This black-and-white Polish Oscar winner is shot with a spare, understated elegance, but sometimes at the expense of narrative depth.
Author / Eternality Tan
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.
Cold War (2018)
Continue reading →Well-crafted with dazzling black-and-white cinematography, and certainly a film to appreciate, but it is emotionally vacuous.
Favourite, The (2018)
Continue reading →By turns visually ravishing and psychologically perverse, this salacious and morbidly hilarious period drama strangely doesn’t quite amount to anything significant.
BAFTAs 2019 Prediction
As per tradition, here are my predictions for the 2019 BAFTAs!
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Vox Lux (2018)
Rightfully flashy and stylistic, this Natalie Portman acting vehicle ultimately feels uneven and disorientating.
Outguess ET 2019 – Oscar Prediction Contest
The 6th Outguess ET Oscar Prediction Contest is back!
I will share my predictions on the weekend of 23-24 Feb. The Oscars ceremony will be shown live on the morning of 25 Feb (SGT).
Instructions:
- Open to people residing in Singapore only.
- Copy and paste the below categories onto a Word document.
- Indicate clearly for each category whom you think will win the Oscar (‘Will Win’) and one dark horse (‘Dark Horse’).
- Submit the Word document to eternalitytan@gmail.com with the subject header ‘Outguess ET 2019’ latest by 22 Feb, 11:59pm.
How to win:
- Predicting correctly ‘Will Win’ earns 3 points
- Predicting correctly ‘Dark Horse’ earns 1 point.
- Score more points than me. A tie doesn’t count.
- If there is more than one winner, the participant who submitted his or her predictions earlier (based on email time-code) will win.
If you win, choose one of the following prizes:
- Prize A (worth USD20) – 1x Amazon Gift Card
- Prize B (worth SGD30) – 1x Criterion Collection Blu-ray
- Prize C (worth SGD25-35) – up to 5x DVDs from my Carousell page
Here are the categories in contention:
Best Picture
Best Foreign Language Feature
Best Animated Feature
Best Documentary Feature
Best Director
Best Leading Actor
Best Leading Actress
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Best Original Screenplay
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Cinematography
Best Film Editing
Best Production Design
Best Costume Design
Best Hair & Makeup
Best Original Score
Best Original Song
Best Sound Mixing
Best Sound Editing
Best Visual Effects
Best Live Action Short
Best Animated Short
Best Documentary Short
Have fun and good luck!
Manta Ray (2018)
Continue reading →A social realist work that blends uniquely with a kind of meditative elegy, this rather strong Thai debut feature also features one of the great soundscapes of the year.
