The latest in Criterion’s online magazine: Patricia Highsmith’s legendary antihero

By rahmat hidayat

Sunday, July 6, 2025

Plus: Justin Chang on William Friedkin's SORCERER and a close look at the films of Billy Woodberry

Current HIGHLIGHTS JULY 6, 2025 A roundup of recent articles from Criterion's online magazine. Happy reading!

All-American Antihero The Many Faces of Tom Ripley. An acclaimed crime writer joins a producer of the 1999 adaptation of The Talented Mr. Ripley to discuss the cinematic incarnations of Patricia Highsmith's most iconic character. By Megan Abbott WATCH Five films centered on Tom Ripley are now playing on the Criterion Channel.

Everyday People The Quiet Art of Billy Woodberry. Throughout a small but indelible body of work that includes the 1984 neorealist masterpiece Bless Their Little Hearts, the LA Rebellion pioneer has explored how ordinary life is lived within structures of power. By Nicholas Russell WATCH Woodberry's films are now playing on the Criterion Channel.

William Friedkin's Perilous Dream Project On Sorcerer. The product of a famously tumultuous production, this nerve-jangling adaptation of the classic suspense novel The Wages of Fear infuses the mechanics of genre with rough-hewn realism and the New Hollywood's renegade spirit. By Justin Chang READ MORE Novelist Dennis Lehane takes a close look at the Henri-Georges Clouzot masterpiece that inspired Sorcerer. Against the Odds A Conversation with Ougie Pak. An up-and-coming director talks about the scrappy ingenuity that went into making his three low-budget films: Sunrise/Sunset (2019), Clytaemnestra (2021), and Red Card (2023). By Ife Olujobi WATCH Pak's films are now playing on the Criterion Channel.

OLDIE BUT GOODIE "For as long as we continue to revisit and celebrate these films, all of Penny's subjects will remain as brilliantly alive for us as the man who captured them." —Michael Chaiken on the documentaries of D. A. Pennebaker, the subject of a centennial celebration on the Criterion Channel this month

THE DAILY The Best Movies of the Twenty-First Century A Much-Discussed Poll by the New York Times. Among the voters are Pedro Almodóvar, Sofia Coppola, Barry Jenkins, and Julianne Moore. READ MORE David Hudson surveys the lineup at this year's Il Cinema Ritrovato.

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