The Criterion Collection
In the midsixties, a new generation of directors rose to prominence, both within and outside of the studio system, leading to a renaissance that transformed American filmmaking.
Jun 9, 2026 — Over the course of four decades, the great Mauritanian French filmmaker Med Hondo created a stylistically diverse, politically trenchant body of work that frequently tapped into his own Pan-African roots and explored the existential and material stresses of Black people...
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Dec 31, 2025 — As we come to the end of 2025, we’re looking back at some of the essays and interviews we’ve shared with you over the past year.
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Dec 17, 2025 — This January, savor multiple levels of nostalgia with a survey of ’90s cinema’s riffs on the ’70s, or turn a new page with a collection of films about dreamers seeking fresh starts in life.
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Sep 25, 2023 — There was a period under the Nixon administration when the collective American psyche, as seen on film, seemed almost convulsed by its fixation on the motor vehicle. Every other week a moviegoer might see a film that could broadly be...
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Jul 21, 2023 — Cillian Murphy plays the man who, as Nolan puts it, “gave the world the power to destroy itself.”
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Mar 27, 2023 — Karina Longworth launches a new season of You Must Remember This and a screening series in Los Angeles.
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Mar 10, 2023 — While Hollywood celebrates itself, MoMA spotlights video artists.
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Dec 15, 2022 — The Black List is out, new additions to the National Film Registry are in, and there’s more on the best of 2022.
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Aug 26, 2022 — Louise Brooks, Marguerite Duras, Lucrecia Martel, and Jacquelyn Mills headline this week’s roundup.