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.

August 21, 2019March 1, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Papicha (2019)

This invigorating if sometimes sensationalistic film hits powerful notes at times as it portrays a young Algerian woman fighting against gender oppression.

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August 18, 2019May 7, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)

This ‘anti-vampire’ movie sees Jarmusch bring his idiosyncratic style to the well-worn genre in refreshing and poetic ways.

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August 17, 2019July 23, 2024 by Eternality Tan

Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (2019)

Tarantino is on (vintage) form here in this unexpectedly restrained work that is also one of the finest pictures of 2019.

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August 14, 2019May 8, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Spring in a Small Town (1948)

One might need a historical appreciation of the progressive impact of this Chinese classic to feel its greatness, but as a film in itself, it feels quite bland and uncompelling.

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August 12, 2019January 31, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Love in a Fallen City (1984)

It’s not a bad adaptation of Eileen Chang’s novella, but Ann Hui’s film here doesn’t really feel resonating or powerful enough to work.

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August 11, 2019August 31, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Jarhead (2005)

A war movie that is intentionally ‘all talk but no action’—it doesn’t really make us feel for the characters, but we might just grasp the futility of being a cog in the machine.

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August 10, 2019October 12, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Faces Places (2017)

A charming little French documentary about capturing images of the everyday as lived by everyday women and men, and lit up by the wonderful spirit of creators Varda and JR.