The Criterion Collection
Essays
Jan 27, 1993 — In beautifully composed black-and-white and tempered by a gentle and nostalgic choral score, Kon Ichikawa's drama probes deeply into the moral chaos of war.
May 27, 2025 — Suffused with slapstick humor and slightly surreal wit, Richard Lester’s beloved take on a frequently adapted adventure epic embodies a style of extravagant filmmaking that didn’t survive long past the 1970s.
The Daily
May 24, 2023 — Two of Cannes’s favorite directors, Aki Kaurismäki and Wes Anderson, return to the competition.
The Daily
May 11, 2022 — Before Qiu’s award-winning feature opens in theaters, the National Museum of Asian Art will present an online retrospective.
The Daily
Aug 13, 2019 — As Toronto’s full lineup nears completion, New York looks to expand upon “our notions of what the moving image can do and be.”
In Theaters
Nov 1, 2018 — Seattle’s oldest continuously running movie theater showcases the career of one of American independent cinema’s great rebels.
The Daily
Oct 17, 2018 — Peter Jackson revamps archival footage from the First World War in They Shall Not Grow Old.
In Theaters
Aug 29, 2018 — A gorgeous new restoration of Jim Jarmusch’s surreal western Dead Man plays at Tivoli Cinemas tonight.
The Daily
Jul 8, 2018 — “I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians” takes the top prize.
In Theaters
Nov 10, 2016 — The Gene Siskel Film Center screens Carol Reed’s stark psychological thriller Odd Man Out, which stars James Mason as an ex-convict who plots a robbery to fund his rebel organization.