The Criterion Collection
Short Takes
Nov 9, 2015 — “When you feel loved, you’re liable to do some of your better work,” says Gena Rowlands in a new interview for Academy Originals, a web video series produced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The incomparable actress,...
Features
Nov 28, 2014 — It Happened One Night is part of a long tradition of American comedies on the move.
Nov 20, 2014 — The two writers chat about Nehme’s new novel.
Feb 24, 2014 — A film of explosive passions, Abdellatif Kechiche’s coming-of-age triumph is about much more than just physical pleasure.
Sep 7, 2012 — Did You See This? • We are very impressed. • Talking cult cinema with Eating Raoul’s Mary Woronov • Some fantastic out-of-the-way theaters, from the underground to the grandiose • Digging deeper with Cronenberg • Mailer’s unorthodox Hamptons excursion •...
Oct 11, 2011 — A. E. W. Mason’s sweeping action novel The Four Feathers (1902) had already inspired three films by the time producer Alexander Korda got to it in 1939. It would be filmed three more times afterward. But you really haven’t seen it...
Interviews
Oct 22, 2009 — Almost a decade ago, Catherine Breillat, one of contemporary cinema’s great provocateurs, gave us Fat Girl (À ma soeur!), a disturbing and graphic look at the pitfalls of adolescent sexuality from the point of view of a pair of young sisters....
Oct 16, 2006 — Screenwriter Carlos Cuarón delves into the character played by Luis De Icaza.
The Daily
Dec 17, 2024 — Sundance, Rotterdam, and Berlin roll out more lineups for what promises to be a season of uncertainty.
Apr 28, 2023 — One of Britain’s most celebrated playwrights talks about bringing her uncompromising exploration of racism and resistance to the screen.