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Jacqueline Bisset Explains Why She Will Never Direct: ‘I Might Become a Monster’
Jacqueline Bisset had “mixed feelings” when presented a Torino Film Festival lifetime achievement honor for a simple reason: “I have not finished my career!”...
Antonio Banderas Reveals Role as Mentor in Anthony Bourdain Biopic: ‘I Was Cleaning Fish Every Single Day!’
Work stunk on the Anthony Bourdain biopic — and Antonio Banderas relished the experience. “We spent a month and a half filming in Cape Cod and Newport, const...
Why Does ‘The Wizard of Oz’ Still Cast Such a Wicked Spell? Because It’s the Movie That First Flipped the Patriarchy on Its Head
“Wicked,” the stage musical, took its first bow 22 years ago. The novel it’s based on, “Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West,” was publ...
‘Wicked: For Good’ Box Office: All the Records Set in Opening Weekend
“Wicked: For Good” is flying high at the box office. The movie musical has collected $150 million in North America and $76 million overseas for a dazzling $2...
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo Say Goodbye to ‘Wicked’ Characters With Emotional Tributes: ‘I Will Love You Always’
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo penned their last goodbyes to the Land of Oz on Friday, following the release of “Wicked: For Good” in theaters over the week...
Kate Hudson on the Film She’d Make With Goldie Hawn and Breaking Out of Her Rom-Com Box in ‘Song Sung Blue’: ‘I Didn’t Want to Get Boxed In’
Kate Hudson’s still got it, and she’s ready to remind you all. But first, she pauses mid-interview to answer a call. It’s her 14-year-old son, a dedicated dr...
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Joshua Reviews Mamoru Oshii’s Angel’s Egg [Theatrical Review]
Oshii's 1985 classic returns in a gorgeous new 4k restoration.
The Criterion Channel’s December 2025 Lineup
T his December, make yourself at home in some of cinema’s most memorable hotels, celebrate Julianne Moore’s bracingly human performances, or explore the trai...
Abbas Kiarostami’s Early Shorts and Features: Poetic Solutions to Philosophical Problems
A bbas Kiarostami’s cinema is one of journeys. His films travel meandering routes, and his own path to international fame and recognition as one of cinema’s ...
Hell’s Angels: The Sky Is the Limit
H oward Hughes’s Hell’s Angels, the 1930 adventure about World War I fighter pilots, must rank among the most underseen film classics. It is now perhaps be...
Él: Mad Love
Y ou could say that Él is extraordinary for its dissection of pathological jealousy, or because it captures, through hyperbole, the machismo of mid-twentie...
‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt
There's going to be sex, drugs, rock ’n’ roll, chips, dips, chains, whips … your basic Rewatchables episode. The Ringer’s Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt revisi...
Dying Worlds: Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s Dramas of Cosmic Disorder
I t was a Saturday afternoon in Calcutta in 1989. I was eleven years old, home alone. The government-run TV channel was showing a film set in a village in So...
‘Snake Eyes’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan
The Ringer’s Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan are the kings of the sewer after rewatching Brian De Palma’s ‘Snake Eyes,’ starring Nic Cage, Gary ...
‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan
The Ringer’s Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan are joined by actor Glen Powell to rewatch Jim Carrey’s 1998 classic ‘The Truman Show,’ directed by Peter Weir and s...
‘Halloween II’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan
The Ringer’s Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan don’t know what death is after rewatching the 1981 return of Michael Myers in ‘Halloween II,’ starring ...
‘Quiz Show’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman
The Ringer’s Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman hop into their sound-proof booths as they rewatch Robert Redford’s 1994 Best Picture–nominated ‘Quiz Show,’ sta...
David Reviews Mike Nichols’s Carnal Knowledge [Criterion 4K/Blu-ray Review]
A compilation of video and audio clips that David Blakeslee put together for his review, including a repurposed Criterion Reflections podcast episode from 20...
Joshua Reviews Paul Vecchiali’s Rosa La Rose, Fille Publique [Theatrical Review]
The film is now playing at The Metrograph, in a stunning new 2K restoration.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 156 – Ingmar Bergman’s Scenes From a Marriage
In this lengthy episode, David hosts four individual conversations about this emotionally searing and evocative TV miniseries of 1973 that was edited for the...