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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)

September 7, 2026September 7, 2026 by Eternality Tan

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

February 20, 2020March 6, 2024 by Eternality Tan

Uncut Gems (2019)

  • Criterion Collection, Safdie, Josh & Benny
  • 2019, Josh & Benny Safdie, USA
  • 3 Comments

Breathless filmmaking by the Safdies that also sees Adam Sandler producing his best performance yet.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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February 17, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Taste of Cherry (1997)

  • Criterion Collection, Kiarostami, Abbas
  • 1997, Abbas Kiarostami, Iran
  • 7 Comments

Plainfully simple yet thematically complex, this slow and bleak feature remains to be one of Kiarostami’s most profoundly engaging works.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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February 17, 2020July 21, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Close-Up (1990)

  • Criterion Collection, Kiarostami, Abbas
  • 1990, Abbas Kiarostami, Documentary, Iran
  • 9 Comments

A transcendent masterpiece that reveals intricate thematic complexities and showcases Kiarostami’s brilliance upon a closer and critical examination. 

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

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February 17, 2020February 17, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Traveler, The (1974)

  • Criterion Collection, Kiarostami, Abbas
  • 1974, Abbas Kiarostami, Iran
  • 1 Comment

A neorealist-inspired first feature by Kiarostami, charting his path to become one of cinemaโ€™s foremost chroniclers of the human condition.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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February 16, 2020February 17, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Umberto D. (1952)

  • Criterion Collection, De Sica, Vittorio
  • 1952, Vittorio De Sica
  • 2 Comments

A classic of Italian neorealist cinema that also marked the movementโ€™s untimely end, De Sicaโ€™s work here about an old man and his dog can be heartbreaking (or to some, dreary) to a fault. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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February 3, 2020May 5, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Tale of Zatoichi Continues, The (1962)

  • Criterion Collection
  • 1962, Japan, Kazuo Mori, Zatoichi
  • 1 Comment

A largely serviceable second film that ends on a cliffhanger.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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February 2, 2020January 27, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Punch-Drunk Love (2002)

  • Anderson, Paul Thomas, Criterion Collection
  • 2002, Paul Thomas Anderson, USA
  • 6 Comments

This unconventional and intoxicating concoction by P.T. Anderson oozes style, rhythm, and idiosyncrasy.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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January 15, 2020June 24, 2024 by Eternality Tan

Irishman, The (2019)

  • Criterion Collection, Scorsese, Martin
  • 2019, Martin Scorsese, USA
  • 6 Comments

Scorsese delivers another career-high mob film that is quite unlike what he has done before in what could be a strong Best Picture contender.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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January 13, 2020November 16, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Rosemary’s Baby (1968)

  • Criterion Collection, Polanski, Roman
  • 1968, Roman Polanski, USA
  • 2 Comments

More psychological drama than pure horror, Polanski’s classic will haunt viewers willing to be immersed in its reality.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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January 13, 2020February 27, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Repulsion (1965)

  • Criterion Collection, Polanski, Roman
  • 1965, Roman Polanski, UK
  • 7 Comments

A Polanski masterclass in psychosexual filmmaking, still effectively chilling and disturbing today as it wasโ€”surely a shocker!โ€”back in the mid-โ€˜60s.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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