The Criterion Collection
Short Takes
Jun 10, 2011 — Here’s a treat for all connoisseurs of American big screens: Flavorpill has compiled a list of the best movie theaters in the country. The editors talked to friends and colleagues around the country to get their votes, and based their...
Jul 3, 2009 — It’s often said that there’s never been a movie quite like Alain Resnais’ Last Year at Marienbad. But in paying tribute to this French New Wave landmark on the occasion of its release in Criterion DVD and Blu-ray editions, some...
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Jun 9, 2020 — While AFI Docs and the Sheffield Doc/Fest go virtual, Il Cinema Ritrovato intends to screen new restorations and discoveries in Bologna in August.
Jul 23, 2014 — Jacques Demy’s miraculous, melancholy musical is the rare film to use pastiche and artifice to go straight for the heart.
Nov 17, 2015 — Satyajit Ray began his filmmaking career by offering a vision of the young Apu, the character he would go on to follow throughout the three films of his stunning breakthrough epic.
Mar 22, 2022 — In Robert Aldrich’s epic disaster film, James Stewart leads a pack of temperamentally different men as they struggle to survive in the face of the unknown—a template that would go on to influence Hollywood blockbusters for decades to come.
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Sep 16, 2019 — Martin Eden tops the Platform competition, while audiences go for Jojo Rabbit.
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Mar 13, 2025 — Top prizes in the narrative and documentary feature competitions go to Amy Wang and Benjamin Flaherty.
Oct 12, 2018 — Two early works by Ingmar Bergman show the Swedish master grappling with the conventions of melodrama, which would go on to influence his later explorations of spiritual torment.
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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.