Mizoguchi's penultimate film of the 1940s captures postwar Japan at a fragile tipping point, setting the stage for his triumphs of the 1950s such as The Life of Oharu - coming soon to the Criterion Collection.
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David Blakeslee
Armchair Vacation: Five Films To Watch At Home This Weekend (June 28-30)
What should you stream this weekend?
Joshua Brunsting
Joshua’s Five Favorite Theatrical Releases Of 2013 (So Far)
Here are Joshua's five favorite theatrical releases from the first half of 2013.
Joshua’s Five Favorite Criterion Collection Releases From 2013 (So Far)
Here are Joshua's five favorite Criterion releases going into the second half of 2013.
On the Hulu Channel: Keisuke Kinoshita’s A Legend or Was it?
Kinoshita's meditation on mob mentality is, more urgently, a magnificently mean motion picture.
Scott Nye
Armchair Vacation: Five Films To Watch This Weekend (June 21-23)
Here are five films to watch from the comfort of your own home this weekend.
For Criterion Consideration: Jennie Livingston’s Paris Is Burning
This amazing documentary should one day be entered into the ranks of The Criterion Collection.
On the Hulu Channel: Anthony Asquith’s The Woman in Question
A Rashomon-like murder investigation continually challenges notions of truth, past and present.
Armchair Vacation: Five Films To Watch At Home This Weekend [June 14-16]
From a new Francis Ford Coppola film to a Harold Lloyd masterpiece, here are five films to watch this weekend from the comfort of your own couch.
A Journey Through the Eclipse Series: Alexander Korda’s The Private Life of Don Juan
Lessons in love from the greatest balcony climber of them all.
What Vulgar Auteurism Gets Wrong
Why this new brand of criticism misses the mark from the very beginning.
Armchair Vacation: Five Films To Watch At Home This Weekend (June 7-9)
Five films to keep you busy this weekend.
For Criterion Consideration: John Ford’s Upstream
It's about time we get some more John Ford into The Criterion Collection.
Armchair Vacation: Five Must Own Home Video Releases For June
Here are five films to keep an eye on this month.