Criterion Shelf
The films of Bertrand Tavernier deliver rich presentations of human relationships that one feels deeply, his stark but never preachy criticisms of French society always accompanied by stunning visual landscapes that are often breathtaking.
The Criterion Shelf: Starring Peter Sellers
For a man who claimed to have no personality of his own, the versatile Peter Sellers always made us laugh.
The Criterion Shelf: The Best of Mae West
A sharp wit with an even sharper taste for business who wrote her own scripts and loved to rock a glamorous gown, she was an unapologetic voluptuary whose jokey attitude towards enjoying the carnal side of life skillfully cloaked a nuanced understanding of its painful realities.
The Criterion Shelf: Written By Harold Pinter
Pinter directed nearly fifty productions for stage, theatre and screen.
The Criterion Shelf: Cary Grant Comedies
Criterion Channel's collection of Cary Grant comedies proves the measure of true star power.
The Criterion Shelf: Claire Denis, Bill Forsyth, Nadav Lapid
The Criterion Channel is currently screening three collections of three very different filmmakers.
The Criterion Shelf: New Korean Cinema
Ranking the films that built the South Korean industry pre-Parasite.
The Criterion Shelf: Starring Joan Crawford
Crawford showed up ready for stardom, as time passed the perfection of her face hardened but you could never do anything about those eyes.
The Criterion Shelf: Directed by Volker Schlöndorff
Beginning with his feature debut Young Törless, Schlöndorff showed himself interested in examining the gray area of morality.
The Criterion Shelf: Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Christo’s projects push the limit of what people consider to be the usefulness of art.
The Criterion Shelf: Bad Vacations
As an antidote to our pandemic wanderlust, The Criterion Channel has put together a list of films meant to remind us that going somewhere isn’t always a good thing.
The Criterion Shelf: Starring Alain Delon
The face of an angel with haunted, almost devilish eyes couldn’t be more suited to capturing the hearts and imaginations of viewers, and throughout his lengthy career Delon has played a series of charismatic bad boys that have made him a very potent, very eternal sex symbol
The Criterion Shelf: German Expressionism
Criterion's collection highlighting the genre of German Expressionism is such a gift for those of us who have always read about the filmmaking style, but never actually investigated it.
The Criterion Shelf: Scores by Ryuichi Sakamoto
When interviewed, Ryuichi Sakamoto says that he’s “fascinated by the notion of a perpetual sound”, working to create not just a melody but a mood and even a way of thinking with his compositions.
The Criterion Shelf: Marriage Stories
Criterion has put together a collection of marital tales, most of which aren’t going to inspire you to jump to propose any time soon: the ones who stay together are miserable (or, in one case, possibly a fantasy), those who part do so in a morass of bigamy, infidelity and acrimony.