Posts by Eternality Tan

For 20 years, ET has been 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, and Arsenal FC.

August 3, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Holy Man, The (1965)

A con-man who pretends to be an all-powerful spiritual guru is at the centre of Ray’s modest if stinging social commentary on the naivety of succumbing to blind faith.

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August 2, 2021April 20, 2026 by Eternality Tan

Gospel According to Matthew, The (1964)

Powerful, poetic and sublime, this could be Pasolini’s magnum opus and arguably the greatest film about the life of Jesus Christ.

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August 1, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Repentance (1984)

One of the most significant works of Georgian cinema, this anti-totalitarian film previously banned by the Soviets deals with its serious themes through a potent mix of acute symbolism and surrealist absurdity.

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July 31, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Rolling Thunder Revue (2019)

Scorsese’s entertaining Bob Dylan documentary doesn’t really go very deep but it is an indelible time capsule as it tracks the legendary artiste’s defining 1975 tour across America.

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July 30, 2021October 18, 2026 by Eternality Tan

Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc (2017)

Joan of Arc’s childhood is given a treatment that only Dumont could dream up—a period musical backed by heavy metal/rock music that is as madly fervent as it is wearisome.

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July 28, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Police Story 2 (1988)

Chan does his stunts and comedy with aplomb, but this sequel is let down by a wafer-thin plot and poor pacing.

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July 27, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Fox and His Friends (1975)

A depressing, slow-burning gay drama that only Fassbinder (also fantastic in the lead role) could have conceived—full of pathos and rich in its depiction of the milieu of a class-divided queer community.

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July 26, 2021May 5, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Zatoichi Challenged (1967)

A terrific Zatoichi flick and one of the series’ very best, Misumi’s focus on story and characterisation is the real sleight-of-hand here in this slower but well-paced movie.

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July 25, 2021August 4, 2025 by Eternality Tan

Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, The (2008)

The continuation of one of popular cinema’s enduring franchises is also one of Steven Spielberg’s rare misfires.

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July 24, 2021July 25, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Wendy and Lucy (2008)

A woman at wits’ end desperate for a job—and her hungry dog—are the subject of Reichardt’s depressing slice of working-class Americana, starring Michelle Williams in top form.

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Eternality Tan

Hailing from Singapore & writing about cinema since 2007

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Posts by Eternality Tan

Holy Man, The (1965)

Gospel According to Matthew, The (1964)

Repentance (1984)

Rolling Thunder Revue (2019)

Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc (2017)

Police Story 2 (1988)

Fox and His Friends (1975)

Zatoichi Challenged (1967)

Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, The (2008)

Wendy and Lucy (2008)