The Criterion Collection
In Theaters
Sep 7, 2017 — As part of a six-week retrospective of the work of Chantal Akerman, the Harvard Film Archive screens her most famous film in 35 mm.
Sep 1, 2017 — Doug Nichol started out his career as a cinematographer on such music documentaries as Truth or Dare (Madonna) and Rattle and Hum (U2) and the director of hundreds of award-winning music videos and commercials. He has been nominated for three...
Aug 25, 2017 — Janicza Bravo is a writer and director based in Los Angeles. She was raised on an army base in Panama City and studied directing and design for theater at NYU before mounting plays in the U.S. and abroad. Her film...
Aug 22, 2017 — French cinema titan Sacha Guitry brings a savage misanthropy to this exploration of a toxic marriage and the arbitrariness of the legal system.
Sneak Peeks
Aug 21, 2017 — Mike Leigh chats with rock musician Jarvis Cocker about his film Meantime and the role television played in fostering British film culture.
Aug 18, 2017 — In this unsparing drama, Mike Leigh captures the grim mood of Thatcher’s England through the frustrations of a working-class London family.
Visual Analysis
Aug 12, 2017 — The director of the newly released Columbus takes a close look at how doors open onto philosophical mysteries in the films of French master Robert Bresson.
Aug 11, 2017 — With his controversial new film Nocturama opening in theaters, French director Bertrand Bonello spoke with us about what inspires him as an artist and how he blurs the line between realism and abstraction.
Aug 10, 2017 — We are thrilled to announce the December 5 release of 100 Years of Olympic Films, a landmark box set that documents the history of the Olympic Games through the lenses of an international array of filmmakers.
Aug 2, 2017 — Dustin Guy Defa’s first feature, Bad Fever, was named one of the best films of 2012 by the New Yorker. His short films Person to Person and Family Nightmare premiered at Sundance and won awards at the Berlinale, SXSW, and...