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

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 ...

but This Is Spinal Tap—the very real documentary about the very real and extremely punctual band—is coming back to the Criterion Collection. Rob Reiner’s beloved mockumentary is getting a brand new 4K ...

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 ...

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 ...

At 37, Jacinda Ardern became the 40th Prime Minister of New Zealand, the youngest female head of government in the world.

Among many horror movies recommended by the talented and prominent Guillermo del Toro, these are some of the greatest.