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Under the Influence
In this ongoing series of videos, contemporary filmmakers talk to us about the movies that have had a lasting impact on their work.
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William Tyler’s Top 10
The acclaimed musician, who composed the score for Kelly Reichardt’s First Cow, highlights favorite films by Robert Altman, Akira Kurosawa, and Chris Marker.
Near and Far: A Conversation with Dwayne LeBlanc
The director of Civic and Now, Hear Me Good talks about how his experience as a first-generation Caribbean American and his love of Chantal Akerman’s short La chambre have influenced his work.
The Man Who Wasn’t There: The Barber of Santa Rosa
For this existential noir, Joel and Ethan Coen drew inspiration from crime-fiction master James M. Cain’s lean, hard-boiled style and interest in the quotidian world of work.
Network: Back to the Future
Centered on the emotional unraveling of a failed newsman, this darkly prescient satire envisions the collapse of American society as we knew it through an unsparing critique of corporate media and capital accumulation.
Native Nonfiction’s Quest for Self-Determination
Since the 1980s, Indigenous artists have turned to documentary filmmaking and a variety of experimental forms to reassert their cultural sovereignty and lay claim to their own narratives.
Life in the Raw: The Pre-Code Films of Mervyn LeRoy
Though in many ways the quintessential company man, the director brought an intimate understanding of the margins of American society to the films he made for Warner Bros. in the 1930s.
The Criterion Channel’s March 2026 Lineup
Among this month’s highlights are a celebration of VHS and how it revolutionized film culture, a spotlight on the Romanian New Wave, and a retrospective of pioneering queer filmmaker Monika Treut.
Galatea’s Revenge: Actresses Talk Back
In a collection of behind-the-scenes documentaries now playing on the Criterion Channel, legendary female performers assert their agency over their screen personae and find freedom in the glamour and artifice of their profession.
Max Richter’s Top 10
One of the most influential composers of his generation chooses a selection of favorite films, including ones with outstanding scores, such as The Royal Tenenbaums and La dolce vita.
Birth: Love Eternal
Jonathan Glazer’s enigmatic second feature explores the terrors of being desperate for love—and the vulnerability, loneliness, and difficulty in understanding other people that might drive this state.
Kiss of the Spider Woman: Revolutionary Transgressions
A resounding critical and popular success upon its release, Héctor Babenco’s adaptation of a literary masterpiece by Manuel Puig was an unprecedented cinematic fusion of a radical politics of sex with a sexual politics of revolution.
