Persona: Criterion Collection

The 1960s was an exciting decade for world cinema with the likes of Akira Kurosawa (Japan), Sergio Leone (Italy), Lindsay Anderson (England) and Jean-Luc Godard (France) making names for themselves on the international stage. Among these cinematic giants... 

Autumn Sonata: Criterion Collection

Autumn Sonata (1978) features a simple story – Eva (Ullman) invites her mother Charlotte (Bergman) for a visit – but the emotional baggage that exists between these two characters is quite complex. It’s been seven years since the matriarch’s last... 

Smiles of a Summer Night

Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman is primarily known for making arty, philosophical movies like The Seventh Seal (1958) or character-driven melodramas like Scenes from a Marriage (1973). This makes Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) something of a curious...