Persona (Criterion Collection) (Blu-ray)

Haunting and complex, Ingmar Bergman’s Persona is perhaps the director’s most unforgiving look at the human condition. Probing the depths of the human psyche with surprising intimacy, the intensity never lets up, leaving the viewer

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DVD Review: Autumn Sonata

Like most of Ingmar Bergman’s best films, Autumn Sonata is so masterful in its presentation that the intense, emotional world of its characters—in this case an isolated, roomy parson’s house in the south of Norway—overwhelms

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Blu-ray Review: Smiles of a Summer Night

Criterion | 1955 | 108 min | NR Released in 1955, Ingmar Bergman’s 16th film, Smiles of a Summer Night would give the director his first taste of international success. Few would argue that Bergman

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Blu-ray Review: The Magician (Ansiktet)

Criterion | 1958 | 101 mins. | NR I’ll admit I often have trouble understanding everything being conveyed in an Ingmar Bergman film. A deeply personal filmmaker, some have gone as far as to label

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