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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

August 9, 2020September 11, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Veronika Voss (1982)

  • Criterion Collection, Fassbinder, Rainer Werner
  • 1982, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany
  • 2 Comments

The perils of drug addiction meet with the allure of a faded Third Reich star in Fassbinderโ€™s evocative and fatalistic penultimate film.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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July 27, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Kicking and Screaming (1995)

  • Baumbach, Noah, Criterion Collection
  • 1995, Noah Baumbach, USA
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A strong feature debut about postgraduation aimlessness that milks hilarity through an array of self-analytical characters who are far too absorbed in their own ennui to really think for themselves, but Baumbachโ€™s clever script does all the hard work for them.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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July 26, 2020April 22, 2024 by Eternality Tan

Ceremonie, La (1995)

  • Chabrol, Claude, Criterion Collection
  • 1995, Claude Chabrol, France
  • 4 Comments

Chabrolโ€™s firm Hitchcockian grasp on the crime-mystery belies his even more remarkable work with his characters and narrative, making this one of the great works of his late career.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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July 22, 2020May 5, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Zatoichi’s Revenge (1965)

  • Criterion Collection
  • 1965, Akira Inoue, Japan, Zatoichi
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This tenth instalment goes into darker territory with forced prostitution as one of its themes, but Zatoichi is in a serious mood to right wrongs with several well-choreographed fight scenes in store.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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July 20, 2020July 10, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Gold Rush, The (1925)

  • Chaplin, Charles, Criterion Collection
  • 1925, charles chaplin, USA
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Chaplinโ€™s greatest box-office success in the silent era remains a cultural touchstoneโ€”a parable of greed, romance and peril that is as hilarious and touching now as it was a century ago. 

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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July 18, 2020August 1, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Spellbound (1945)

  • Criterion Collection, Hitchcock, Alfred
  • 1945, Alfred Hitchcock, USA
  • 1 Comment

An underrated gem by Hitchcock about psychoanalysis and the guilt complex, featuring a stirring Oscar-winning score by Miklos Rozsa.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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July 8, 2020August 15, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Fellini Satyricon (1969)

  • Criterion Collection, Fellini, Federico
  • 1969, Federico Fellini
  • 3 Comments

One might disengage with its paganistic and hedonistic excess, but Felliniโ€™s visionary work loosely based on Petroniusโ€™ Roman satire is a one-of-a-kind aural-visual extravaganza. 

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Rating: 3 out of 5.

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July 4, 2020October 24, 2021 by Eternality Tan

39 Steps, The (1935)

  • Criterion Collection, Hitchcock, Alfred
  • 1935, Alfred Hitchcock, UK
  • 1 Comment

Dated and unexpectedly dull, this early Hitchcock effort is a true disappointment.

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Rating: 2 out of 5.

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June 21, 2020May 5, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Adventures of Zatoichi (1964)

  • Criterion Collection
  • 1964, Japan, Kimiyoshi Yasuda, Zatoichi
  • 1 Comment

The theme of the โ€˜father figureโ€™ dictates the narrative of this decent 9th instalment of the โ€˜Zatoichiโ€™ series.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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June 14, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Mystery Train (1989)

  • Criterion Collection, Jarmusch, Jim
  • 1989, Jim Jarmusch, USA
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An essential early work of Jarmusch, this is a cinematic hymn to Memphis cityโ€™s rich musical history, filmed as a connecting triptych of oddball characters of various nationalities over the course of one day and night in this โ€˜ghost townโ€™.ย 

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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