On the eve of its new Criterion release, a look at why this 1935 adventure is more than just swords and sea battles.
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Even recency-biased Netflix can’t help streaming this 1973 Best Picture winner, a fast-paced delight that floats on the considerable charms of Robert Redford and Paul Newman.
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A year after his passing, we look back at the small but eclectic list of films that the singular filmmaker produced.
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Remaking “Psycho” was always a fool’s errand, but Gus Van Sant’s infamous shot-for-shot redo is a fascinating experiment in reinterpreting a classic.
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The two newest movies in the Criterion Channel’s recently launched Directed by Atom Egoyan collection may initially seem like late-career afterthoughts […]
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Ang Lee’s adaptation of Rick Moody’s novel – part of the Criterion Channel’s ’70s movie series – delves beneath the surface of a turbulent time in America’s not-too-distant past.
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No more talk of “Ella McCay” — let us instead look back at James L. Brooks’s feature screenwriting debut, now streaming on the Criterion Channel.
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As an animation master hits a milestone birthday, his studio’s presence overseas is dominated by an excess of merchandising that runs counter to his work.
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For seven years in the mid-‘70s, the Jimmy Cliff vehicle played to sold-out crowds at the Orson Welles Cinema, and its runaway success brought reggae to an unlikely audience.
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Akira Kurosawa’s final Shakespeare adaptation, which turns forty this month, stands as one of the legendary director’s greatest cinematic achievements.
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As he celebrates his 100th birthday, a look back at one of Dick Van Dyke’s most challenging, memorable, and apparently personal turns.
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When Stanley Kubrick’s final feature was posthumously released in 1999, responses were… divided. A quarter century (and a Criterion 4K) later, more viewers have caught on to what Kubrick was up to.
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