The Criterion Collection
The writer and director of Misericordia talks aboutfinding beauty in Todd Solondz’s explorations of perversion, shares his love of how David Lynch fractures the American dream, and praises the “cinematic choreography” in Pickpocket.
The singer shares her love for The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant and its decadent drama, praises Nicole Kidman’s hilariously psychotic performance in To Die For, and talks about the intimate dream state of Brand upon the Brain!
The actor, known for her roles in Transparent and Hustlers, pays tribute to the pioneering subjects of Paris Is Burning, muses about her dream of starring in a future remake of Thelma & Louise, and praises the sexy smoothness of...
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Feb 1, 2019 — Rotterdam and Vanity Fair get a cinephile’s dream roster of filmmakers talking about their work.
Aug 29, 2018 — Philadelphia native Jeremiah Zagar’s first feature-length film, the documentary In a Dream (2008), premiered at the SXSW Film Festival and screened theatrically across the U.S. and in film festivals around the world. It was broadcast on HBO, shortlisted for an...
Jan 24, 2012 — From the scary thuds and mysterious roars that accompany the no-frills titles to the bizarrely poignant final image of the monster, alone at the bottom of the ocean, Ishiro Honda’s Godzilla is all business and pure dream.
Carmen Maria Machado is the author of the best-selling memoir In the Dream House and the short-story collection Her Body and Other Parties, which was a finalist for a National Book Award. Her essays, fiction, poetry, and criticism have appeared...
Jane Schoenbrun is a nonbinary filmmaker and writer whose first narrative feature, We’re All Going to the World’s Fair, was released earlier this year. Jane is the cocreator of the ongoing touring variety series The Eyeslicer, the director of the...
José B. Capino is an associate professor of English and cinema and media studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of Dream Factories of a Former Colony and a forthcoming study of politics in Lino Brocka’s...
Peter Guralnick has written extensively on American music and musicians. His books include a prize-winning two-volume Elvis Presley biography, Last Train to Memphis and Careless Love, and Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke. He is currently at work on...