The Criterion Collection
Short Takes
Jul 25, 2014 — In April, the great Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami made a special onstage appearance at Indiana University Bloomington to discuss both his career and his latest film, Like Someone in Love, available from the Criterion Collection. We were there to record...
Jun 6, 2014 — The Daily• Sam Fuller, D-Day veteran • Happy birthday, Chantal Akerman • When John Cassavetes and friends drove Dick Cavett mad • A fresh look at the career of Vanessa Redgrave • Hard Day’s hard facts • Eye-opening makeup effects...
May 16, 2014 — Did You See This?• Over a hundred years of special effects in three minutes • Cannes queen Jane Campion on her career • Life on the Croisette • A history of eating in the movies • British cinema gets sticky....
Apr 11, 2014 — Did You See This?• Olivia de Havilland on Mickey Rooney—one Hollywood legend remembers another. • Neal Gabler on a truly inspiring Hollywood honcho • A new retrospective expands the horizons of documentary. • Incredible behind-the-scenes photos from 2001 • Films...
Mar 21, 2014 — Did You See This?• A Dangerous Game still worth playing • Charlotte Gainsbourg gets intimate with Lars von Trier again. • Porn in a pinch! • Films under the influence • Defining American cool • Watch Tsai Ming-liang’s latest. •...
Mar 7, 2014 — Did You See This?• Building Wes Anderson’s Hotel, and finding his Easter eggs • Awarding Chris Marker and Alain Resnais • Exploring early Fritz Lang films • What’s next for Paolo Sorrentino • Ghana posters a-go-go • Farran Smith Nehme...
Feb 28, 2014 — The Great Beauty, which is up for best foreign-language film at Sunday’s Academy Awards, feels at times like a glorious throwback to a time when art-house cinema reigned. Feeling nostalgic for that era, when films by the great directors of world...
Feb 28, 2014 — Did You See This?• The history of Warner Bros. Pictures in logos • Mark Harris goes to war. • Steven Soderbergh does the Psycho mash. • Wes Anderson introduces his films, and Fantastic Mr. Fox inspires obsession. • Colin MacCabe...
Feb 14, 2014 — Did You See This? • Restoring Foreign Correspondent • In contemporary epics, where’s the beef? • Lena Dunham tells all! • A palace to be reopened • Andrew Haigh’s upcoming marital drama • Reading into Rebecca • Jeanine Basinger on...
Feb 6, 2014 — Did You See This?• B-movie beauts • Meet “New Queer Cinema” coiner B. Ruby Rich. • Get to know your Derek Jarman. • Terry Gilliam at the movies • Alphaville and New Wave genre films • Writing by Charlie Chaplin—formal...