The Criterion Collection
The writer, director, and performer talks about how All That Jazz inspired the stylistic freedom of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, shares a moving story about After Life, and praises the versatility of filmmakers like Pier Paolo Pasolini and Sidney...
The rapper and musician talks about finding inspiration in Eric Rohmer's Six Moral Tales, shares his love for the work of Sidney Lumet, and takes home favorites like Close-up and La notte.
Daniel Kremer has provided commentary tracks and video essays for physical-media releases from over a dozen labels, including Kino Lorber, Imprint Films, Milestone, and Severin. His book Sidney J. Furie: Life and Films (2015) was the first to cover its...
Colm Tóibín is the author of ten novels, including The Master and Brooklyn, and two collections of stories. His work has been translated into more than thirty languages. He is a contributing editor at the London Review of Books and...
Essays
Jul 14, 2026 — In May of 1962, when Martin Ritt arrived in the Texas Panhandle town of Claude to begin filming Hud, he may have sensed that his career was about to change. Hud would be Ritt’s ninth feature but his first personal...
Jul 14, 2026 — The legacy of Neil Jordan’s The Crying Game has become inextricably entangled with a defining trope of AIDS-era mainstream queer representation: the revelation that exposes the gender identity of a transgender character. By the time of the American release of...
The Daily
Jul 2, 2026 — This week’s roundup ranges from sad goodbyes to a silent comedy, from Hitchcock to Barker, and from video art to a cult TV series.
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Jun 26, 2026 — We’re tracking the unconventional flows of Zidane, Eephus, and Castration Movie; plus Pedro Costa on Mizoguchi and Tourneur.
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May 5, 2026 — The nation’s largest silent film festival returns to the newly renovated Castro Theatre.
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Apr 28, 2026 — Opening with Jane Fonda’s tribute to Robert Redford, this year’s edition features several world premieres of new restorations.