues.
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Mar 17, 2025 — Headlining this month’s roundup are Joan Didion, Merle Oberon, and Charlie Chaplin.
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Sep 16, 2022 — It’s been a week overshadowed by loss, but here are a few of the brighter highlights.
Feb 17, 2022 — Here’s a sampling of early critical response to this year’s winners.