The Guide

Jan 26, 2010 — Roberto Rossellini’s second postwar film was released in the United States as Paisan, and one can understand why the distributors wanted to use a title familiar to many Americans as meaning “friend” or “countryman” for a work that is at...

Aug 5, 2018 — The writer-director of Monsoon Wedding and Salaam Bombay! takes us through an eclectic mix of favorite films, including works by Jane Campion, Lars von Trier, and Satyajit Ray.

Feb 12, 2018 — Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro shares heartfelt appreciations for eleven of his favorite films in the collection.

Jul 26, 2022 — The festival selects urgent documentaries, starry portraits, and family dramas.

Mar 19, 2020 — Of the dozens and dozens of lists of streaming recommendations, here are a few that have caught our eye.

Oct 19, 2018 — Here’s a taste of what the critics have been saying about the nominees.

Feb 4, 2019 — All four of this year’s top prizewinners have been directed or codirected by women.

Oct 6, 2009 — Our Jeanne Dielman–Criterion Collection Cooking Video Contest on YouTube has been a huge success, thanks to scores of filmmakers who served up more than fifty delectable entries! We’ve been amazed at the quality of the submissions, and now we need...

Apr 25, 2019 — A guide to the guides to this year’s edition.

John Pym, who edited sixteen annual editions of the Time Out Film Guide, is the author of a monograph on Preston Sturges’s The Palm Beach Story and two books on the Merchant Ivory partnership. He was educated in England and...