The Criterion Collection
Jun 24, 2015 — PerformancesThe late character actor Michael Jeter had a profound effect on me as a child, but as with so many things, I didn’t realize it until I was an adult. Twenty-five years ago this month, I saw my first Tony...
Jun 17, 2015 — From a shrewd adaptation by André Gregory and Wallace Shawn, Jonathan Demme fashions a visually inventive dreamscape out of an Ibsen classic.
Oct 1, 2014 — In the hands of director Serge Bourguignon, a potentially sensationalistic story becomes a poetic and complex investigation of love and pain.
Sneak Peeks
Aug 19, 2014 — Gena Rowlands’s acting career spans seven decades of television and film, and she has collaborated with such directors as Woody Allen, Jim Jarmusch, and Mira Nair. But it is her work with her late husband, John Cassavetes, that best showcases...
Aug 7, 2014 — Performances Today, the idea that comedian-actor-writer Lily Tomlin possesses dramatic versatility is so received that one might not realize how unexpected it was for audiences to see her in a serious role in Robert Altman’s Nashville in 1975. At that...
Apr 11, 2014 — Did You See This?• Olivia de Havilland on Mickey Rooney—one Hollywood legend remembers another. • Neal Gabler on a truly inspiring Hollywood honcho • A new retrospective expands the horizons of documentary. • Incredible behind-the-scenes photos from 2001 • Films...
Mar 14, 2014 — Did You See This?• A Felliniesque life • A primer on African-American movie history • Errol Morris on the resuscitated A Brief History of Time • Vivian Kubrick’s photos of working with her dad • Winding through Wes Anderson’s world...
Feb 28, 2014 — Did You See This?• The history of Warner Bros. Pictures in logos • Mark Harris goes to war. • Steven Soderbergh does the Psycho mash. • Wes Anderson introduces his films, and Fantastic Mr. Fox inspires obsession. • Colin MacCabe...
Feb 21, 2014 — Did You See This?• Billy Crystal remembers Sid Caesar. • Paolo Sorrentino talks Oscars and more. • Behind the scenes with Stanley Kubrick • Revisiting High and Low • A Tarkovsky poem • Jim Jarmusch vamps • Refurbished Umbrellas •...
Feb 17, 2014 — Flailing fathers, anxious mothers, and their moody offspring—these characters may have tails, but they’re Wes Anderson people through and through.