A Case of You

Sep 14, 2020 — Golden Lion for Chloé Zhao! Plus a look at what the critics have to say about all the award winners.

Sep 4, 2020 — The festival opens with a winning oddity from Greece and an Italian time-hopping family drama.

Aug 25, 2020 — Set among immigrants and laborers in an unglamorous corner of the South of France, Toni (1935) fulfills Jean Renoir’s wish to make a film in “a style as close as possible to that of daily encounters,” as he wrote in...

Feb 18, 2020 — From the making of Chinatown, through fresh memoirs and ongoing biographies, here’s this month’s overview of new and noteworthy titles.

Jul 11, 2019 — Once again, the Cineteca di Bologna has presented a richly varied showcase of discoveries, rediscoveries, and new restorations.

May 20, 2019 — Setting the Haiti of 1962 next to present-day Paris, Bonello weighs the impact of French colonialism.

Apr 26, 2019 — A politically engaged actor who refused to be commodified, this French icon showcased her piercing intelligence throughout four decades of unforgettable performances.

Apr 11, 2019 — Every Friday on the newly launched Criterion Channel, we’ll be playing matchmaker, presenting a double bill of films that, for one reason or another, belong beside each other. Our Double Features will be sure to multiply your viewing pleasure, whether...

Dec 11, 2018 — Note: The terms black and white were part of the way racial categories were referred to in South Africa under apartheid. Other terms, like nonwhite and non-European, were also used to mark racial segregation. In the following essay, the term...

Aug 7, 2018 — Can creative genius flourish on the federal dime? Animator Norman McLaren’s remarkably innovative, government-funded films suggest it can.