The Criterion Collection
Mar 26, 2024 — In Gus Van Sant’s wickedly funny tale of suburban depravity, Nicole Kidman plays a vacuous weather reporter whose hunger for fame anticipates our own era of digital celebrity.
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Nov 29, 2016 — In the first installment of our new video series Under the Influence, the Moonlight director waxes rhapsodic about Chungking Express and In the Mood for Love.
Oct 15, 2050 — Voice-over narration has existed since the beginnings of cinema and has been an integral part of some of the great masterworks of narrative film, from The Magnificent Ambersons to Double Indemnity to Jules and Jim to Taxi Driver. It spans...
Jul 30, 2026 — James Ellroy is the author of, among other works, the Underworld U.S.A. Trilogy (American Tabloid, The Cold Six Thousand, and Blood’s a Rover) and the L.A. Quartet novels (The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential, and White Jazz). He...
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Jul 17, 2026 — Some early reviews raise a few objections, but for the most part, Nolan is wowing critics with his grandest vision yet.
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Jun 29, 2026 — In the run-up to the country’s 250th birthday, several venues are offering prompts for celebration and reflection.
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Jun 23, 2026 — A monthly series brings films worth making time for to an artist-run space in the Bay Area.
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May 21, 2026 — The Cannes sidebar wraps with prizes for three stories about teenage girls and another about a determined adult woman.
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May 4, 2026 — L’Alliance New York presents a series of films by a director ripe for discovery in the U.S.
Apr 23, 2026 — Julio Torres is a writer, director, and comedian from El Salvador. He is a two-time Peabody Award winner for HBO’s Los Espookys and Fantasmas, and earned four Emmy nominations for his work on Saturday Night Live. Torres made his feature...