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We unpack what Criterion's new edition of Terry Zwigoff's Ghost World can teach moviemakers about depicting teen angst, alienation and…

In Tampopo, just released by Criterion, food-worship is conveyed in inventive vignettes. Let's look at how these side stories bring…

Andrew Haigh's 45 Years, just released by Criterion, uses time and the sights and sounds of a decades-old marriage as…

At long last, Criterion has restored John Waters' Multiple Maniacs. The film wasn't made by following any "rules," but it…

Criterion releases Ermanno Olmi’s 19th century rural epic The Tree of Wooden Clogs which updates Italian neorealism in 1978, winning…

Welcome to the jungle... The Asphalt Jungle. We discuss what moviemakers can learn about adaptation from the Criterion edition of…

Criterion Crash Course draws moviemaking lessons from Federico Fellini's Roma, a film which only includes the parts of Rome the…

Break out of that Thanksgiving food coma and join us as we wrap up November 2016 on Moviemaker.com with our…

Criterion Crash Course, our series on Criterion Collection titles, draws moviemaking lessons from Luis GarcÃa Berlanga's pitch-black comedy The Executioner.

Our latest Criterion Crash Course draws moviemaking lessons from Guillermo del Toro's Spanish-language Cronos, The Devil's Backbone and Pan's Labyrinth.

Criterion Crash Course, our series on new Criterion Collection titles, draws moviemaking lessons from Robert Altman's "anti-Western," McCabe & Mrs.…

Alongside our new series Criterion Crash Course, MovieMaker is giving away one new Criterion title each week! To enter, the…
Criterion Crash Course: Moviemaking Lessons from Criterion’s Blood Simple