Eclipse Series 39: Early Fassbinder 26 Aug 2013 | 08:35 pm

From the beginning, it was clear that Rainer Werner Fassbinder was destined to shake up German cinema. Read More

Did You See This? 24 Aug 2013 | 01:18 am

• Saying good-bye to Elmore Leonard, reverently and irreverently • Satyajit Ray, behind the scenes • Talking to Mr. Sunglasses himself, Wong Kar-wai Read More

What’s Happening on Hulu 23 Aug 2013 | 09:33 pm

Last week, we told you about the eight exciting new titles from Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Foundation that we are making available on our Hulu channel and including in our ongoing 101 Days of Summ...

Repertory Pick: Smiles and Whispers 22 Aug 2013 | 10:42 pm

There’s no time like late August for Ingmar Bergman’s lyrical Smiles of a Summer Night, and Madison’s UW Cinematheque is showing it tonight. Bergman’s delightful battle of the sexes screens as part of...

Shooting Seconds 21 Aug 2013 | 03:00 am

Why Dual-Format? 20 Aug 2013 | 09:17 pm

Criterion’s president explains our decision to start releasing titles in dual-format editions. Read More

Charulata: ”Calm Without, Fire Within” 20 Aug 2013 | 08:30 pm

Satyajit Ray’s delicate masterpiece about forbidden love in the late nineteenth century is lovingly adapted from a novella by the great Rabindranath Tagore. Read More

The Big City: A Woman’s Place 19 Aug 2013 | 11:42 pm

This moving drama about gender, race, and class in 1960s Kolkata is a pioneering work from Satyajit Ray. Read More

Did You See This? 16 Aug 2013 | 11:18 pm

• Gorgeous title designs in motion • Multiple angles on Days of Heaven • Spotlighting Bruce Goldstein, retro movie maven Read More

A Good Scare with Alfred Hitchcock 14 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am

No filmmaker in history has been able to wrap an audience around his finger like Alfred Hitchcock. In honor of the Master of Suspense’s birthday (he would be 114 today), here’s a delightful clip from ...