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Masaki Kobayashi’s ‘Kwaidan’ Horror Films Are Horrifically Beautiful

Masaki Kobayashi’s ‘Kwaidan’ Horror Films Are Horrifically Beautiful

The four haunting tales of Masaki Kobayashi's Kwaidan are human and relatable, as well as impressive at a formal and a technical level.

Criterion’s ‘Kwaidan’ Set Provides Four Masterful Tales of the Uncanny

Criterion’s ‘Kwaidan’ Set Provides Four Masterful Tales of the Uncanny

Masaki Kobayashi’s masterpiece, Kwaidan, exists on the boundary between the living and the spirit worlds.
12 Criterion Capsules: Good Cinematic Medicine

12 Criterion Capsules: Good Cinematic Medicine

As Criterion continues to unleash its Blu-rays of eclectic film classics at a mad pace, we continue trying to keep up with so many riches.
Mike Weis: Don’t Know, Just Walk

Mike Weis: Don’t Know, Just Walk

Give a microphone to a musician and he will record the mortality that surrounds him. Give it to a musician with fear of mortality and he or she will describe what life is all about.