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.

December 28, 2019June 4, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Carol (2015)

Todd Haynes directs Rooney Mara and Cate Blanchett flawlessly in this nuanced and intoxicating period drama on mutual affection and desire.

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December 28, 2019December 28, 2019 by Eternality Tan

Far From Heaven (2002)

There is a lot to appreciate in one of Todd Haynes’ most accessible films, as he channels Douglas Sirk’s melodrama style.

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December 28, 2019December 12, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Wild Goose Lake, The (2019)

A stylish work with visual flourishes and audacious, violent set-pieces, but this ‘killer-on-the-run’ effort by the promising Diao Yi’nan seems fated to fall flat in its storytelling as it progresses.

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December 27, 2019July 13, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Unteachable (2019)

Authentically depicting the academic struggles of several students from the Normal Technical stream in a Singapore neighbourhood school, this illuminating documentary is a must-watch for teachers, students and parents hoping for a pedagogical way forward.

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December 27, 2019October 3, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Last Temptation of Christ, The (1988)

Scorsese’s most misunderstood film is also one of his masterpieces – an intensely personal, highly evocative and possibly the most spiritually affirmative picture about Christ ever made.

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December 27, 2019August 20, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Last Waltz, The (1978)

A nostalgic documentary by Scorsese that celebrates the cultural phenomenon that is rock music in the form of a concert film.

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December 25, 2019January 21, 2021 by Eternality Tan

My Favourite Films of 2017

First published: 11 Mar 2018

This year, I will be changing the format for my annual list where I will give out imaginary awards to the films that I hold in high regard for 2017.

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December 25, 2019December 24, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Jojo Rabbit (2019)

Its approach to interpreting one of the darkest chapters of 20^th century history has a whiff of callous innocence, but it ultimately gives way to a heartwarming if idiosyncratic satire on the need for human empathy.

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December 24, 2019October 3, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Taxi Driver (1976)

This is Scorsese at his finest, and is in my opinion probably the greatest American film to come out of the 1970s.

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December 24, 2019October 3, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Mean Streets (1973)

Scorsese’s directorial breakthrough is such raw and involving cinema, showing us why he would go on to be regarded as one of the greatest of all American filmmakers.

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Eternality Tan

Hailing from Singapore & writing about cinema since 2007

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Queen at Sea (2026)

Chimes at Midnight (1965)

American Doctor (2026)

Time to Live, a Time to Die, A (1985)

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Posts by Eternality Tan

Carol (2015)

Far From Heaven (2002)

Wild Goose Lake, The (2019)

Unteachable (2019)

Last Temptation of Christ, The (1988)

Last Waltz, The (1978)

My Favourite Films of 2017

Jojo Rabbit (2019)

Taxi Driver (1976)

Mean Streets (1973)