The Criterion Collection
Essays
Jul 9, 2019 — Agnieszka Holland’s 1990 film Europa Europa recounts the incredible but true story of how Salomon Perel, born in 1925 in Germany to a Polish Jewish family, survived the Holocaust by posing as a pure Aryan German raised in Poland. Recruited...
Jun 17, 2019 — Renowned for his adaptations of Shakespeare and great operas, the director was also a controversial Italian senator and stood accused of sexual misconduct.
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Jun 14, 2019 — On the late Peter Whitehead, Jordan Peele’s Us, drag culture, European refugees, and images of incarceration
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May 20, 2019 — Triple crosses follow double crosses in this slick crime thriller.
Interviews
May 15, 2019 — It may have taken nearly two decades after graduating from England’s National Film and Television School for Joanna Hogg to emerge as a feature filmmaker, but it was worth the wait. After making her thesis film, Caprice (starring a then-unknown...
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May 10, 2019 — The latest updates from Cannes, the Berlinale, Il Cinema Ritrovato, and beyond.
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May 8, 2019 — New restorations premiering in Cannes and Karlovy Vary and series in New York and London testify to our ongoing fascination.
Apr 30, 2019 — With these twin monuments of Hong Kong action filmmaking, Jackie Chan catapulted to international stardom, perfecting a unique blend of athleticism and populism.
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Apr 29, 2019 — The festival will premiere new restorations of films by Luis Buñuel, Vittorio De Sica, Jean Renoir, Andrzej Wajda, and more.