The Criterion Collection
May 27, 2025 — In the singular mid-1980s TV show Eternity’s Pillar, the jazz iconoclast gives viewers a chance to experience the healing powers of her music—and the intense spiritual practice that fuels it.
The Daily
May 20, 2025 — Four lives begin anew in Petzold’s first film to premiere in Cannes.
May 12, 2025 — Constance Tsang is a Chinese American writer, director, and educator based in New York. Her first feature, Blue Sun Palace, was awarded the French Touch Prize by the jury at the 2024 Cannes Critics’ Week and was an official selection...
The Daily
May 1, 2025 — The director of Sambizanga is celebrated with a full retrospective in New York and a free evening of screenings in Los Angeles.
Essays
Apr 29, 2025 — In this exuberant and moving portrait of a Brooklyn sex worker, Sean Baker draws on themes he has explored throughout his career, depicting the workaday grind of twenty-first-century American existence with biting humor and clear-eyed humanity.
Apr 24, 2025 — Perfume Genius (Mike Hadreas) began his music career in 2008 and released his debut album, Learning, in 2010 through his longtime label home, Matador Records. The album immediately drew critics’ attention to Hadreas’s ability to convey emotional vulnerability with his...
Apr 22, 2025 — The majestic landscape of Provence takes center stage in Claude Berri’s two-film adaptation of an epic tale by Marcel Pagnol, a cinematic treasure that remains an abiding source of comfort for French viewers.
Apr 9, 2025 — Agnès Varda’s work as an artist, photographer, and filmmaker is celebrated in Paris, Amsterdam, and Rodez.
The Daily
Apr 7, 2025 — Children are the focus of several of the films in this year’s showcase of emerging filmmakers.
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Mar 31, 2025 — Steeped in theater history, Shinoda infused centuries-old tales with twentieth-century dynamism.