The Criterion Collection
Sep 1, 2017 — “British filmmaker Andrew Haigh (Weekend, 45 Years) hits the American highway for this touching, if slightly underwhelming, tale of a troubled boy who strikes up a rapport with an ailing racehorse called Lean on Pete,” begins Time Out’s Dave Calhoun....
Jan 18, 2011 — In his Life Studies poem “To Speak of Woe That Is in Marriage,” Robert Lowell wrote of “free-lancing out along the razor’s edge,” a lean, glamorous, tense phrasing that invokes the Samuel Fuller of the early sixties—a director suddenly without...
Jun 13, 2005 — Ernst Lubitsch was a big-city director. The historical dramas that he made in Germany in the late 1910s and early 1920s were known around the world for their distinctively urbane approach, focusing on the private lives of public people. This...
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Oct 19, 2018 — Here’s a taste of what the critics have been saying about the nominees.
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Jan 28, 2026 — TIFF Cinematheque salutes the surrealist master with a series of fresh restorations and rare 35 mm prints.
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Dec 17, 2025 — An amiable actor, Reiner launched his directorial career with a seven-film winning streak.
Feb 4, 2025 — The director has put together a series of films that have inspired his Nosferatu.
Aug 16, 2022 — The Safdie brothers drew inspiration from their childhood memories for their first feature as codirectors, a terrifying yet wondrous portrait of an unpredictable father.
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Jul 7, 2021 — Cannes’ opening night film has thrilled some critics, disappointed others, and left a few simply confused.