The Criterion Collection
Essays
Dec 31, 1999 — As a tour de force of screen acting, Autumn Sonata stands unchallenged as the finest work of Ingmar Bergman’s last few years as a movie director. Fanny and Alexander may have won the Oscars, but Autumn Sonata represents Bergman’s chamber...
Aug 20, 2026 — A retrospective spotlights the writer’s collaborations with Carol Reed, Fritz Lang, John Ford, Alberto Cavalcanti, and George Cukor.
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Sep 6, 2022 — Here’s an overview of how some of the contenders are faring with critics in Venice.
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Mar 15, 2022 — A captivatingly unclassifiable leading man in the 1980s, Hurt often returned to his first passion—the theater.
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Jun 11, 2018 — New on the shelves this season are volumes on David Lynch, Stanley Kubrick, and Ernst Lubitsch.
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Sep 18, 2026 — We’re remembering Patricio Guzmán and spotlighting new writing on Sarah Maldoror, Tsui Hark, and the Up series.
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Sep 2, 2026 — As the fall festival season begins, let’s not overlook some of the other unmissable events happening elsewhere.
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Aug 24, 2026 — New, forthcoming, and noteworthy titles include one of the most debated novels of the moment.
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Jun 23, 2026 — A monthly series brings films worth making time for to an artist-run space in the Bay Area.
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Aug 15, 2025 — Julia Loktev issues an urgent warning and Paul Thomas Anderson makes an action movie.