John Schlesinger’s adaptation of Nathanael West’s novella is one of the most caustic takedowns of classic Hollywood the 70’s produced. Maligned on its initial release, it’s ripe for rediscovery by modern audiences.
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Claude Berri’s epic two-parter, recently added to the Criterion Collection, is the sort of meticulous historical recreation that doesn’t get made enough anymore.
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1968’s winner for the Best Foreign Language Oscar – now streaming on Criterion Channel in its Czech New Wave collection – is a wry warning against passivity in the face of fascism.
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In honor of his 100th birthday, we revisit a late career masterpiece from a director whose time in the dream factory could sometimes be a nightmare.
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Some films are impossible to separate from their provenance. That’s especially true for those made during wartime. 1943’s The Life and […]
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One of the most uncompromisingly bleak neo-noirs to come out of the late 80’s boom makes its well-deserved Criterion Collection debut this month.
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Five decades have done little to diminish the confrontational power of Lina Wertmüller’s 1974 classic of sexual politics. In fact, they might have intensified it.
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The crowning achievement of John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands’s decades-long partnership is a grueling portrait of a couple that can’t live together but can’t survive apart.
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Masks are always a popular part of spooky season. But as this French cult classic demonstrates, sometimes it’s not a villain they conceal but a victim.
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As the Criterion Channel celebrates the 100th birthday of Marcello Mastroianni, we recommend one of his undersung comedies for your streaming pleasure.
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As this gangster classic re-enters the Criterion Collection, we offer an ode to Bob Hoskins’s most crucial contribution: his face.
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“With the DNC returning to Chicago for the first time since 1968, Haskell Wexler’s indelible chronicle of that tempestuous year has never been more relevant.
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