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 29, 2019October 3, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Shine a Light (2008)

Slick editing and camerawork aside, this is the music documentary-cum-concert film par excellence by the great Martin Scorsese.

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December 29, 2019 by Eternality Tan

Aviator, The (2004)

It might run a little too long and may not always compel, but Scorsese’s biopic features an excellent performance by DiCaprio and a stunning level of period detail.

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December 29, 2019July 13, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Missing Picture, The (2013)

The treatment of Cambodians’ collective experience of the Khmer Rouge through the use of clay figurines may be fascinating, but the material is sometimes repetitive and inconsistently engaging.

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December 28, 2019October 14, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Gangs of New York (2002)

Scorsese paints a stunning picture of one of America’s most turbulent periods, featuring a tour de force performance by Daniel Day-Lewis.

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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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Eternality Tan

Hailing from Singapore & writing about cinema since 2007

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Posts by Eternality Tan

Shine a Light (2008)

Aviator, The (2004)

Missing Picture, The (2013)

Gangs of New York (2002)

Carol (2015)

Far From Heaven (2002)

Wild Goose Lake, The (2019)

Unteachable (2019)

Last Temptation of Christ, The (1988)

Last Waltz, The (1978)