David Blakeslee and Robert Nishimura are joined by Scott Nye to discuss the five surviving silent films of Mikio Naruse.
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David Blakeslee
Ryan Gallagher
July 2022 Programming on the Criterion Channel Announced
For July, the Channel will feature films from Henry King, Mira Nair, Hirokazu Kore-eda, and more!
Criterion Channel Surfing, Episode 5: Family Matters (December 2019)
For our December 2019 episode, Josh is joined by Dave Eves to talk about "Family Matters," stories about family to get us through the holiday season.
Josh Hornbeck
All of the Films Joining Filmstruck’s Criterion Channel This April
This April, the Criterion Channel will highlight films from Blake Edwards, Les Blank, Michael Winterbottom, and More!
Cinema Gadfly – Episode 24 – The Happiness of the Katakuris
In which Arik Devens and Christa Mrgan discuss the symphony of the absurd
Arik Devens
The Criterion Collection On Fandor: Nine Films Featuring Setsuko Hara
”The elegant and luminous Setsuko Hara was a beloved starlet of postwar Japanese film who abruptly retired, leaving behind a legacy of quiet power and beauty.“
On the Hulu Channel: Heinosuke Gosho’s The Neighbor’s Wife and Mine
Japan's first talkie uses all manner of sounds for laughs and love.
Scott Nye
Scott Reviews Hirokazu Koreeda’s Like Father, Like Son [Blu-ray Review]
What would you do if you found out your child was not your own?
A Journey Through the Eclipse Series: Koreyoshi Kurahara’s Black Sun
Part 2 of a New Year's Weekend double feature covering the Eclipse Series films of 1964.
Japan Society To Hold Two-Part Tribute to Donald Richie
The series kicks off with "Richie's Fantastic Five."
Sean Hutchinson
A Journey Through the Eclipse Series: Hiroshi Shimizu’s Japanese Girls at the Harbor
This modest and overlooked silent film from 1933 exposed significant cultural rifts that would reverberate through Japan for the next several decades.
Scott Reviews The Complete (Existing) Films of Sadao Yamanaka [Masters of Cinema DVD Review]
A beautiful introduction to a versatile filmmaker's too-short career.
A Journey Through the Eclipse Series: Kenji Mizoguchi’s Women of the Night
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.