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.

January 11, 2019March 18, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Suspiria (2018)

A lengthy affair it may be, but this re-envisioning of Argento’s cult horror classic works on its own nightmarish terms in what is also a strong stylistic and technical exercise.

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January 9, 2019April 3, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Call Me by Your Name (2017)

Sensual and resplendent the film may be, but Guadagnino’s masterstroke is to give life to the unspoken—in this case, the bittersweet intimacies of a burgeoning queer romance.

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January 9, 2019May 20, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Hail, Caesar! (2016)

A light-hearted romp in the park that is true to the Coens’ off-kilter style, even if it doesn’t hold a candle to some of their finer works.

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January 9, 2019May 20, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)

The Coens pull off one of the finest films of the decade in this soulful and enigmatic effort starring a broodingly good Oscar Issac.

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January 8, 2019December 21, 2025 by Eternality Tan

Wild Pear Tree, The (2018)

An aspiring writer discovers that his father’s debt issues could be insurmountable in another brilliant elemental epic by Ceylan that earns its length, exploring themes of identity, self-image, and personal dreams.

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January 6, 2019July 5, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Ava (2017)

An intimate and visually intuitive portrayal of one young female teenager’s life as she battles her family, friends and school to find her voice and meaning in life in a conservative society.