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Crossing, The (2021)

June 28, 2022June 28, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Nanook of the North (1922)

June 27, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Trou, Le (1960)

June 26, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Lingui, the Sacred Bonds (2021)

June 24, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Nostalghia (1983)

June 23, 2022June 24, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (1970)

June 21, 2022June 21, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Broker (2022)

June 20, 2022June 20, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Remorques (1941)

June 19, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Vie de Jesus, La (1997)

June 18, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Trial of Joan of Arc, The (1962)

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Category / Criterion Collection

June 24, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Virgin Spring, The (1960)

  • Bergman, Ingmar, Criterion Collection
  • 1960, Ingmar Bergman, Sweden
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One of Bergman’s quietest films, but therein lies a powerful and existential meditation on religion, vengeance and guilt.  

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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June 21, 2022June 21, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (1970)

  • Criterion Collection
  • 1970, Japan, Kenji Misumi, Zatoichi
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A rare ‘Zatoichi’ entry with not one but two ruthless villains hogging the spotlight, which is a double-edged sword for character development, though it delivers in terms of action.

⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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June 19, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Remorques (1941)

  • Criterion Collection
  • 1941, France, Jean Gremillon
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One of Gremillon’s best-known works, this part sea action, part romance drama strikes a strong emotional chord with its performances and melodramatic flair.

⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rating: 4 out of 5.

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June 18, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Vie de Jesus, La (1997)

  • Criterion Collection, Dumont, Bruno
  • 1997, Bruno Dumont, France
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A fascinating feature debut by Dumont, who captures the tedium of French countryside life by finding beauty in the mundane and the horrific in the nonchalant, working with non-professional actors with aplomb.   

⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rating: 4 out of 5.

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June 11, 2022 by Eternality Tan

La bête humaine (1938)

  • Criterion Collection, Renoir, Jean
  • 1938, France, Jean Renoir
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A well-paced and engaging genre effort by Renoir that mixes psychological drama with the crime-noir, featuring Jean Gabin and Simone Simon as doomed lovers.

⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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June 4, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Mr. Klein (1976)

  • Criterion Collection, Losey, Joseph
  • 1976, France, Joseph Losey
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There are two Robert Kleins (one’s a Jew) in WWII Nazi-occupied France in this slow-burning, finely-tuned Kafkaesque wrong identity mystery-thriller, starring a paranoid Alain Delon.

⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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May 7, 2022May 7, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Enemy of the People, An (1989)

  • Criterion Collection, Ray, Satyajit
  • 1989, India, Satyajit Ray
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Holy water from a temple is found to be contaminated in this decent adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s play, situated within Ray’s cultural milieu as this straightforwardly-told drama sees science and religion cross swords. 

⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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May 5, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Wild Strawberries (1957)

  • Bergman, Ingmar, Criterion Collection
  • 1957, Ingmar Bergman, Sweden
  • 1 Comment

A ruminative drama on the fear of death and loneliness, matched by a great performance by Victor Sjostrom.

⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rating: 4 out of 5.

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April 25, 2022May 5, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)

  • Bergman, Ingmar, Criterion Collection
  • 1955, Ingmar Bergman, Sweden
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Bergman’s breakthrough international success is a witty if flirtatious comedy about the laws of sexual attraction and matters of the heart.

⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rating: 4 out of 5.

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April 21, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

  • Criterion Collection, Kubrick, Stanley
  • 1964, Stanley Kubrick, UK, USA
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Kubrick’s pitch-black Cold War comedy is absolute gold, intelligently poking fun at the sheer absurdity of nuclear war and rhetoric. 

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rating: 5 out of 5.

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