The Criterion Collection
Slavoj Žižek, philosopher and psychoanalyst, is codirector of the International Center for Humanities, Birkbeck College, London. Among his numerous publications are The Fright of Real Tears: Krzysztof Kieślowski Between Theory and Post-Theory and The Art of the Ridiculous Sublime: On...
Adam Nayman is a critic, lecturer, and author based in Toronto. He writes for the Ringer, Reverse Shot, the New Yorker, and Sight and Sound, and teaches cinema studies at the University of Toronto. He has written several books on...
Dennis Lim is the artistic director of the New York Film Festival and the author of David Lynch: The Man from Another Place (2015) and Tale of Cinema (2022).
Ian Christie is a film historian, curator, broadcaster, and professor of film and media history at Birkbeck College, University of London. He has written and edited many books on Russian, British, and American cinema—including Arrows of Desire: The Films of...
Adrian Turner, a British film journalist and critic, is the author of books on David Lean, Billy Wilder, Hollywood in the ’50’s, and most recently, screenwriter Robert Bolt.
Dec 17, 2025 — Amid the disorientation of the COVID-19 era, this rousing film cut through with a life-affirming reminder that community and connection are still possible.
Aug 3, 2020 — Songbook “You’ve probably heard that one before, but what the hell. If it was never new, and it never gets old, then it’s a folk song.” first spoken dialogue in Inside Llewyn Davis The coldest murder in the Coen Brothers...
Sep 29, 2017 — One of the most elusive artists in American cinema opens a window onto his private life and creative methods in this revelatory documentary.
Jan 20, 2016 — Inside Llewyn Davis (now out on Blu-ray and DVD), the Coen brothers’ latest odyssey into the more desolate corners of Americana, stars Oscar Isaac in the title role, as an ill-fated musician navigating the Greenwich Village folk scene of the...
Nov 5, 2015 — Julien Duvivier’s early sound films offer emotionally rich explorations of life in prewar France.