This 2001 masterpiece from Japanese horror legend Kiyoshi Kurosawa is perhaps the scariest movie on this list. Pulse follows several people in Japan whose dealings with computers, and time spent ...

As veteran director Kiyoshi Kurosawa observed when he spoke at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan last year, the problem with today’s digital imaging technology is that it’s too darn clean.

Ken Burns visits Criterion Closet, where he discusses the 'tragedy' that led to his becoming a filmmaker. Watch here.

Filmmaker Spike Lee took to his Instagram account to give fans a first glimpse of his upcoming Highest 2 Lowest, a remake of ...

The Criterion Collection has an incredible selection of classic and modern films on offer, and through Feb. 17, you can pick up all 4K UHD discs for 30% off — including pre-orders. I could keep ...

Akira Kurosawa directed nine movies in the 1950s, including underrated films like The Idiot and undisputed masterpieces like ...

Akira Kurosawa is the William Shakespeare of cinema. Whether implicitly or explicitly, every film, to one degree or another, is influenced by the legendary Japanese director's work. Kurosawa's ...

In the same way that cranking up blues music can serve as a balm to a troubled soul, sinking into a deeply sad movie can be just the thing to give you a sense of catharsis. After all, everyone ...

Three aliens travel to Earth on a mission ahead of a mass invasion. After taking possession of human bodies, robbing their hosts of the very essence of their being, they leave psychological and ...

The 4K Blu-ray is available from the Criterion Collection and includes a bunch of extra goodies: two audio commentaries, a making-of documentary, “a two-hour conversation between director Akira ...