The Criterion Collection
Essays
Aug 31, 2011 — A man and a woman are married in a small town. The wedding procession follows them to a canal barge, of which he is the master. His crew, an old salt and a young boy, await them there. The couple...
Dec 7, 2010 — This exploration of how technology alters its users was not only prophetic but a personal artistic breakthrough for David Cronenberg.
Vadim Rizov is the former director of editorial operations at Filmmaker magazine. His work has appeared in publications including Reverse Shot, Sight and Sound, Vanity Fair, and the Village Voice.
Shannon J. Effinger has been a freelance arts journalist and cultural critic for over a decade. Her work regularly appears in publications such as the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Guardian, AFAR magazine, W magazine, Pitchfork, Jazziz, and...
Originally from Mexico City, Carlos Aguilar is a Los Angeles–based film critic and journalist. Aguilar’s work has appeared in publications such as the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Variety, and IndieWire, among others. He is a member of...
Charles Yu is the author of four books, including Interior Chinatown, which won the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction and was shortlisted for the prix Médicis étranger. His fiction and nonfiction have appeared in publications including the New Yorker,...
Laura Kern is a writer, editor, and horror programmer based in New York. Her writing has appeared in publications such as the New York Times, Film Comment, and Rolling Stone.
Eric Hynes is a New York–based journalist, film critic, and curator. His writing has appeared in publications such as the New York Times, the Washington Post, Slate, Film Comment, Sight & Sound, and Reverse Shot. He is curator of film...
Jul 16, 2013 — Theater legend Peter Brook’s approach to bringing the classic fable about human savagery to the screen was radical in its straightforwardness.
Jul 24, 2025 — Directed by Jack Bond, It Couldn’t Happen Here is a strange and compelling document of the synth-pop duo at the height of their success, as well as a darkly absurdist send-up of provincial England in the Thatcher era.