In announcing that she did not want to accept her induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, legendary studio session ...

I interviewed Zohran Mamdani’s mom once. She told me that she’d had an offer to direct HARRY POTTER but he told her she ...

The Wiz, Spine #1264, is now available on 4K in the Criterion Collection.

Wes Anderson's first 10 films -- from 'Bottle Rocket' through 'The French Dispatch' -- all get new 4K restorations and tons of bonus features, all housed in cloth-bound books. It's out September 30.

No Country for Old Men cemented its status as one of the best of the 2000s when it won the Best Picture Oscar, which was just ...

Gabfest Reads is a monthly series from the hosts of Slate’s Political Gabfest podcast. Recently, David Plotz talked with ...

Netflix has just added several Alfred Hitchcock films to its streaming service, and more classic movies should follow.

The monthly drop of the best in physical media including special editions of films by William Friedkin, Alex Proyas, Sidney ...

Over the years, the director’s early films have been lost and found, forgotten and celebrated. But what about the work that ...

Here is another manifestation of that prior worldview: the Metropolitan Opera’s new staging of Giuseppe Verdi’s opera Aida, currently running at the Met (see the May 2025 issue of The New Criterion).

From Jaws to Jeanne Dielman, Dog Day Afternoon to Salò, 1975 was a landmark year for cinema. Here, Adam Nayman inspects 1975’s many treasures – big blockbusters, revered classics and hidden gems alike ...

I should like to do anything I could,” wrote Bailey, “to help Lt. Zeph Stewart, and if he is coming to England, I hope he ...