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A wonderful addition to the “Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project” Blu-ray and DVD box set, Ritwak Ghatak’s “A River Called Titas” may not be fully comprehended in one’s first viewing, but this complex melodrama is a great starting point in discovering this filmmaker’s work. And Read More …
Metin Erksan’s award winning “Dry Summer”Turkish film is a fascinating, unnerving film that has received wonderful restoration and is deserving of its inclusion in the Criterion Collection’s “Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project” Blu-ray + DVD box set. Image courtesy of © 2013 The Criterion Collection. Read More …
There have been many wonderful Criterion Collection releases for 2013 but “Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project” set is easily my pick for the “Best Criterion Collection Blu-ray release of 2013”. If you are a cineaste, it’s a must-own set that I highly recommended! Image courtesy Read More …
Ahmed El Maanouni’s musical documentary showcasing Moroccan band Nass-El Ghiwane, is a wonderful inclusion for Criterion Collection’s “Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project”! Image courtesy of © 2013 The Criterion Collection. All Rights Reserved. TITLE: Trances (as part of “Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project”) – The Read More …
If you enjoy films such as “Fatal Attraction” or want to experience a dark Korean ’60s melodrama, “The Housemaid” is an enjoyable film which has earned its reputation as one of the greatest Korean films ever made. Kim Ki-young’s “The Maid” is a wonderful addition Read More …
Mexico was a country that was finding itself after the revolution and with the film business nearly extinct in the country, “Redes” was a film that help light the spark in jumpstarting Mexican cinema, especially the career for filmmaker Emilio Gomez Muriel (who assisted Fred Read More …
I really enjoyed “Touki Bouki” for Djibril Diop Mambéty’s surreal style and because of his cinema influences, may it be French Nouvelle or even Neo-Realism, the film is non-traditional and different from other contemporaries of Francophone African cinema and is no doubt an important, classic Read More …