The Criterion Collection
Mar 11, 2015 — More than thirty years after his death in 1977, Roberto Rossellini is remembered by your average film buff as the father of Italian neorealism (Rome, Open City, 1945; Paisan, 1946; Germany Year Zero, 1948) and of actress and model Isabella...
Short Takes
Feb 20, 2015 — In time for this year’s Academy Awards ceremony, we wanted to celebrate all the incredible women who have been nominated for best actress Oscars for their roles in Criterion titles. They range from the 1930s to the 2010s, and include...
Jan 12, 2015 — The author remembers the late filmmaker.
Features
Dec 28, 2014 — In person, Sam was a blunt-nosed nonconformist, small of stature but forever leading with his Cuban cigar.
Nov 10, 2014 — Monte Hellman’s existential westerns take Beckett to the desert.
Interviews
Sep 16, 2014 — The following interview is from filmmaker and writer Chris Rodley’s 1997 book Lynch on Lynch. The interviews in the book were conducted by Rodley between January 1993 and December 1996. Eraserhead took five years to complete. You must have been...
Aug 18, 2014 — The filmmaker and critic discuss the pleasures and provocations of the Spanish auteur’s work.
In Theaters
Jul 24, 2014 — Repertory PicksOn July 26, 27, and 28, viewers at the Center for Contemporary Arts Santa Fe can see Ingmar Bergman’s Wild Strawberries on the big screen, and thus enter the mindscape of Isak Borg, the film’s indelible main character. Played by legendary...
Jul 4, 2014 — Did You See This?• The singular beauty of old movie theaters. . . • . . . And a rare peek inside a long-abandoned one • Barack and Michelle’s surprising first-date movie • A Hard Day’s Night: making it sound...
Jun 20, 2014 — Did You See This?• Coffee talk with David Lynch • The (Lego) Grand Budapest Hotel • That time Jean-Luc Godard, Wim Wenders, Jean-Pierre Gorin, and Alice Waters went to the beach • Jan Troell on his career • Chinatown’s Los...