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My Father’s Shadow (2025)

June 16, 2026 by Eternality Tan

Touki bouki (1973)

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To Singapore, with Love (2013)

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Last Metro, The (1980)

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Blade, The (1995)

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Exploring #23: Mike De Leon

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How to Divorce During the War (2026)

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Useful Ghost, A (2025)

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Citizen Kane (1941)

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Everybody to Kenmure Street (2026)

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Category / Criterion Collection

December 16, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Women in Love (1969)

  • Criterion Collection, Russell, Ken
  • 1969, Ken Russell, UK
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One of Russellโ€™s top-tier films, this sensual adaptation of D.H. Lawrenceโ€™s novel takes both lofty and earthy notions of โ€˜loveโ€™ into an ever-deepening spiral of psychosexual complications and provocations. 

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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December 8, 2023December 18, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Piscine, La (1969)

  • Criterion Collection
  • 1969, France
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This French antecedent to โ€˜A Bigger Splashโ€™ is a stylish if somewhat monotonous drama oozing sexual tension as a couple and a father-daughter duo temporarily reside in a summer house.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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November 28, 2023February 6, 2024 by Eternality Tan

Leon Morin, Priest (1961)

  • Criterion Collection, Melville, Jean-Pierre
  • 1961, France, Jean-Pierre Melville
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A sensually shot if also subtly erotic take on religion and desire, handled with deft skill by the great Melville.  

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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November 19, 2023April 17, 2024 by Eternality Tan

Anatomy of a Fall (2023)

  • Criterion Collection, Triet, Justine
  • 2023, France, Justine Triet
  • 8 Comments

This layered Cannes Palme dโ€™Or-winning work, part courtroom drama, part marital exposรฉ about the mysterious circumstances surrounding a death is Justine Trietโ€™s most complex picture to date.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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November 14, 2023February 2, 2025 by Eternality Tan

Cria cuervos… (1976)

  • Criterion Collection
  • 1976, Carlos Saura, Spain
  • 1 Comment

A great Spanish film about childhood, death and painful memories, featuring an exceptional performance by the bright-eyed if soulful Ana Torrent, with director Saura deftly navigating different planes of temporal and psychological realities.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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November 11, 2023November 13, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Gate of Flesh (1964)

  • Criterion Collection, Suzuki, Seijun
  • 1964, Japan, Seijun Suzuki
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Suzukiโ€™s dynamic if provocative work here tells of the sexual politics of flesh and humiliation, set in postwar Japan under American control.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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November 10, 2023April 17, 2024 by Eternality Tan

Perfect Days (2023)

  • Criterion Collection, Wenders, Wim
  • 2023, Japan, Wim Wenders
  • 4 Comments

Wendersโ€™ new film sees him return to Japan for a contemplative take on the human experience in modern society, following the daily routine of a cultured toilet cleaner who is obsessed with collecting cassette tapes of American oldies. 

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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November 7, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Youth of the Beast (1963)

  • Criterion Collection, Suzuki, Seijun
  • 1963, Japan, Seijun Suzuki
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A triple-crossing crime actioner from master studio craftsman Suzuki that sharpened the critical focus on his thrilling devil-may-care filmmaking style.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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October 21, 2023November 9, 2025 by Eternality Tan

Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962)

  • Criterion Collection, Varda, Agnes
  • 1962, Agnes Varda, France
  • 2 Comments

A popular singer anxiously waits for her medical test results in this charming yet reflective drama that remains one of Vardaโ€™s best-known works from the French New Wave era.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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October 9, 2023October 9, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Limite (1931)

  • Criterion Collection
  • 1931, Brazil
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An extraordinary silent feature from Brazil set to a playlist of classical music, so unique, enigmatic and dreamlike that it still carves out new, profound possibilities for cinema.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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