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.

March 23, 2019June 14, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Paterson (2016)

Jarmusch’s understated film about a bus-driving poet is both a charming and tranquil experience.

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March 23, 2019May 7, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Down by Law (1986)

Jim Jarmusch’s third feature is difficult to pigeonhole, in what is a stylishly shot piece that works as an offbeat if poetic comedy.

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March 23, 2019March 28, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Trap Street (2013)

This seemingly saccharine drama about a blossoming romance between two strangers plunges headlong into an unexpected, but satisfying direction.

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March 21, 2019October 25, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Kuroneko (1968)

A black-and-white samurai-cum-ghost movie with a thin storyline but effective in its consistent capture of an eerie if alluring visual tone.

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March 19, 2019June 13, 2025 by Eternality Tan

Long Day’s Journey Into Night (2018)

Difficult to connect emotionally, though it features a technical masterclass in a nearly hour-long 3D sequence-shot that must be experienced on the big screen.