The Work

Nov 2, 2017 — The Cinémathèque Française celebrates the work of Luchino Visconti with four weeks of retrospective screenings, including this presentation of Le notti bianche.

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 22, 2016 — As part of a two-month series highlighting Yasujiro Ozu’s late-career work, the Pacific Film Archive is showing Equinox Flower, a family drama about a conservative father and his rebellious daughter, who refuses to accept his plans for her arranged marriage.

Dec 16, 2008 — More than a year ago, Peter and I were in the midst of discussions about how we wanted to launch the Criterion cinematheque. Over time, those discussions expanded to include every department at Criterion. We wanted to have a single...

Aug 20, 2001 — Carl Dreyer considers the work of art’s soul in this excerpt from Dreyer in Double Reflection.

May 9, 1994 — The importance of Two English Girls lies in its sheer vitality. The film is an extraordinary cinematic conjuring trick in which Truffaut draws the viewer both physically and visually into his own personal pleasures. He does this on a multitude...

Mar 31, 1991 — In Jacques Tati’s final work, the physical borders of spectacle and audience are broken down through a variety of means.

The writer and director returns to the Criterion Closet, where he talks about the infectious energy of Night and the City, shares why Beau travail and Cold Water were transformative works for independent filmmakers in the 1990s, and praises the...

The rapper and musician talks about finding inspiration in Eric Rohmer's Six Moral Tales, shares his love for the work of Sidney Lumet, and takes home favorites like Close-up and La notte.

The actor and authorexplains why everyone should be required to experience the work of Laurie Anderson, praises the way Kes portrays the relationship between man and nature, and talks about how A Room with a View turned him into a...