The Five

Nov 13, 2025 — The filmmaker’s memoir is “messy, manic, and shot through with revelation.”

Jan 20, 2026 — Joachim Trier’s sixth feature wins six European Film Awards, and Sirât takes home five.

Sep 21, 2018 — This week’s round of five highlights begins with a new column and a new issue of Film Quarterly.

May 28, 2018 — Alan Bean, one of twelve astronauts to leave their footprints on the moon, left us last weekend at the age of eighty-six.

Jul 11, 2019 — When we think of Ingrid Bergman, we may immediately call up images of her “you deserve this!” smile, or the indecision on her face in Casablanca (1942). There is a rare kind of suspense in watching Bergman’s face in flux...

Things got a little hectic (and hilarious) when New York comedians Jaboukie Young-White, Lorelei Ramirez, Fumi Abe, Nore Davis, and Tomas Delgado visited the Criterion offices.

Oct 11, 2012 — On October 11, 1987, David Mamet’s first film, the diabolically tricky House of Games, made its U.S. premiere as the closing-night selection of the New York Film Festival. Mamet had already conquered the world of theater, winning a Pulitzer Prize...