A Man

May 12, 2018 — Critics are split over this Egyptian road movie, the only debut feature in competition.

May 8, 2018 — Horror movies are often understood as products of the imagination, but in the case of Caroline Monnet and Daniel Watchorn’s work, the conventions of the genre are grounded in stories of real-life injustice. Set in a Canadian residential school for...

Mar 1, 2018 — Got anything to ask Steven Soderbergh? We’re working on a new edition of sex, lies, and videotape, and the director will be answering some of your burning questions on the release.

Feb 2, 2018 — Opening today at the Film Society of Lincoln Center, Iranian master Abbas Kiarostami’s final film, 24 Frames, is a subtle meditation on time and perception.

Jan 31, 2018 — To introduce a new section of short pieces on the Criterion Channel, we’re sharing a video about one of Orson Welles’s favorite actorly aids: prosthetic noses.

Dec 13, 2017 — Fifty years after the Summer of Love, Direct Cinema pioneer D. A. Pennebaker looks back on the Monterey International Pop Festival, which he captured in one of his greatest documentaries.

Sep 29, 2017 — One of the most elusive artists in American cinema opens a window onto his private life and creative methods in this revelatory documentary.

Sep 27, 2017 — In a remarkably candid new documentary, David Lynch opens the doors to his private world and gives fans a glimpse of his creative process.

Jul 21, 2017 — A landmark of mainstream queer cinema, Donna Deitch’s 1986 feature debut returns to theaters in a new restoration.

Jul 14, 2017 — In a video essay on our release of Robert Bresson’s final film, scholar James Quandt explores some of the formal elements that make the master’s vision of moral corruption so transfixing.