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• Netflix Streaming Seven Samurai, More Criterion Films

  
  GameLife — Authority: 622
  Netflix added 35 more films from the Criterion Collection to its streaming video service on Monday. Among the films now instantly available to Netflix streaming customers (a service available on both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360) are Ingmar Bergman’s chess vs. death epic The Seventh Seal , Nicholas Roeg’s outback ...
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• Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai or the Rites of Spring of Japanese Soul

  
  47 Movies — Authority: 157
  Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai, 1954) is a masterpiece of harmony and artistic accomplishment, which is brought to life with the vivid and forceful genius of a director a… Continue reading here: Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai or the Rites of Spring of Japanese Soul
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• The Unnamed Movie Podcast [Episode 39 - Ikiru]

  
  gmanReviews — Authority: 130
  This week our three hosts try find something good to do in their lives after being sentenced to death with cancer, so we go and watch a Kurosawa film. Show Notes What We Watched [00:01:49] Andrew: The Hurt Locker, Miracle on 34th Street, Anvil: The Story of Anvil, The Cove, Glee, Dollhouse [00:18:30] ...
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• For Conservative Movie Lovers: Hal Needham, Burt Reynolds and ‘Smokey and the Bandit’ Part 3

  
  Big Hollywood — Authority: 741
  It always impresses me when an aged actor manages a comeback that is authentic , one based on more than mere nostalgia, one appealing to an entirely new generation of moviegoers. Jackie Gleason spent most of the 1970s appearing in pale television retreads of his 1950s heyday, and for most of that time he was absent ...
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• Cinematical Seven: Worst Genre-Swapping Remakes

  
  Cinematical — Authority: 744
  Its hard to believe anyone thought it was a good idea to turn 8½ into a musical, let alone Federico Fellini. But apparently the filmmaker was happy to see his best work adapted for the stage back in 1982. I guess it had worked well enough for Nights of Cabiria , though the film version of that musical, Sweet ...
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• The Criterion Collection – March 2010 Blu-ray and DVD Releases

  
  J!-ENT entertainment news pop culture TV music DVD Blu-ray reviews fashion celebrity USA Asia UK — Authority: 153
  DILLINGER IS DEADIn this magnificently inscrutable late-sixties masterpiece, Marco Ferreri, one of European cinema’s most idiosyncratic auteurs, takes us through the looking glass to one seemingly routine night in the life of an Italian gas mask designer, played, in a tour de force performance, by New Wave icon ...
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• Criterion In March: Nicholas Rays Bigger Than Life, Pedro Costas Boxset & Marco Ferreris Dillinger Is Dead

  
  :: The Playlist :: — Authority: 695
  To anyone complaining of Criterions supposedly "populist" shift of late will be quieted by their selection of titles for March which mainline selections that have long been unavailable on DVD, and some long-awaited favorites on DVD.First up is "Bigger Than Life," Nicholas Rays cautionary melodrama that has never been ...
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• Colossal Month for Criterion, har har

  
  Fin de cinema — Authority: 133
  Its going to be hard for Criterion to deliver a more exciting month in 2010 following their March releases. Firstly, we have a Pedro Costa box-set, entitled Letters from Fontainhas: Three Films by Pedro Costa, which includes the features Ossos , In Vandas Room [ No Quarto da Vanda ] and Colossal Youth [ Juventude ...
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• Daily Dose Pick: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa

  
  Flavorwire — Authority: 692
  On the centenary of Akira Kurosawa’s birth, Criterion pays tribute to the Japanese cinema great with a monumental box set, AK 100.The 25 films gathered in this treasury include Kurosawa’s ultimate whodunit and international breakthrough Rashomon; his ever-epiphanic masterpiece Seven Samurai; the ...
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• Stuff: New Export to Nigeria: Sesame Street

  
  Needcoffee.com — Authority: 432
  Kami Theres a lot of stuff going on in the world of pop culture. But you just want the gist. We got you covered. Read this and then go have a life or something. Amazon s killer deal of the day is the complete Seinfeld , for 66% off. Thats $84.99 today only and while stocks last. Snag it here. ...
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• Magnificent Fathers

  
  Mary Victrix — Authority: 459
  While I was home with my mother in California I saw several old movies that carried the theme of manliness and fatherhood:  How Green Was My Valley (1941) and The Magnificent Seven (1960). How Green Was My Valley is an American Film directed by John Ford based on the novel by Richard Llewellyn.  The story is ...
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• Live from various parts of West L.A.!

  
  Premium Hollywood - Entertainment blog, Hollywood blog, movie blog, TV blog — Authority: 528
  I was at a screening at Sony (it’ll always be the MGM lot to me) earlier tonight, so to avoid traffic and strike while the iron is hot, tonight’s post comes to you directly from various branches of the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf. (As one closed, I was forced to migrate…) * A little detail everyone seemed to ...
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• I See Old People: All-Time Top 10 Movies About Aging

  
  Blogs — Authority: 161
  This is no country for old men. You can certainly see that in the movies we view. But ‘tis the season for lists, so heres my list of the all-time top 10 movies about aging and old people. I recently watched that paean to May-December romances, Howard and Maude, which is what started my  thinking about films ...
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• Killer Film’s Top 25 Directors

  
  KillerFilm — Authority: 540
  The role of the director has been closely related to cinema and if a film is good or bad, more so than any other member of he family that helped make a film. How does one access who’s better than who? I’m sure Film School students will have a say that will clash with the fanboys, and their favorites will not see ...
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• Killer Film’s Top 25 Directors

  
  KillerFilm — Authority: 540
  The role of the director has been closely related to cinema and if a film is good or bad, more so than any other member of he family that helped make a film. How does one access who’s better than who? I’m sure Film School students will have a say that will clash with the fanboys, and their favorites will not see ...
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• New on DVD: French gays and chefs, Japanese dolphins and classics

  
  AfterElton.com - Because visibility matters — Authority: 644
  Frenchmen abroad play a key role in the weeks major gay DVD releases, as do Julia Child, George Michael and Japanese film master Akira Kurosawa.Read on for more! read more
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• NEW HOME VIDEO PICKS - 12/8/09

  
  / HAMMER TO NAIL — Authority: 124
  The holidays are just around the corner. Gee, I can’t wait. Do you too suffer from a similar case of crippling paralysis that wreaks havoc on one’s central nervous system and turns what should be a pleasant occasion into a stressful affair? I don’t even like shopping for myself, let alone getting ‘creative’ ...
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• This Week on DVD: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Public Enemies, The Cove

  
  [CinemaRatty] Latest Articles — Authority: 169
  Looks like were in for a few packed weeks of DVD releases leading up to Christmas, so get your wallets out and prepare to start emptying them. The biggest release in stores today is Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince , which is obviously an essential purchase if you are a fan. Outside of that, weve also got ...
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• This Week On DVD and Blu-ray: December 8, 2009

  
  RopeofSilicon.com Movie News, Trailers, Reviews and More — Authority: 626
  DVD LINKS: DVD NEWS | RELEASE DATES | NEW DVDS | REVIEWS | RSS FEED AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa (Criterion Collection)Sure, there are some of 2009s bigger film releases hitting DVD and Blu-ray this week, but this set from Criterion is undoubtedly the release of the week. This set offers 25 [...]
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• Review: Criterion’s AK100 Box Set

  
  Akira Kurosawa: News, Information and Discussion — Authority: 103
  Criterion’s mammoth AK100: 25 Films of Akira Kurosawa box set will hit retail shelves on Tuesday (8th of December 2009). But, who should buy it? Despite the title, this is not really a review, but an attempt at one based on somewhat incomplete data. While I really appreciate Criterion’s kind offer to send me ...
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