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Dec 11, 2017 — Celebrate the centennial of one of silent cinema’s most iconic figures with a documentary about actor Harold Lloyd, now playing on the Criterion Channel on FilmStruck.

Sep 14, 2017 — Andrei Tarkovsky brings his austere aesthetic and metaphysical concerns to space in his epic Solaris, playing this week at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art.

Jul 31, 2017 — In this clip from an episode of Split Screen, now playing on the Criterion Channel on FilmStruck, underground cinema icon Jonas Mekas recounts the wealth of viewing possibilities for moviegoers in midcentury New York.

Jun 5, 2017 — Known for playing sexy noir toughs, Ralph Meeker underwent a startling transformation as the anguished, slovenly male lead in Jack Garfein’s psychological drama.

Jun 1, 2017 — The hallmarks of Japanese master Yasujiro Ozu’s mature style were solidified in this highlight from his silent period, playing this week in Washington, D.C.

Oct 13, 2016 — Jean Renoir’s captivating coming-of-age tale The River, playing at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, centers on the relationship between three teenage girls growing up in Bengal, India.

Patrick Wang is the writer and director of In the Family, playing in theaters across the U.S.

Ian Buruma writes about a broad range of political and cultural subjects for major publications, most frequently the New York Review of Books. He teaches at Bard College. His books include Behind the Mask, God’s Dust, Playing the Game, The...

Jul 14, 2026 — In May of 1962, when Martin Ritt arrived in the Texas Panhandle town of Claude to begin filming Hud, he may have sensed that his career was about to change. Hud would be Ritt’s ninth feature but his first personal...

Jul 14, 2026 — News of his “sudden and unexpected” passing has drawn a flood of appreciation and genuine affection.