Criterion Staff Picks

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  • For All Mankind
    Movie + 8 extras

    For All Mankind

    Movie + 8 extras

    “Simply the best movie ever made about the Apollo missions to the moon, and now looking back, I truly believe the story of going to the moon is more about looking back at the Earth and the beginning of the time when we began to address climate change—when humans saw for the first time what Carl S...

  • Frownland
    Movie + 1 extra

    Frownland

    Movie + 1 extra

    “A film that’s as much a psychoanalytic case as its protagonist is. Not so much a film enjoyed as a film endured.” —Nathan, programming

    Directed by Ronald Bronstein • 2007 • United States
    Starring Dore Mann, Mary Wall, Carmine Marino

    A nightmare transmission from the grungiest depths of the New...

  • The Ruling Class
    Movie + 1 extra

    The Ruling Class

    Movie + 1 extra

    “Pour yourself a glass and hang tight for one of O’Toole's most unleashed performances.” —Tara, production

    Directed by Peter Medak • 1972 • United Kingdom
    Starring Peter O'Toole, Alastair Sim, Arthur Lowe

    Peter O’Toole gives a tour-de-force performance as Jack, a man “cured” of believing he’s G...

  • The Eagle Shooting Heroes

    Movie

    “Deliriously absurd martial-arts madcappery produced by Wong Kar Wai. Avoid if you’re allergic to fun.” —Curtis, production

    Directed by Jeffrey Lau • 1993 • China
    Starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Brigitte Lin, Leslie Cheung

    A classic of Hong Kong “mo lei tau” (nonsense comedy) that blends slapstic...

  • Toby Dammit
    Movie + 1 extra

    Toby Dammit

    Movie + 1 extra

    “Terence Stamp is your problematic fave in TOBY DAMMIT. He drinks, he drives, he looks like a vampire . . . What else do you want? It is Fellini’s adaptation of Poe’s ‘Never Bet the Devil Your Head,’ with all of the madness that you would expect from this artist collaboration.” —Sam L, Restoratio...