The Criterion Collection
Nov 17, 1986 — The best of all the Spencer Tracy/Katharine Hepburn comedies, Adam’s Rib is as fresh and topical today as it was in 1949 when it was first released. Written by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin and directed by George Cukor, this...
Essays
Nov 10, 1986 — Max Ophuls’s masterpiece is a transformation of a conventional subject into an avant-garde adventure, and a spectacular stylistic breakthrough in the utilization of wide screen and color.
Jan 14, 2025 — In his only directorial effort for the big screen, Richard Pryor takes the raw stuff of his life and alchemizes it as art, demonstrating the humor and vulnerability that made him a towering figure in American culture.
Nov 22, 2019 — Critics are praising the French New Wave icon’s joyous and reflective final film, which hits theaters in New York this week.
Nov 18, 2016 — For Film Comment, Marc Walkow surveys the career of director Tomu Uchida, currently the subject of a retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art. Like many commercial Japanese directors of his era, Uchida has long been underappreciated in the West,...
Short Takes
Jun 7, 2016 — “One of the discoveries of the road movies was not only that you could travel and work and make a film at the same time, and improvise it, but that rock and roll could also be, in the true sense,...
Aug 16, 2024 — Jessica Pratt is a guitarist, singer, and songwriter based in Los Angeles, California. Her new album, Here in the Pitch, builds on the spectral folk of her previous albums, landing on a cinematic pop sound gesturing toward the Wrecking Crew,...
Aug 26, 2022 — Ty Segall is an American musician and songwriter based in Los Angeles, California. His latest album, “Hello, Hi,” is out on Drag City Records.