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Central Park (1989)

April 11, 2026April 11, 2026 by Eternality Tan

Amoeba (2025)

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F for Fake (1973)

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Exploring #21: Roy Andersson

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Devi (1960)

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It Was Just an Accident (2025)

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Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983)

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Oscars 2026 Prediction

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Beaches of Agnes, The (2008)

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Secret Agent, The (2025)

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Category / Criterion Collection

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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March 17, 2021October 3, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Elephant Man, The (1980)

  • Criterion Collection, Lynch, David
  • 1980, David Lynch, USA
  • 4 Comments

This could be Lynch’s most enduring film – an emotionally-resonating and psychologically-rich work about discrimination and compassion based on the true story of a horribly disfigured man.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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March 11, 2021October 3, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Eraserhead (1977)

  • Criterion Collection, Lynch, David
  • 1977, David Lynch, USA
  • 2 Comments

Outstanding feature debut by David Lynch, this is as nightmarish and surreal as they come.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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March 10, 2021March 15, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Ran (1985)

  • Criterion Collection, Kurosawa, Akira
  • 1985, Akira Kurosawa, Japan
  • 7 Comments

Among the masterpieces of Kurosawa, this one sits confidently at the very, very top, and is quite rightly one of the greatest films ever made of all-time.

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

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March 6, 2021November 30, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Hiroshima mon amour (1959)

  • Criterion Collection, Resnais, Alain
  • 1959, Alain Resnais, France, Japan
  • 7 Comments

My favourite feature debut from the French New Waveโ€”an extraordinary meditation on trauma, memory and love as Resnais merges the historical, geographical and the personal in an intelligent and sensuous way.

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

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March 5, 2021May 5, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Zatoichi’s Cane Sword (1967)

  • Criterion Collection
  • 1967, Japan, Kimiyoshi Yasuda, Zatoichi
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This 15th installmentโ€™s focus on drama and storytelling is noteworthy, building to one of the seriesโ€™ finest action-packed climaxes. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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March 5, 2021December 1, 2025 by Eternality Tan

Red Beard (1965)

  • Criterion Collection, Kurosawa, Akira
  • 1965, Akira Kurosawa, Japan
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Kurosawa’s final collab with Mifune yields a near masterpiece about humanity that is beautiful, poetic and enlightening.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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