10 Essential Films to Pick Up in Our Semi-Annual Criterion Sale
It’s the most wonderful time of the year: our Criterion sale is finally here, and there is a whole new…
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Books to Read After Watching Sinners
With its unique plot, irresistible music, and bloodthirsty premise, Ryan Coogler’s latest box-office smash hit Sinners is top of mind.…
Victorian England, Villains and Psychopaths: A Q&A with Virginia Feito
Virginia Feito’s latest is a sharp and surreal stay at Ensor House alongside a psychotic governess with an insatiable appetite.…
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Best Entertainment Memoirs of 2024
Stories of happiness and love, grief and anxiety (celebrities, they’re just like us!) from some of our culture’s biggest names.…
An Inside Look: A Guest Post by Peter Brown
A wonderful journey that looks closely at the relationship between nature and technology, The Wild Robot is a survival tale…
Cowboy, Take Me Away
If you’ve watched Twisters one too many times already and you’re looking for your own rain-soaked cowboy, we’re so happy…
Vintage Horror Summer: VHS-Inspired Thrills & Chills
With the summer sunshine comes dark, humid nights — the kind that makes us want to flip on a few…
Studio Ghibli Movie to Book Pairings
Few storytellers are as celebrated as Studio Ghibli’s Hayao Miyazaki, whose fantastical stories have captured imaginations young and old for…
I Did the Asking: A Guest Post by Greg Keyes
Whether it be a giant radioactive lizard or a massive humanoid ape, we’ve loved monsters for decades, and these are…
Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films 1954-1975 Criterion Collection Excerpt
Dating back to 1954, our favorite monster‘s ear-splitting roars have been heard all over the world in film, television —…
What to Read Next: Oscar Winners Edition
Dune. Oppenheimer. American Fiction. These acclaimed movies all started as books. Our eyes see Oppenheimer! Congratulations to Cillian Murphy,…
What the Dune Houses Are Reading
I’ve seen it — epic fantasy books that spread like an unquenchable fire to your #TBR. If you’re like us,…
Best Biographies and Memoirs 2022
Human connection, learning from other people, and delving deeply into people’s stories are all part of what helps us grow,…
The Beauty of Movie Soundtracks Doesn’t Fade Over Time
Anyone who has ever sat through the credits of their favorite films and sees hundreds of names scroll past can…
Your Guide to the New Canon of Star Wars Books & Comics
Star Wars inspires a love that can border on obsession. There are plenty of fans for whom the movies aren’t…
10 Offbeat and Groundbreaking Musicals in the Criterion Collection
Singing and dancing…what’s not to love? Though the genre has had its ups and downs in film history, there’s a…
Essential Sci-Fi & Fantasy Films in the Criterion Collection
The Criterion Collection professes to bring together “important classic and contemporary films,” and it doesn’t discriminate based on genre snobbery. Recognizing…
11 Eclectic New Additions to the Criterion Collection
For decades, the Criterion Collection has been the gold standard when it comes to the preservation and presentation of classic,…
Never Give Up, Never Surrender: 20 Years of Galaxy Quest
In 2019, watching a fascinating sci-fi film or series is as easy as firing up your smart TV or cell…
Why You Should Be Excited Netflix Is Turning Jeff Smith’s Bone into an Animated Series
I figured it wasn’t going to be my thing. Bone, the Jeff Smith comedy/drama/fantasy comic book epic, was already considered…