A milestone of popular Indian cinema, this enduring classic is a lavish epic about the taboo romance between a prince and a court dancer, and how love might triumph over power.
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Mughal-E-Azam (1960)
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Author / Eternality Tan
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Molly’s Game (2017)
Aaron Sorkin’s directorial debut doesn’t break new ground, but offers familiarity including his penchant for rapid-fire conversations that are delivered with gusto by Jessica Chastain and Idris Elba.
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SGIFF unveils a tight and diverse hybrid programme for its 31st edition
The 31st Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) will adopt the hybrid format with cinema and online film screenings from 26 November to 6 December 2020, featuring more than 70 films across 49 countries. There will be numerous live online panels as well, which can be accessed both locally and overseas.
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Pauline at the Beach (1983)
Rohmer plays an elaborate, frolicky game of relationship misunderstandings and coverups in his third ‘Comedies & Proverbs’ series, as most of the characters try to make sense—with sheer incompetence—what the meaning of love is.
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Summer of 85 (2020)
Breezy, fun but also dark, Ozon’s non-linear gay romance doesn’t really cut deep, but mostly works because it knows how to have a good time.
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Story from Chikamatsu, A (1954)
Mizoguchi’s superb late career form continues with this masterful period drama about strict social norms and gender roles, with themes of adultery and romantic passion giving it thematic complexity.
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Osaka Elegy (1936)
A young woman becomes her married boss’ mistress to help her debt-ridden father in this ‘30s classic from Mizoguchi that would pave way thematically for his later films about ‘fallen women’.
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Zatoichi and Chess Expert (1965)
There may not be much action, but this quite solid 12th instalment takes its time to give us well-developed characters in a narrative about strategic one-upmanship.
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Nainsukh (2010)
Contemporary Indian avant-garde cinema at its artistic peak, Dutta’s unclassifiable portrait of the famous eponymous 18th-century Indian painter is an astonishing poetic and sensorial experience that recalls the likes of Parajanov.
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