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Since 1984, the Criterion Collection, a continuing series of important classic and contemporary films, has been dedicated to gathering the greatest films from around the world and publishing them in editions that offer the highest technical quality and award-winning, original supplements. The following is a Read More …
For those wanting to see a lighthearted, fun and entertaining film during the time when Nazi Germay occupied France, one will surely be entertained by Claude Autant-Lara’s 1942 film “Le Mariage De Chiffon” which is included in the Eclipse Series 45: Claude Autant-Lara – Four Read More …
“Three Wicked Melodramas from Gainsborough Pictures – Eclipse Series #36” is yet another exciting Eclipse Series set that cineaste will definitely want to own.  While the story may be farfetched for some, for those who want to see how censors were pushed thanks to Read More …
“Madonna of the Seven Moons” may be farfetched and unbelievable, but its strength lies in the fact that studio, its filmmakers and writers wanted to accomplish something different ala post-World War II. A tragic psychological film that is preposterously entertaining, “Madonna of the Seven Moons” Read More …
Before Akira Kurosawa’s samurai films, it all began with “The Men Who Tread on the Tiger’s Tail”. Although more comedy-driven, the film gives us a glimpse of the potential the filmmaker had earlier in his career and a small taste of what he would later Read More …
Akira Kurosawa’s wartime propaganda film for Imperial Japan to boost morale and productivity for female Japanese factory workers and his second film that introduced him to his wife. Kurosawa has said this film is most dearest to him and now, this obscure film is available Read More …
“Japanese Summer: Double Suicide” is definitely a different kind of Oshima film, no doubt. Overall, “Japanese Summer: Double Suicide” is wild and crazy but pessimistically fun! Image courtesy of © 1967 Shochiku Co. © 2010 The Criterion Collection. All Rights Reserved. TITLE: Japanese Summer: Double Read More …