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My Father’s Shadow (2025)

June 16, 2026 by Eternality Tan

Touki bouki (1973)

June 12, 2026June 16, 2026 by Eternality Tan

To Singapore, with Love (2013)

June 6, 2026June 6, 2026 by Eternality Tan

Last Metro, The (1980)

June 1, 2026 by Eternality Tan

Blade, The (1995)

May 26, 2026 by Eternality Tan

Exploring #23: Mike De Leon

May 24, 2026May 24, 2026 by Eternality Tan

How to Divorce During the War (2026)

May 22, 2026May 22, 2026 by Eternality Tan

Useful Ghost, A (2025)

May 16, 2026May 16, 2026 by Eternality Tan

Citizen Kane (1941)

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Everybody to Kenmure Street (2026)

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Category / Criterion Collection

April 5, 2020May 9, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Mon oncle (1958)

  • Criterion Collection, Tati, Jacques
  • 1958, France, Jacques Tati
  • 5 Comments

The first colour film of Tati is a remarkable and satirical slapstick comedy, acting as a bridge between the doldrums of mechanized modernity and the earthly charms of the old-world.  

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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April 5, 2020May 9, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Jour de fete (1949)

  • Criterion Collection, Tati, Jacques
  • 1949, France, Jacques Tati
  • 3 Comments

Tatiโ€™s debut feature is a charming little piece about a postman in a countryside town, filled with the kind of visual gags and physical humour that would define his future works.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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April 4, 2020January 3, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Black Girl (1966)

  • Criterion Collection, Sembene, Ousmane
  • 1966, France, Ousmane Sembene, Senegal
  • 4 Comments

Sembene the trailblazer led African cinema to international recognition with this landmark classic about the despair of a black Senegalese woman made to work for a white French family.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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March 26, 2020March 26, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Confession, The (1970)

  • Costa-Gavras, Criterion Collection
  • 1970, Costa-Gavras, France
  • 1 Comment

Costa-Gavras paints a desolate and powerful political picture of an innocent high-ranking communist party official being interrogated and tortured in service of the frightening if absurd Soviet bloc show trials of the 1950s.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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March 25, 2020May 5, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Zatoichi the Fugitive (1963)

  • Criterion Collection
  • 1963, Japan, Tokuzo Tanaka, Zatoichi
  • 2 Comments

This fourth โ€˜Zatoichiโ€™ movie sees loyalties put to the test and swordfighting action on a larger scale.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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March 20, 2020 by Eternality Tan

They Live by Night (1948)

  • Criterion Collection, Ray, Nicholas
  • 1948, Nicholas Ray, USA
  • 1 Comment

Nicholas Rayโ€™s debut feature is a straightforward lovers-on-the-run โ€˜romance-noirโ€™ with strong chemistry between the two leads.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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March 17, 2020August 30, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Charulata (1964)

  • Criterion Collection, Ray, Satyajit
  • 1964, India, Satyajit Ray
  • 5 Comments

Another extraordinary work by Ray, directed with a profound delicateness that translates into great performances and astonishing visual flourishes.  

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

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March 16, 2020March 27, 2026 by Eternality Tan

Music Room, The (1958)

  • Criterion Collection, Ray, Satyajit
  • 1958, India, Satyajit Ray
  • 9 Comments

An extraordinary masterpiece by the great Satyajit Ray that captures the clash between tradition and modernity in a deeply poetic, melancholic (and musical) way.

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

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March 15, 2020May 10, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Aparajito (1956)

  • Criterion Collection, Ray, Satyajit
  • 1956, India, Satyajit Ray
  • 1 Comment

Rayโ€™s powerful follow-up to โ€˜Pather Panchaliโ€™ has moments of exquisite emotional beauty and a deep sense of coming-to-terms with an ever-changing, sobering reality.

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

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March 15, 2020March 27, 2026 by Eternality Tan

Pather Panchali (1955)

  • Criterion Collection, Ray, Satyajit
  • 1955, India, Satyajit Ray
  • 5 Comments

One of the greatest films of all-time from the legendary Satyajit Ray.

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

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