Rocking, grooving fun in this unpredictable and offbeat picture that impresses in its seamless shifts in tone and great chemistry between the two leads.
Author / Eternality Tan
Oscars 2019 Prediction
Here are my predictions for Oscars 2019…
My Prediction Score: 15/24 (+ 6 dark horses)
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Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
Continue reading →A seemingly straightforward serial killer on-the-run story sees Imamura deliver a devilishly clever examination of the complexities of human nature.
Land Imagined, A (2018)
Continue reading →Writer-director Yeo Siew Hua manages to find a beguiling balance between social realism and the hallucinatory in this promising Locarno Golden Leopard winner.
Godard’s Passion (1982)
Continue reading →Could be one of Godard’s most beautifully-shot films, but its experimental use of unsync dialogue combined with a fragmentary and obtuse narrative makes this challenging to appreciate.
Silence of the Lambs, The (1991)
Continue reading →Jonathan Demme’s finest two hours is also one of the greatest films to emerge from the ‘90s.
Ida (2013)
This black-and-white Polish Oscar winner is shot with a spare, understated elegance, but sometimes at the expense of narrative depth.
Woman Is the Future of Man (2004)
Continue reading →Hong’s fifth feature is all about seeing what lies beneath the surface: life is empty and unfulfilling, but his film lets us peel the layers to reach into something deeper—and something elusive.
In Another Country (2012)
Continue reading →Hong’s work about love, lust and life is hilarious and oddly touching insofar as one finds an English-speaking Isabelle Huppert trying to communicate with awkward Korean men funny.
Free Solo (2018)
Continue reading →An excellent documentary on world-renowned rock climber Alex Honnold, detailing what could be the most mind-blowing feat in modern human history—his ambition and determination to climb a 300-storey high natural rock wall… with no safety rope.
