The latest in Criterion’s online magazine: A deep dive into Ozu’s world

Plus: Hlynur Pálmason’s Top 10, women of the West, con games on-screen, and a new interview with Matt Wolf [Current]( HIGHLIGHTS DECEMBER 17, 2023 A roundup of recent articles from Criterion’s online magazine. Happy reading! [Best-Kept Secrets]( Deep Cuts from a Japanese Titan’s Oeuvre. Six writers celebrate the 120th anniversary of Yasujiro Ozu’s birth by exploring a few of his most underappreciated works. By Moeko Fujii, Sean Gilman, Pamela Hutchinson, Aliza Ma, Musab Younis, and Genevieve Yue WATCH [A career-spanning retrospective of Ozu’s films is now playing on the Criterion Channel.Â]( [Ladies of the Frontier]( When Women Transformed the Western. Midcentury classics like Johnny Guitar and Rancho Notorious elevated women from their traditionally marginal role in the genre to more potent and central positions. By Imogen Sara Smith WATCH [Eight women-led westerns are now playing on the Criterion Channel.]( [Hlynur Pálmason’s Top]( 10 The director of Godland pays tribute to Robert Bresson, Stanley Kubrick, and other filmmakers who possessed an awe-inspiring command of their craft. WATCH [Godland is now playing on the Criterion Channel.]( [The Art of the Con]( Cinema’s Most Captivating Fraudsters. The best movies about con artists highlight what their makers share with the crooks they depict: an intuitive sense of people’s desires and a talent for ruthless manipulation. By Terrence Rafferty WATCH [Trouble in Paradise, The Lady Eve, Chameleon Street, and other con-themed gems are now playing on the Criterion Channel.]( [In Search of Hidden Histories]( A Conversation with Matt Wolf. Combining a passion for preservation with a love of formal experimentation, the documentary filmmaker creates portraits of visionary outsiders in a style guided less by narrative than by emotion. By Hillary Weston READ MORE [In an essay from 2020, Wolf dissects a memorable scene in The Times of Harvey Milk.]( OLDIE BUT GOODIE [“]( Haynes [has carved out a continually surprising and somewhat improbable career smuggling ideas from critical theory into off-Hollywood entertainments.”]( —Dennis Lim on the acclaimed director, whose latest film, May December, is now playing in theaters and on Netflix THE DAILY [The Edge of the Canon]( Sight and Sound Ventures Beyond Its List. Contributors to the magazine’s decennial greatest-films-of-all-time poll write about movies they voted for that appeared on no one else’s ballot. READ MORE [David Hudson gathers tributes to the late, influential critic Michel Ciment.]( For further information on Criterion and our products, please visit our website at [criterion.com.]( To start streaming the Criterion Channel, please visit [criterionchannel.com.]( If you are not already on our mailing list and would like to be added, please [click here]( to register at [criterion.com.]( To unsubscribe, [click here.]( © 2023 The Criterion Collection :: 215 Park Ave S. New York, NY 10003