The Criterion Collection
Dec 16, 1991 — Lady for a Day represented a watershed in the career of Frank Capra. The young director had been laboring at Columbia Pictures’ Poverty Row Studio, churning out 18 films in less than six years. He had moved from low-budget programmers...
Essays
Jun 3, 1991 — Robert Montgomery stars in the Oscar-nominated role of Joe Pendleton, a lug of a boxer accidentally spirited off to heaven before his time, while Claude Rains is the title character whose job it is to find a way for Pendleton...
Apr 9, 1990 — Few motion pictures have ever matched the 1938 Warner Bros. production of The Adventures of Robin Hood for sheer entertainment. Even today this film ranks high on any list of all-time favorites. Warner Bros. first considered filming The Adventures of...
The actor shares why Miller’s Crossing has become a longtime comfort film, praises David Thewlis’s complex and inspiring performance in Naked, and talks about the hope he felt watching The Great Beauty for the first time.
The actor praises Paul Newman’s remarkable performance in Hud, talks about working with Michael Haneke as a child on 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance, and selects all-time favorites like To Die For, Being There, and Shampoo.
The actor, writer, and producer talks about being blown away by Sandra Hüller’s performance in Anatomy of a Fall, shares her attraction to the romance in Love & Basketball, and praises Mississippi Masala as being ahead of its time.
The writer and director shares his love for Monterey Pop and the way it acts as a time capsule of its era, talks about how The Worst Person in the World redefined the romantic comedy, and praises Wes Anderson’s use...
The actor shares his love for Stranger Than Paradise and Dekalog, talks about being both freaked out and deeply moved by The Tin Drum, and praises Richard E. Grant’s performance in Withnail and I as one of the best of...
The CEO and chairman of Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group fondly reminisces about working with Jim Jarmusch early in his career, shares why Harlan County USA remains one of the most important documentaries of all time, and celebrates the independent...
The director of Maria talks about why Berlin Alexanderplatz is a masterclass on character and capturing a city, praises Maria Callas’s performance in Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Medea, and shares how Boyhood is proof that cinema can evoke the feeling of...