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The hottest event at this year’s New York Film Festival isn’t a film at all. It’s a van. Parked next to Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, the mobile version of the Criterion Closet — a ...
Last month, the sight of an 18-foot delivery van, labeled “The Criterion Closet” and containing all 1,500 celebrated film titles from renowned distributor the Criterion Collection, set social ...
It is, as the New York Times put it in 2022, “a catalog so synonymous with cinematic achievement that it has come to function as a kind of film Hall of Fame… the arbiter of what makes a great ...
The most likely titles from Baker's earlier career that could get the Criterion treatment are 2008's "Prince of Broadway," ...
Vulture today announced the launch of a new special edition of Cinematrix, its addictive movie trivia game, in partnership with the Criterion Channel, introducing a curated trivia grid tied to ...
Why does everyone want to get into the Criterion Closet? For celebrities and everyday cinephiles alike, it’s not just about scoring free discs, writes Vulture’s Bilge Ebiri.
Still, Criterion has taken care to ensure the Mobile Closet feels special. The company’s New York staff have flown out for the weekend, wearing Criterion hats and handing out complimentary ...