The Criterion Shelf: Written By Harold Pinter
Pinter directed nearly fifty productions for stage, theatre and screen.
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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.
The Criterion Shelf: Directed by Luis Garcia Berlanga
No surprise that a man who began his studies in philosophy before enrolling in the impressively named “Institute of Cinematographic Investigations and Experiences” would turn out to be a storyteller whose technical skill is matched by his intelligent and thoughtful irony. Even less shocking is that a man who volunteered to serve in World War II to save his Republican father from being executed would also have a critical opinion of his government.
The Criterion Shelf: Directed by Mike Leigh
Exploring the films of the great Mike Leigh in The Criterion Channel's director spotlight.
The Criterion Shelf: Four Trilogies
The Criterion Channel has put together small collections of films by noted filmmakers past and present, choosing three each to represent the essence of their work.
