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Hiroshima mon amour (1959)

March 6, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Zatoichi’s Cane Sword (1967)

March 5, 2021March 5, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Icarus (2017)

March 3, 2021 by Eternality Tan

First Cow (2019)

March 2, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Long Walk, The (2019)

March 1, 2021March 1, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Golden Globes 2021 Prediction

February 28, 2021March 1, 2021 by Eternality Tan

News of the World (2020)

February 26, 2021March 3, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Golden Thread, The (1965)

February 25, 2021February 25, 2021 by Eternality Tan

One Second (2020)

February 22, 2021February 22, 2021 by Eternality Tan

All Is Forgiven (2007)

February 21, 2021 by Eternality Tan

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Tag / 1965

March 5, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Red Beard (1965)

  • Criterion Collection, Kurosawa, Akira
  • 1965, Akira Kurosawa, Japan
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Kurosawa’s final collab with Mifune yields a near masterpiece about humanity that is beautiful, poetic and enlightening.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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February 25, 2021February 25, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Golden Thread, The (1965)

  • Ghatak, Ritwik
  • 1965, India, Ritwik Ghatak
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Part of Ghatak’s ‘Partition’ trilogy, this rarely-seen film is a strong melodrama about suffering, loss and psychological turmoil as a man, his younger sister and an adopted orphan navigate the harsh socio-economic realities in postwar India. 

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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January 24, 2021February 1, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1965)

  • Parajanov, Sergei
  • 1965, Sergei Parajanov, Soviet Union, Ukraine
  • 2 Comments

Parajanov’s free-wheeling breakthrough film is a remarkable sensorial work that could hardly contain its dizzying energy—a showcase of a filmmaker at the height of his artistic expression.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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October 29, 2020October 29, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Zatoichi and Chess Expert (1965)

  • Criterion Collection
  • 1965, Japan, Kenji Misumi, Zatoichi
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There may not be much action, but this quite solid 12th instalment takes its time to give us well-developed characters in a narrative about strategic one-upmanship.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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September 19, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Zatoichi and the Doomed Man (1965)

  • Criterion Collection
  • 1965, Japan, Kazuo Mori, Zatoichi
  • 1 Comment

This easy-going if poor entry doesn’t quite contribute much to Zatoichi’s characterisation, nor does it have an involving premise.

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Rating: 2.5 out of 5.

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July 22, 2020 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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April 11, 2020February 13, 2021 by Eternality Tan

317th Platoon, The (1965)

  • Others
  • 1965, France, Pierre Schoendoerffer
  • 4 Comments

This war film shot in Cambodia and lensed by the great Raoul Coutard strongly emphasises on realism, but may feel slightly underwhelming.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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January 13, 2020February 27, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Repulsion (1965)

  • Criterion Collection, Polanski, Roman
  • 1965, Roman Polanski, UK
  • 5 Comments

A Polanski masterclass in psychosexual filmmaking, still effectively chilling and disturbing today as it was—surely a shocker!—back in the mid-‘60s.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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March 27, 2019August 5, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Moment of Truth, The (1965)

  • Criterion Collection, Others
  • 1965, Francesco Rosi, Italy, Spain
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Rosi’s shot-in-Spain film could be one of the finest works about bullfighting ever made despite a conventional rags-to-riches narrative.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.
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January 17, 2019November 30, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Pierrot le fou (1965)

  • Criterion Collection, Godard, Jean-Luc
  • 1965, France, Jean-Luc Godard
  • 1 Comment

It’s an inventive, original piece, but also a pretentious mess that struggles to sustain in what could be one of Godard’s most overrated films in his prolific first decade as a non-conforming artist.

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Rating: 3 out of 5.
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