The Criterion Collection
Essays
Jan 7, 2020 — Understudies everywhere should take heart at the tale of Katharine Hepburn’s long history with the role of Linda Seton, the high-spirited but reclusive heiress she plays in George Cukor’s 1938 Holiday. When the Philip Barry play the film is based...
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Oct 15, 2019 — After breaking through in Medium Cool, Forster floundered until Quentin Tarantino plucked him from undeserved obscurity nearly thirty years later.
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Aug 12, 2019 — This month we’re looking at titles by or about Chantal Akerman, Orson Welles, Chris Marker, Kathleen Collins, and many more filmmakers and writers.
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Jun 13, 2019 — She turned roles as women past their prime into her greatest triumphs.
Apr 15, 2019 — She was known as “a professional innocent”—until Persona (1966) revealed a complex emotional intelligence.
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Feb 25, 2019 — Turns out, not everyone loves a winner.
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Nov 19, 2018 — Taipei hosts an evening of surprises and controversy.
In Theaters
Sep 21, 2018 — The complete works of French cinema rebel Jean Vigo are coming to theaters in gorgeous new restorations.
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Sep 12, 2018 — Viola Davis, Robert Redford, and Gael García Bernal star in a cluster of new heist movies.
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Sep 7, 2018 — Hoberman on Romero, Anderson on Godard, Gallagher on Ford, filmmakers’ top fifties, and more.