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Fabelmans, The (2022)

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Boat People (1982)

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#LookAtMe (2022)

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As You Were (2014)

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Babylon (2022)

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Never Gonna Snow Again (2020)

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Sans Soleil (1983)

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Bellissima (1951)

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Martin Eden (2019)

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Glass Onion (2022)

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Category / Criterion Collection

November 13, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Diary of a Country Priest (1951)

  • Bresson, Robert, Criterion Collection
  • 1951, France, Robert Bresson
  • 2 Comments

One of the world cinema’s most ‘interiorised’ films about religious faith as Bresson centers on the thoughts of a suffering priest who is received coldly in the new village he has been posted to.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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November 9, 2022November 9, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

  • Criterion Collection
  • 1949, UK
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Morally dubious yet perversely funny, this is one of the most outstanding black comedies produced by the Ealing Studios as one outsider with a royal lineage seeks to eliminate all that stand ahead of him in the line of succession.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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October 8, 2022 by Eternality Tan

White Sheik, The (1952)

  • Criterion Collection, Fellini, Federico
  • 1952, Federico Fellini, Italy
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Fellini’s first solo feature as director would lay some of the artistic groundwork for his career in this sporadically entertaining comedy about a newlywed’s rendezvous with a ‘romantic ideal’ on her honeymoon in Rome.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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September 30, 2022September 30, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Broadcast News (1987)

  • Criterion Collection
  • 1987, James L. Brooks, USA
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Sparks truly fly in this superb film about a love triangle set in the milieu of television reporting, featuring a terrific Holly Hunter as a feisty news producer. 

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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September 12, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Rouge (1987)

  • Criterion Collection, Kwan, Stanley
  • 1987, Hong Kong, Stanley Kwan
  • 2 Comments

Anita Mui and Leslie Cheung star in this movie straddling between two eras with a ghost story in the mix, directed by Stanley Kwan with a strong sense of melancholy and nostalgia.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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September 5, 2022September 5, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Le doulos (1962)

  • Criterion Collection, Melville, Jean-Pierre
  • 1962, France, Jean-Pierre Melville
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Twists and revelations are aplenty in this intricately-plotted, suspense-driven crime noir that sees Melville and Belmondo collaborate for the second time. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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August 26, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Traffic (2000)

  • Criterion Collection, Soderbergh, Steven
  • 2000, Steven Soderbergh, USA
  • 3 Comments

Soderbergh is at his commanding best in this powerful and unsettling film that captures the essence of the U.S-Mexico drug trade as it is, and without the need to moralise.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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August 23, 2022August 23, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Bob le flambeur (1956)

  • Criterion Collection, Melville, Jean-Pierre
  • 1956, France, Jean-Pierre Melville
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Melville’s sly if laidback anti-heist noir (if there ever was one) is an absorbing take on how individuals and the collective operate in matters of vice and deception. 

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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August 22, 2022November 27, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Zatoichi at Large (1972)

  • Criterion Collection
  • 1972, Japan, Kazuo Mori, Zatoichi
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Despite a sensational action finale that rivals some of the best in the series, this 23rd instalment seems to have been made from a script that is one or two revisions away from being ready. 

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Rating: 3 out of 5.

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August 16, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Peeping Tom (1960)

  • Criterion Collection, Powell, Michael
  • 1960, Michael Powell, UK
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The picture that destroyed Powell’s career, this disturbing work about a serial killer who perversely films his victims as they die is now regarded as a major influence on the modern slasher movie, and a provocative exploration of the ills of scopophilia. 

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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