Race

Apr 12, 2021 — Chloé Zhao widens her lead in the Oscar race.

Apr 5, 2016 — As voters in the great state of Wisconsin head to the polls to take part in this year’s presidential primary election, we share some scenes from Robert Drew’s 1960 film, which documented the primary race between Hubert Humphrey and John...

Jennifer Padjemi is a journalist, writer, and cultural critic focusing on race, aesthetics, and gender representation. She has published two books in France, including Féminismes & Pop Culture (2021), and has hosted several podcast series.

Dessane Lopez Cassell is a New York–based editor, writer and curator. She gravitates toward film and visual art concerned with race, gender, labor, and myths of paradise.

Jeff Chang is a cultural critic and the author of Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation, Who We Be: A Cultural History of Race in Post–Civil Rights America, and We Gon’ Be Alright: Notes on Race...

Carol Cooper is a New York City–based arts and culture critic who teaches as adjunct faculty at NYU’s Clive Davis Institute for Recorded Music. She has published a book of critical essays titled Pop Culture Considered as an Uphill Bicycle...

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...

Jul 17, 2026 — Some early reviews raise a few objections, but for the most part, Nolan is wowing critics with his grandest vision yet.

Jul 14, 2026 — On October 30, 1992, the Provisional Irish Republican Army set off two bombs as part of an ongoing campaign against British rule in Northern Ireland. One, a small explosive planted alarmingly close to the prime minister’s residence at 10 Downing...

May 19, 2026 — New films by Ryusuke Hamaguchi and James Gray are riding high on the Cannes critics’ grids.