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We're proud to announce our first collaboration with : WALL•E (2008), directed by Andrew Stanton, entering the Collection on 4K this November! criterion.com/films/33246-wa
We are saddened to announce the passing of a giant of American cinema, Melvin Van Peebles, who died last night, at home with family, at the age of 89. In an unparalleled career, Van Peebles made an indelible mark on the international cultural landscape. He will be deeply missed.
Goodnight to the endlessly captivating French screen star and icon, Jean-Paul Belmondo ❤️💙❤️ (1933-2021)
If you've loved the adventurous, curated programming we've been doing with our friends at FilmStruck, we have good news for you! bit.ly/2K9qPP4
Happy birthday, Keanu Reeves ✨ Here he is in MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO (1991)
Goodnight, Dean Stockwell (1937-2021) 💙
Here's the legendary actor in two of his iconic performances: Walt Henderson in PARIS, TEXAS (1984) and Ben in BLUE VELVET (1986).
Remembering the peerless Philip Seymour Hoffman on his birthday ❤️
Here he is in Paul Thomas Anderson's giddily off-kilter masterpiece PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE (2002).
🔥🖤 Mark your calendars: '80s HORROR—our 30-film collection featuring films by Dario Argento, Kathryn Bigelow, John Carpenter, Larry Cohen, David Cronenberg, Tobe Hooper, Michael Mann, Ken Russell, Paul Schrader, and more—is coming to the on October 1! 🔥🖤
Remembering the truly peerless and beloved Philip Seymour Hoffman on his birthday ❤️
Here he is in Paul Thomas Anderson's giddily off-kilter masterpiece PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE (2002).
"I’m most touched when I meet people in the streets who say, ‘Thank you, you gave me a lot of happiness.’ More than when they say ‘Bravo.’ I think it’s more touching to get a ‘Thank you,’ no?"
Thank you, Agnès, our dear friend. ❤️
We're deeply saddened to hear that the incomparable Sidney Poitier has passed away at the age of 94. A transformative cultural icon, he continually forged new paths to become one of the greatest actors to ever grace the stage and screen.
We're heartbroken to hear that truly singular performer Michael K. Williams has passed away.
We're remembering him and his galvanizing spirit by revisiting his trip to our films closet back in March 2011. ❤️
"To sit and dream is a beautiful thing." Happy birthday, David Lynch! 🖤🥧🎬✨🎨🌹
Goodnight, Max von Sydow, one of the greatest actors to ever grace the stage and screen, whose vigorous performances in films like THE SEVENTH SEAL will forever be carved into cinema history. 🖤
Coming next March: a lavish box-set tribute to the most romantic filmmaker in the world, featuring new 4K digital restorations of AS TEARS GO BY, DAYS OF BEING WILD, CHUNGKING EXPRESS, FALLEN ANGELS, HAPPY TOGETHER, IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE, and 2046! 💚✨
bit.ly/WongKarWai2021
All hail the King! Announcing #1000: a monster edition! This October, we’re bringing you a collector’s set fit for the granddaddy of all movie monsters. Our landmark edition gathers for the first time all the Godzilla films from Japan’s Showa era! bit.ly/Godzilla1000 🔥
We’re thrilled to announce that CITIZEN KANE will lead Criterion’s first slate of 4K Ultra HD releases along with MENACE II SOCIETY, THE PIANO, MULHOLLAND DR., THE RED SHOES, and A HARD DAY'S NIGHT! bit.ly/3xH9WCi
Goodnight, Bruno Ganz, an actor whose empathy on-screen was always palpable & whose presence in such films as WINGS OF DESIRE will always live on in our hearts.
Goodnight to Jean-Luc Godard, a titan of cinema whose work introduced the world to a new cinematic lexicon and exerted an incalculable influence on modern cinema that refused to wane in his more than six decades of filmmaking.
Kyle Maclachlan’s Closet Picks! ☕ 🎞️ 💙 This summer, we were delighted to have the great actor stop by our office for a trip inside our films closet!
The great Stan Lee has passed away at the age of 95.
Last year, we were lucky enough to spend some time with him for a video by in which Lee shares the experience of working on an ambitious sci-fi screenplay with his close friend and collaborator, Alain Resnais.
The dearly missed David Bowie, born on this day in 1947. Here he is in THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (1976):
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A great visit today from Ethan Hawke and Vincent D'Onofrio! ✨
It's true! 💚
“For me, optimism is two lovers walking into the sunset arm in arm. Or maybe into the sunrise – whatever appeals to you.” — Krzysztof Kieślowski ❤️
The one and only River Phoenix was born on this day in 1970 🧡
✨Charlie Day's Closet Picks✨ With his feature directorial debut FOOL'S PARADISE in theaters this weekend, the writer-director-actor visited our films closet—where he shared the connection between IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA & Truffaut, his love for Hal Ashby, & much more!
While in town for the New York Film Festival premiere of their new film TÁR, we were thrilled to have the great Cate Blanchett and director Todd Field stop by our office fo a trip inside our films closet! ❤️ ✨
In NOTORIOUS, Alfred Hitchcock executed one of the most ambitious shots in his filmography. Watch a play-by-play analysis of these thirty-plus seconds of virtuosic filmmaking 🔑
Goodnight to beloved composer Angelo Badalamenti. 💔 We’re remembering his sonic genius with this beautiful moment from an interview on our release of TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME (1992)—featuring a performance of "The Voice of Love" one of the film’s most memorable songs.
Announcing our NOVEMBER 2020 titles! bit.ly/CriterionNovem
"If there's any kind of magic in this world it must be in the attempt of understanding someone, sharing something. I know, it's almost impossible to succeed but who cares really? The answer must be in the attempt."
We were honored today to have a wonderful visit from legendary producer, director, distributor, and writer Roger Corman! ❤️
A wonderful visit today from the great Isabella Rossellini! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Goodnight to the exquisite Ryuichi Sakamoto—legendary and beloved musician, composer, actor, and writer. ❤️
Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954–1975 is a colossal set, and we’d have it no other way for our 1000th release! We can’t wait to share it with you when it roars into stores on Blu-ray on October 29. Take a look inside! bit.ly/Godzilla1000
Honored to have a visit today from the great Sofia Coppola and our latest visiting scholar Rocco ❤️✨
"I'll always be there / As frightened as you / To help us survive / Being alive." Goodnight to the renowned and truly matchless composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, who forever changed the landscape of American theater. ❤️
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✨Ari Aster's Closet Picks✨ With his new film BEAU IS AFRAID now in theaters, Aster visited our closet, where he shared one of the best experiences he’s had in a theater, the inspiration he’s taken from Karel Zeman, and the possibility that CURE is the greatest movie ever made.
New look, new date, new additional format! Our upcoming edition of UNCUT GEMS, previously announced as Blu-ray and DVD editions for October, will now arrive on November 23, with new cover art. Plus, we’ve added a 4K UHD+Blu-ray combo edition! 💎 Pre-order: criterion.com/films/31917-un
🎶 In Dreams 🎶 The late Dean Stockwell in David Lynch’s BLUE VELVET (1986) 💙🎙
Today we're wishing a very happy birthday to the one and only Martin Scorsese, a director who has not only spent decades making some of the greatest films of all time, but an indefatigable cinephile dedicated to expanding the horizons of movie lovers around the world! ❤️🎞️📽️❤️
Last night in Minneapolis with the great Bong Joon Ho, who was in town for the Walker Dialogue series! We couldn't be more excited that PARASITE and MEMORIES OF MURDER will be joining the collection! 💙
Happy birthday to the exquisite Kirsten Dunst! 🌸 Here she is in one of her most beautifully vulnerable and complex performances as Lux Lisbon in Sofia Coppola's THE VIRGIN SUICIDES (1999).
📷 by Corrine Day
Announcing our NOVEMBER 2022 Criterion titles! The most defiant provocation of the Czechoslovak New Wave, a psychologically piercing Western, a saga of rival moles in Hong Kong’s criminal underworld, & a visionary monument to an iconic civil rights leader! bit.ly/CriterionNov22
The dearly missed David Bowie, born on this day in 1947. Here he is in THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (1976) ✨💛✨
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RIP to the brilliant Nicolas Roeg—a director who fractured time and space to create a singular cinematic style and language, with a body of masterpieces that are as exquisitely crafted & psychologically acute as they are utterly glorious to get lost in. ❤️ He’ll be dearly missed.
In celebration of the 2nd anniversary of ’s WHEN I GET HOME (2019), is proud to present Knowles's newly remastered director's cut of this dazzling immersion into the imagination of an artist whose vision knows no bounds. criterionchannel.com/when-i-get-home
