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Beaches of Agnes, The (2008)

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Trial, The (1962)

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Category / Criterion Collection

April 10, 2021April 8, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Rushmore (1998)

  • Anderson, Wes, Criterion Collection
  • 1998, USA, Wes Anderson
  • 4 Comments

An oddball coming-of-age comedy revolving around a prep school student that is well-staged to a fault.

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Rating: 3 out of 5.

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April 6, 2021October 30, 2021 by Eternality Tan

In a Lonely Place (1950)

  • Criterion Collection, Ray, Nicholas
  • 1950, Nicholas Ray, USA
  • 1 Comment

Humphrey Bogart has never been better in Nic Rayโ€™s atypical noir about love, doubt and violence.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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April 3, 2021October 9, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Blow Out (1981)

  • Criterion Collection, De Palma, Brian
  • 1981, Brian De Palma, USA
  • 2 Comments

You gotta love De Palma โ€“ Blow Out is a twisted and suspenseful mystery, and also a clever if devilish testament to the art of moviemaking.

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

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March 30, 2021July 17, 2024 by Eternality Tan

Dressed to Kill (1980)

  • Criterion Collection, De Palma, Brian
  • 1980, Brian De Palma, USA
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De Palmaโ€™s command of the erotic thriller is indisputable in this suspenseful murder mystery that pays full homage to Hitchcock.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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March 28, 2021March 4, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Mulholland Dr. (2001)

  • Criterion Collection, Lynch, David
  • 2001, David Lynch, USA
  • 10 Comments

Arguably David Lynch’s magnum opus, this is the cinematic equivalent of the ultimate Rubikโ€™s cube – mysterious, unsolvable, haunting and a psycho-emotionally shattering experience.

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

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March 21, 2021October 3, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Blue Velvet (1986)

  • Criterion Collection, Lynch, David
  • 1986, David Lynch, USA
  • 10 Comments

Lynch’s masterpiece is a surreal experience complete with sensational performances, a disturbing film that portrays the moral rot that comes with the American Dream.

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

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March 20, 2021August 29, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Matter of Life and Death, A (1946)

  • Criterion Collection, Powell, Michael, Pressburger, Emeric
  • 1946, Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell, UK
  • 3 Comments

An inventive treatise on living and dying, and most important of all, of loving, as a legal trial in heaven decides the fate of an airman who is literally caught in an unprecedented life-and-death scenario. 

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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March 19, 2021June 21, 2024 by Eternality Tan

Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, The (1943)

  • Criterion Collection, Powell, Michael, Pressburger, Emeric
  • 1943, Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell, UK
  • 3 Comments

One of the towering achievements of British cinema from one of the mediumโ€™s most formidable directing duos.

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

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March 18, 2021October 30, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Through the Olive Trees (1994)

  • Criterion Collection, Kiarostami, Abbas
  • 1994, Abbas Kiarostami, Iran
  • 1 Comment

Kiarostami closes his wondrous โ€˜Kokerโ€™ trilogy with an even more multi-layered, meta-cinematic experiment in the guise of a love story.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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March 17, 2021October 3, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Red Shoes, The (1948)

  • Criterion Collection, Powell, Michael, Pressburger, Emeric
  • 1948, Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell, UK
  • 4 Comments

A ballet dancer is torn between romance and ambition in one of Powell and Pressburger’s most glorious and ravishing Technicolor triumphs.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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