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Criterion Classics You Probably Need To Catch Up On (for FREE!)

Don’t worry that the Hollywood output this week is a bunch of crap, Hulu has a great collection of Cinema Rarities courtesy of Criterion up that you can watch for free.  We all can’t go see The Master multiple times so it’s nice to sit at home and get caught on some classics you may have missed.

Robert Bresson’s A Man Escaped, 

Elaine May’s Mikey and Nicky,

Kenji Mizoguchi’s  The Life of Oharu

Wim Wenders’ Alice In The Cities

Frank Borzage’s History Is Made at Night, 

Giuseppe de Santis’s Bitter Rice.

Kaneto Shindo’s The Naked Island, 

Bryan Forbes’s Seance on a Wet Afternoon,

Kon Ichikawa’sPrincess from the Moon,

Jaromil Jireš’s Valerie and Her Week of Wonders

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