The Criterion Collection
Nov 30, 2015 — Ana Lily Amirpour is an Iranian-American director, writer, producer, and actor best known for her award-winning debut film, the Persian-language vampire western A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014). Her second feature, The Bad Batch, is scheduled for release...
Oct 29, 2015 — Matthew Weiner is the award-winning creator, writer, and executive producer of the series Mad Men. About the process of compiling his Criterion Top 10, Weiner wrote, “I’m not a big fan of lists and it’s even harder when you peruse...
Aug 26, 2015 — Filmmaker Keith Gordon has directed the features The Chocolate War (1988), A Midnight Clear (1992), Mother Night (1996), Waking the Dead (2000), and The Singing Detective (2003), along with multiple episodes of the series Fargo, Homeland, The Leftovers, The Killing,...
Jul 23, 2015 — The composer is credited with scoring eleven films for Bergman—among them Smiles of a Summer Night (1955), Wild Strawberries (1957), and The Magician (1958)—the last being The Virgin Spring (1960), with its evocative use of medieval instruments.
May 29, 2015 — The New York–born–and–raised directors Josh and Benny Safdie’s films have earned them awards from around the world, including FIPRESCI prizes and Independent Spirit and Gotham awards. Their feature films include The Pleasure of Being Robbed (2008), Daddy Longlegs (2009), Lenny...
Mar 24, 2015 — Words—they conceal and reveal so much about us, as Errol Morris’s elusive and brilliant first films attest.
Sneak Peeks
Dec 12, 2014 — A supplemental feature on our edition of the film documents the brilliant work of costume designer James Acheson and production designer Milly Burns.
Sep 30, 2014 — Singer-songwriter and occasional film actor Will Oldham has released eighteen albums, appeared in such films as Matewan (1987), Junebug (2005), Old Joy (2006), and Wendy and Lucy (2008), and teamed with David Byrne to compose the score for This Must...
Jun 26, 2014 — “These are ten films that tickle me in the right places,” says Academy Award–nominated production designer K. K. Barrett, who’s helped visualize the worlds of such films as Being John Malkovich, Lost in Translation, Where the Wild Things Are, and...
Mar 25, 2014 — Silent comedy superstar Harold Lloyd played big dreamers; few were more determined to succeed than the college football player Harold Lamb.