The Criterion Collection
Essays
Mar 7, 2017 — With his unique blend of British realism and romantic fatalism, director Andrew Haigh exposes the quiet desperation at the heart of a long marriage.
Jan 31, 2017 — Brooklyn-based director Tim Sutton stopped by for a visit and sat down to chat about the films that have inspired his work and the importance of maintaining an outsider’s point of view.
Jan 27, 2017 — Ken Jennings is the all-time winningest champion in the history of the quiz show Jeopardy!, having won $2.5 million during his seventy-five-game streak in 2004. He is the author of eleven books, including the best-selling Brainiac, Maphead, and Because I...
Essays
Jan 23, 2017 — In his radical debut feature, Ousmane Sembène reveals the agony of the postcolonial experience through the story of a Senegalese migrant abused by her French employers.
Essays
Nov 22, 2016 — The result of a notoriously troubled production, Marlon Brando’s unorthodox western presents a brooding vision of human futility.
In Theaters
Oct 20, 2016 — The Bryn Mawr Film Institute, in Pennsylvania, is screening Henri-Georges Clouzot’s twisted thriller Diabolique, about the murder of a sadistic headmaster by his submissive wife and his malevolent mistress.
Sneak Peeks
Oct 14, 2016 — The two actors discuss their involvement with Richard Linklater’s twelve-year film production, its parallels with their own lives, and the emotional journey of making the film.
Oct 10, 2016 — Filmed over the course of twelve years, Richard Linklater’s coming-of-age portrait is an astonishing experiment in cinematic time.
Oct 6, 2016 — We’re excited to share the latest news about the launch of FilmStruck and the Criterion Channel.
Sep 30, 2016 — Amy Fine Collins is special correspondent to Vanity Fair, where for over twenty years she has written features about fashion, art, Hollywood, and society. An arbiter and owner of Vanity Fair’s international best-dressed list since 2003, she was inducted into...