A Journey to the Center of Cinematic Madness

Split your lungs with blood and thunder! When you see the film, break your hands and crack your pens, men!

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Showing posts with label women. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

Even though I'm a big fan of Japanese cinema I hadn't seen a film by Mikio Naruse before I watched When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (...

Friday, February 26, 2010

Mouchette

Robert Bresson's Mouchette (1967) is a heartbreaking story of a teenaged girl named Mouchette. Her mother is dying, her father does not ...

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Lady Oyu

While Lady Oyu (1951) wasn't a personal project for the director Kenji Mizoguchi, he certainly makes it seem like one. His striking cine...

Saturday, January 9, 2010

Gion Festival Music

Kenji Mizoguchi's Gion bayashi (1953) - often translated as either Gion Festival Music or A Geisha - is the story of two geishas, a newc...

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Oz: A pretentious Finnish film buff whose obsession with Japanese cinema is not necessarily healthy.

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