Continue reading →Paul Schrader examines the nature of religious faith amid a severe erosion of morality, backed by a quiet but effective performance by Ethan Hawke.
Author / Eternality Tan
7 Letters (2015)
Continue reading →An omnibus showcase that very much confirms what we have suspected – Singapore cinema is on another wave of triumph, and this time it shall not decline.
Moonlight (2016)
Continue reading →There’s a niggling feeling that Jenkins’ film may have been over-hyped, but there are poetic moments of exquisite beauty and melancholy in this focused character study about the coming-of-age of a black gay man.
Alps (2011)
Continue reading →A cold if intellectual exercise that experiments with the notion of coping with grief through role-playing, but it doesn’t really push all the right buttons.
Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
Continue reading →A superhero movie that falls under the genre of teenage romance—a tad charming, but not exactly a solid, consequential work.
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
Continue reading →Feels like an appetizer from Marvel, but this latest ‘Spider-Man’ movie is executed with typical efficiency and panache.
Tremors (2019)
A work that captures with authenticity the repressive Guatemalan society towards gays, but its heavy-handed take on how religion can be the ‘cure’ for the LGBTQ community might not sit well with some audiences.
Jane Eyre (2011)
Continue reading →Fukunaga’s second feature is a gloomy and brooding adaptation of the famous Charlotte Bronte novel.
Sin Nombre (2009)
Continue reading →Cary Fukunaga’s first feature is an emotional, but brutal take on the immigrant’s journey atop freight trains across gang-infested Mexico.
Dogman (2018)
Continue reading →Matteo Garrone’s tough, menacing allegory of a bleak society and a simple man who tries to resist is an intense and satisfying work.
