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Three Colors: White (1994)

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Family Life (1971)

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Love Eterne, The (1963)

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Seven Winters in Tehran (2023)

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Joyland (2022)

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Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (2022)

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Taxi Driver, A (2017)

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Afire (2023)

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Good Morning (1959)

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Lost and Beautiful (2015)

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Tag / 1969

May 18, 2023May 18, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Storm Over the Yangtze River (1969)

  • Li, Han-Hsiang
  • 1969, Li, Han-Hsiang, Taiwan
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A somewhat convoluted but still intriguing Chinese spy mystery set during WWII as agents and double agents conspire to accelerate or derail Japanese progress in the war.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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August 30, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Woman with the Knife, The (1969)

  • Others
  • 1969, Ivory Coast
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A somewhat underwhelming and ponderous psychological drama about a female knife-wielding spectre that haunts a European-influenced African who struggles with romantic relationships in his return to his home country.

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Rating: 3 out of 5.

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May 26, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Pigsty (1969)

  • Pasolini, Pier Paolo
  • 1969, Italy, Pier Paolo Pasolini
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This could be Pasolini’s most oblique work—a diptych that examines the nature of latent fascism and fetishistic consumption through the symbolism of cannibalism and the erasure of bodily traces.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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February 6, 2022February 7, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Bhuvan Shome (1969)

  • Sen, Mrinal
  • 1969, India, Mrinal Sen
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As zany a film you can find in Indian Parallel Cinema, Sen’s work about an uncompassionate city bureaucrat who goes on a perspective-changing hunting trip is highly-expressive in form and film language. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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October 16, 2021December 11, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Land, The (1969)

  • Chahine, Youssef
  • 1969, Egypt, Youssef Chahine
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This is feisty if sometimes way too melodramatic filmmaking from Chahine as he pits poor and frustrated peasants against the rising tide of self-serving capitalism.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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April 9, 2021August 24, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Binding Sentiments (1969)

  • Meszaros, Marta
  • 1969, Hungary, Marta Meszaros
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A recently-widowed mother who yearns to be independent and her overprotective son cross paths in what is a slightly nondescript second feature from Meszaros about the perceived strengths and weaknesses of familial bonds.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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January 24, 2021July 4, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Color of Pomegranates, The (1969)

  • Criterion Collection, Parajanov, Sergei
  • 1969, Armenia, Sergei Parajanov, Soviet Union
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As fascinating as it is arcane, this visually and aurally arresting work from Armenia defeats categorization, but is indescribably hypnotic. 

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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December 27, 2020December 27, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Invasion (1969)

  • Others
  • 1969, Argentina, Hugo Santiago
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This rarely-seen Argentinian feature debut by Hugo Santiago is an unclassifiable eye-opener—a political ‘sci-fi’ piece with cool Melville crime-thriller vibes.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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July 8, 2020August 15, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Fellini Satyricon (1969)

  • Criterion Collection, Fellini, Federico
  • 1969, Federico Fellini
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One might disengage with its paganistic and hedonistic excess, but Fellini’s visionary work loosely based on Petronius’ Roman satire is a one-of-a-kind aural-visual extravaganza. 

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Rating: 3 out of 5.

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November 12, 2019June 2, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Funeral Parade of Roses (1969)

  • Others
  • 1969, Japan
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This is free-form, counter-cultural Japanese cinema at its astonishing best—playful, powerful and brutal all in the same breath.

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Rating: 5 out of 5.
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