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August 21, 2020
Movie News: Batfleck is back; a Darkman oral history; Ethan Hawke in Tesla; the Criterion Collection responds to criticism about its lack…
September 12, 2018
Criterion Crash Course explores how Criterion's new release of The Tree of Life offers a thorough look at how sound…
March 27, 2018
The wondrous opening of A.W.: A Portrait of Apichatpong Weerasethakul speaks volumes about Weerasethakul’s elusive creative process, in which explanations…
July 14, 2017
We unpack what Criterion's new edition of Terry Zwigoff's Ghost World can teach moviemakers about depicting teen angst, alienation and…
June 7, 2017
Although May 2017 was a crazy start for the summer politically, there's always movies to look forward to. But what's…
April 27, 2017
In Tampopo, just released by Criterion, food-worship is conveyed in inventive vignettes. Let's look at how these side stories bring…
April 16, 2017
With Criterion's new release of Blow-Up, MovieMaker takes a look at how we can use cinematography to express our messages…
April 3, 2017
For the moviemakers featured in our slate of content throughout March 2017, resourcefulness was the name of the game. Whether
March 27, 2017
Andrew Haigh's 45 Years, just released by Criterion, uses time and the sights and sounds of a decades-old marriage as…
March 24, 2017
At long last, Criterion has restored John Waters' Multiple Maniacs. The film wasn't made by following any "rules," but it…
March 1, 2017
Overseas attention for Pedro Almodóvar didn’t come until the release of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown in…
February 28, 2017
Richard Linklater's The Before Trilogy evokes the beautiful simplicity of love found and time passed. Explore how by studying the…
February 13, 2017
Welcome to the jungle... The Asphalt Jungle. We discuss what moviemakers can learn about adaptation from the Criterion edition of…
January 2, 2017
Criterion Crash Course draws moviemaking lessons from Federico Fellini's Roma, a film which only includes the parts of Rome the…
November 30, 2016
Watch Moonlight writer-director Barry Jenkins discover links between the universes of his film and Wong Kar-wai's widely influential In the…
November 18, 2016
Criterion Crash Course draws moviemaking lessons from Kenji Misumi, Yoshiyuki Kuroda and Buichi Saito's bloody and brilliant Lone Wolf and…
October 28, 2016
Our latest Criterion Crash Course draws moviemaking lessons from Guillermo del Toro's Spanish-language Cronos, The Devil's Backbone and Pan's Labyrinth.
October 19, 2016
Criterion Crash Course, our series on new Criterion Collection titles, draws moviemaking lessons from Robert Altman's "anti-Western," McCabe & Mrs.…
September 20, 2016
Criterion Crash Course, our series on new Criterion Collection titles, draws moviemaking lessons from the Coen Brothers' directorial debut, Blood…
September 15, 2016
Alongside our new series Criterion Crash Course, MovieMaker is giving away one new Criterion title each week! To enter, the…
September 13, 2016
Criterion Crash Course, our series focusing on new Criterion Collection titles, draws moviemaking lessons from The Story of the Last…