May 22, 2023 — Get in character for a journey through the history of Method acting, a movement that transformed the art of screen performance forever.

Oct 1, 2025 — With two films set to open next month, Richard Linklater programs a series of French New Wave classics.

Jul 16, 2020 — This month’s round features reviews of books on Jacques Tati, Kelly Reichardt, Terrence Malick, Jordan Peele, and many more.

Apr 26, 2011 — In anticipation of Criterion’s release of Charlie Chaplin’s The Great Dictator next month, and in honor of the one hundredth entry in his DVD of the Week column on his New Yorker blog, The Front Row, Richard Brody has begun a weeklong...

Nov 30, 2009 — The following essay was originally written for Criterion’s website in 2005, on the occasion of the DVD release of Powell and Pressburger’s The Tales of Hoffmann. We have posted it here to coincide with BFI Southbank’s ongoing Hein Heckroth exhibition...

Sep 14, 2022 — Always innovating, Godard was one of the most vital and influential figures in the history of cinema.

This Swedish master made existential and soul-searching films that constitute one of the richest bodies of work in the history of cinema.

Oct 24, 2022 — A lively new podcast traces the history of German cinema in the Weimar era.

Mar 31, 2021 — The Austrian Film Museum and Punto de Vista celebrate one of the most influential programmers in the history of cinema.

The director and cowriter of The Brutalist selects three favorites by Luchino Visconti, praises Larisa Shepitko as one of the greatest directors in the history of cinema, and talks about the hypnotic, endlessly watchable The Mother and the Whore.