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Plague, The (2025)

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Central Park (1989)

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Amoeba (2025)

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F for Fake (1973)

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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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Beaches of Agnes, The (2008)

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Category / Criterion Collection

May 17, 2020May 27, 2024 by Eternality Tan

8ยฝ (1963)

  • Criterion Collection, Fellini, Federico
  • 1963, Federico Fellini, Italy
  • 6 Comments

Fellini’s mastery of form and style is there for all to revel in this autobiographical film about the psychological crisis of a film director.

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

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May 17, 2020March 24, 2023 by Eternality Tan

La strada (1954)

  • Criterion Collection, Fellini, Federico
  • 1954, Federico Fellini
  • 2 Comments

This early work by Fellini is truly one of his finest efforts, told in a fabulist style and with great emotional honesty.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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May 9, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday (1953)

  • Criterion Collection, Tati, Jacques
  • 1953, France, Jacques Tati
  • 3 Comments

Tatiโ€™s international breakthrough is his most optimistic film in what is a purely-conceived characterisation of the inimitable Mr. Hulot.ย 

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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May 9, 2020September 11, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Double Indemnity (1944)

  • Criterion Collection, Wilder, Billy
  • 1944, Billy Wilder, USA
  • 1 Comment

One of Billy Wilder’s greatest films, and a textbook example of how to do a noir so rightโ€ฆ and so good.

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

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May 4, 2020May 4, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Rumble Fish (1983)

  • Coppola, Francis Ford, Criterion Collection
  • 1983, Francis Ford Coppola, USA
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A feverish attempt at exploring the nature of wasted youth with strong visual and aural stylings that canโ€™t quite hide its meandering narrative.

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Rating: 3 out of 5.

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May 1, 2020May 5, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold (1964)

  • Criterion Collection
  • 1964, Japan, Kazuo Ikehiro, Zatoichi
  • 1 Comment

This sixth installment benefits from the wild, manic energy sustained by relatively new director Kazuo Ikehiro.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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April 26, 2020May 7, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Dead Man (1995)

  • Criterion Collection, Jarmusch, Jim
  • 1995, Jim Jarmusch, USA
  • 5 Comments

A stylish revisionist anti-Western masterpiece by Jim Jarmusch that is both surreal, spiritual and poetic, backed by a stunning improvised โ€˜liveโ€™ score by Neil Young.

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

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April 20, 2020 by Eternality Tan

State of Siege (1972)

  • Costa-Gavras, Criterion Collection
  • 1972, Costa-Gavras, France
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Costa-Gavras sets his sights on Latin America in this superbly-constructed political-thriller that raises questions about the United Statesโ€™ complicit involvement in counterinsurgency, torture and violence.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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April 18, 2020May 24, 2024 by Eternality Tan

Home and the World, The (1984)

  • Criterion Collection, Ray, Satyajit
  • 1984, India, Satyajit Ray
  • 1 Comment

Rayโ€™s third adaptation of Rabindranath Tagoreโ€™s work late on in his career is a quietly-composed and deliberately-paced tale about the intertwining of domestic and national affairs. 

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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April 18, 2020July 9, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Au revoir les enfants (1987)

  • Criterion Collection
  • 1987, France, Louis Malle
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One of Malle’s finest works, this restrained drama builds up slowly, only to leave you emotionally shattered by the end of it. 

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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