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Zatoichi’s Cane Sword (1967)

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Long Walk, The (2019)

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News of the World (2020)

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Golden Thread, The (1965)

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Tag / Roman Polanski

November 16, 2020November 16, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Cul-de-sac (1966)

  • Criterion Collection, Polanski, Roman
  • 1966, Roman Polanski, UK
  • 2 Comments

Polanski’s Golden Berlin Bear winner traverses the territory of absurdist cinema in what is a sporadically engaging but sharp commentary on power plays associated with psychological sadism and the gender and classist pressures to conform.  

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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January 28, 2020January 28, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Officer and a Spy, An (2019)

  • Polanski, Roman
  • 2019, France, Roman Polanski
  • 1 Comment

Polanski doesn’t seem interested to push his film past the second gear, but it is a stately and handsome work about the Dreyfus Affair.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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January 21, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Venus in Fur (2013)

  • Polanski, Roman
  • 2013, France, Roman Polanski
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A mundane affair with two actors, or a strong exercise in building sexual tension?  Maybe both.

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Rating: 3 out of 5.

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January 19, 2020August 11, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Ghost Writer, The (2010)

  • Polanski, Roman
  • 2010, France, Germany, Roman Polanski, UK
  • 6 Comments

One of Polanski’s finest post-2000s efforts – this is a first-rate old-school mystery-thriller that sees the master filmmaker at the top of his game.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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January 18, 2020November 16, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Pianist, The (2002)

  • Polanski, Roman
  • 2002, Germany, Poland, Roman Polanski, UK
  • 4 Comments

One of Polanski’s finest films, and a great WWII Holocaust drama about human resilience, and the beauty and power of music to overcome sheer adversity.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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January 17, 2020January 18, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Chinatown (1974)

  • Polanski, Roman
  • 1974, Roman Polanski, USA
  • 3 Comments

Polanski’s greatest accomplishment, and one of the finest American films ever made from the ’70s.

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

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January 13, 2020November 16, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Rosemary’s Baby (1968)

  • Criterion Collection, Polanski, Roman
  • 1968, Roman Polanski, USA
  • 2 Comments

More psychological drama than pure horror, Polanski’s classic will haunt viewers willing to be immersed in its reality.

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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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