The Criterion Collection
The Daily
Apr 24, 2023 — The freely accessible program notes feature essays by Adrian Martin, Peter von Bagh, and more.
Apr 13, 2023 — Combining elements of soft-core porn and film noir, one of the most popular Hollywood genres of the 1980s and ’90s captured the fraught aspirationalism and sexual mores of the era.
Jan 24, 2023 — The German contingent is strong: Margarethe von Trotta, Christian Petzold, Angela Schanelec, Christoph Hochhäusler, and Emily Atef.
The Daily
Jan 6, 2023 — We’re catching up with a conversation with Tom Gunning, an essay on the nuclear threat, and appreciations of Jean-Louis Trintignant and Norma Shearer.
The Daily
Oct 21, 2022 — The Viennale and the Austrian Film Museum present twelve features by a vital figure in the Japanese New Wave.
The Daily
Sep 8, 2022 — All the Beauty and the Bloodshed is the only nonfiction film competing in Venice—and Werner Herzog and Mark Cousins remain as busy as ever.
Jul 26, 2022 — A seductive brew of decadence, dada, and drag, the German director’s fantastical films embrace the possibilities of female visual pleasure.
The Daily
Jul 14, 2022 — A quick overview of the latest news from Venice, Bologna, Marseille, and Sarajevo.
Production Notes
Jul 14, 2022 — Both intimidatingly massive and deeply sympathetic, the creature at the heart of Bong Joon Ho’s meat-industry fable is the product of a close collaboration between the director and artist Jang Hee Chul.
The Daily
Jul 11, 2022 — Three Iranian filmmakers are arrested while another wins the top award in Karlovy Vary.