The Criterion Collection
Sep 4, 2009 — Explains Whit Stillman, writer and director of The Last Days of Disco: “In trying to come up with a ten best list from the Criterion Collection I thought first of Trouble in Paradise and decided to go online to find...
Aug 12, 2009 — Nathan Lee is a critic, curator, and unrepentant champion of Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle. A former film critic for the New York Times, the Village Voice, and NPR, he is a contributing editor of Film Comment and member of the...
Jul 10, 2009 — Writes Al Reinert, director of For All Mankind: “Having your film in the Criterion Collection is like marrying your daughter into an old distinguished family that intimidates and humbles you. She might feel at home there, but I am inclined...
Jun 9, 2009 — “It’s worth noting that I have not seen the majority of the films in the collection (giving me hundreds of hours of great stuff to look forward to!),” says Joe Swanberg. “But of the many that I have seen, the...
Apr 15, 2009 — Artist Jaime Hernandez’s diabolically clever illustrations for our release of Divorce Italian Style (now available as a signed art print at the Criterion store) made for one of our most popular DVD covers. And this month, Hernandez has sent us...
Mar 30, 2009 — You can add James Franco to the list of Criterion’s most ardent fans. This month, the actor, seen left in a photo recalling My Own Private Idaho, taken by Gus Van Sant in Oregon in fall 2008, has contributed to...
Feb 13, 2009 — Paul Morrissey is the director of Flesh for Frankenstein and Blood for Dracula.
Jan 22, 2009 — I’ve fulfilled a dream to become a part of the Criterion family. Criterion has helped to preserve not only the films I grew up with but also the ones I’m now trying to keep up with. Picking ten is worse...
Dec 9, 2008 — Dave Filipi is the Director of Film/Video at the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio. He has been a fan of the Criterion Collection since the days when laserdisc was king. (Ohio State 42, Michigan 7; photo by...