Continue reading →The second movie brings the series down to a disappointing notch with a thinner storyline, and some questionable decisions in plotting.
Category / Criterion Collection
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972)
Continue reading →The first of the popular if bloody Japanese chanbara series is sharp and swift like its titular assassin.
Breaking the Waves (1996)
Continue reading →Blessed with an exceptional performance by Emily Watson, von Trier’s complex if disturbing take on religion and sex asks of us to have faith in his vision.
Antichrist (2009)
Continue reading →One would expect no less from a filmmaker hell-bent in making you severely depressed and squirmy – in the name of art, but what beautiful, sensationalizing art.
Wings (1966)
Shepitko shows why she was such a promising filmmaker in this charming character study that brings social reality and flights of fancy together through artful naturalism.
12 Angry Men (1957)
Continue reading →Lumet’s feature debut is his greatest work, and is perhaps the most engaging black-and-white film ever made.
Ascent, The (1977)
Continue reading →One of the most haunting and harrowing of works centering on WWII, this chilling Soviet masterpiece will knock you cold both emotionally and psychologically.
Still Walking (2008)
Continue reading →Koreeda’s mastery of the subtle gives this drama an emotional weight as pure as life itself.
Marriage of Maria Braun, The (1979)
Continue reading →A powerful if narratively-dense film imbued with a devastating sense of cruel irony, with Fassbinder’s masterful control over sound especially striking.
New Land, The (1972)
Continue reading →The second part to “The Emigrants” may not be as exciting or perilous for its lead characters, but its chronicle of 19th century America as an unforgiving world is difficult to surpass.
Eternality Tan 