The Criterion Collection
Short Takes
Jan 24, 2011 — Ten years after the publication of the first edition of Planet Hong Kong and three years after it went out of print, the redoubtable film scholar David Bordwell has put out—exclusively online—a second edition of his acclaimed study of the national...
Short Takes
Jan 19, 2010 — Tributes to Eric Rohmer have been springing up all over following his death last week at age eighty-nine. Among our favorites thus far is the one by Geoffrey O’Brien, who has written stirringly and lyrically about the French auteur on...
May 11, 2009 — “It’s taken more than fifty years, but the world has finally caught up with [the] dark and cynical vision” of Billy Wilder’s chillingly black satire of the fourth estate, Ace in the Hole, A. O. Scott declares in a clever...
The Daily
Aug 17, 2026 — Top prizes go to Florin Șerban, Hong Sangsoo, Alessandra Sanguinetti, and Beatrice Gibson.
Aug 10, 2026 — As A. Rimbaud carries on building a dedicated audience, San Diego’s Digital Gym presents a retrospective.
The Daily
Aug 3, 2026 — The American Cinematheque presents six of the eleven films Douglas Sirk and cinematographer Russell Metty made between 1952 and 1959.
The Daily
Jul 30, 2026 — Gene Tierney, Robert Kramer, Chantal Akerman, and Alfred Hitchcock are among the many personalities featured this month.
The Daily
Jul 22, 2026 — This year’s Gala and Special Presentations will include new work from Tim Blake Nelson, Takashi Miike, Wayne Wang, and Anton Corbijn.
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Jul 21, 2026 — New restorations of the first three features premiere this weekend, followed by a retrospective next month.
On the Channel
Jun 17, 2026 — Channel Calendars This month on the Criterion Channel, celebrate the hundredth birthday of the great Harry Dean Stanton, delight in the twists and thrills of our Murderous Melodramas collection, or binge the surreal cult-favorite TV series The Prisoner. There’s so...