The Criterion Collection
The writer and director returns to the Criterion Closet, where he talks about the infectious energy of Night and the City, shares why Beau travail and Cold Water were transformative works for independent filmmakers in the 1990s, and praises the...
The actor talks about how Richard Linklater’s Slacker turned him on to independent cinema, praises the soundtrack for Paris, Texas, and selects a horror classic by George A. Romero.
The writer and director of Blue Heron shares how John Cassavetes inspired her own approach to independent filmmaking, praises The Watermelon Woman and Not a Pretty Picture as essential works of hybrid cinema, and talks about her personal connection to...
An X-ray of corporate America; an existential noir thriller; four pre-Code movie musicals; a gonzo revenge thriller; a psychologically complex western; a nearly wordless comedic achievement; and a benchmark of independent cinema.
The CEO and chairman of Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group fondly reminisces about working with Jim Jarmusch early in his career, shares why Harlan County USA remains one of the most important documentaries of all time, and celebrates the independent...
The legendary actor returns to Closet, where she shares her love for independent American gems such as Barbara Loden’s Wanda and Michael Roemer’s Nothing but a Man, talks about Roberto Rossellini’s work with Ingrid Bergman, and selects Italian cinema classics...
The legendary independent filmmaker challenged racist stereotypes in Hollywood with his subversive B movies and biting social satires.
A titan of American independent cinema, the iconoclastic director has sustained an aesthetic of cool through irreverent dramas and deadpan comedies that subvert genre codes.
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Jul 24, 2025 — This year’s Cinema Rediscovered festival spotlights the vitally independent voices of the Thatcher era.
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Nov 1, 2022 — The independent publisher launches a two-volume collection and a film series in New York.