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Tag / 1972

November 27, 2022November 27, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Zatoichi in Desperation (1972)

  • Criterion Collection
  • 1972, Japan, Zatoichi
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Rather unfocused and indulgent in its depiction of vices, this 24th instalment (featuring Shintaro Katsu in a rare outing as director) is also one of the franchise’s grittiest entries. 

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Rating: 2.5 out of 5.

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August 22, 2022November 27, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Zatoichi at Large (1972)

  • Criterion Collection
  • 1972, Japan, Kazuo Mori, Zatoichi
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Despite a sensational action finale that rivals some of the best in the series, this 23rd instalment seems to have been made from a script that is one or two revisions away from being ready. 

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Rating: 3 out of 5.

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October 24, 2021October 24, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Ecstasy of the Angels (1972)

  • Others
  • 1972, Japan, Koji Wakamatsu
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Wakamatsu mixes exploitative sex with subversive politics, but the film doesn’t really compel and is too long-winded.

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Rating: 2.5 out of 5.

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August 10, 2021August 18, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Canterbury Tales, The (1972)

  • Criterion Collection, Pasolini, Pier Paolo
  • 1972, Pier Paolo Pasolini
  • 5 Comments

Not as complete as The Decameron was, this lust-filled, sex-crazed medieval fantasy will probably knock you out with its comic outrageousness.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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August 21, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Frenzy (1972)

  • Hitchcock, Alfred
  • 1972, Alfred Hitchcock, UK
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A late career high of sorts as Hitchcock returns to the UK to shoot another ‘wrong man’ picture in the guise of a serial killer thriller.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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July 12, 2020August 1, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)

  • Herzog, Werner
  • 1972, Werner Herzog, West Germany
  • 4 Comments

Herzog brilliantly transports us to a bygone world and to the edge of madness as power and greed clash furiously with nature and survival in this great masterwork of 1970s German cinema.

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

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April 20, 2020 by Eternality Tan

State of Siege (1972)

  • Costa-Gavras, Criterion Collection
  • 1972, Costa-Gavras, France
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Costa-Gavras sets his sights on Latin America in this superbly-constructed political-thriller that raises questions about the United States’ complicit involvement in counterinsurgency, torture and violence.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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April 2, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Dawns Here Are Quiet, The (1972)

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  • 1972, Soviet Union
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An unusual and at times powerful Soviet WWII movie about a male sergeant leading a group of inexperienced women soldiers into a skirmish with marauding Nazis.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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August 9, 2019February 9, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril (1972)

  • Criterion Collection
  • 1972, Japan, Lone Wolf and Cub
  • 4 Comments

Another worthy entry into the series with requisite gory fight scenes and heightened sensuality, this time shot by the legendary Kazuo Miyagawa.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.
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June 19, 2019 by Eternality Tan

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades (1972)

  • Criterion Collection
  • 1972, Japan, Kenji Misumi, Lone Wolf and Cub
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3.5 stars

Despite being more talky than usual, this satisfying entry features a terrific climactic action set-piece.

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