The Criterion Collection
At Criterion, cinema is king, but the play is also the thing. Here’s a selection of films that adapt great works of theater for the screen.
For some of our releases, once is not enough. Here are the editions that feature as supplements some kind of alternate version of the film.
Christmas is not always the most wonderful time of the year. Here is the melancholy side of the holiday.
Predators, prey, objects of study, companions. Here are the animals in the Criterion menagerie.
Nov 19, 2008 — Allan Arkush is an Emmy-winning television director and executive producer of NBC’s hit series Heroes. Arkush's directing credits also include the Ramones’ cult classic Rock ’n’ Roll High School, which Rolling Stone magazine named as one of the top-10 rock...
Jun 27, 2005 — Kô Nakahira’s taboo-busting melodrama heralded a reinvention of Japanese cinema.
Jesse Thorn is a podcaster, comedian, and culture critic in Los Angeles. He is the host of the NPR arts and culture program Bullseye and cohost of the comedy shows Jordan, Jesse, Go! and Judge John Hodgman. In 2024, he...
Alex Zucker’s translation of Jáchym Topol’s latest novel, The Devil’s Workshop, received an English PEN Award for Writing in Translation and will be published by Portobello Books in 2013. In 2012, he received a literature fellowship from the National Endowment...
Eric White is a visual artist showing extensively in the U.S. and Europe, and living in New York City. His work can be seen here.