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HIS GIRL FRIDAY 4K Review: Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell Wage One Battle After Another
Directed by Howard Hawks, Criterion's new 2-disc edition includes Lewis Milestone's 'The Front Page,' making for easy comparison between original and remake.
I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING! 4K Review: Talking About the Weather
Powell & Pressburger completists will be pleased with the new transfer.
EL 4K Review: Bunuel's Cruelty in High Def
Directed by famed Spanish surrealist Luis Bunuel, El is coming to 4K and Blu-ray tomorrow here in North America, courtesy of our friends at the Criterion Collection. El is the adaptation of Mercedes Pinto’s 1920s novel “He,” which explores the hell...
BURDEN OF DREAMS 4K Review: Werner Herzog vs. The Jungle
Les Blank's documentary, made with Maureen Gosling, magnificently captures a tale of a singular filmmaker's obsession. It's endlessly rewatchable.
Criterion in January 2026: BIRTH and THE DEAD, Plus DEAD MAN and More
The new year will span a lifetime through fresh releases from The Criterion Collection, headlined by Jonathan Glazer's Birth, John Huston's The Dead, and Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man. Of course, the home video label is about more than life and...
A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE 4K Review
Directed by the legendary David Cronenberg (Eastern Promises, Crash, The Brood), A History of Violence was released --- gasp --- 20 years ago. Honestly? Rude. Time goes by too fast. Anyway, I heard a rumor that it was the last...
TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME 4K Review
Directed by the recently departed, beloved David Lynch, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me is the 1991 prequel to his popular television show of the same name. It’s out now in a 4K and Blu-ray combo package with deluxe booklet...
THIS IS SPINAL TAP 4K Keeps Rocking
Directed by the multi-talented Rob Reiner (A Few Good Men, The Princess Bride, Misery, Stand By Me, When Harry Met Sally), This is Spinal Tap was released in 1984. Using the style of cinema verité for this proto-spoof documentary, Reiner...
HIGH AND LOW 4K Review: King's Ransom in Heaven and Hell
An Akira Kurosawa masterpiece gets a timely UHD upgrade.
Criterion in December 2025: SALAAM BOMBAY!, PEE WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE, and More
The Criterion Collection wants to make the month of December 2025 a bit more festive for physical media fans. Perfect for the season, Tim Burton's popular comedy sensation Pee-wee Herman's Big Adventure (1985) will arrive on 4K UHD, showcasing the...
SAVING FACE Blu-ray Review: Alice Wu's Crowd-Pleasing Romantic Comedy
Director Alice Wu's gem of early-aughts cinema joins the Criterion Collection.
CAIRO STATION Blu-ray Review: An Egyptian Classic Gets the Proper Treatment
It's impossible for any one film to complete define a particular country at a specific moment in time. Countries and cultures are too vast, too multiple, too varied to be quantified in 90 minutes. But a film can capture a...
Criterion in November 2025: EYES WIDE SHUT, EL, BURDEN OF DREAMS
Plus: John Hughes' 'The Breakfast Club,' Reginald Hudlin's 'House Party,' Howard Hughes' 'Hell's Angels,' and Abbas Kiarostami getes Eclipsed.
FRAILTY 4K UHD Review: Horror Comes Home, Again, Looking Better Than Ever
Bill Paxton's directorial debut is new to 4K UHD, plus a Criterion Collection roundup.
Criterion in October 2025: Cronenberg, del Toro, Lynch, EYES WITHOUT A FACE, ALTERED STATES
To call the Criterion Collection's October 2025 lineup anything less than masterful would be doing the films and the label a disservice. It's more like: wow! The official announcement is bookended by David Cronenberg: first, a 4K of A History...
Now Streaming: BALLARD S1, FOUNDATION S3, THE SHROUDS, David Cronenberg in the Criterion Closet
Our weekly guide to what's new and noteworthy.
BARRY LYNDON 4K Review: Every Frame a Painting
Directed by Stanley Kubrick, one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, Barry Lyndon is out this week in a deluxe 4K/Blu-ray combo pack from the Criterion Collection this week. What can one say about a film that’s been written...
THE BIG HEAT 4K Review: The Darkness Stuns
Directed by German Expressionist (technically, Austrian) master Fritz Lang (M, Metropolis), The Big Heat has been recently released in a 4K/Blu-ray combo pack by our friends at the Criterion Collection. Film noir is the successor to the creative tenets of...
THIRTY TWO SHORT FILMS ABOUT GLENN GOULD Blu-ray Review: The Contrapuntal Biopic
Biopics usually follow one of two structures: the majority giving a general, sweeping account of a person's life, with various scenes focusing on 'important' events that would likely already be known by the audience; these are stories or breadth, not...
SORCERER 4K Review: Friedkin's Fury Road
Roy Scheider goes crazy in the jungle in the 1977 epic that opened a week after 'Star Wars.'
