Exploring My Favorite Criterion Collection Films

Criterion Collection on Instagram: "Evening viewing recommendation? On the Criterion Channel, watch THE END OF THE AFFAIR (1999), Neil Jordan's exquisite adaptation of Graham Greene’s stirring metaphysical novel of desire and betrayal starring Julianne Moore and Ralph Fiennes. Moore stars as a married woman at the center of a torrid love triangle in World War II-era England. With equally powerful work from Fiennes as the obsessive lover driven to extremes, extravagant production design that capt

Criterion Collection on Instagram: "Evening viewing recommendation? Stay in with Stanley Kubrick's THE SHINING (1980) on the Criterion Channel!"

Criterion Collection on Instagram: "Evening viewing recommendation? On the Criterion Channel, watch Arnaud Desplechin's beguiling A CHRISTMAS TALE (2008). 🎄🍷 Catherine Deneuve brings her legendary poise to the role of Junon, matriarch of the troubled Vuillard family, who come together at Christmas after she learns she needs a bone marrow transplant from a blood relative. That simple family reunion setup, however, can't begin to describe the unpredictable, emotionally volatile experience of thi

Criterion Collection on Instagram: "Evening viewing recommendation? On the Criterion Channel, watch Sara Gómez's ONE WAY OR ANOTHER (1977) in our Black Debutantes collection—a celebration of pioneering Black women who made an impact with their very first feature. The only feature from the radical Afro-Cuban filmmaker (who also worked as an assistant director with Agnès Varda and Tomás Gutiérrez Alea before her untimely death at age 31) is an extraordinary portrait of postrevolution Cuba. Blendin

Criterion Collection on Instagram: "On the Criterion Channel, watch our TWO BY JESSIE MAPLE program featuring a new introduction to the pioneering filmmaker's work by curator and author Terri Simone Francis. ❤️ 🎥 Maple was a trailblazing artist: an editor, cinematographer, director, and all-around Renaissance woman whose remarkable pair of feature films — WILL (1981) and TWICE AS NICE (1989) — are striking for their unflinching honesty and raw emotion. Though she directed two films, Maple blaze