Peepli Live

Jonathan Lethem is the author of thirteen novels, including Chronic City and Brooklyn Crime Novel. His writings and commentaries on film include the monograph They Live; liner notes for releases of Robert Siodmak’s The Killers, Thom Andersen’s Red Hollywood, Orson...

Nov 11, 2019 — Dark Passages I. Vacancy All the rooms are the same. There is always a skeletal bedstead with an uninviting mattress; a scuffed chest of drawers; a grimy little sink; a naked light bulb; bare walls on which the memory of...

Aug 7, 2017 — On the anniversary of his birth, we’re celebrating Hollywood renegade Nicholas Ray with complete editions of three of his masterpieces on the Criterion Channel.

Jun 19, 2017 — In his film debut, legendary director Nicholas Ray captured the mythic dimensions of the American open road through the story of an outlaw couple.

Jan 14, 2008 — As Japan was coming out of World War II, Akira Kurosawa was coming into his own as a filmmaker.

Aug 27, 2026 — The illuminating 1982 documentary I Heard It Through the Grapevine follows the celebrated author on a journey through the American South, as he attempts to reckon with the legacy and losses of the civil rights movement.

Aug 27, 2026 — She was a winning presence on the big screen, even if her movies were only a fraction of her monumental impact on popular culture.

Aug 25, 2026 — A queer couple in Kyiv is already working through a personal crisis when Russia invades their country.

Aug 19, 2026 — This month’s highlights include a retrospective dedicated to the always-provocative Abel Ferrara, the classic series Neon Genesis Evangelion, and a collection of high-energy tales of female rockers.

Aug 17, 2026 — Top prizes go to Florin Șerban, Hong Sangsoo, Alessandra Sanguinetti, and Beatrice Gibson.