Features
Monday, January 9 2012
The Best DVDs of 2011
With the continuing rise of Blu-ray, this year sees a lot of repeat entries. Just because they're here again, however, doesn't mean they're any less special.
Monday, August 22 2011
The 100 Essential Directors Part 7: Kenji Mizoguchi to Satyajit Ray
Pushing boundaries seems to be the thread that ties the directors of our seventh day together. From Japanese innovators to Italian iconclasts and Polish provocateurs, the directors that fall between Kenji Mizoguchi and the man who was perhaps India's greatest visual storyteller, Satyajit Ray, all push the form in incredible, surprising ways.
Reviews
Friday, April 5 2013
Suffering Stripped to Its Lineaments: 'Sansho the Bailiff'
This film would retain its beauty even if the print were dragged through the mud.
Tuesday, July 3 2007
Sansho the Bailiff
Despite his dissatisfaction, that so much of the film works magnificently is evidence of Mizoguchi 's hard driving perfectionism.
Blogs
Wednesday, December 14 2011
ReFramed 16: Kenji Mizoguchi's 'The Crucified Lovers' (1954)
Another great Japanese auteur gets one of his lesser known 'gems' reconsidered in this installment's cinematic back and forth
