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Win A Copy Of The Criterion Collection’s New ‘Melvin Van Peebles: 4 Films’ Box Set [Contest]

September 20, 2021 1:42 pm

Melvin Van Peebles is a legendary filmmaker, there's no question about that. In the '60s, when the American filmmaker realized that studios in the U.S. weren't going to give a Black director a chance to create...

The Playlist’s 2020 Holiday Gift Guide

Jason Bailey

November 25, 2020 12:51 pm

Features, News

Here’s the thing about movie geeks: we are hard to shop for. We’re hoarders by nature, opinionated as hell, and our tastes can be wildly unpredictable – you never know what prestige we’ve deemed tras...

Criterion Comes Under Fire For Small Number Of Films From Black Filmmakers

Charles Barfield

August 21, 2020 3:20 pm

News

If you’re a reader of our website, you are likely familiar with The Criterion Collection. Every month, like clockwork, we tend to highlight the additions to the coveted library of cinema titles that many film ...

Hidden Gems: ‘Arizona Dream’ Destroys An Out-Dated American Concept With Ecstatic Joy & Humor

Andrew Crump

July 23, 2020 1:44 pm

Essays, News

Ever have a dream so vivid that you’d swear it was real? Ever seen your dream spring to life from your frontal lobe and collide with another person’s dream? Most folks wistfully sigh about following their drea...

Nicole Holofcener Talks The Struggle Of Selfishness Vs. Selflessness In Her Hilarious, Humane Comedies [Interview]

Rodrigo Perez

June 12, 2020 2:28 pm

Features, Interviews, News

I once posited there’s no Greta Gerwig and “Ladybird” without writer/director Nicole Holofcener, and I still believe that to be true. For three decades, Holofcener, the indie filmmaker behind cult feminist com...

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The 5 Best Movies To Buy Or Stream This Week: ‘Shirley,’ ‘Lady Bird’ & More

Jason Bailey

June 9, 2020 2:14 pm

News

Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on-demand, vintage and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalog titles making a spla...

Early Jackie Chan Titles On The Criterion Channel Showcase An Artist In Transition

Jason Bailey

June 4, 2020 2:21 pm

Essays, News

1978 was a big year for Jackie Chan. After years of flailing about in serious kung fu films, with producers and directors attempting (as they did with so many of his contemporaries) to fashion Chan into the ne...

Criterion Channel Makes A Number Of Films From Black Filmmakers Available For Free & Establishes Fund To Help Fight Racism

Charles Barfield

June 4, 2020 1:41 pm

News

Over the past several days, we’ve seen a number of big companies respond to the death of George Floyd and the continued protests that have occurred all over the country in response to yet another unarmed Black...

‘Peppermint Soda’: Diane Kurys’ French Coming-Of-Age Classic Is An Essential Criterion Channel Watch

Jason Bailey

May 27, 2020 1:23 pm

Essays, News

Nothing is accidental in a film as keenly observed as Diane Kurys’ “Peppermint Soda” (now streaming on the Criterion Channel), but the opening title song seems a particularly important choice. She uses Cliff R...

Hidden Gems: ‘Eyes Of Laura Mars’ Is A Stylish Thriller With Renewed Resonance

Andrew Crump

May 13, 2020 11:51 am

Essays, News

A killer’s on the loose, stabbing people right in the peepers with an icepick, and the only person who can stop this madman is Laura Mars (Faye Dunaway). She, for reasons she neither understands nor appreciate...

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