The Criterion Collection
Apr 24, 2025 — Perfume Genius (Mike Hadreas) began his music career in 2008 and released his debut album, Learning, in 2010 through his longtime label home, Matador Records. The album immediately drew critics’ attention to Hadreas’s ability to convey emotional vulnerability with his...
Mar 21, 2025 — Anthony Banua-Simon is an award-winning filmmaker and editor as well as an adjunct professor in film editing. His films Third Shift and Cane Fire have both played on the Criterion Channel. The films he has chosen for this list have...
Mar 18, 2025 — This stellar entry in one of cinema’s greatest monster franchises combines science fiction’s age-old exploration of human arrogance with the full force of cinematic imagination.
Feb 14, 2025 — The director of Down with Love talks about his favorite romantic comedies set in the great metropolis and looks back on the making of his own foray into the genre.
Feb 3, 2025 — Iranian director, writer, and producer Mohammad Rasoulof was born in Shiraz, Iran, and has made eight feature films. Though none have screened in his home country due to censorship, his films have been admired around the world. Much of his...
Features
Dec 25, 2024 — Look back on the collaborations that defined our year, captured in this compilation of moments that our crew shared with the filmmakers, artists, and experts who talked with us about the movies.
Dec 17, 2024 — A remarkable breakthrough in Hong Kong action cinema, this rip-roaring spectacle represents the peak of Hung’s commitment to ensemble-oriented filmmaking.
Criterion Designs
Dec 5, 2024 — The creative director of Miami-based studio EDGLRD, which he cofounded with filmmaker Harmony Korine, describes the process of creating the cover artwork for Criterion’s recently released Gummo edition.
Nov 19, 2024 — Ray Yeung is a Hong Kong filmmaker who has made four feature films. His latest work, All Shall Be Well, premiered at the 2024 Berlinale International Film Festival, where it won the prestigious Teddy Award and secured third place for...
Oct 22, 2024 — Lana Wilson is a writer and director whose work includes After Tiller, an Emmy-winning feature documentary about the four most-targeted abortion doctors in America; The Departure, a Spirit Award–nominated feature documentary about a punk-turned-priest who helps suicidal people find reasons...