Continue reading →An immensely well-crafted hero’s tale through space that explores existential ideas at a deliberate pace, but its final landing is not entirely convincing.
Author / Eternality Tan
Red Cliff (2008)
John Woo returns to form with this epic historical drama with lots of action to spare.
Dog Barking at the Moon, A (2019)
A subtle if layered LGBTQ drama centering on a Chinese family’s past secrets and the persistent problems they have caused in this sensitive and composed feature debut.
Bullet in the Head (1990)
Continue reading →There’s so much action in this movie that it leaves you dazed, yet despite its excesses the drama remains utterly convincing.
Your Name (2016)
Continue reading →Shinkai’s breathtaking romance anime is imbued with a modern sensibility as it takes on conceptual themes of time travel, apocalyptic disaster and body swapping with effortless aplomb.
Place Promised in Our Early Days, The (2004)
Continue reading →In his beautiful if sometimes convoluted first feature, Makoto Shinkai shows the early rumblings of an artist who would become a first-rate anime director.
Zen in the Ice Rift (2018)
Capturing teenage angst and emotional uncertainties with aplomb, this under-the-radar Italian LGBT film is easy-going and will appeal to the wider audience.
Lost City of Z, The (2016)
Continue reading →A remarkably-realized film about the great British explorer Col. Percival Fawcett, yet it is James Gray’s patience with pacing that is most rewarding, with the film unfolding like a traditional biopic in the mould of an inspired tone poem on obsession and mystery.
Dear Son (2018)
Continue reading →Tunisian director Ben Attia’s second feature is minimalist to a fault, but his exploration of the impact of jihadism on a middle-class family is quietly devastating if not always engaging.
House of Hummingbird (2018)
A perceptive and delicately-drawn first feature with an outstanding central performance that feels but earns its length.
