Continue reading →An unexpectedly refreshing picture about an unusual family of beekeepers told in a quasi-docudrama fashion.
Author / Eternality Tan
On the Beach at Night Alone (2017)
Continue reading →In the context of Hong Sang-soo’s extramarital affair with actress Kim Min-hee, the work holds more resonance and significance than its delicate and melancholic style would suggest.
Claire’s Camera (2017)
Continue reading →Too loose and low stakes a film to work in a meaningful way—this is a disappointing effort by Hong Sang-soo.
Personal Shopper (2016)
Continue reading →Olivier Assayas’ beguiling take on the ‘ghost story’, made with a blend of sensuality and tension, and backed by a stirring turn by Kristen Stewart.
Clouds of Sils Maria (2014)
Continue reading →In some way a loose thematic companion piece to Cronenberg’s “Maps to the Stars”, but with greater dramatic introspection, though not necessarily tight enough to soar.
Ash Is Purest White (2018)
Continue reading →A Jia Zhangke enthusiast might find this very much a recycling of past themes—not that it is any bad, but that greatness seems elusive as the film progresses.
Image Book, The (2018)
Continue reading →As esoteric and fragmentary as one would expect from late career Godard—trying to say something about the world by being impenetrable.
Non-Fiction (2018)
Continue reading →Assayas’ new film is talky in the very best sense, capturing themes of digitalisation and socialisation with effortless ease.
Something in the Air (2012)
Continue reading →Assayas’ latest captures the dreams and hopes of revolutionary European youths post-May 1968 through an eye-opening prism-memory of politics and art.
Clean (2004)
Continue reading →Backed by a terrific performance by Cannes Best Actress winner Maggie Cheung, Assayas explores the theme of redemption through the inner workings of head and heart.
