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.

February 15, 2020May 1, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957)

David Lean’s rousing action-adventure war spectacle remains to be one of his most rewatchable offerings.

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February 15, 2020October 3, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Blindness (2008)

Meirelles’ visual style may be overwhelming, but this is still a rather well-made piece about the human condition.

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February 14, 2020January 27, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Boogie Nights (1997)

P.T. Anderson oozes incredible confidence and panache as a master filmmaker in-the-making in this sophomore period film about the exploits of a ragtag group of cast and crew working in the American porn industry.

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February 13, 2020July 13, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Amy (2015)

Kapadia’s follow up to ‘Senna’ is an intimate and at times disheartening look at the perils of celebrity, fame and their vices.

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February 13, 2020July 13, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Senna (2010)

Brilliantly pieced together from raw footage, this documentary about the legendary F1 race driver Ayrton Senna is inspiring as it is tragic.

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February 13, 2020February 15, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Good Time (2017)

There’s always dark comedy and human pathos round the corner in this grungy stab at the heist-thriller, backed by a pulsating electronic-synth score and a frantic performance by Pattinson.

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February 13, 2020February 13, 2020 by Eternality Tan

I Was at Home, But (2019)

An unconventional if masterful portrait of a German family in existential crisis, executed in as challenging and philosophical a style as any that works like a contemporary tone poem.

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February 12, 2020March 22, 2020 by Eternality Tan

I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone (2006)

Shot in Kuala Lumpur, Tsai’s elliptical style captures the odd beauty of old places that seem devoid of warmth as his array of listless characters try to seek for that elusive intimacy and connection with another human being.

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February 10, 2020November 11, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Birds of Prey (2020)

A dizzying bundle of energy whilst also possessing an inspired anarchic spirit, the movie features a sensational Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn.

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February 9, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Phantom Thread (2017)

P.T. Anderson goes sufficiently mainstream without compromising on his artistic vision in this exquisite period drama about romances and obsessions.

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Eternality Tan

Hailing from Singapore & writing about cinema since 2007

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Posts by Eternality Tan

Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957)

Blindness (2008)

Boogie Nights (1997)

Amy (2015)

Senna (2010)

Good Time (2017)

I Was at Home, But (2019)

I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone (2006)

Birds of Prey (2020)

Phantom Thread (2017)