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British film historian and author of more than thirty books on film; founded the annual International Film Guide in 1963 and edited it for forty years.
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The Discreet Charm of the BourgeoisieOther Luis Buñuel
What I adore about The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie is Buñuel’s rapier thrusts at the establishment, allied to an anarchic fury and surrealist imagination.
Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Peter Cowie, the entry for The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie.
2008-11-20·criterion.com ↗
Tokyo StoryOther Yasujirō Ozu
Tokyo Story teeters on that exquisite knife-edge between stoicism and sentimentality.
Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Peter Cowie, the entry for Tokyo Story.
2008-11-20·criterion.com ↗
Ashes and DiamondsOther Andrzej Wajda
Seeing Ashes and Diamonds again after forty years, I realized how beautifully Wajda married his romantic flair and his unerring sense of history.
Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Peter Cowie, the entry for Ashes and Diamonds.
2008-11-20·criterion.com ↗
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