The Hand

Nov 20, 2018 — A sampling of reviews of some of the most significant movies currently in theaters.

Jun 21, 2018 — The American philosopher was an early proponent of cinema as a subject worthy of serious study.

Sep 30, 2017 — Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun? premiered at Sundance in January as a live presentation, with, as Vadim Rizov notes at Filmmaker, director Travis Wilkerson “narrating a complex mixture of slides and video onstage.” Wilkerson will be on hand...

Nov 2, 2016 — The morning after opening his first theater in Brooklyn, Alamo Drafthouse cofounder stopped by Criterion to chat about his life as a collector

Aug 20, 2014 — One of John Cassavetes’s loyal troupe of collaborators reminisces about working with the fearless filmmaker.

Jul 29, 2014 — The writer and director is inspired by Lawrence Kasdan’s classic comic drama to consider the joys and disappointments of the baby boomer generation that begot her.

Jul 1, 2013 — How the original comic everyman made us laugh and fear for his life.

Aug 1, 2025 — On our minds this week: Renoir, Malick, Rozier, and a trip to FIDMarseille.

Dec 2, 2024 — Metrograph presents new restorations of Lino Brocka’s Bona (1980) and Lupita Aquino-Kashiwahara’s Once a Moth (1976).

May 3, 2024 — Hiroshi Shimizu and Oscar Micheaux retrospectives open in New York and cinematographer Hélène Louvart talks about working with Varda, Wenders, and more.