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Blu-Ray Review: The Music Room (Criterion Collection)

Whilst Bollywood dominates the Indian film industry, there’s much more to Bharata’s cinema than merely the conveyor belt of love, loss, song and satire. The greatest Indian film-maker of all…

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Blu-Ray Review: Stalker (Criterion Collection)

In today’s effect driven film market, most science fiction cinema is reliant on green screens and CGI. However, as films such as Primer and Coherence demonstrate, more cerebral fare can…

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Blu-Ray Review: The Fisher King (Criterion Collection)

As a society, we finally seem to be starting to have long overdue conversations about mental health. However, the stigma still remains. Tragically, this has all come too late for…

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Blu-Ray Review: Diabolique

In today’s cinema, M. Night Shyamalan is synonymous with plot twists. It has become expected. So much so, that it often detracts from the film itself with audiences trying to…

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Blu-Ray Review: 12 Angry Men (Criterion Collection)

What is the best film of all time? It’s a question liable to cause heated debate and end in arguments. Traditionally, Citizen Kane has tended to top these lists, but…

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Blu-Ray Review: Tampopo (Criterion Collection)

The Japanese have a very special relationship with food. Often bathed in tradition and ceremony, food and drink are oft en as much about spirituality or religion than fulfilling a…

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Blu-Ray Review: The Life of Oharu (Criterion Collection)

There have been many films made about prostitutes, courtesans and concubines, but in Kenji Mizoguchi 1952 film The Life of Oharu the principal is all three. However, it’s more in…

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Film Review: Lone Wolf and Cub (Criterion Collection)

Manga plays a significant role in Japanese culture, which is difficult for outsiders to fully grasp. Several series have managed to embed themselves into the public consciousness, along with TV…

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Blu-Ray Review: Multiple Maniacs (Criterion Collection)

In a day and age where the term ‘pioneer’ is often loosely thrown around, there are very few, if any, who deserve the accolade more than John Waters. His early…

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Blu-Ray Review: Cul-De-Sac (Criterion Collection)

Controversy over his personal life aside, there are few directors with a record of accomplishment over the last six decades as strong as Roman Polanski. Chinatown is one of the…

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