This December, Alexander Payne's caustically funny Election, a biting satire of political hubris set at an Omaha high school, will join the Criterion Collection in an edition featuring a new, restored 4K digital transfer and new interviews with Payne and Reese Witherspoon. Politics get even uglier in Barbet Schroeder's General Idi Amin Dada: A Self-Portrait, … More
This November, golden-age Hollywood's wittiest romantic comedy will join the Criterion Collection: The Philadelphia Story, starring Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, and James Stewart, all at the height of their dazzling charms. The Criterion edition will feature a new 4K restoration, along with new supplements exploring the film's production, which launched Hepburn back to stardom thanks largely to … More
presents 100 YEARS OF OLYMPIC FILMS Deluxe Blu-ray and DVD collector's sets include 53 films and a 216-page illustrated book, to be released December 5, 2017. Features landmark work by Kon Ichikawa, Bud Greenspan, Milos Forman, Leni Reifenstahl, Claude Lelouch, Masahiro Shinoda and many more! We are pleased to announce Criterion's upcoming release of 100 YEARS OF … More
AUGUST PROGRAMMING ON THE CRITERION CHANNEL ON FILMSTRUCK! Includes Adventures in Moviegoing with Michael Cunningham, a celebration of Nicholas Ray, and Juzo Itami's Tampopo! Tuesday, August 1 Tuesday's Short + Feature: These Boots and Mystery Train Music is at the heart of this program, which pairs a zany music video by Finnish master Aki … More
This October, Stanley Kubrick's breathtaking period epic Barry Lyndon will join the Criterion Collection in a new 4K restoration. The new edition will feature a host of supplements that explore how Kubrick and his team brought the 18th century to life with unprecedented achievements in cinematography and production design. Then, it's happening again: Twin Peaks: … More
JULY PROGRAMMING ON THE CRITERION CHANNEL ON FILMSTRUCK! Includes Adventures in Moviegoing with Brad Bird, Yasujiro Ozu's Tokyo Story, and Andrew Haigh's Weekend! Saturday, July 1 Changing Faces What does a face tell us even when it's disguised or disfigured? And what does it conceal? Guest curator Imogen Sara Smith, a critic and author of the book … More
In September, Murray Lerner's Festival will join the Criterion Collection in time for its 40th anniversary. The era-defining documentary caught the crest of a musical movement at the Newport Folk Festival from 1963 to 1966 and includes performances by giants like Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Johnny Cash, and the Staples Singers; the Criterion release's special … More
FilmStruck Now Available on Roku Platform FilmStruck, the largest streaming library of contemporary and classic arthouse, indie, foreign and cult films and the exclusive streaming home to the Criterion Collection, is now available on Roku® devices. FilmStruck's impressive library features a deep roster of constantly refreshed films from major Hollywood studios and celebrated indie studios … More
JUNE PROGRAMMING ON THE CRITERION CHANNEL ON FILMSTRUCK Includes Adventures in Moviegoing with Jhumpa Lahiri, Summer Hours, Dressed to Kill and La cérémonie Thursday, June 1 Dressed to Kill*: Criterion Collection Edition #770 A symphony of breathless set pieces and lurid motifs, Brian De Palma's virtuoso thriller is a highlight of the controversial director's … More
In August, Criterion will take you into uncharted waters with the Hollywood master Michael Curtiz's unsung classic The Breaking Point – a white-knuckle Hemingway adaptation starring John Garfield and Patricia Neal – on Blu-ray for the first time. The films of Sacha Guitry have long been celebrated in France, including the late-career black comedy La … More