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Enter a Mystical World in the First Trailer for Realm of Satan

After seeing some 18 months ago at Sundance Film Festival in 2024, I've been waiting for release news of Scott Cumming’s formally compelling documentary R...

Emulsion Episode Eight: The Jag and Familiar Touch

I've spent my offline hours producing The Jag, a new play that runs from June 21 to July 6 at the Brooklyn Center for Theatre Research. Even without some of my...

NYC Weekend Watch: Almayer’s Folly, J. Hoberman, Tom Cruise & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Museum of Modern ArtA Theater Near You includes films by Chantal Akerman, Bertolucci, Aldri...

“The Phones Became Weapons”: Anthony Dod Mantle on Animating 28 Years Later with Danny Boyle

Anthony Dod Mantle has done more to advance digital photography than nearly any artist in any medium, a fact his humility rendered somewhat subtle during a car...

Exclusive Trailer for Ramon Zürcher’s The Sparrow in the Chimney, Arriving This August

Since its premiere at last year's Locarno Film Festival, we've long-awaited the U.S. release of Ramon Zürcher's The Sparrow in the Chimney, the trilogy-capper ...

28 Years Later Review: A Legacy Sequel Frenetic in Energy and Ideas

You can say that Danny Boyle was once the filmmaking avatar of Cool Britannia: a director who, at age 40, still managed to perfectly capture the zeitgeist of 2...

Familiar Touch Review: Sarah Friedland’s Wonderfully Gentle Debut Heralds a New Voice

Note: This review was originally published as part of our Venice 2024 coverage. Familiar Touch opens in theaters on June 20. In a sunny kitchen in Calif...

The Queen of My Dreams Review: A Time-Hopping Dramedy with Depth

Note: This review was originally published as part of our TIFF 2023 coverage. The Queen of My Dreams opens in theaters on June 20. The apple rarely falls fa...

Wong Kar-wai’s Blossoms Shanghai Finally Gets Distribution Outside China

Update: The Criterion Channel will premiere Blossoms Shanghai, created and directed by Wong Kar Wai, later this year in North America. Wong commented, “I am th...

July on the Criterion Channel Features Miami Vice, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Jacques Rozier & More

Our decision to declare Miami Vice this century's greatest action film some eight years ago was neither made lightly nor received unanimously, but fortune favo...

News

The Criterion Channel’s January Lineup Features Paul Thomas Anderson, Kleber Mendoça Filho, Terence Stamp & More

The Criterion Collection’s March 2026 Lineup Features Killers of the Flower Moon on 4K

Sundance Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

Trailers

The Odyssey Trailer Teases Christopher Nolan’s Mythic Epic

Tom Cruise Wants to Save Humanity in First Teaser for Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Digger

Pedro Almodóvar Returns to Spain in First Trailer for Bitter Christmas

Reviews

The Plague Review: Bullying Drama of Paranoia Requries Suspension of Disbelief

No Other Choice Review: Park Chan-wook’s Rage-Filled and Blood-Drenched Thriller

The Testament of Ann Lee Review: Amanda Seyfried Gives Her Finest Performance Yet

Features

Alistair Ryder’s Top 10 Films of 2025

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Christopher Schobert’s Top 10 Films of 2025

Interviews

The Testament of Ann Lee Cinematographer William Rexer on Capturing the Dance and Believing in Mona Fastvold

“The Story is Told by Faces”: Darius Khondji on the Cinematography of Marty Supreme and His Prolific Year

“It’s a Mission: Impossible”: Bi Gan on the Long Journey and Long Takes of Resurrection

Podcasts

The B-Side Ep. 174 – James Stewart (with Mitchell Beaupre)

The B-Side Ep. 173 – James L. Brooks (with Adam Drosin)

The B-Side Ep. 172 – Daniel Craig (with Gavin Mevius)

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