The Criterion Collection
Essays
Dec 21, 2017 — The result of a tumultuous production, Orson Welles’s eccentric take on Othello infuses the play with a convulsive rhythm and disorienting sense of abstraction.
Dec 21, 2017 — No one has captured the complexities of forbidden love with more intimacy than Celia Johnson in David Lean’s classic romance.
On the Channel
Dec 11, 2017 — Celebrate the centennial of one of silent cinema’s most iconic figures with a documentary about actor Harold Lloyd, now playing on the Criterion Channel on FilmStruck.
Inside Criterion
Dec 5, 2017 — Our biggest box set ever has arrived! Explore a century of iconic moments in modern sports with our monumental collection of fifty-three Olympic films, now available on Blu-ray and DVD.
Sneak Peeks
Nov 29, 2017 — Our popular Q&A series with director Jim Jarmusch is back!
Nov 21, 2017 — Terry Gilliam plunges into the filth and absurdity of medieval England with this grim fairy-tale comedy.
Nov 20, 2017 — Director Donna Deitch shares her stories of casting and directing Desert Hearts with one of the film’s biggest fans, Jane Lynch.
Nov 14, 2017 — Donna Deitch combined tropes of lesbian pulp romance with the sheen of mainstream filmmaking in her beloved debut feature.
In Theaters
Nov 2, 2017 — The Cinémathèque Française celebrates the work of Luchino Visconti with four weeks of retrospective screenings, including this presentation of Le notti bianche.
On the Channel
Oct 30, 2017 — Just in time for Halloween, we’re musing on what it is that makes a movie frightening with the help of filmmaking duo Josh and Benny Safdie.