The Criterion Collection
Sep 7, 2016 — Jenni Olson is an acclaimed filmmaker, writer, archivist, LGBT film historian, and online pioneer. Since premiering at Sundance in 2015, her innovative feature-length essay film The Royal Road, which reflects on an array of topics ranging from the Spanish colonization...
Jul 13, 2016 — Mogwai has established itself as one of the most important and influential underground bands of the past quarter century. In addition to the critical and commercial success of Mogwai’s many studio albums, the band has not only had its music...
Apr 18, 2016 — In partnership with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, select Criterion titles are now available for purchase on Blu-ray in the United Kingdom, both in stores and online.
Apr 12, 2016 — Howard Hawks’s 1939 aviation classic Only Angels Have Wings is an exemplar of the auteurist Hollywood entertainer’s capability to fuse “a personal existential statement and a delightful piece of showmanship.”
Mar 29, 2016 — Les Blank’s long-lost documentary revels in the trippy, eccentric world of and surrounding Tulsa Sound pioneer Leon Russell, transforming what might have been a standard concert movie into a genuine work of art.
Dec 30, 2015 — Reggie Watts is a multifaceted performer best known for his comedy collaborations and improvisational music sets. After spending several years as the front man for Seattle-based rock group Maktub, Watts began his career as a solo performer in the early...
Aug 25, 2015 — In Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne’s moving and humane critique of capitalism, true interpersonal communication is the only thing that can save us.
Jul 10, 2015 — Sean Baker is a writer-director and cocreator of the television show Greg the Bunny. His movies include Prince of Broadway (2008), Starlet (2012), and Tangerine (2015). He says, “Writing this list was a little like Sophie’s choice for me. And...
May 1, 2015 — In his first feature, Jean-Pierre Melville found subtly radical ways to adapt Vercors's underground French novel about quiet resistance against the German occupation.
Jul 31, 2014 — A celebrated American photographer, Mary Ellen Mark has traveled the world as a photojournalist since the 1960s, published photographs in such magazines as Life, Rolling Stone, the New Yorker, and Vanity Fair, and taken pictures on the sets of over...