Posts by Eternality Tan

For more than 17 years, ET has been intensely passionate about everything that encompasses cinema. He is an adjunct lecturer of film studies, a professional curator, sometimes producing shorts, and always writing reviews. He's also an incredibly devoted fan of The Criterion Collection, plays the piano/keyboards and guitar, and absolutely adores Snoopies.

August 28, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Hedi (2016)

This Berlinale Silver Bear-winning feature debut is as compelling as it gets, about a young Tunisian man forced to make very difficult decisions for the first time in his uneventful life.

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August 27, 2021June 24, 2024 by Eternality Tan

Inland Empire (2006)

Spectral, hallucinatory images abound as Lynch boldly and abstractly experiments with digital video in what could be his most nightmarish and impenetrable odyssey into the dark recesses of the mind since 1977’s Eraserhead.

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August 26, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Post, The (2017)

Spielberg’s journalistic procedural is a masterclass in supple filmmaking that is equally at ease portraying nuance as well as galvanising action.

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August 25, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Perceval (1978)

Shot like a stage play on a minimalist set, Rohmer’s experiment with narration and storytelling about a man who dreams of becoming one of King Arthur’s knights is interesting but may be a tad too long.

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August 24, 2021August 25, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Exorcist, The (1973)

This enduring horror classic remains frightening not just for its iconic scares but also its fidelity to life—that the seepage of the supernatural into physiological reality is not merely a fantasy but a raw confrontation with the limits of religious faith.

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August 23, 2021 by Eternality Tan

BFG, The (2016)

Spielberg the fabulist meets Roald Dahl’s prose in this light-hearted, old-school tale that is somewhat an inconsequential entry in the director’s illustrious filmography.

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August 22, 2021January 4, 2026 by Eternality Tan

Zatoichi and the Fugitives (1968)

This mostly decent 18^th installment balances drama with sharp swordfighting action in what is a decidedly darker film in tone.

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August 21, 2021September 5, 2025 by Eternality Tan

Memoria (2021)

Sound as time, memory, life and death, the latest sensorial slow cinema entry from the Thai auteur starring a restrained Tilda Swinton is beautiful, hypnotic, and a much-needed sedative for our discomforting times.

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August 19, 2021January 10, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Annette (2021)

Adam Driver is sensational in this unorthodox if tonally-uneven musical about the perils of celebrity culture that oscillates between feeling inspired and overdrawn.

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August 19, 2021January 12, 2022 by Eternality Tan

In the Realm of the Senses (1976)

One of the most notorious films in the history of cinema—its explicit, unsimulated depiction of sex hides a troubling exploration of social alienation.

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Eternality Tan

Hailing from Singapore & writing about cinema since 2007

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Posts by Eternality Tan

Hedi (2016)

Inland Empire (2006)

Post, The (2017)

Perceval (1978)

Exorcist, The (1973)

BFG, The (2016)

Zatoichi and the Fugitives (1968)

Memoria (2021)

Annette (2021)

In the Realm of the Senses (1976)