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The Criterion Channel’s October 2024 Lineup
With grisly special-effects showcases, some of cinema’s most memorable witches, Japanese horror classics, and spine-tingling Stephen King adaptations all on deck, there’s plenty to choose from for your spooky-season viewing.
The Criterion Channel’s September 2024 Lineup
This month brings riveting courtroom dramas, New American Cinema classics, giallo shockers, pre-Code gems by women screenwriters, and a new episode of Adventures in Moviegoing.
The Criterion Channel’s August 2024 Lineup
This month, we’re celebrating the expansive, archetype-exploding films of Paul Thomas Anderson, as well as the career of his frequent collaborator Philip Seymour Hoffman.
The Criterion Channel’s July 2024 Lineup
This summer, we’re bringing back one of our favorite seasonal themes with a hard-boiled Neonoir collection. Plus: Pop Shakespeare, Times Square, and Columbia Screwball.
The Criterion Channel’s June 2024 Lineup
Among this month’s highlights are a bustling summer barbecue of amply peopled movies full of unforgettable performances, a collection of films with great synth soundtracks, and Adventures in Moviegoing with Paul Schrader.
The Criterion Channel’s May 2024 Lineup
Three of this month’s programs blast back to the turbulent midcentury moment when old Hollywood gave way to something new.
The Criterion Channel’s April 2024 Lineup
Among this month’s highlights are a collection of noir classics from the genre’s peak year, a Jean Eustache retrospective, and our favorite movies that unfold within a tight timespan between dusk and dawn.
The Criterion Channel’s March 2024 Lineup
Among the highlights of this month’s programming are a selection of notorious Golden Raspberry Award winners, Isabella Rossellini’s Green Porno series, and a collection of extreme and virtuosic Method performances.
The Criterion Channel’s February 2024 Lineup
Get ready for Valentine’s Day with a collection of otherworldly love stories, and celebrate Black History Month with a selection of films exploring African American history.
The Criterion Channel’s January 2024 Lineup
We’re kicking off the new year with a heap of catnip for fans of film felines, a spotlight on classic screen siren Ava Gardner, the New York dramas of James Gray, a series of postapocalyptic sci-fi movies, a tribute to Ken Russell, and much more.
The Criterion Channel’s December 2023 Lineup
Among the gifts under our tree are a spotlight on Parker Posey, retrospectives of Yasujiro Ozu and Ousmane Sembène, offbeat portraits of the animal kingdom by Mark Lewis, and a delightfully downbeat selection of holiday noir.
The Criterion Channel’s November 2023 Lineup
This November, learn the art of the con from some of cinema’s craftiest swindlers, or saddle up alongside some of the most complex and determined female characters in the history of the western.
The Criterion Channel’s October 2023 Lineup
This October, brace yourself for chills, thrills, and some of the most mind-bending, spine-tingling horror imaginable.
The Criterion Channel’s September 2023 Lineup
This month’s programming dives into the sinister side of adolescence, the pleasures of the open road, and the best of period noir.
The Criterion Channel’s August 2023 Lineup
Next month, we’re celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the birth of hip-hop and featuring collections of films by Kay Francis, Roger Corman, and Lou Ye.
The Criterion Channel’s July 2023 Lineup
Our latest slate of programs dives into one of science fiction’s favorite themes, the film career of one of rock and roll’s greatest icons, and midcentury pulp from across the Atlantic.
The Criterion Channel’s June 2023 Lineup
Get in character for a journey through the history of Method acting, a movement that transformed the art of screen performance forever.
The Criterion Channel’s May 2023 Lineup
This month’s highlights include tributes to Jennifer Jason Leigh and Seijun Suzuki and a collection of Asian American films from the 1980s.
The Criterion Channel’s April 2023 Lineup
Among the highlights are a collection of erotic thrillers, a David Lynch retrospective, and a celebration of the hundredth anniversary of one of the most iconic moments in silent cinema.
The Criterion Channel’s March 2023 Lineup
Among the highlights this month is a series celebrating Oscar nominee Michelle Yeoh, an international star who began her career as one of Hong Kong cinema’s fiercest action heroes.
The Criterion Channel’s February 2023 Lineup
Celebrate Black History Month with a collection of films that survey African American history on-screen, a look at literary legend James Baldwin’s cinematic legacy, and a retrospective devoted to the independent trailblazer Oscar Micheaux.
The Criterion Channel’s January 2023 Lineup
We’re getting real in January with a spotlight on cinema verité, a movement that revolutionized documentary filmmaking.
The Criterion Channel’s December 2022 Lineup
We’re closing out the year with a gift bag full of screwball comedy favorites, a wagon train of wintry westerns, and a World Cup–ready team of eclectic football movies.
The Criterion Channel’s November 2022 Lineup
Take a stroll down some of film noir’s darkest alleys with our Fox Noir collection and tributes to genre stars John Garfield and Veronica Lake.