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March 24, 2017
At long last, Criterion has restored John Waters’ Multiple Maniacs. The film wasn’t made by following any “rules,” but it wrote some new ones along the way.
February 28, 2017
Richard Linklater’s The Before Trilogy evokes the beautiful simplicity of love found and time passed. Explore how by studying the films’ creative chemistry.
January 2, 2017
Criterion Crash Course draws moviemaking lessons from Federico Fellini’s Roma, a film which only includes the parts of Rome the director cares to remember.
November 18, 2016
Criterion Crash Course draws moviemaking lessons from Kenji Misumi, Yoshiyuki Kuroda and Buichi Saito’s bloody and brilliant Lone Wolf and Cub series.
October 19, 2016
Criterion Crash Course, our series on new Criterion Collection titles, draws moviemaking lessons from Robert Altman’s “anti-Western,” McCabe & Mrs. Miller.
October 12, 2016
From Romero to Miike, find your spirit animal horror director with this flowchart from our 2017 Guide to Making Horror Movies.