The Criterion Collection
A Pan-African musical spectacular; an essential queer 1990s romance; an irresistible rock-and-soul comedy; an antifascist fairy tale; an urgent moral thriller; an antiheroic portrait of a famed explorer; three paeans to bodies in motion; a masterpiece of early-1970s American alienation;...
The writer and director shares his love for Monterey Pop and the way it acts as a time capsule of its era, talks about how The Worst Person in the World redefined the romantic comedy, and praises Wes Anderson’s use...
An elegiac take on James Joyce, a romantic swashbuckler, a portrait of grief, a searing drama, a feel-good comedy, four global gems, a chronicle of China’s new century, a revisionist western, and a twenty-first-century masterwork.
The actor and authorexplains why everyone should be required to experience the work of Laurie Anderson, praises the way Kes portrays the relationship between man and nature, and talks about how A Room with a View turned him into a...
The singer of the band Cigarettes After Sex shares his love for La Bamba, talks about how the romance of Eric Rohmer inspires his music, and selects favorites, from The Worst Person in the World to The Tales of Hoffmann.
The beloved Hong Kong filmmaker has influenced a generation of cinematic sensualists with his wistfully romantic dramas and lush, nostalgia-soaked aesthetics.
From zany, hyperkinetic thrillers to swooning romances, these films showcase the energy and talent fueling one of the most vibrant cinematic hubs in Asia.
Essays
Nov 18, 2025 — This tale of paranoia and romantic jealousy slyly combines the conventions of popular Mexican filmmaking with the surrealist sensibility that made its director, Luis Buñuel, a legendary figure in his native Spain.
Jan 14, 2025 — In this digressive, intensely interior masterpiece, Jean Eustache mines the dramas of his past romances while also capturing the disillusionment of young Parisians in the aftermath of May 1968.
The Daily
Jul 18, 2023 — In her music, her films, and her often stormy romances, Birkin captivated us for more than half a century.