The latest in Criterion’s online magazine: New York City in all its gritty glory

By rahmat hidayat

Sunday, May 4, 2025

Plus: Perfume Genius's Top 10, Sean Baker's Oscar-winning triumph, and filmmaker Tony Bui in conversation

Current HIGHLIGHTS MAY 4, 2025 A roundup of recent articles from Criterion's online magazine. Happy reading!

Meaner Streets The Big Apple's Cinematic Renaissance. When Mayor John Lindsay made it easier for filmmakers to shoot on location in New York City, he paved the way for a string of movies that captured the troubled metropolis in the late sixties and early seventies. By J. Hoberman WATCH A collection of these New York City films, curated by Hoberman, is now playing on the Criterion Channel.

Occupational Hazards The Optimistic Pessimism of Anora. In his Oscar-winning triumph, Sean Baker returns to themes he has explored throughout his career, depicting the workaday grind of twenty-first-century American existence with biting humor and clear-eyed humanity. By Dennis Lim READ MORE Writer Kier-La Janisse examines Anora's place in the history of films about sex work.

Perfume Genius's Top 10 The acclaimed musician shares a list of favorite movies that grapple with intense emotions and profound relationships. WATCH The Bruno Dumont film that inspired the artwork for Perfume Genius's new album is now playing on the Criterion Channel.

Across the Battle Lines Tony Bui on the Vietnam War's Legacy On-Screen. To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the fall of Saigon, the director of Three Seasons has curated a Criterion Channel program featuring films that have shaped how we remember this devastating and divisive conflict. By Will Noah WATCH Bui's program includes Hollywood landmarks like Platoon and rarely screened Vietnamese classics like When the Tenth Month Comes.

OLDIE BUT GOODIE "In a Cronenberg film, pure pathology is often indistinguishable from pure pleasure—and their common source is the body." —Carrie Rickey on the work of David Cronenberg, whose latest film, The Shrouds, is now playing in theaters

THE DAILY Cannes 2025 A Look at This Year's Lineup. New films by Wes Anderson, Kelly Reichardt, Richard Linklater, Joachim Trier, and Ari Aster will screen in competition at the festival. READ MORE David Hudson surveys the selections in two of Cannes's sidebar programs.

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