The Criterion Collection
Apr 11, 2014 — Did You See This?• Olivia de Havilland on Mickey Rooney—one Hollywood legend remembers another. • Neal Gabler on a truly inspiring Hollywood honcho • A new retrospective expands the horizons of documentary. • Incredible behind-the-scenes photos from 2001 • Films...
Sneak Peeks
Apr 9, 2014 — As Emily Watson told us in an interview for our release of Breaking the Waves, which comes out next week, she had “hardly been in front of a camera ever before” when she shot Lars von Trier’s devastasting and explicit...
Apr 4, 2014 — Did You See This?• Harvey Milk commemorated • The great movie critic James Baldwin • Seriously beef up your Orson Welles memorabilia. • Taking inspiration from Cléo • A Crimean film festival • Doris Day turns ninety! • French critics...
Mar 14, 2014 — Did You See This?• A Felliniesque life • A primer on African-American movie history • Errol Morris on the resuscitated A Brief History of Time • Vivian Kubrick’s photos of working with her dad • Winding through Wes Anderson’s world...
In Theaters
Mar 13, 2014 — Repertory PicksThe lovely domestic drama Equinox Flower (1958) was the first color film by the great Japanese director Yasujiro Ozu. Though this master of cinematic composition was initially resistant to moving to the relatively new process (the first color film...
Feb 28, 2014 — Did You See This?• The history of Warner Bros. Pictures in logos • Mark Harris goes to war. • Steven Soderbergh does the Psycho mash. • Wes Anderson introduces his films, and Fantastic Mr. Fox inspires obsession. • Colin MacCabe...
In Theaters
Feb 27, 2014 — Repertory PicksThe visually spectacular Czech masterpiece Marketa Lazarová is coming to theaters in a new 35 mm print from Janus Films. This one-of-a-kind, savage, and strangely beautiful spectacle evokes the textures of medieval life as vividly and perhaps frighteningly as...
Short Takes
Feb 13, 2014 — Hiroshi Teshigahara may have never quite become a household name, but this uniquely talented Japanese filmmaker, who specialized in existential dramas peppered with surreal avant-garde touches, received a large dose of international acclaim for his 1964 Woman in the Dunes,...
Feb 11, 2014 — Interviews, puppets, and props—oh my! Check out this new trailer for a sneak preview of what our bursting-at-the-seams special edition of Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox has to offer, from behind-the-scenes footage to a cartoon Jarvis Cocker.
Feb 6, 2014 — Did You See This?• B-movie beauts • Meet “New Queer Cinema” coiner B. Ruby Rich. • Get to know your Derek Jarman. • Terry Gilliam at the movies • Alphaville and New Wave genre films • Writing by Charlie Chaplin—formal...