Continue reading →A tale of respect and dignity between friend and foe, this influential classic birthed the legendary blind swordsman as we know it.
Category / Criterion Collection
Faces Places (2017)
Continue reading →A charming little French documentary about capturing images of the everyday as lived by everyday women and men, and lit up by the wonderful spirit of creators Varda and JR.
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril (1972)
Continue reading →Another worthy entry into the series with requisite gory fight scenes and heightened sensuality, this time shot by the legendary Kazuo Miyagawa.
Katzelmacher (1969)
Continue reading →Fassbinder’s second feature continues his minimalist and spare direction, this time centering on a group of xenophobic, good-for-nothing friends.
Beasts of No Nation (2015)
Continue reading →Has an epic sweep befitting of a powerful story set in the heart of an African civil war, but Fukunaga’s eye for humanity amid the brutality helps to ground it in emotional terms.
Bigger Than Life (1956)
Continue reading →At times operating like a domestic ‘horror’ film about the disintegration of a nuclear family, this controlled and daring drama sees Nicholas Ray and actor James Mason in great form.
Parasite (2019)
Continue reading →Although Bong Joon-ho has made more formidable pictures, this razor-sharp treatise on social class differences in South Korea shocks and entertains in equal measure.
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades (1972)
Continue reading →Despite being more talky than usual, this satisfying entry features a terrific climactic action set-piece.
Gomorrah (2008)
Continue reading →Brutal and uncompromising take on the Italian mafia, shot with raw realism by rising director Matteo Garrone.
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Continue reading →Such is the profound impact and influence of De Sica’s postwar masterwork that it has arguably become a metonym for the Italian neorealist movement.
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