One decade after introducing Godzilla to the world, Ishiro Honda brought to the screen a more down-to-earth threat to humanity.
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The world of dog shows provided the fodder for Christopher Guest’s most inspired mockumentary, unleashed 25 years ago.
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Hammer Films brought Nigel Kneale’s signature character to movie screens 70 years ago, paving the way for its own hallowed place in popular culture.
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Lycanthropy runs in the family in two very different werewolf films unleashed 40 years ago this month.
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In a time when trans people find themselves increasingly on defense, the Criterion Channel celebrates one whose default is to play offense.
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Three boys escape their humdrum suburban lives by going to space in Joe Dante’s sci-fi fantasy, which launched into theaters 40 years ago.
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A film with a tangled history almost as convoluted as the story it tells, Orson Welles’s “Mr. Arkadin” has a playfulness that belies its ramshackle nature.
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With Alan Rudolph in the Criterion Channel’s Director Spotlight, we shine a light on one of his most eccentric – and stylish – films.
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Agnès Varda made her directorial debut not with a short, but the feature “La Pointe Courte,” first screened at Cannes 70 years ago.
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Six decades ago, Richard Lester won the Palme d’Or and directed the Beatles in their second feature. Both films show off his knack for comic invention.
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A quarter century after its apparent sell-by date, the campy, Paul Bartel-directed black comedy/action/sci-fi mash-up remains uproariously funny and stubbornly relevant.
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Mickey Spillane’s most famous creation headlined one of the most pitch-black noirs ever made – and cracked a few heads in the process.
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