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Under the Influence
In this ongoing series of videos, contemporary filmmakers talk to us about the movies that have had a lasting impact on their work.
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The Stars in Wong Kar Wai’s Universe
Nine writers with roots in the Chinese-speaking world pay tribute to the Hong Kong auteur’s most beloved actors.
Mirror: “All Is Immortal”
The fourth of Andrei Tarkovsky’s seven features is his most oneiric and resistant to interpretation, drawing from the director’s own childhood memories to create a fluid sense of history.
Bringing Up Baby: Bones, Balls, and Butterflies
Howard Hawks’s madcap battle of the sexes is a reminder of how necessary and sneakily profound silliness can be.
Prisoners of Second Avenue
For reasons this veteran editor and best-selling author can’t fully explain, an unsung film adaptation of a Neil Simon play has become an abiding domestic comfort many years after he first encountered it.
Pariah: Song of the Self
In Dee Rees’s ambitious and lyrical debut, the inner life of a queer Black teenager and poet is summoned in all its nuances and contradictions.
The Criterion Channel’s July 2021 Lineup
Next month brings a twenty-seven-film spotlight on the neonoir thrillers of the post-studio-system era, a survey of art-house animation from around the world, and more.
10 Things I Learned: Visions of Eight
The producer of our edition of this ambitious omnibus film about the 1972 Munich Olympic Games details how its dynamic group of international directors came to be involved with the project.
Dustin O’Halloran’s Top 10
On the heels of the release of his latest album, Silfur, the Emmy-winning composer and pianist shares a selection of his favorite films and some thoughts on the power of a good musical score.
The Signifyin’ Works of Marlon Riggs: Positive Images
The multi-hyphenate artist’s staggering and frequently autobiographical body of work reimagines the depiction of Black people in American culture, encouraging us to question everything we see.
Visions of Eight: Time and Motion
This omnibus documentary captures the remarkable peculiarities of athletic striving in the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich.
The Femme Solidarity and Queer Allyship of Mädchen in Uniform
Banned upon its release in Germany, Leontine Sagan’s groundbreaking lesbian love story doubles as a cogent antifascist statement.
Artist Victo Ngai Captures the Lush, Enigmatic Layers of Flowers of Shanghai
For the cover image of our edition of Hou Hsiao-hsien’s opulent masterpiece, the award-winning illustrator combined traditional Chinese figure-drawing styles with a distinctly modern approach to color and composition.
