The Criterion Collection
Essays
Feb 18, 2025 — In her mainstream breakthrough, director Joan Micklin Silver envisions New York City through the eyes of a complicated, searching woman trying to figure out her place in the world.
Feb 14, 2025 — The director of Down with Love talks about his favorite romantic comedies set in the great metropolis and looks back on the making of his own foray into the genre.
Criterion Designs
Dec 5, 2024 — The creative director of Miami-based studio EDGLRD, which he cofounded with filmmaker Harmony Korine, describes the process of creating the cover artwork for Criterion’s recently released Gummo edition.
Nov 19, 2024 — Ray Yeung is a Hong Kong filmmaker who has made four feature films. His latest work, All Shall Be Well, premiered at the 2024 Berlinale International Film Festival, where it won the prestigious Teddy Award and secured third place for...
Oct 24, 2024 — The director of such classic political docudramas as On the Bowery and Come Back, Africa defied the conventions of nonfiction filmmaking with his innovative approach to collaboration and performance.
Jul 17, 2024 — Lee Grant is an Oscar- and Emmy-winning actor and director. She has starred in Detective Story, The Landlord, Shampoo, In the Heat of the Night, and Valley of the Dolls and has directed many films, including the Oscar-winning Down and...
Jul 17, 2024 — Glauber Rocha’s ambitious breakthrough film manifested the project of Cinema Novo, a new wave that sought to overcome the influence of Brazil’s colonial origins and find images and sounds that could reconceive the nation.
Apr 30, 2024 — John Carpenter is an award-winning writer, director, and composer. Born in Kentucky, he studied film at the University of Southern California before making Dark Star and Assault on Precinct 13. An internationally renowned master of the horror genre, Carpenter spawned...
Mar 13, 2024 — The subject of a revelatory retrospective at last year’s Morelia International Film Festival, this groundbreaking director ushered in Mexican cinema’s golden age with vibrant explorations of the nation’s folk traditions and revolutionary past.
Essays
Jan 16, 2024 — Drawing on the influence of a wide range of genres, John Sayles creates a densely layered narrative that unfolds across two timelines and explores the long-hidden secrets of a small border town in Texas.