Clouds of Sils Maria: Criterion Collection

In international cinema, Juliette Binoche is acting royalty. The veteran actress has worked with the likes of Jean-Luc Godard, Philip Kaufman, Anthony Minghella, and Krzysztof Kieslowski among others. She is a brave actress with an incredible range, which... 

Certified Copy: Criterion Collection

Certified Copy (2010) marks Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami’s first feature film made outside of his native country. With the help of art house darling Juliette Binoche, the film went on to become his most successful effort to date. It explores the... 

Three Colors: Blue, White, Red: Criterion Collection

With the unfortunate passing of filmmaker Krzysztof Kieslowski, cinema lost a great storyteller but he left behind an enduring legacy, most significantly Three Colors, a trilogy of films named after the colors of the French flag: Blue (1993), White (1993),... 

Summer Hours: Criterion Collection

French filmmaker Olivier Assayas has created a fascinating body of work that finds him alternating between character-driven films like Late August, Early September (1998) and Clean (2004), and stylish action thrillers like demonlover (2002) and Boarding... 

Dan in Real Life

While it’s true that many “serious” actors try their hand at comedy (or, in the case of Alec Baldwin and Robert De Niro, make a career out of it), it is equally true that many comedic actors want to be taken seriously. Some, like Bill Murray and... 

Paris, Je T’aime

The short film, much like the short story, is an artform unto itself. It takes a certain set of skills as a storyteller to be able to tell a tale succinctly. People who make commercials have even less time. Unfortunately, outside of television stations... 

Cache

Cache (2005) is one of those psychological thrillers that leaves its audience with more questions than answers. In some respects, it resembles one David Lynch’s films, specifically Lost Highway (1997), but not quite as abstract or immersed in noir imagery.... 

Jet Lag

Jet Lag (2002) is a French romantic comedy in the tradition of Before Sunrise (1995) and the more recent, Lost in Translation (2003). Two strangers en route to their respective destinations are stranded in a city and end up spending their layover time...