While I keep track of Criterion’s monthly releases, some months I’m pleasantly surprised by how little I know of that month’s set of announcements. In an exercise of  ignorance, I can examine...

How did you all do during the Flash Sale? Coinciding with the release of Killers of the Flower Moon, hopefully a copy was procured during this semi-annual event. We are now a...

Two months into 2026 (already?), we are given six new releases from Criterion. There are no new box-sets, no new Criterion Premieres, but we get a slate of excellent films that I...

Director: Maryam TouzaniWriters: Nabil Ayouch, Maryam TouzaniStars: Carmen Maura, Marta Etura, Ahmed Boulane Synopsis: An aging Spanish woman in Tangier resists her daughter's decision to sell her home. Determined to stay, she does...

**This piece contains plot spoilers for Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die** Gore Verbinski’s new film, Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die, is a maximalist bomb in celluloid form. Verbinski, and screenplay writer...

First and foremost, my name is Jacob Mauceri, I’ve been religiously keeping up with Criterion’s new releases since 2019 or so. I enjoy a wide variety of films and I owe the...

2025 was a bizarre year for my movie watching. The theatrical experience, an experience I carry much reverence for, was placed on the backburner and most of the newer movies I watched...

Director: Erich Von StroheimWriters: Erich Von Stroheim, Marian Ainslee, Benjamin GlazerStars: Gloria Swanson, Walter Byron, Seena Owen Synopsis: A convent girl is abducted and seduced by a prince before being sent off to...