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 18, 2019July 22, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Super 8 (2011)

A decent tribute to the wide-eyed wonderment of 1970s sci-fi cinema, but it is not without its issues in storytelling.

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December 17, 2019November 24, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom (2019)

Shot in the most remote school in the world, this modest Bhutanese gem keeps its story simple and life-affirming.

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December 16, 2019December 16, 2019 by Eternality Tan

Things to Come (2016)

Backed by an effective if nuanced performance by the great Isabelle Huppert, this drama says quite a fair bit about how contemplation and self-reflection might help us to accept the curveballs that life throws at us.

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December 15, 2019July 13, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Man Vanishes, A (1967)

At times exasperating or perplexing, but Imamura’s sly and unorthodox attempt at blurring the lines between fiction and fact ultimately says something about the artifice of cinema when its subjects have nothing more to say.

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December 15, 2019 by Eternality Tan

Star Trek (2009)

J.J. Abrams makes a complete transition from television director to blockbuster filmmaker with this stunning ‘Star Trek’ remake.

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December 14, 2019December 15, 2019 by Eternality Tan

Mission: Impossible III (2006)

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A tad cliche in its storytelling, but it remains a respectable action film by a promising director.

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December 13, 2019October 24, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Effi Briest (1974)

Polished, precise and beautifully-shot in black-and-white, but its cold and austere treatment can be a long, alienating slog.

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December 12, 2019December 12, 2019 by Eternality Tan

Goodbye First Love (2011)

A poetic take on first love in its blissful ephemerality and enduring torment.

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December 10, 2019 by Eternality Tan

Monos (2019)

This survivalist tale balances its raw, primitive edge with a stylish and contemporary visual style, but like a fever dream, it is intense but also unfocused.

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December 10, 2019December 10, 2019 by Eternality Tan

Horse Money (2014)

A tonal elegy in docu-fiction form where Pedro Costa shows why he is a master of chiaroscuros, even if his film remains austere and challenging even for the arthouse film buff.

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Eternality Tan

Hailing from Singapore & writing about cinema since 2007

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Altered States (1980)

Fjord (2026)

Rose (2026)

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We Are All Strangers (2026)

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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

Super 8 (2011)

Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom (2019)

Things to Come (2016)

Man Vanishes, A (1967)

Star Trek (2009)

Mission: Impossible III (2006)

Effi Briest (1974)

Goodbye First Love (2011)

Monos (2019)

Horse Money (2014)