The Criterion Collection
Essays
Feb 8, 1988 — Sidney Lumet’s courtroom drama explores the process of law in human hands, where prejudice, fear, weakness, and even weather can divert the carriage of justice.
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Oct 14, 2026 — Putin’s crackdown on independent media sends TV Rain journalists fleeing the country.
Aug 4, 2026 — New restorations, festival favorites, and world premieres are heading to Toronto.
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Jun 10, 2025 — At MoMA, curator David Schwartz celebrates seventeen landmark New York screening venues.
On the Channel
Oct 16, 2024 — This month, celebrate Noirvember with a dazzlingly dark lineup of hard-boiled pleasures.
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Nov 22, 2023 — Quite an emotional range this week, from musicals and romantic comedies to the terror of nuclear war.
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Nov 17, 2023 — Todd Haynes and Tilda Swinton take questions, and Guy Maddin fibs every now and then.
Jan 26, 2021 — As awards season picks up its pace, we have news, too, from France and New York.
Essays
Oct 13, 2020 — I know I need somethingOr someone. From “Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day” (1978), by Nikki Giovanni While the screen is still dark, Gladys Knight’s voice drifts in, in a strong, sincere belt: “How can I / Work out this...
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Sep 25, 2020 — This week there’s a new Film Quarterly and a new frieze and fresh conversations with Jan Oxenberg and Paul Cronin.