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Critiques
Critiques (Critice) is the collected critical work of Romanian critic Titu Maiorescu, first published in Bucharest in 1874 and known for establishing the first Romanian literary canon.
Critters (film)
Critters (1986) is a New Line Cinema horror comedy directed by Stephen Herek, also known as Krites, about carnivorous alien furballs attacking a Kansas farm family; it earned $11.3 million and spawned three sequels.
Critters 3
Critters 3 (1991) is a direct-to-video American sci-fi horror film, the third Critters entry, directed by Kristine Peterson, starring Leonardo DiCaprio in his film debut as Josh, with Don Opper returning as Charlie McFadden.
Critters: A New Binge
Critters: A New Binge is a 2019 eight-episode horror-comedy web series rebooting the Critters film franchise, directed by Jordan Rubin for Shudder, in which Crites return to Earth seeking a missing hybrid of their kind.
Cro-Mags
Cro-Mags: New York hardcore band formed 1981, led by Harley Flanagan; debut The Age of Quarrel (1986) and Best Wishes (1989) founded NYHC and crossover thrash; Flanagan won the name in a 2019 lawsuit.
Croak (Yellowjackets)
"Croak" (Yellowjackets season 3, episode 7) aired March 21, 2025; directed by Jennifer Morrison, written by Alisha Brophy and Ameni Rozsa. Lottie kills scientist Edwin, while Arctic banshee frogs explain the screaming trees.
Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026
Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026: LELEK won Dora 2026 (12–15 February, Zagreb, 24 entries from a record 251 submissions) with "Andromeda", qualified 6th in semi-final one, and placed 15th (124 points) in the Vienna grand final.
Croatian children's literature
Croatian children's literature (hrvatska dječja književnost) is literature for children written in Croatian, whose foundations were laid by Ivan Filipović's journals Bosiljak and Smilje, with Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, Mato Lovrak, and Grigor Vitez as its peaks.
Croatian cuisine
Croatian cuisine (Hrvatska kuhinja) is a highly regional Mediterranean and Central European tradition: olive oil, seafood, and peka roasting on the Adriatic coast; paprika, pork, and štrukli inland.
Croatian fantastic literature
Croatian fantastic literature (fantastička književnost) is Croatian prose fiction depicting strange or monstrous phenomena, founded by Rikard Jorgovanić and revived in the 1970s by Pavao Pavličić and Goran Tribuson.
Croatian God Mars
Croatian God Mars (Hrvatski bog Mars) is a cycle of seven anti-war novellas by Miroslav Krleža about Croatian home guards in the First World War.
Croatian historical novel
The Croatian historical novel is a genre of fiction setting invented plots and characters against documented events from Croatian history, established by August Šenoa in the 1870s.
Croatian Moderna
Croatian Moderna (Hrvatska moderna) was the movement of aesthetic and symbolist renewal in Croatian literature and arts from 1891 to 1914, led by writers who called themselves the Young.
Croatian neo-avant-garde poetry
Croatian neo-avant-garde poetry is experimental poetic writing produced in Croatia, mostly within socialist Yugoslavia, from the early 1950s through the 1970s, renewing the interwar avant-garde's challenge to established codes.
Croatian realism
Croatian realism was the period of Croatian literature from 1881, the year of August Šenoa's death, to 1892, in which narrative prose adopted the European realist paradigm.
Croatian Renaissance literature
Croatian Renaissance literature is the 15th- and 16th-century writing of the Dalmatian coast and the Republic of Dubrovnik, considered the start of Croatian creative writing.
Croatian tamburica music
Croatian tamburica music is the folk tradition of eastern Croatia played on tambura string instruments, centered on Slavonia and known for the UNESCO-listed bećarac song form.
Crochet
Crochet: fabric made with a single hooked tool from one continuous thread, loops pulled through loops (French crochet, small hook). Probably evolved from tambour embroidery around 1800; first described in the Dutch journal Penelope, 1824. One live loop, denser fabric and more yarn than knitting; still not machine-replicable.
Crochet hook
Crochet hook: single pencil-sized hooked tool for crocheting; sized by shaft diameter in mm (US letters vary), steel hooks numbered in reverse; aluminum, wood, plastic, ergonomic handles, and long Tunisian variants.
Crocker Art Museum
The Crocker Art Museum, formerly the E. B. Crocker Art Gallery, is an art museum in Sacramento, California, established in 1885 when Margaret Crocker donated the family's collection to the city.
Crocodile (Black Mirror)
Crocodile is Black Mirror season 4 episode 3 (2017), written by Charlie Brooker, directed by John Hillcoat, starring Andrea Riseborough as Mia Nolan. Filmed in Iceland, it uses the Recaller memory-extraction device in a hit-and-run cover-up thriller.
Crocodile (악어) (1996 film)
Crocodile (악어, Ageo) is Kim Ki-duk's 1996 South Korean debut drama about a Han River vagrant who extorts suicide victims' families and abuses a woman he saves; a domestic flop that launched his festival career.
Crocodile Dundee
Crocodile Dundee is a 1986 Australian comedy directed by Peter Faiman, starring Paul Hogan as bushman Mick Dundee opposite Linda Kozlowski. Second-highest-grossing film of 1986 worldwide and the most commercially successful Australian film ever made.
Crocodile Dundee II
Crocodile Dundee II is a 1988 Australian-American action comedy sequel directed by John Cornell, starring Paul Hogan as Mick Dundee, who lures drug dealers from New York into the outback.
Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles
Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (2001) is the third Crocodile Dundee film, directed by Simon Wincer, starring Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski; it grossed $39.4 million worldwide and scored 11% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Crocodile Rock
Crocodile Rock is a 1972 Elton John and Bernie Taupin single about a fictional 1950s dance craze, his first US Billboard Hot 100 number 1 (three weeks from February 3, 1973) and a UK number 5, from Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player.
Crocs
Crocs: molded foam clog brand and Colorado footwear company (Crocs, Inc., NASDAQ: CROX), founded 1999, known for Croslite resin, Jibbitz charms, celebrity collaborations, and the HEYDUDE brand.
Croissant
Croissant: crescent-shaped laminated yeast pastry, French descendant of the Austrian kipferl brought to Paris by August Zang (1839); laminated butter dough recipe from 1915; flaky crust, honeycombed crumb.
Cromwell (film)
Cromwell (1970) is a Ken Hughes British historical drama starring Richard Harris as Oliver Cromwell and Alec Guinness as Charles I, released by Columbia, winner of the Academy Award for Costume Design, and widely criticized for historical inaccuracy.
Crônica da Casa Assassinada
Crônica da Casa Assassinada is a 1959 novel by the Brazilian writer Lúcio Cardoso, considered his masterpiece, which recounts the destruction of the Meneses family in Minas Gerais.