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Our new 4K + Blu-ray edition of Guillermo del Toro’s FRANKENSTEIN (2025) has entered the collection! ❤️🔥 criterion.com/films/35825-fr…
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On the Criterion Channel, you can watch Parker in PARTY GIRL, CLOCKWATCHERS, JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS, THE DAYTRIPPERS, and BASQUIAT!
Evening viewing recommendation? On the Criterion Channel, watch THE CAT O' NINE TAILS (1971) in our Dario Argento collection! bit.ly/4jEqpD4
Argento’s sophomore feature—the second entry in his so-called Animal Trilogy—finds the filmmaker further refining his distinctive style and cementing his reputation as the master of the giallo thriller.
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Watch some of Jeremy Allen White's great Closet Picks on the Criterion Channel! ✨
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On the Criterion Channel, you can watch Parker in PARTY GIRL, CLOCKWATCHERS, JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS, THE DAYTRIPPERS, and BASQUIAT!
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Our new 4K + Blu-ray edition of Guillermo del Toro’s FRANKENSTEIN (2025) has entered the collection! ❤️🔥 criterion.com/films/35825-fr…
A decades-in-the-making triumph of darkly ravishing visual invention and operatic storytelling, and the winner of multiple Oscars, FRANKENSTEIN is a deeply personal statement from a director who has long been drawn to the realm where men and monsters merge.
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Thrilled to announce the 25th Anniversary 4K theatrical re-release of Alfonso Cuarón's erotic coming-of-age masterpiece "Y tu mamá también" Back in theaters spring 2027!
Evening viewing recommendation? On the Criterion Channel, watch THE VANISHING in our Highway Horror collection! An unorthodox love story and a truly unsettling thriller, Dutch filmmaker George Sluizer’s chilling film unfolds with meticulous intensity, leading to an unforgettable finale that has unnerved audiences around the world.
Just a sampling of Frederick Elmes's iconic filmography:
ERASERHEAD
BLUE VELVET
WILD AT HEART
NIGHT ON EARTH
THE ICE STORM
RIDE WITH THE DEVIL
SYNECHDOCHE, NEW YORK
MODERN ROMANCE (camera operator)
OPENING NIGHT + THE KILLING OF A CHINESE BOOKIE (camera operator)
✨Frederick Elmes’s Closet Picks! ✨
The legendary cinematographer praises the way Néstor Almendros captured light in DAYS OF HEAVEN, talks about his experience working with Elaine May on MIKEY AND NICKY, and shares what makes NO BEARS such an engrossing film.
Evening viewing recommendation? On the Criterion Channel, watch SALEM'S LOT (1979) in our Made-for-TV Terror collection! bit.ly/4ssaLx2
Tobe Hooper’s bloodcurdling adaptation of Stephen King’s classic vampire novel was one of the defining television events of the '70s.



















