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The Water Magician – Brilliant 1933 silent film from the great Kenji Mizoguchi. Famous travelling water magician (Takako Irie) meets an...

I keep coming back to that street. Shabby and cramped, its people are almost living almost on top of one another. When Japanese society...

Natalie Wood h/t

Many Wars Ago – Biting anti-war film from 1970 directed by Italian master Francesco Rosi. Wars is set during WWI and tells the story of a...

Coburn

Kuroneko – Brilliant 1968 ghost story from Kaneto Shindo (Onibaba). A woman and her daughter-in-law are visited by a ragged bunch of...

Anna Karina

When one sits down to write about the work of Jean-Pierre Melville, you understand right away that you are dealing with a different...

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse – Fritz Lang classic from 1933 involves a mad genius planning the overthrow of the world, who manages to keep...