Where the Crawdads Sing

May 22, 2019 — Everyone’s all in for the first two acts of this love letter to Los Angeles—but for many, the third is a deal-breaker.

May 21, 2019 — Claire Denis’s Let the Sunshine In (2017) is one of the great films about middle-aged loneliness, specifically—though not exclusively—as women feel it. It’s not a dating movie, though there’s dating in it. And it’s not a feeling-sorry-for-oneself movie, though there are...

May 13, 2019 — Whether he was adapting Lillian Hellman or Stan Lee, Sargent excelled at locating the human heart beating at the center of the story.

Apr 24, 2019 — Channel Calendars The Women (1939) It’s going to be a packed month on the Criterion Channel, with a spotlight on the unforgettable female characters of a classic Hollywood master, a tribute to the great Japanese cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa, a new...

Feb 18, 2019 — The Swiss actor will be remembered for a range of characters spanning from heaven to hell.

Dec 18, 2018 — Whatever your cinephilic interest—cinematography, acting, criticism—there’ll likely be a new book to take with you into the holidays.

Jul 25, 2018 — And Orson Welles’s The Other Side of the Wind will finally see the light of day.

May 19, 2018 — All agree that the drama set in the slums of Beirut is gripping, but is it too manipulative?

May 18, 2018 — The young Chinese director transports critics to a state of “melancholic bliss.”

May 14, 2018 — A favorite at Cannes, the Spanish director returns with one of his best features yet.