The Work

Jun 17, 2013 — The author recounts the story of his friendship with the great filmmaker.

Feb 1, 1988 — Charles Laughton’s classic has the feel and the force of an American folk fable; yet, it also mixes rural humor with gothic humor, biblical quotation and Freudian symbolism, and everyday realities with a near-mythic confrontation between the forces of good...

Jul 17, 2026 — Channel Calendars This month on the Criterion Channel, crank up the volume on our playlist of (actually good) rock biopics that go beyond cliché to explore the elusive place where inspiration sparks and musical legends are born. Our Southern Gothic...

Mar 31, 2026 — Violently nihilistic, simultaneously energizing and crushing, Tsui Hark’s remake of the martial-arts classic One-Armed Swordsman captures the zeitgeist of pre–1997 handover Hong Kong.

Feb 19, 2026 — In more than forty nonfiction features, he tried, as he said, “to create dramatic structures out of ordinary experience.”

Jan 26, 2026 — The new year brings an ode to Judy Garland, conversations with Martin Scorsese, and a novel by John Sayles.

Jan 12, 2026 — Let’s catch up with some of the most notable best-of-2025 listing and polling.

Jan 5, 2026 — One of France’s biggest stars took the world by storm before her reputation took a turn.

Dec 3, 2025 — The Academy Museum celebrates film presentation with a series of twenty-four new restorations.

Nov 17, 2025 — Ten years before Ghost in the Shell, the director made one of his most enigmatic and personal works.