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Nobuhiko Obayashi, House 1977, Poster House, The Last Man On Earth, Criterion Collection, The Criterion Collection, Japanese Horror, Art Society, Horror Movie Posters

How to describe Nobuhiko Obayashi’s indescribable 1977 movie House (Hausu)? As a psychedelic ghost tale? A stream-of-consciousness bedtime story? An episode of Scooby-Doo as directed by Mario Bava? Any of the above will do for this hallucinatory head trip about a schoolgirl who travels with six classmates to her ailing aunt’s creaky country home and comes face-to-face with evil spirits, a demonic house cat, a bloodthirsty piano, and other ghoulish visions, all realized by Obayashi via…

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Sound Of Metal, Criterion Collection, The Criterion Collection, Film Poster Design, Movie Poster Wall, Movie Covers, Movie Posters Design, Cinema Posters, Arte Inspo

In Sound of Metal, a tale of sound, fury, and self-discovery, Riz Ahmed delivers an intensely committed performance as the volatile Ruben, who has found new purpose as a drummer in a noise-metal duo, playing blistering live shows with his singer girlfriend, Lou (Olivia Cooke). When Ruben suddenly loses much of his hearing, he is launched on a profound odyssey—through denial, anger, grief, and, gradually, acceptance—as he comes to understand what it means to live as a deaf person and to…

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La commare secca (1962) | The Criterion Collection Tiber River, Bernardo Bertolucci, Ray Film, Criterion Collection, Pier Paolo Pasolini, The Criterion Collection, Cover Artwork, The Grim, Grim Reaper

The brutalized corpse of a Roman prostitute is found along the banks of the Tiber River. The police round up a handful of possible suspects and interrogate them, one by one, each account bringing them closer to the killer. In this, his stunning debut feature—based on a story by Pier Paolo Pasolini—Bernardo Bertolucci utilizes a series of interconnected flashbacks to explore the nature of truth and the reliability of narrative. The Criterion Collection is proud to present the first…

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One Wonderful Sunday (1947) | The Criterion Collection Tokyo, Italian Neorealism, Akira Kurosawa, Frank Capra, Criterion Collection, The Criterion Collection, Dark Times, Wonder, Japan

This affectionate paean to young love is also a frank examination by Akira Kurosawa of the harsh realities of postwar Japan. During a Sunday trip into war-ravaged Tokyo, Yuzo and Masako look for work and lodging, as well as affordable entertainments to pass the time. Reminiscent of Frank Capra’s social-realist comedies and echoing contemporaneous Italian neorealism, One Wonderful Sunday touchingly offers a sliver of hope in dark times.

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