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Rose (2026)

September 14, 2026 by Eternality Tan

Exploring #26: Alonso Ruizpalacios

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We Are All Strangers (2026)

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Exploring #25: Amit Dutta

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Queen at Sea (2026)

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Chimes at Midnight (1965)

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American Doctor (2026)

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Time to Live, a Time to Die, A (1985)

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Dear You (2026)

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My Favourite Films of 2025

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Category / Criterion Collection

March 10, 2020June 30, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)

  • Criterion Collection, Schrader, Paul
  • 1985, Japan, Paul Schrader, USA
  • 3 Comments

One of the most visually-stunning biopics ever made, this complexly-layered work about art, politics, memory and imagination is arguably Paul Schraderโ€™s finest moment as a filmmaker. 

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

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March 3, 2020November 27, 2024 by Eternality Tan

Where Is the Friend’s House? (1987)

  • Criterion Collection, Kiarostami, Abbas
  • 1987, Abbas Kiarostami, Iran
  • 3 Comments

We follow a young schoolboyโ€™s a-day-in-the-life journey in Kiarostamiโ€™s simple yet resonating breakthrough film. 

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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March 1, 2020 by Eternality Tan

I, Daniel Blake (2016)

  • Criterion Collection, Loach, Ken
  • 2016, Ken Loach, UK
  • 3 Comments

A tremendously urgent social realist work with a strong emotional core, blessed by Loachโ€™s unadulterated approach to simplicity. ย 

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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March 1, 2020March 1, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Kes (1970)

  • Criterion Collection, Loach, Ken
  • 1970, Ken Loach, UK
  • 3 Comments

Arguably Ken Loachโ€™s masterpiece of 1970s British working-class social realism, with an absolutely stunning performance by the 14-year old non-professional actor David Bradley.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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February 28, 2020March 27, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Andrei Rublev (1966)

  • Criterion Collection, Tarkovsky, Andrei
  • 1966, Andrei Tarkovsky, Soviet Union
  • 2 Comments

Tarkovskyโ€™s vignette-style medieval epic is possibly the greatest ideological film about a psychologically-conflicted artist trying to understand the epoch he lives in.

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

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February 25, 2020May 5, 2023 by Eternality Tan

New Tale of Zatoichi (1963)

  • Criterion Collection
  • 1963, Japan, Tokuzo Tanaka, Zatoichi
  • 3 Comments

One of the most satisfying entries in the series, this third installment has a substantial and emotional storyline to match its superb action.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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February 24, 2020September 28, 2022 by Eternality Tan

24 Frames (2017)

  • Criterion Collection, Kiarostami, Abbas
  • 2017, Abbas Kiarostami, Iran
  • 1 Comment

Kiarostami leaves us with a work of indelible beauty, continuing his fascination with the phenomenology of cinema and its relation to the ephemeral.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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February 24, 2020July 21, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Like Someone in Love (2012)

  • Criterion Collection, Kiarostami, Abbas
  • 2012, Abbas Kiarostami, France, Japan
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Shot in Japan with a Japanese cast, Iranian master Kiarostami gives us a rueful but tender film about the nature of love, desire and liking.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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February 24, 2020October 2, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Certified Copy (2010)

  • Criterion Collection, Kiarostami, Abbas
  • 2010, Abbas Kiarostami, France, Iran
  • 3 Comments

Kiarostami’s first non-Iranian film is engaging, but the male lead is unable to hold his own against Juliette Binoche.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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February 22, 2020November 15, 2024 by Eternality Tan

Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)

  • Criterion Collection, Sciamma, Celine
  • 2019, Celine Sciamma, France
  • 10 Comments

Celine Sciammaโ€™s formidable period piece about two women who find deep comfort and intimacy in each other is at once intellectually stimulating and emotionally devastating.ย 

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

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