Days of Hope

Apr 2, 2009 — Writing the screenplay with Suzanne Schiffman, I intended to do for the theater what I had done for the cinema in Day for Night: the chronicle of a troupe at work, within a framework respecting the unities of place, time,...

Nov 23, 2008 — The possession of a real voice is always a marvel, an almost religious thing.

May 12, 2008 — This intensely personal work about a self-destructive young man would help alleviate Louis Malle’s doubts about his career.

Jun 2, 2026 — Gorin will discuss films he’s selected as well as his own work and his collaborations with Jean-Luc Godard.

Sep 18, 2025 — No movie star was bigger in the 1970s, and he won an Oscar for directing Ordinary People. But Sundance may be his most impactful legacy.

Aug 27, 2025 — The summer’s been terrific for new movie magazines and filmmaker biographies.

Jun 30, 2025 — An up-and-coming director reflects on the resourcefulness and scrappy ingenuity that went into making his three films, now playing on the Criterion Channel.

Apr 24, 2025 — New features from Lynne Ramsay, Saeed Roustaee, Kristen Stewart, Hlynur Pálmason, and Ethan Coen join the lineup.

Apr 14, 2025 — This month’s programming brings seaside thrills and white-knuckle tension, noir classics from a politically repressive era in American history, early gems from Kathryn Bigelow, and guest-curated picks from Spike Lee.

Mar 6, 2025 — An award-winner in Berlin, Philippe Lesage’s gripping slow burner is set for a theatrical run in the U.S.