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7 of 7 still streaming
Oscar Micheaux: Trailblazer
9 of 10 still streaming
The Cinema 5 Story
16 of 21 still streaming
Directed by Cheryl Dunye
7 of 8 still streaming
When the Apocalypse Is Over: New Independent Philippine Cinema
9 of 13 still streaming
French New Wave
39 of 44 still streaming
Paul Schrader’s Adventures in Moviegoing
7 of 8 still streaming
Directed by Ousmane Sembène
8 of 9 still streaming
100 Years of Olympic Films: 1912-2012
51 of 54 still streaming
Heisei-Era Godzilla
4 of 4 still streaming
Setsuko Hara: Japan’s Most Beloved Star
11 of 11 still streaming
Short Films by Sophy Romvari
8 of 8 still streaming
Criterion Box Sets
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Adventures in Moviegoing
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Meet the Filmmakers
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Meet the Filmmakers
Sophy Romvari
Get to know the Toronto-based director of BLUE HERON, one of the most acclaimed debuts in recent memory. In the following interview, Sophy Romvari discusses recreating the ’90s through meticulous production design, taking inspiration from her father’s home movies for the cinematography, and creat...
Meet the Filmmakers
Sergei Loznitsa
Meet the Filmmakers
Debra Granik
Meet Debra Granik, a self-described “observer” whose multipart documentary CONBODY VS. EVERYBODY tracks an ex-con entrepreneur’s efforts to build a business in a gentrifying New York City. In the following interview, Granik describes her path to filmmaking via sociology, her interest in the high ...
Meet the Filmmakers
Bi Gan
Meet Bi Gan, the visionary director of RESURRECTION. In the following interview, Bi discusses his interest in the spiritual and subconscious aspects of human experience, his formative experiences watching Stephen Chow movies and THE RED BALLOON, and the collective dimension of cinema that gets lo...
Meet the Filmmakers
Lav Diaz
Meet Lav Diaz, the iconoclastic Filipino filmmaker whose monumental MAGELLAN imagines the life of the titular explorer from a bracing anticolonial perspective. In the following interview, Diaz recounts his early marathon trips to the movies with his cinema-obsessed father, the influence of Russia...
Meet the Filmmakers
Ira Sachs
Meet Ira Sachs, the veteran filmmaker whose acclaimed anti-biopic PETER HUJAR’S DAY recreates a day in the life of the legendary photographer. In the following interview, Sachs discusses the challenges of adapting a transcript into a narrative feature, his attention to light and the passage of ti...
Observations on Film Art
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Observations on Film Art
Quicker Than the Eye: Editing in SANSHIRO SUGATA
Observations on Film Art
Reflections in and on YI YI
Yi Yi · 2000
Observations on Film Art
Language and Power in BLACK GIRL
Black Girl · 1966
Observations on Film Art
THE SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE: A Child’s Point of View
The Spirit of the Beehive · 1973
Observations on Film Art
Mutations of Memory: Editing in HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR
Hiroshima mon amour · 1959
Observations on Film Art
Feminist Mise-en-scène in MY BRILLIANT CAREER
My Brilliant Career · 1979