Sergei Parajanov’s 1969 film The Color of Pomegranates is a one-of-a-kind masterpiece of poetic cinema. The new Criterion Collection edition has a beautiful presentation of the film alongside several supplements that really delve into the film’s riches.
Edith Wharton’s The Age of Innocence is a tremendous story, and Martin Scorsese’s adaptation presents an immaculately constructed world by lovingly utilizing early-filmmaking techniques. Hopefully the new Criterion release, which sparkles, will help bring the film more attention it deserves.
Criterion’s two-disc release of Tony Richardson’s Tom Jones is a superb presentation of a film that deserves attention, in no small part because it succeeds in entertaining with an intoxicating combination of irreverence and purity of heart.
Ray’s underrated masterpiece finally arrives on Criterion home video, and stands as one of the definitive meditations on art and the artist.
One of Ichikawa’s greatest films finally arrives on Criterion Collection DVD and Blu-ray, and is a must own thriller that’s as stylish as it is thought provoking.
Using an excellent 4K restoration and adding a scholarly audio commentary from Joseph McBride, The Criterion Collection has upgraded their home video release of John Ford’s 1939 film Young Mr. Lincoln.
These two rarely seen films are not only groundbreaking works from a great unsung auteur, but also some of Criterion’s most exciting releases in ages.
A riveting portrayal of wartime horrors that emerged from Weimar Germany shortly before its pacifist message was censored by the Nazi regime.
Payne’s second feature film, Election arrived on DVD and Blu-ray via The Criterion Collection earlier this month, and it’s one hell of a way to cap off what has been a banner year for the boutique brand.
A rigorous comparison between the DVD and two different Blu-ray editions of this fantastic suite of music documentaries directed by D.A. Pennebaker.
After many years, our hopes for a Blu-ray upgrade of Jean-Pierre Melville’s Le Samouraï have paid off with Criterion’s new release of the classic crime thriller, starring the image of quiet cool, Alain Delon.
Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant and James Stewart are luminous in Criterion’s marvelous new 4K restoration.
The year’s coolest film comes to our coolest label. But should it?
One of Welles’ greatest films finally arrives on a Criterion Collection Blu-Ray.
An underrated masterpiece from the French New Wave icon hits Blu in one of 2017’s most must-own home video releases.
The Criterion Collection continues to highlight controversial, difficult-to-watch films that are nevertheless important and worth exploring with its release of Michael Haneke’s multi-award-winning, deeply disturbing, even cringe-inducing film from 2001: The Piano Teacher.