The Housemaid
Written by Kim Ki-young
Directed by Kim Ki-young
South Korea, 1960
In 2013, the Criterion Collection released a Blu-Ray/DVD box set called ‘Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project’, featuring six films from other countries, either dating from the 1960s to the 1980s, which have been digitally restored by the efforts of Martin Scorsese and The Film Foundation. It should come as no surprise that Scorsese is a cineaste at heart and his love for foreign films, particularly those that have dropped in obscurity, shines thru these presentations. However, like with films that are re-discovered and/or re-evaluated, occasionally you’ll find some that live up to their reputation or not. For my money, the best film in the set is the 1964 Turkish melodrama Dry Summer (1964; Turkish title: Susuz Yaz), which I have already reviewed and sang praises for. The other films in the set include The Journey of the...
Written by Kim Ki-young
Directed by Kim Ki-young
South Korea, 1960
In 2013, the Criterion Collection released a Blu-Ray/DVD box set called ‘Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project’, featuring six films from other countries, either dating from the 1960s to the 1980s, which have been digitally restored by the efforts of Martin Scorsese and The Film Foundation. It should come as no surprise that Scorsese is a cineaste at heart and his love for foreign films, particularly those that have dropped in obscurity, shines thru these presentations. However, like with films that are re-discovered and/or re-evaluated, occasionally you’ll find some that live up to their reputation or not. For my money, the best film in the set is the 1964 Turkish melodrama Dry Summer (1964; Turkish title: Susuz Yaz), which I have already reviewed and sang praises for. The other films in the set include The Journey of the...
- 1/9/2015
- by Christopher Koenig
- SoundOnSight
Dry Summer
Written by Metin Erksan, Kemal Inci, and Ismet Soydan
Directed by Metin Erksan
Turkey, 1964
In 2013, the Criterion Collection released a Blu-Ray/DVD box-set entitled ‘Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project’. The box set consists of six films from various parts of the world that have received high-quality restorations, thanks to the assistance of Martin Scorsese and The Film Foundation. And yet, it has to be said that some of the films Scorsese had commissioned for restoration and home video release leave a lot to be desired: Djibril Diop Mambety’s The Journey of the Hyena (1973; Wolof title: Touki Bouki) is a Senegalese-made bore of a chore to sit thru as it imitates the horrid French New Wave works of Francois Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard; The Wave (1936; Spanish title: Redes), an American-Mexican co-production between directors Fred Zinnemann and Emilio Gomez Muriel and photographer Paul Strand, which is a short...
Written by Metin Erksan, Kemal Inci, and Ismet Soydan
Directed by Metin Erksan
Turkey, 1964
In 2013, the Criterion Collection released a Blu-Ray/DVD box-set entitled ‘Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project’. The box set consists of six films from various parts of the world that have received high-quality restorations, thanks to the assistance of Martin Scorsese and The Film Foundation. And yet, it has to be said that some of the films Scorsese had commissioned for restoration and home video release leave a lot to be desired: Djibril Diop Mambety’s The Journey of the Hyena (1973; Wolof title: Touki Bouki) is a Senegalese-made bore of a chore to sit thru as it imitates the horrid French New Wave works of Francois Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard; The Wave (1936; Spanish title: Redes), an American-Mexican co-production between directors Fred Zinnemann and Emilio Gomez Muriel and photographer Paul Strand, which is a short...
- 1/1/2015
- by Christopher Koenig
- SoundOnSight
Redes
Written by Agustin Velásquez Chávez and Paul Strand
Directed by Emilio Gómez Muriel and Fred Zinnemann
Mexico, 1936
A River Called Titas
Written and directed by Ritwik Ghatak
Bangladesh, 1973
Touki bouki
Written and directed by Djibril Diop Mambéty
Senegal, 1973
The Criterion Collection set assembling films rediscovered through the efforts of Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project is one of the company’s premier achievements. Bringing together six diverse titles from six different regions of the globe, the collection is a treasure trove for those seeking obscure, rare, and fascinating works that extend well beyond film history’s conventional canon. As stated by Criterion itself, “Each is a cinematic revelation, depicting a culture not often seen by outsiders on-screen.” The set also emphasizes, through its calling attention to the efforts of the Wcp initiative, just how necessary and beneficial film preservation and restoration can be. The films included here are only...
Written by Agustin Velásquez Chávez and Paul Strand
Directed by Emilio Gómez Muriel and Fred Zinnemann
Mexico, 1936
A River Called Titas
Written and directed by Ritwik Ghatak
Bangladesh, 1973
Touki bouki
Written and directed by Djibril Diop Mambéty
Senegal, 1973
The Criterion Collection set assembling films rediscovered through the efforts of Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project is one of the company’s premier achievements. Bringing together six diverse titles from six different regions of the globe, the collection is a treasure trove for those seeking obscure, rare, and fascinating works that extend well beyond film history’s conventional canon. As stated by Criterion itself, “Each is a cinematic revelation, depicting a culture not often seen by outsiders on-screen.” The set also emphasizes, through its calling attention to the efforts of the Wcp initiative, just how necessary and beneficial film preservation and restoration can be. The films included here are only...
- 12/27/2013
- by Jeremy Carr
- SoundOnSight
Moviefone's Top DVD of the Week
"Fast & Furious 6"
What's It About? Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Vin Diesel, and the late Paul Walker reunite with Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Jordana Brewster, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, and future Wonder Woman Gal Gadot to put the pedal to the medal in the sixth iteration of this car-racing series. Can our favorite speed freaks outwit and outdrive a gang of drivers led by a British baddie named Shaw (Luke Evans)?
Why We're In: Besides the fact that some of the DVD earnings will be donated to the late Paul Walker's charity Reach Out Worldwide, this is the perfect guilty-pleasure action film to pop on with a bunch of friends. It's worth it for the runway scene alone.
Moviefone's Top Blu-ray of the Week
"Big" (25th Anniversary Edition)
What's It About? Before Tom Hanks saved "Mr. Banks," he won our hearts as a little...
"Fast & Furious 6"
What's It About? Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Vin Diesel, and the late Paul Walker reunite with Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Jordana Brewster, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, and future Wonder Woman Gal Gadot to put the pedal to the medal in the sixth iteration of this car-racing series. Can our favorite speed freaks outwit and outdrive a gang of drivers led by a British baddie named Shaw (Luke Evans)?
Why We're In: Besides the fact that some of the DVD earnings will be donated to the late Paul Walker's charity Reach Out Worldwide, this is the perfect guilty-pleasure action film to pop on with a bunch of friends. It's worth it for the runway scene alone.
Moviefone's Top Blu-ray of the Week
"Big" (25th Anniversary Edition)
What's It About? Before Tom Hanks saved "Mr. Banks," he won our hearts as a little...
- 12/11/2013
- by Jenni Miller
- Moviefone
The Hunt Even though it played the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, I didn't see Thomas Vinterberg's The Hunt until this year and it is a contender for my year end top ten. In my review I said it's "an emotional drama" that's "every bit a thriller that will have you pounding your fists in rage, both at the situation as depicted on the screen as well as in some of Vinterberg's more frustrating storytelling decisions." It's not an all out perfect film, but it is undeniably great and worth the watch.
Fast & Furious 6 The Fast & Furious franchise continues and with it comes an extended version of Fast & Furious 6 as well as a preview of Fast & Furious 7, or at least what it was going to be depending on whether or not they move forward with the film in the same capacity as originally planned before the untimely death of Paul Walker.
Fast & Furious 6 The Fast & Furious franchise continues and with it comes an extended version of Fast & Furious 6 as well as a preview of Fast & Furious 7, or at least what it was going to be depending on whether or not they move forward with the film in the same capacity as originally planned before the untimely death of Paul Walker.
- 12/10/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Dec. 10, 2013
Price: Blu-ray/DVD Combo $124.95
Studio: Criterion
Established by filmmaker Martin Scorsese in 2007, Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project expands the horizons of moviegoers everywhere. The mission of the Wcp is to preserve and present marginalized and infrequently screened films from regions of the world ill equipped to provide funding for major restorations. This collector’s set brings together six superb films from various countries, including Bangladesh/India (A River Called Titas), Mexico (Redes), Morocco (Trances), Senegal (Touki bouki), South Korea (The Housemaid), and Turkey (Dry Summer); each is a cinematic revelation, depicting a culture not often seen by outsiders.
Here’s a breakdown of all six:
Touki Bouki (1973)
Touki Bouki (1973, In Wolof with English subtitles)
With a stunning mix of the surreal and the naturalistic, Djibril Diop Mambéty paints a vivid, fractured portrait of Senegal in the early 1970s. In this French New Wave–influenced fantasy-drama,...
Price: Blu-ray/DVD Combo $124.95
Studio: Criterion
Established by filmmaker Martin Scorsese in 2007, Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project expands the horizons of moviegoers everywhere. The mission of the Wcp is to preserve and present marginalized and infrequently screened films from regions of the world ill equipped to provide funding for major restorations. This collector’s set brings together six superb films from various countries, including Bangladesh/India (A River Called Titas), Mexico (Redes), Morocco (Trances), Senegal (Touki bouki), South Korea (The Housemaid), and Turkey (Dry Summer); each is a cinematic revelation, depicting a culture not often seen by outsiders.
Here’s a breakdown of all six:
Touki Bouki (1973)
Touki Bouki (1973, In Wolof with English subtitles)
With a stunning mix of the surreal and the naturalistic, Djibril Diop Mambéty paints a vivid, fractured portrait of Senegal in the early 1970s. In this French New Wave–influenced fantasy-drama,...
- 10/24/2013
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
The Criterion Collection has announced that its December releases are set to include Martin Scorsese's "World Cinema Project," a box set containing six handpicked films from around the world that the famed director considers "precious to me"; Robert Altman's "Nashville"; Italian filmmaker Elio Petri's "Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion"; and a Blu-ray edition of the classic documentary "Grey Gardens." Scorsese's "World Cinema Project" set includes the digitally restored films "Touki Bouki" (Senegal), "Redes" (Mexico), "A River Called Titas" (Bangladesh/India), "Dry Summer" (Turkey), "Trances" (Morocco) and "The Housemaid" (South Korea). A landmark 1970s American tragic comedy and musical about the interconnected lives of 24 characters, Criterion's "Nashville" release will, in addition to dual Blu-ray and DVD formats, include a new documentary about the making of the film and archival interviews and audio commentary from Altman. From filmmaking provocateur Petri,...
- 9/19/2013
- by Ramzi De Coster
- Indiewire
The 64th festival de Cannes announced the selection for Cannes Classics on Tuesday. The selection will present fourteen films which includes the colour version of Georges Méliès famous A Trip to the Moon. The programme also comprises five documentaries and a Masterclass by actor Malcolm McDowell.
Established in 2004, the selection showcases heritage cinema, re-discovered films, restored prints and theatrical, television or DVD releases of the great works of the past.
Mrinal Sen s Khandahar and Ritwik Ghatak’s Titash Ekti Nadir Naam (A River Called Titas) were presented in this section in the 2010 edition of the festival.
Cannes Classics: The Films
1. A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans la lune) by Georges Méliès (France, 1902, 16′)
2. Clockwork Orange by Stanley Kubrick (USA, 1971, 137′)
3. The Machine to Kill Bad People (La Macchina Ammazzacattivi) by Roberto Rossellini (Italy, 1952, 80′)
4. A Bronx Tale by Robert De Niro (USA, 1993, 121′).
5. The Conformist (Il Conformista) by Bernardo Bertolucci (Italy,...
Established in 2004, the selection showcases heritage cinema, re-discovered films, restored prints and theatrical, television or DVD releases of the great works of the past.
Mrinal Sen s Khandahar and Ritwik Ghatak’s Titash Ekti Nadir Naam (A River Called Titas) were presented in this section in the 2010 edition of the festival.
Cannes Classics: The Films
1. A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans la lune) by Georges Méliès (France, 1902, 16′)
2. Clockwork Orange by Stanley Kubrick (USA, 1971, 137′)
3. The Machine to Kill Bad People (La Macchina Ammazzacattivi) by Roberto Rossellini (Italy, 1952, 80′)
4. A Bronx Tale by Robert De Niro (USA, 1993, 121′).
5. The Conformist (Il Conformista) by Bernardo Bertolucci (Italy,...
- 4/26/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
We at Mubi think that celebrating the films of 2010 should be a celebration of film viewing in 2010. Since all film and video is "old" one way or another, we present Out of a Past, a small (re-) collection of some of our favorite of 2010's retrospective viewings.
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This is a list of older movies I saw for the first time in 2010—not necessarily the best, but the ones that gave me the greatest sense of discovery. It’s a sad commentary on contemporary film culture that only five of the twelve films I mention are available on Netflix.
Routine Pleasures (Jean-Pierre Gorin, USA, 1986)
An essay film from the Godard’s former collaborator during his leftist Dziga Vertov Group days. The movie begins as a documentary about a group of model train enthusiasts in San Diego who have constructed an elaborate imaginary world with enormous and minutely detailed landscapes and a...
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This is a list of older movies I saw for the first time in 2010—not necessarily the best, but the ones that gave me the greatest sense of discovery. It’s a sad commentary on contemporary film culture that only five of the twelve films I mention are available on Netflix.
Routine Pleasures (Jean-Pierre Gorin, USA, 1986)
An essay film from the Godard’s former collaborator during his leftist Dziga Vertov Group days. The movie begins as a documentary about a group of model train enthusiasts in San Diego who have constructed an elaborate imaginary world with enormous and minutely detailed landscapes and a...
- 1/5/2011
- MUBI
Ritwik Ghatak’s film Titash Ekti Nadir Naam (A River Called Titas) will be screened in Cannes Classics at the 63rd festival de Cannes today. The other film that is being screened in this section is Mrinal Sen’s Khandahar.
Ghatak’s film has recently been restored by the World Cinema Foundation (Wcf). The World Cinema Foundation is a non-profit organization established by Martin Scorsese to preserve and restore neglected films from around the world.
Based on the acclaimed novel by Advaita Malla Barman, and shot in Ghatak's childhood home of East Bengal shortly after the independence of Bangladesh, Titash Ekti Nadir Naam captures the songs, speech, rituals, and rhythms of a once self-sufficient community and culture swept away by natural catastrophes, modernisation, and political conflict.
Ghatak’s film has recently been restored by the World Cinema Foundation (Wcf). The World Cinema Foundation is a non-profit organization established by Martin Scorsese to preserve and restore neglected films from around the world.
Based on the acclaimed novel by Advaita Malla Barman, and shot in Ghatak's childhood home of East Bengal shortly after the independence of Bangladesh, Titash Ekti Nadir Naam captures the songs, speech, rituals, and rhythms of a once self-sufficient community and culture swept away by natural catastrophes, modernisation, and political conflict.
- 5/21/2010
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Since the announcement of this year’s selected films, the Cannes film festival machine has whirred on, with additions to that line-up and confirmation of some of the Out of Competition activities that attendees can look forward to.
One particular highlight is the Cannes Classics programme of films, a selection of restored films and rediscovered lost films, as part of the build up to their re-release in cinemas or on DVD. The programme traditionally includes some massively important films: the 2009 fest offered the mouth-watering triptych of Powell and Pressburger’s The Red Shoes (1948), Leone’s A Fistful of Dynamite (1971) and Francois Truffaut’s The 400 Blows (1959), and this year’s line-up is just as eye-catching.
This year’s Cannes Classic programme lines up as follows (with additional detail of their restoration, and the ceremony attached to the screening):
- La Bataille Du Rail (The Battle of the Rails) (France,...
One particular highlight is the Cannes Classics programme of films, a selection of restored films and rediscovered lost films, as part of the build up to their re-release in cinemas or on DVD. The programme traditionally includes some massively important films: the 2009 fest offered the mouth-watering triptych of Powell and Pressburger’s The Red Shoes (1948), Leone’s A Fistful of Dynamite (1971) and Francois Truffaut’s The 400 Blows (1959), and this year’s line-up is just as eye-catching.
This year’s Cannes Classic programme lines up as follows (with additional detail of their restoration, and the ceremony attached to the screening):
- La Bataille Du Rail (The Battle of the Rails) (France,...
- 5/1/2010
- by Simon Gallagher
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Mrinal Sen’s Khandahar will be screened in Cannes Classics 2010. Cannes Classics, created in 2004, accompanies contemporary films from the Official Selection with a programme of restored films and lost films that have been found again, as part of their re-release in cinemas or on DVD.
The film has been restored by Reliance MediaWorks with the support of the National Film Archive of India. Mrinal Sen will attend the screening of Khandahar at Cannes.
Programme - La Bataille Du Rail (The Battle of the Rails) (France, 1946, 82’) by René Clément, awarded the Jury Prize in 1946, restored by Ina and Full Images, will be screened in the presence of Mrs. Johanna Clément.- Boudu Sauve Des Eaux (Boudu Saved from Drowning) by Jean Renoir (France, 85’, 1932), a restoration presented by Pathé in a never-before-seen version that includes scenes that were cut in the original. A Pathé restoration in association with the laboratries L’immagine...
The film has been restored by Reliance MediaWorks with the support of the National Film Archive of India. Mrinal Sen will attend the screening of Khandahar at Cannes.
Programme - La Bataille Du Rail (The Battle of the Rails) (France, 1946, 82’) by René Clément, awarded the Jury Prize in 1946, restored by Ina and Full Images, will be screened in the presence of Mrs. Johanna Clément.- Boudu Sauve Des Eaux (Boudu Saved from Drowning) by Jean Renoir (France, 85’, 1932), a restoration presented by Pathé in a never-before-seen version that includes scenes that were cut in the original. A Pathé restoration in association with the laboratries L’immagine...
- 4/27/2010
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
A three-day Ritwik Ghatak film festival here is showing the works of one of the titans of Indian cinema who was hurt by the 1947 India-Pakistan partition and returned to make a film when Bangladesh became free. Ghatak was born in Dhaka and lived for several years in this city before moving to Kolkata. The festival, which began on Thursday, is showing eight full-length films by Ghatak - Nagarik, Ajantrik, Bari Theke Paliye, Meghe Dhaka Tara, Komal Gandhar, Subarnarekha, Titash Ekti Nadir Naam and Jukti Takko Aar Gappo. The loss of his home in East Bengal had ...
- 12/19/2009
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
A three-day Ritwik Ghatak film festival here is showing the works of one of the titans of Indian cinema who was hurt by the 1947 India-Pakistan partition and returned to make a film when Bangladesh became free.Ghatak was born in Dhaka and lived for several years in this city before moving to Kolkata.The festival, which began Thursday, is showing eight full-length films by Ghatak - 'Nagarik', 'Ajantrik', 'Bari Theke Paliye', 'Meghe Dhaka Tara', 'Komal Gandhar', 'Subarnarekha', 'Titash Ekti Nadir Naam' and 'Jukti Takko Aar Gappo'.The loss of his home in East Bengal had a deep impact on Ghatak and his cinema, participants at a discussion noted.'Ghatak's films are now celebrated in India and beyond. His stature among Bengali film directors is comparable to that of Satyajit Ray and Mrinal Sen. Nevertheless, he is rarely remembered ceremonially in Bangladesh,...
- 12/17/2009
- Filmicafe
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