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 12, 2022March 28, 2022 by Eternality Tan

West Side Story (2021)

Spielberg, in his first-ever musical, hits it out of the park with this dynamic and compelling remake of the 1961 original, featuring a revelatory performance by Rachel Zegler.

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January 11, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Petite Maman (2021)

A charming little film by Sciamma, who gives us two child performances to savour in this subtle, magical realist take on the inseparable bonds between mothers and daughters.

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January 10, 2022February 9, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Tragedy of Macbeth, The (2021)

Although not exactly emotionally resonant, Joel Coen’s adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s seminal texts is as dark and brooding as they come, a unique balance of theatrical artifice and cinematic vision.

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January 9, 2022March 3, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Golden Globes 2022 Prediction

Awards season is right up the corner – here are my predictions for the Golden Globes 2022:

WW: Will Win
DH: Dark Horse

Prediction Results: 8/14 (12/14 if including dark horses)

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January 6, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Shrek (2001)

Two decades on, this Oscar-winning, Cannes Palme d’Or-nominated (!) animated delight remains as energetic, refreshing and meaningful as ever.

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January 5, 2022February 9, 2022 by Eternality Tan

House of Gucci (2021)

Scott’s work is an odd beast of melodramatic excesses—a largely lumbering biopic yet cold and campy enough to just about work as an unintended ‘tragicomedy’.

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January 3, 2022November 30, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Mandabi (1968)

The first-ever film to be shot in an African language, Sembene’s landmark sophomore feature is a cultural experience to behold, and a gently comic satire about the bureaucratic hurdles a debt-ridden man has to undergo to cash in his money order.

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January 2, 2022January 2, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Under the Sand (2000)

A woman’s husband disappears in Ozon’s psychological drama about grief and denial, starring Charlotte Rampling in one of her finest performances.

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January 1, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Lola (1961)

Demy’s first feature is a modest, warm-spirited take on the bittersweet nature of past romances, transient acquaintances and the desire to find greener pastures.

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December 31, 2021 by Eternality Tan

881 (2007)

One of the most crowd-pleasing Singaporean films of the 2000s, Royston Tan’s getai movie is both riotously funny and a tearjerking melodrama.

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Eternality Tan

Hailing from Singapore & writing about cinema since 2007

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Posts by Eternality Tan

West Side Story (2021)

Petite Maman (2021)

Tragedy of Macbeth, The (2021)

Golden Globes 2022 Prediction

Shrek (2001)

House of Gucci (2021)

Mandabi (1968)

Under the Sand (2000)

Lola (1961)

881 (2007)