Articles tagged with: Criterion Collection
by Chris
February 10, 2009
Director: Yasujiro Ozu
Starring: Chishu Ryu, Shima Iwashita, Kiyoko Kishida, Keiji Sada
Genre: Drama
I’ve been sitting on this review for quite some time now, but I...
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by Kris
October 20, 2008
Director: Costa-Gavras
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek
Genre: Drama
Release Date: October 21, 2008
For those of you who think that George W. Bush is the first president to...
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by Chris
June 30, 2007
The third outing for Kobo Abe and Hiroshi Teshigahara, The Face of Another, marks the adaptation of one of Abe’s most dense and fascinating...
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by Chris
June 25, 2007
First off, I must say how much I’ve always disliked the international theatrical poster for Woman in the Dunes (aka: Suna no onna). While undoubtedly...
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by Chris
June 23, 2007
Pitfall, the first film in Criterion’s three film set is also Teshigahara’s first feature film. Having worked primarily on non-fiction documentary shorts, Teshigahara’s jump to...
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by Chris
June 23, 2007
Before embarking on this set of reviews, I must admit, Kobo Abe is my favorite author. Haruki Murakami may have introduced me to the world...
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by Chris
April 24, 2007
Oh wow. This is super cool. If you read this site you know that Kobo Abe is my favorite author. Well, Criterion is set to...
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by Chris and Kris
August 11, 2006
A landmark film in every respect, Jigoku (Hell, aka: The Sinners of Hell), directed by the “father of Japanese horror,” Nobuo Nakagawa (Duel at Lightning...
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by Chris
March 4, 2006
We finish our review of Criterion’s Rebel Samurai box set with the final film, Kill!
The Movie:
It’s not often a movie you’ve never heard of comes...
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by Chris and Kris
February 17, 2006
We continue our review of Criterion’s Rebel Samurai box set with the third film, Samurai Spy.
The Film:
Samurai Spy (aka: Ibun Sarutobi Sasuke, or The...
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by Chris
February 5, 2006
We continue our reviews of he films comprising Criterion’s Rebel Samurai Collection. This week we cover the the second film in the set, Sword...
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by Chris
January 28, 2006
Over the next few weeks we will be reviewing the films comprising the Criterion’s Rebel Samurai DVD box set, a collection of “Sixties Swordplay Classics”...
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