The Criterion Collection
Oct 29, 2015 — Matthew Weiner is the award-winning creator, writer, and executive producer of the series Mad Men. About the process of compiling his Criterion Top 10, Weiner wrote, “I’m not a big fan of lists and it’s even harder when you peruse...
Essays
Oct 21, 2015 — Masaki Kobayashi takes on broken vows and the unreality of the past in his sensual and spooky four-part adaptation of Lafcadio Hearn’s Japanese folktales.
Short Takes
Oct 20, 2015 — Koko the gorilla has found some new friends.
Short Takes
Oct 9, 2015 — The eternal Beatle and mischievous star of A Hard Day’s Night (1964) would have turned seventy-five today.
Short Takes
Oct 9, 2015 — Agnès Varda keeps popping up in the most unexpected places.
Oct 2, 2015 — We were delighted when Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos and his wife, the actress Ariane Labed, dropped by for lunch in the Criterion kitchen on Monday.
Sep 29, 2015 — Bruce Beresford is the director of more than twenty-five features, including Breaker Morant (1980), Tender Mercies (1983), Driving Miss Daisy (1989), Mister Johnson (1990), and Black Robe (1992).
Sep 29, 2015 — Merchant Ivory Productions’ sun-kissed romantic comedy is an effervescent tale of class and manners among the Edwardian English.
Criterion Designs
Sep 29, 2015 — The combination of deep-rooted anger and intellectual trickiness in Krzysztof Kieślowski’s film called for an artist with an unusual combination of skills.
Sep 23, 2015 — Bruce Beresford draws on a controversial episode of Australian colonial history from 1901 to create an electrifying drama that questions the moral certitude of war.