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Suzume (2023)

March 31, 2023March 31, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Third World Hero (1999)

March 30, 2023 by Eternality Tan

45 Years (2015)

March 28, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Roof, The (1956)

March 25, 2023March 25, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Nights of Cabiria (1957)

March 24, 2023March 24, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Eo (2022)

March 22, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Kisapmata (1981)

March 21, 2023March 21, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Women Talking (2022)

March 19, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Last Stage, The (1948)

March 17, 2023March 17, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Jetée, La (1962)

March 15, 2023 by Eternality Tan

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Category / Criterion Collection

March 28, 2023 by Eternality Tan

45 Years (2015)

  • Criterion Collection
  • 2015, UK
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An excellent Charlotte Rampling plays one half of a couple who have been together for more than four decades as they face a marital crisis that might prove to be insurmountable in Haigh’s delicate take on the meaning of love as refracted by secrets from the distant past. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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March 24, 2023March 24, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Nights of Cabiria (1957)

  • Criterion Collection, Fellini, Federico
  • 1957, Federico Fellini, Italy
  • 2 Comments

A Fellini classic featuring Giulietta Masina with arguably her greatest performance, this spirited tale of a prostitute who desires to change her life is at once heartbreaking and life-affirming. 

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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March 15, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Jetée, La (1962)

  • Criterion Collection, Marker, Chris
  • 1962, Chris Marker, France
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Marker’s legendary work, comprised of a montage of still photographs with narration, is not just one of cinema’s most famous shorts, but a thought-provoking look at the impossibility of escaping the claws of time.   

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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March 2, 2023March 2, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Daisies (1966)

  • Chytilova, Vera, Criterion Collection
  • 1966, Czechoslovakia, Vera Chytilova
  • 1 Comment

Arguably the Czech New Wave’s most fiercely anarchic entry, this experimental cult film’s wild portrayal of two young women’s decision to give the middle finger to authoritarianism and the patriarchy remains as effective as ever. 

⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rating: 4 out of 5.

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February 24, 2023February 24, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Baxter, Vera Baxter (1977)

  • Criterion Collection
  • 1977, France
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An endlessly looping piece of cheerful island music envelopes and provides a counterpoint to Duras’ melancholic conversational piece between two women as they reflect on a marriage in tatters.   

⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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February 8, 2023February 8, 2023 by Eternality Tan

One-Eyed Jacks (1961)

  • Criterion Collection
  • 1961, USA
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Brando’s only directorial effort is truly exceptional—a soulful revenge Western with stunning picturesque imagery and a commitment to exploring and subverting the ethos of the genre. 

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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February 5, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Boat People (1982)

  • Criterion Collection, Hui, Ann
  • 1982, Ann Hui, Hong Kong
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It’s tragic and overly melodramatic for sure, but Ann Hui’s then-controversial work about the sufferings of the Vietnamese post-Vietnam War remains a significant entry of the burgeoning Hong Kong New Wave.

⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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January 24, 2023 by Eternality Tan

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)

  • Criterion Collection, Mungiu, Cristian
  • 2007, Cristian Mungiu, Romania
  • 5 Comments

A masterwork of post-2000s East European cinema, this is an intense and uncompromising Romanian drama about illegal abortion that draws power from its stark visuals and ultra-long takes.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rating: 5 out of 5.

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January 18, 2023March 15, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Sans Soleil (1983)

  • Criterion Collection, Marker, Chris
  • 1983, Chris Marker, France
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One of Marker’s defining works about time and memory, this is an experimental documentary of the highest order, capturing the wonder and bizarreness of human cultures and existence amid technological change. 

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rating: 5 out of 5.

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January 8, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Cure (1997)

  • Criterion Collection, Kurosawa, Kiyoshi
  • 1997, Japan, Kiyoshi Kurosawa
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Dread and unease ooze in abundance in this masterful, bar-raising existential psychological mystery about an exasperated detective trying to solve a series of inexplicable murders.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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