This invigorating if sometimes sensationalistic film hits powerful notes at times as it portrays a young Algerian woman fighting against gender oppression.
Author / Eternality Tan
Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
This ‘anti-vampire’ movie sees Jarmusch bring his idiosyncratic style to the well-worn genre in refreshing and poetic ways.
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (2019)
Tarantino is on (vintage) form here in this unexpectedly restrained work that is also one of the finest pictures of 2019.
Spring in a Small Town (1948)
One might need a historical appreciation of the progressive impact of this Chinese classic to feel its greatness, but as a film in itself, it feels quite bland and uncompelling.
Love in a Fallen City (1984)
It’s not a bad adaptation of Eileen Chang’s novella, but Ann Hui’s film here doesn’t really feel resonating or powerful enough to work.
Jarhead (2005)
A war movie that is intentionally ‘all talk but no action’—it doesn’t really make us feel for the characters, but we might just grasp the futility of being a cog in the machine.
Faces Places (2017)
A charming little French documentary about capturing images of the everyday as lived by everyday women and men, and lit up by the wonderful spirit of creators Varda and JR.
